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💬 Said Simply

There’s so much juicy goodness packed into this single quote that we could host an entire knowledge meeting just unpacking it. Every phrase is an entire Vedic masterclass in itself.

Let’s do that soon. But for now, I’ll leave you with this:

“Sit in my own place of patience…” This is the crown jewel of the Vedic Meditation practice.

When we step beyond our thinking layers inside Vedic Meditation, we alight and align our awareness with the fountainhead of pure consciousness, that fullness of creativity and abundance that exists already within us.

And from that place, chasing automatically stops. We bask in the sweet BEING-ness of our innermost essence.

Coming out of meditation, and in total alignment with our inner nature of happiness and bliss, we let life deliver what is already coming our way.

Without strain, without pain. Just flow. This is the real Law of Attraction.

✨ The Cosmic Giggle

For many, many, TOOOO many nights, I went to bed with that low-level hum of regret, confusion, and worry. And by low-level, I mean a full-blown marching band of blowhorns blasting stress into my skull.

But in my AVM life — Life After Vedic Meditation — my inner dialogue and self-talk started to shift.

Within just a few months of consistent practice, I was ending my days with a quiet, steady knowing:

I did my best. And not only was that enough, it was actually perfect.

I stopped trying to win the invisible gold medal for being flawless.
I no longer felt the need to get every interaction, decision, or feeling just right in order to be held, accepted, or loved.

I showed up as myself.
Joyful, sometimes awkward, often stumbling over my words as I learned new ways of communicating.

Most times I felt radiant, sometimes I was was just holding it together.
But all the time, I felt more real than ever.

This new life, one where I wasn’t people-pleasing through every moment or tiptoeing around discomfort, only became possible after I built in a system for deep rest.

That’s what Vedic Meditation gave me.

Not a woo-woo band-aid held together with affirmations and essential oils.

Not a productivity hack either (though it definitely delivered on that promise).

A reset that allowed me to accept ALL of me.

Vedic Meditation peeled away the crust of old stress that had been dictating my reactions, draining my energy, and keeping me stuck in a state of survival.

And in its place?

Freedom. Spaciousness. The kind of quiet power of presence that doesn’t need to explain itself.

I learned that authenticity doesn’t have to steamroll other people.
I learned that when I acted from that stable place of Being, that place I could now access through meditation, support of Nature would meet me there.

Every single time.

🔍 Behind The Scenes

Who is Rumi, anyway?

Pretty rad philosopher, right? Was he a Vedic Rishi in disguise?

As they say in the street markets of Thailand, same same but different.

Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic scholar, Sufi mystic, and spiritual teacher. He fled the region we now call Afghanistan and eventually settled in what is modern-day Turkey, far from the land of the Veda. Rumi had no formal connection to the Rishis of our tradition.

So why do his words feel like they’re echoing straight from the halls of Vedic knowledge?

Because Veda isn’t tied to any one religion or place. It’s not Indian.

Technically, Veda isn’t even “ancient.”

Veda is timeless.​
Veda is the intelligence of Nature itself, always present, always available to be known.

Veda is the truth of life. It doesn’t belong to anyone, yet it lives in everyone.

The same deep truths the Rishis cognized, that Rumi so movingly shared…they are already seeded in your own consciousness state.

So how do we rise to the level of Rumi and Vedic Rishies and feel from deep inside these Universal truths?

We start with the first step of settling down in activity, closing our eyes, and moving towards a place of mental and physical stillness. From that place, we purify our stresses and allow our consciousness state to expand and align with the source of Veda.

Meditation by meditation, as our consciousness state expands, we naturally start living from that place of wisdom, clarity, and calm.

If you’re ready to get started on this process, join me for my next Vedic Meditation Course from May 12-15 in New York City. Click here to learn more.

Love and Jai Guru Deva,
Susan