What is meditation? Where did it come from? What can it do for me?

“All religions, be it Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism or Jainism, have three aspects: values, rituals and symbols. Moral and spiritual values are common to all traditions, and the symbols and practices - those rituals and customs that form a way of life within a religion are what distinguish one tradition from another and give each of them their charm! The symbols and practices are like a banana skin, and the spiritual values - the quest for truth and awareness of our divinity - are the banana. However, people in every tradition have thrown away the banana and are holding onto the skin.”

…”To truly open your eyes, sometimes you have to close them.”…

Visit http://srisriravishankar.org/ and http://www.artofliving.org for more info.

via Johannes B.