I want to practice meditation but struggle to concentrate. How’s best to improve mindfulness and inner peace?
I am easily distracted and can’t concentrate, how can I practice mindfulness??
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I want to practice meditation but struggle to concentrate. How’s best to improve mindfulness and inner peace?
Very good question. Please start meditation. just focus on one thing and keep trying.
I have attached a book link please read. I heard its a good book.
Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World (Includes Free CD with Guided Meditations) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/074995308X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_1CP7BX4SG9WM1QVGYQQA
You do not need to practice mindfulness, meditation, yoga, or whatsoever.
Meditation can help to relax the muscles but it can never help you achieve inner peace.
Inner peace is a subject of thoughts, how you perceive, process, and react to any circumstance.
For Inner peace, you need to do introspection, identify and acknowledge your sins, bad deeds, weaknesses, etc, listen to keertan for gyan, seek forgiveness, do seva, fight with your ego
ਬੰਦੇ ਖੋਜੁ ਦਿਲ ਹਰ ਰੋਜ ਨਾ ਫਿਰੁ ਪਰੇਸਾਨੀ ਮਾਹਿ ॥
This will clarify your mind with time. You will have many doubts but with time, you will find answers and your way of thinking and view points will change, and start to get aligned with SGGS.
You will then start approaching simplification and then Sunn Awastha, when all your mental affairs will get settled.
Then the stage will come:
ਜੋ ਨਰੁ ਦੁਖ ਮੈ ਦੁਖੁ ਨਹੀ ਮਾਨੈ ॥ਸੁਖ ਸਨੇਹੁ ਅਰੁ ਭੈ ਨਹੀ ਜਾ ਕੈ ਕੰਚਨ ਮਾਟੀ ਮਾਨੈ ॥….
When you get completely aligned with SGGS:
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਮਤਿ ਆਵੈ ਸੋ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮਾਹਿ ਸਮਾਨਾ ||
Those who are committed and put efforts can be called real rich (brave) persons. Otherwise others remain scattered in mind and actions.
ਸੇਈ ਪੂਰੇ ਸਾਹ ਵਖਤੈ ਉਪਰਿ ਲੜਿ ਮੁਏ ॥ ਦੂਜੈ ਬਹੁਤੇ ਰਾਹ ਮਨ ਕੀਆ ਮਤੀ ਖਿੰਡੀਆ ॥ – 145
This Shabad is specifically for those who analyse the qualities of Akal Purkh during Amrit Veela. Amrit Veela is best for concentration of mind.
Please go through the following article for details
http://www.geocities.ws/sarbjitsingh/Bani2220GurMag200508.pdf
Please note that Gurmat does not recommend any type of meditation which is related with physical body poses.
The concentration of mind is possible when we are deeply involved in that work/Shabad/Vichar.