
05/09/2025
During meditation, do you ever notice that:
1️⃣ You feel restless and cannot sit still
2️⃣ You feel sleepy or start drifting off
3️⃣ Or you feel fully present, calm and clear
These experiences are influenced by the three gunas, the fundamental qualities of nature that shape everything in the universe, including the mind. Your mind constantly shifts between these qualities:
🫨 Rajas – activity, restlessness, and agitation, pulling the mind outward
😴 Tamas – inertia, heaviness, and dullness, pulling the mind downward
🙂 Sattva – balance, clarity, harmony, and lightness, allowing the mind to be calm, alert, and present
The aim of meditation is to cultivate sattva, so the mind can rest naturally in stillness and clarity.
You can build sattva in daily life through simple habits:
🍉 Diet: clean
🛌 Sleep: optimal
🧘 Mindfulness: daily
👣 Movement: gentle
🌿 Environment: calm
👁️ Actions: conscious
The more sattva you cultivate, the easier it becomes to experience effortless stillness, clarity, and presence during meditation.
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