To be able to distinguish between eternal and ephemeral is what is required in the seat of meditation. Viveka is used to find what's the difference between the changing and unchanging. 

We need to hold on to what's unchanging through the process of meditation. Another tool of meditation is jappa that helps with the process of thinking about the higher. All the steps in Bhaja Govindam has been training us to have the stamina, purity, and capacity to close our world, withdraw from the world, and think about the higher. 

The way we live our life determines what kind of meditation we have, and the meditation we have determines what kind of life we live.

There is a very strong link between our breath and state of mind. Lust, fear, excitement all cause us to breathe very fast. Pranayama helps us slow down our breath which immediately silences the mind. 

It doesn't last, it's just step one. It's the perfect tool to induce knowledge. We can turn the mind inwards immediately. 

Money is very important and valuable. But our relationship with money can get very unhealthy. It's the one thing has the capability to get in between friendships, family, romance and every relationship. 

We oddly need a little of it to know that it doesn't matter as much. But when we have more than that, we may forget. 

We like it because it's so immediate. Money serves the purpose of instant gratification very well. It can buy privileges and comfort. Because it's so immediate, we get tricked by it. 

We need to know that it's just a tool to be able to function in the world. We should be vigilant about how we acquire it, how we use it and how we feel about it. 

Bhaja Govindam constantly reminds us how strong a hold our desires are. Desires are extremely hard to give up. We think we're enjoying our indulgences, but it actually ends up hurting us. Especially if we don't have discipline. The fine balance is very hard to maintain as well. It's like flipping a coin where one side is enjoyment and the other is suffering. We're actually holding on to suffering. 

Swamini Supriyananda talks about the importance of charity. Charity is a beautiful way to open the heart. Money is very temporary. There's nothing that we have that we can claim is truly ours other than our mind. We're just trustees for everything else. It's our responsibility that we should give to others. It's a privilege given to us to share.

Today’s session concludes the meditation challenge. Throughout this series, we have explored and indulged into the various meanings of this mantra: we have understood the practical meaning –which we can apply to our daily life, but we have further delved into the deeper, more reflective meanings that are needed in order for us to develop and grow spiritually in our meditation.

Today, we focus on the mantra as a whole: where all these different roots lead us to one final destination of abiding in divinity.

This mantra can be perceived in many ways. It can be seen as a prayer to take us to the goal of light.  It can be seen as a road map to transformation.  Finally, it signifies your personal journey

Allow this mantra to be your constant companion; your guide for when working through life.

Let the secret of this mantra becomes a reality of your life.

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Day 20 delves on a deeper level of understanding – one where we connect to the most sacred part of our being, and find divinity within us. Fundamentally, we all seek happiness in everything we do. This happiness we seek is one which never fades – it is everlasting. We have seen, that which never ends is Truth, the happiness we seek is the same as truth.

Today’s meditation places emphasise on being led to this happiness. Chanting this mantra acts as a reminder that we are blissful human beings, and that we have a choice to be happy.

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As we draw to a close on exploring this mantra, we truly glimpse the deepest secret it reveals, and the immense power this mantra values.  “Tamaso Ma Jyotirgamaya” - leads us to light. To meditate on this is to see the source of all light. The light that illumines every other thing. The light of consciousness which shines within our own minds.  Prepare yourself to delve on this highest meaning and meditate on consciousness. Lift your mind and rest in the awareness. may we abide in the light of consciousness.

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The truth is that which always was, which is now and which will always be. From the line “Asto Ma Sagmaya”, we learn that truth and existence go hand in hand, as that which never changes is existence. Things come and go but existence stays.  Whilst we notice the things that are existing, we tend to fail to notice the existence that allows it to be there.  From the changing, lead us to the changeless. From objects lead us to existence.  To meditate on this mantra means to look for that which never changes: to look for truth and abide to it. Prepare yourself to meditate on truth. Let go of anything that changes. Stay aware of existence.

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Today, we re-explore the meaning of “from death to immortality”. We existed before this body, and therefore, we will exist even after the body doesn’t. The scriptures repeatedly inform us that we are born into a body, but we don’t belong to it – for we are not bodies with a soul, we are souls with a body. In the seat of meditation, we silence our minds and detach from our mortal bodies to recognize ourselves as immortal souls. Find your immortal soul with the meditation session today.

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