Naam Jaap Meditation

Why Naam Jaap Meditation Recently I read an article on meditation and it inspired me immensely. How do you meditate? It is important to tame your mind. There are innumerable paths and many Gurus. It is indeed overwhelming. The road to inner self is of twists and turns…..so very true.
In order to progress spiritually I undertook mediation lessons from an esteemed institute, visited many ashrams thinking I might get enlightened there, tuned in regularly to television channels on spirituality to gain real insight, read books voraciously, but all in vain. None of these led me to my inner self.
  One day I was introduced to the Naam Jaap path of meditation by Shri Kumar… (I haven’t got permission to use his name). Naam Jaap was simple. It meant chanting the divine name, it could be Namah Shivay or Shri Sai Ram or Jai Mahakali but for me it was Shri Swami Samarth. It is to be done without moving the tongue say for half an hour. However, the time could be decided by an individual. It was a simpler path than the other challenging paths I followed to advance spiritually.
This practise started showing effects quite soon. I became a calmer person, balanced my professional life and household duties with better ease and my life in a way became stable to the demands of modern life. I had an inward urge to become vegetarian. Each time I consumed meat my body rejected in form of abdominal pains or allergies. Nevertheless change in diet made me achieve further advancement as I learnt the food you consume becomes your body. I also realised my monetary situation improved without any kind of move towards it. It was all HIS LEELA!
All this is good but I am just at a nascent stage, there is a long way to go. This is just a beginning. If the beginning is so bright can you imagine the higher levels on this path? In no way I have renounced life, I love dancing, shopping, eating good food and I enjoy life with great fervour.
  It is difficult in today’s world to take even 15-20 minutes for meditation (might have to give precious television viewing time). However, if you just give 15 minutes of time from daily hectic life before sleep, believe me, you will also be able to give 30 minutes, in fact you will able to dedicate more and more time as your mind will work well due to the calming effects of Naam Jaap. It is like a mind altering drug, very intoxicating, which will draw you every night in its bosom.
With the practise of sitting in thoughtless mind with only Naam Jaap, it will connect you to your inner self. You will feel a better human being. Your relationships, marital or with friends will improve. More people will be attracted to you. Your eyes will become deep and radiant and your skin will glow. SO many benefits without any monetary investment but investment of time! Amazing I would recommend each one of you who reads this, should give it a try. Make sure you have small place for this practise. Keep it clean, use scented candles or incense, sit preferably facing Nort-East as that is the area to attract the divine magnetic energy and a seat of wool or silk mat will be good. It is said that wool or silk acts as an insulation against endless thoughts that unnecessarily crowd our mind.
It is recommended having a gap of at least 2 hours after food before you sit for meditation. It is the need of the hour my friends! We see so much violence around us therefore, Naam Jaap is the only panacea to achieve peace in this world.