Ajayan Borys - Effortless Mind: Meditate with Ease Calm Your Mind, Connect with Your Heart, and Revitalize Your Life

Ajayan Borys writes clearly and insightfully about the meaning and practice of meditation, exploring the chakras, the use of mantra, and the healing power of purification. He points out that although spiritual practice requires discipline and effort, the ultimate nature of meditation is uncontrived and effortless. This is a book that will inspire and guide those who seek a more fulfilling and meaningful way of being.

Effortless Mind is a pure gift! I loved it! Ajayan Borys is a master meditator who speaks in clear, practical, engaging language to offer a profound program of meditation that anyone can learn. In fact, his book inspires us to embrace meditation more readily than any other work or practice that I have experienced. Most importantly, he reveals how to integrate the benefits of meditation into your daily life and make every moment a meditation. Ajayan is a teacher of the highest caliber. Thanks, Ajayan, for this monumental work. I highly recommend it.

The following words, spoken by a smiling Himalayan swami to Ajayan Borys, sum up everything I have to say about this book and life: [People] dont realize that life without meditation is like a string of zeros. But adding meditation is like adding a 1 in front of all those zeros. Now you have a million, or a billion, or a trillion. The zero in our lives represents the indescribable, the undifferentiated, and the meaningless the source of life. The 1 is also not an ordinary number, as 1 multiplied or divided by 1 is still 1. Life begins when we create the number 10 by connecting the two through our meditation. And as the swami knew, this is only the beginning. This book can help you to connect with your higher Self and, as a result, with all creation.

Written with the grace and ease of meditation itself, Effortless Mind is a balm to the soul. Find herein the keys to the inner temple, a gateway into the deepest mystery, and an antidote to lifes stress. If you are looking for a way in instead of a way out, this book is for you.

Copyright 2013 by Henry J. Borys

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Effortless Mind is a registered trademark of Henry J. Borys (writing as Ajayan Borys).

The material in this book is intended for education. It is not meant to take the place of diagnosis and treatment by a qualified medical practitioner or therapist. No expressed or implied guarantee as to the effects of the use of the recommendations can be given or liability taken.

The techniques taught in this book are unique. No claim is made that they bear any resemblance to the Transcendental Meditation Program as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi or the Integrated Amrita Meditation Technique as taught by Mata Amritanandamayi. If you wish to learn those specific techniques, please refer to those organizations.

Excerpt on page 125 from Verses on the Faith-Mind, by Hsin-Hsin Ming, translated by Richard B. Clarke, copyright 1973, 1984, 2001 by Richard B. Clarke. Reprinted with permission of White Pine Press, www.whitepine.org.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available.

First printing, February 2013

ISBN 978-1-60868-154-9

Printed in Canada on 100% postconsumer waste-recycled paper

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For my beloved Keesha, my best friend,
companion, and inspiration,
who showed me that every moment is meditation

Y ou have probably heard of the many benefits of meditation: deep relaxation, reduced depression and anxiety, increased vitality and mental clarity, improved health, and more. You may also be aware that not only do spiritual teachers recommend meditation, but nowadays even many medical providers prescribe it to their patients. Yet despite the growing enthusiasm for meditation, figuring out where to begin can be confusing. Health professionals may recommend it, but that doesnt change the fact that, for many people, meditation still has an air of mystery about it. So what is meditation, really? How does it work? Even those who take one of the many meditation classes available may wonder: Am I meditating correctly? What is the experience of meditation supposed to feel like? Have I learned a really effective technique, or am I wasting my time?

This book is designed to teach you proven meditation practices that are simple, easy, and enjoyable, yet so profound that you will have no doubt they are effective. If you follow the instructions given here, you will soon know from your personal experience that you are meditating correctly, because the experience of deep meditation is unmistakable. You will also feel the benefits of meditation in your daily life inner calm, strength, and peace; increased vitality, creativity, and positive outlook; improved health; and more harmonious and loving relationships. Finally, you will understand what meditation is and what it is not. You will understand how it works and how to handle any experience that may arise during meditation. In other words, you will be ready to embark on your own personal meditation practice.

The good news is that the profound meditation techniques taught in this book are readily accessible and easy to practice. This is true for anyone, whether youre twelve years old or a hundred. The best forms of meditation are effortless, because they are about being, not about doing. Doing requires effort; being is effortless. For this reason, meditation is the easiest thing youll ever experience yet it opens you to live what is highest and best in yourself, your true Self, your higher Self.

A quick Internet search will show that there are many forms of meditation. So why should you choose Effortless Mind? Over the past forty-two years, Ive traveled the globe exploring, practicing, and teaching a variety of meditation techniques. Always, during that time, I sought out techniques that are simple to practice and yet deliver the greatest results. Effortless Mind is the culmination of that exploration. It consists of a balanced program of meditation combining the three highly effective techniques that you will learn in this book: