Q) When Is The Best Time To Meditate?

A) Early morning is the best but, in the modern day, we are so busy at that time, so any time that is convenient for you is a good time. For good things, anytime is a good time! If you can sit undisturbed, any time is a good time.

Q) The silence in meditation takes me to such a high but lately, due to a constant ringing in my ears that distracts me, I can't meditate anymore. What can I do about it?

A) When I say meditate, I don't mean concentrate, because the moment you try to concentrate, there will be distraction, and you will feel more disturbed than before! You don't have to control your mind. When I say meditate, just allow the unconscious to be without any information for a few minutes, that's all. Even without outside information, the unconscious will already have information. Just relax until that evaporates. You need to have some patience until then.

Allowing the unconscious to evaporate is the meditation. Here is the Master key for meditation – don't create a thought, don't support it with your attention and don't destroy it. Just let it be. You will see that silence will simply be infused. The moment you start fighting it, you create more confusion and thoughts.

The ringing in the ear, etc. will drop on its own when this happens. The ringing is mainly due to forced concentration.

Q) Some people take out their stress by physical exercise; they don't really need to meditate. What are your comments on that?

A) When you do something physically, without your knowledge you give your mind rest; unconsciously, you give rest to your unconscious. When you work out rigorously physically, you give your mind rest. But it will become an

addiction. It will be that, unless you have your workout, you cannot de-stress. This is not good.

Also, when you talk and engage yourself without the pressure to achieve something, you give rest to your unconscious. The unconscious is disturbed when you are under pressure to achieve.

Whenever you do anything without expecting results, it relaxes the unconscious. If you can consciously create that relaxation, the unconscious will be totally under your control. If you have to de-stress only by talking to others, you have to depend on others. Then it can be a problem to find someone who is willing to listen to you. Keep in mind that he also wants to unload; that is another problem, because everybody wants to unload what's on their mind!

We need to understand an important thing – when someone talks we don't really listen; we are only preparing our reply in that time. We are just waiting out of politeness so that he will allow us to talk. So it's very difficult to get people who will listen to us. Instead, it's better to learn a conscious method that will infuse that silence.

Q) Classical music relaxes me. How does that work?

A) Music is nothing but an expression and experience of meditation. You should understand these two things – at a deep being level, it is an experience and, when it comes out, it is an expression. Not only music, anything that makes

you deeply silent or comfortable, like beautiful scenery, or just sitting by yourself, can reduce stress. However, you are again dependent on something external. Anything that is external can reduce stress only up to the level of memory; it cannot touch your whole being. Anything done from the inside alone can transform your whole being. So it is good, but not better than meditation, because meditation heals you to your core and transforms you.

Also, music, in a way, only soothes you. It doesn't cause any transformation. Soothing is temporary. It is like a temporary relief from a sore, that's all. The real thing has to happen from within. You can use music as a tool to inspire you.