Atmānanda- Laharī

Śama – Mastery of Mind  True Wealth What is true wealth? Is it a fat bank account? A vast house that holds a pool? A backyard bursting with fruit trees?  Or A chest of gold and diamonds? True wealth is a calm, quiet, and free mind. The mind is a restless machine, producing sparks of thought, igniting bonfires of activity, buzzing like a disturbed honeycomb.  Śama is mastery of the mind: Douse the fire with meditation. Meditation is the cool rain that quenches the blaze. The mind is a tape recorder: receiving, labeling, replaying— with endless commentary. Meditation silences the playback. Renounce what disturbs peace. Renounce the fruit of action. Be absorbed in the work itself— without distraction. No racing thoughts. No scattered multitasking. No restless hyperactivity. Just silence. A calm mind flows in one thought, again and again— sajātīya vṛtti pravāha, the steady stream of sameness. This is meditation. And when even that thought falls away, awareness alone remains— ...

  Life is a Yajña I simply sit and close the eyes I download the mind, I download all its contents, I disregard the past memory, I set aside the worries of future, I look at my life...  I witness the life ... I rise above all selfish demands  I transcend all trivial concerns I allow life to become a yajña. .. I offer this life, as an oblation I offer the personal self,  Me and Mine as an oblation in the fire of wisdom  Vak- The organ of speech I visualize it as Rig Veda I offer all the words that come out I offer speech as an oblation ... I speak the truth when needed to speak I speak only in sweet tones I avoid hurting at all cost Now, the speech is Rig Veda I offer it as an oblation to Īśvara, the whole The Family, Community, Society,  Humanity at large, All life forms in the creation, I offer it as an oblation! Prāṇā -The Vital Force  Breath, Energy, Vigor Pervading the entire body I visualize Prāṇā  as Sama Veda I offer the energy as an oblati...