Humanity possesses enough human and natural resources for all inhabitants of this planet to live in dignity and unfold their natural potentialities. Even then, billions of children, women, men and also animals are unnecessarily suffering from poverty, starvation, war, exploitation and cruelty.

This misery is caused by narrow-mindedness, selfishness and lack of compassion towards other people and living beings. Some people think more about their self- or group- interest, such as profit and power, than about the lives and welfare of others.

 If you care about the suffering in the world and want to alleviate it, you can empower yourself with the practice of meditation and yoga.  Perhaps you know that yoga is not just a set of physical exercises.  It is a scientific method of unfolding one’s full human potential – physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.  Meditation is the key practice of yoga.  Through yoga and meditation you can cultivate the qualities that are necessary to overcome the causes of needles suffering and to create a just and humane society: integrity, benevolence, courage  and selflessness. 

In our work for a better society we may sometimes get bogged down by frustration, or lose our motivation, focus, nerves, self-control or even hope.  For such troubles, meditation and yoga also offer enormous help.  Through their practice we can keep our nerves and vitality strong, our mind clear and focused, our compassion and conscience alive and our courage and spirits high.  Through meditation we come to know and unfold our innermost self – the boundless source of awareness, love, creativity and strength.

Some people have the erroneous idea  that meditation is an escape from the world.  The opposite is the case: meditation is a method of being in harmony and realizing one’s kinship with the world. A meditator is a friend and defender of humanity.

 Learning to meditate is one of the best steps you can take to develop yourself and create a better world.  It is something immensely positive that is within your reach – you can decide and do it.