Sant RAJINDER SINGH Ji Maharaj Has Showered New Year’s Greetings And Blessed With The Massage That Meditation Should Be Kept At The Top In The List Of New Year’s Resolutions.
Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj Of Science of Spirituality+ SAWAN KRIPAL RUHANI MISSION Said That At this time of year, most people have two major decisions to make. The first is what holiday gifts we want to receive. The second is what New Year’s resolutions we want to make.
The question of holiday gifts often focuses on a material gift we want for ourselves or to give our loved ones. From childhood, many children are told to make a list of what they want as a holiday gift and most focus on toys and games. As adults, we focus on gadgets, necessities, or something fun and entertaining. Most involve items that are perishable, as they will either break, become lost, or we will lose interest in them. Few holiday gifts are lasting and meaningful.
New Year’s resolutions usually do not focus on physical gifts, but on making new habits to improve our physical body and mind. For the body, some popular resolutions focus on our weight, fitness, health, appearance, or bodily goals. For the mind, we may want to improve our emotional wellness, our relationships, or our skills. We may want to take a course to improve our mind or develop a new ability. Often we want to eliminate habits that are not helpful to us.
Masters give a different perspective on life. They point out that any gifts or resolutions related to this physical world, our body, and our mind are not lasting. They are perishable as anything made of matter will one day be destroyed. Material gifts we receive or give have a limited shelf life. Resolutions that affect our physical body and mind are also only going to last as long as we reside in this physical body. What, then, are decisions we can make for holiday gifts and New Year’s resolutions that are lasting? Saints advise that the gifts that are lasting are those of a spiritual nature that benefit our soul. Our soul is eternal and anything we receive to help our soul or any choices we make to improve our spiritual development will last beyond our physical life. Such spiritual gifts go with us beyond this life and stay with us for eternity.
The most lasting gift we can give ourselves and our loved ones is learning how to meditate on the inner Light and Sound. Through meditation, we connect with an eternal source of all happiness, love, and Light that does not perish. This inner connection fulfills us with more joy and bliss than any material gifts of this world. The best resolution we can make is to meditate daily and avail of the spiritual riches God wants to bestow on us—union with God. Of all the resolutions we can make for our body and mind, the one with the most lasting benefit is meditation as that enriches our soul. Fulfillment of our soul provides far greater joy and ecstasy than any gains for our body and mind.
This year, we can benefit the most by placing meditation on the inner Light and Sound at the top of our gift wish list. If we already know how to meditate, then let us pray for the regularity, devotion, commitment, and passion to keep it a priority in our life. For our New Year’s resolution, by placing a minimum of two and a half hours daily meditation at the top of our list, we can enjoy a gift that never perishes and is always a source of joy, love, and bliss—union of our soul with God.