A Living Journey Toward Your Eternal Nature
A few years ago, someone came to see me.
There was exhaustion on his face and a quiet complaint in his eyes.
He said,
“I meditate every day, yet my mind is still restless. It feels like I’m doing something wrong.”
I didn’t ask him about his technique.
I didn’t ask how long he sat.
I asked him only one thing:
“When your mind wanders, how do you know that it has wandered?”
He fell silent.
That silence is where real meditation begins.
When Meditation Becomes Something to ‘Do’
We have turned everything in life into an achievement—
money, relationships, success… and now meditation.
Wake up early.
Sit straight.
Set a timer.
And somewhere inside, an unspoken pressure:
Today, meditation must be good.
But meditation is neither good nor bad.
Meditation simply is.
The moment you say,
“Today my meditation didn’t go well,”
it becomes clear—
Meditation didn’t disappear.
You moved away from it.
A Very Simple Example
You are walking down the street.
Suddenly, there is a loud sound.
In an instant, your attention moves toward it.
Did you practice focusing?
No.
Did someone train you to do that?
No.
Attention moved on its own.
That is the nature of meditation—
effortless, spontaneous, natural.
So the problem is not meditation.
The problem is forgetfulness.
What Does Remembrance Really Mean?
Remembrance does not mean recalling something new.
It means recognizing what was never lost.
When you say,
“My mind is very disturbed,”
who is aware of that disturbance?
That awareness itself—
that is your eternal nature.
Meditation begins there.
The First True Benefit: The End of War with the Mind
A few months later, the same person returned.
This time he said,
“My mind still wanders,
but I’m no longer afraid of it.”
This is the first fruit of meditation.
Meditation does not mean thoughts stop appearing.
Meditation means you stop becoming the thoughts.
Anger arises,
but you do not become anger.
Sadness comes,
but you do not drown in it.
This is not a power.
It is clarity.
Why the Upanishads Fall Silent Here
Because this understanding lies beyond words.
The Upanishads only point.
Life allows you to see.
Every time—
- something within you remains steady in a difficult moment
- a quiet peace appears without any reason
- thoughts move, but you are not carried away
meditation is happening.
Without cushions.
Without techniques.
Without labels.
A Personal Confession from a Practitioner
For years, I practiced meditation.
Then one day, the practice fell away.
And that was the day meditation became stable.
Now I do not say,
“I am meditating.”
Life is happening—
and I am not lost inside it.
Why This Article Was Written
This article was not written to teach you something.
It was written to remind you.
That—
- you were never lost
- you were never broken
- you were never incomplete
Meditation is not a practice.
Meditation is remembrance—
of what has always been present.
Closing
If, while reading this,
at some moment you felt,
“I already knew this.”
Then the article has served its purpose.
Because truth is never new.
It is only remembered.
A Note from the Author
This piece was not written from scripture,
but from a quiet clarity lived through life.
If it allowed even a single moment of stillness within you—
that alone is enough.
