How did we change? Every one of us has become one thing or … - Swami Muktananda

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How did we change? Every one of us has become one thing or another, according to our own understanding. We believe ourselves to be men or women, rich people or poor people. We believe that we are teachers, soldiers, psychiatrists. We believe that we are young or old, fat or thin, happy or miserable... Americans or Indians, Russians or Arabs, Hindus or Christians, Muslims or Jews.

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About Swami Muktananda

Muktananda (also known as Swami Muktananda), (16 May 1908 – 2 October 1982), born in India, was the founder of Siddha Yoga. He was a disciple and the successor of Bhagavan Nityananda. He founded the Shree Muktananda Ashram in upstate New York, and wrote a number of books on the subjects of Meditation and Siddha Yoga, including a spiritual guide entitled Where Are You Going? A Guide to the Spiritual Journey.

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Alternative Names: Swami Muktananda Paramahamsa • Muktananda Paramahansa • Muktananda

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When we meditate, we pass even beyond the deep sleep state and enter the state of the Self. That state is the foundation of all the other states, and it alone is permanent and unchanging.

We pass from the level from which we have the awareness ‘I am the body” to the level in which we have the experience ‘I am God.

Meditation is not some strange technique that we have to learn with great effort and difficulty. There is already a strong element of meditation in our lives, but we are simply not aware of it.

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