Hello, are you god?🔗

This is a deceptively simple meditation. Usually, we all like complicated techniques, where the mind can struggle and achieve and feel powerful! But sometimes the simplest techniques are the most effective, because we always forget to look for truth in the most obvious place!

This may be a story, but it can be a very effective meditation. There is nothing much to be done. Every time you feel a negative emotion rising against someone, just take a second look at them. Then ask yourself silently,

What if God has come before me in this form? Will I not welcome Him?

Just this one question can revolutionize the way you relate with the other. Suddenly, you realize that you don’t know anyone totally! You cannot take anyone for granted, because you really don’t know who they are. Suddenly, you see the other with fresh eyes.

Understand, this technique is not to make you accept everyone as God. But it will surely shake you out of your normal, unconscious way of relating with others. And ultimately, whether you believe it or not, whether you accept it or not, it is the Truth!

Reverse identity

ABOUT THE TECHNIQUE

All our life, we have lived with the same body, same mind, same possessions, same relationships. We are so locked into our identity that we just cannot imagine being some other way. We have forgotten how to break free and flow.

In this meditation, you will take on a new identity for 24 hours! In just 24 hours, you will see that what you thought of as a solid identity is so shifting, so transient. And by taking on another’s identity, you will also realize that at the deepest level, our emotions, fears and hopes are so universal, that you can longer say ‘them’ and ‘us’!

Duration: 24 hours

Step 1: Choose a partner of any gender. Choose a person as different from you as possible! You are going to exchange identities with this person. Spend some time telling them about yourself, and finding out more about them. Gather whatever information you are going to need.

Step 2: For the next 24 hours, you are going to be this person! Visualize intensely that even your form has changed to the form of that person. Your way of smiling, moving, talking, everything should reflect the other as closely as possible. When you face some situation, think how he/she would have reacted in this situation. Then do the same. Many times, you will naturally find your own identity coming up, your routine way of thinking and responding to situations. Don’t allow it! Simply forget your own identity and become the other. Go to sleep with your new identity, and wake up as the other person. You will be surprised how soon this shift can happen! As you work with this technique, you will find a natural disconnection from your own identity happening. For the first time, you are viewing yourself from the outside, and another person from within.

Duration: 24 hours

Step 3:

At the end of 24 hours, return to your old identity. This will be a moment of great revelations. You will see that in just 24 hours, you are already feeling detached from your old identity, which you have carried all your life, which you thought was 'you'!

You will return to your identity with greater clarity about yourself. Not only that, you have a deeper understanding of others. The sense of isolation and separation from others dissolves. A deep relaxation and let-go will happen in you.

See the hidden

ABOUT THE TECHNIQUE

Our interactions with others are largely unconscious. We always react to other people, we never respond to them. When you react, you are acting out of your ego. When you respond, you are acting out of your being.

We usually judge people based on what they are showing us. We rarely realize what their real needs are. The truth is, we don't even know ourselves properly! When we are unconscious about our own true nature, our motives, our needs, how can we be sensitive to the needs of others? When we look deeply into ourselves and contact our own unconscious needs, we can understand others' needs better. We can listen to what they are actually telling us, even if they are themselves not aware of it. We begin to see others from the inside, as we see ourselves.

This technique can be practiced only if you already have a basic understanding about the chakras (energy zones of the body) and how they influence our behaviour.

Whenever you are in a situation of conflict with someone else, don't try to analyze their words. Instead, try to understand which chakra they are operating from. This will give you a far more clear idea of their actual problem, and you can address that.

For instance, if your wife comes to you with a problem, what do you usually do? Naturally, you try to solve the problem for her. Understand, it is most likely that she doesn't need a solution. She probably already knows the solution. All she wants is your attention! She is operating from attention-need (anahata chakra), while you are operating out of ego (ajna chakra), trying to solve her problem for her! No wonder your solution never works for her!

When you continuously work with this technique, you will find that you can gauge a person's emotional state accurately just by reading their body language. By exchanging just a few words, you get a clear idea of which of their chakras is the strongest, which is the weakest, and which chakra they are operating from at the moment. You can also make out which of your chakras is likely to create a conflict between you and them!

Once you become more sensitive to these subtle exchanges and unconscious motives, both in yourself and in others, you get out of the normal response-patterns and learn to connect to others as they really are. You become more genuine, flowing and compassionate in your relationships.