His Glory is Unlimited

While performing kirtan or singing hymns soulfully, make it your duty to be thankful to God, and pray that you don’t feel  tiredness  of singing. ‘As I recite Your name let every cell of my body be electrified, every hair should stand at its root’. When you recite God’s name, feel the perfection and purity of God, imagine He is sitting high above you and you are at His Holy feet. Say, ‘I want to come near You, but how will the layers of dirt that cover me be washed away? When will my well-being begin?’ Create an urge, [glory] a burning desire inside you to be close to God.

It works like panacea because there is a lot of inherent strength and power in the name of the Lord.

Saints and Rishis  practice these techniques to attain God-realization. You too can use these two prescriptions handed down to us by ancient sages. They try and test frequently evidence-based techniques. Just as the doctor says that the medicine, he is giving is evidence-based and will help  in treating the specific condition. It works, it is a panacea. In the same way meditation and yoga are tried tested prescriptions to reach God.

Likewise, if the heart is hurt it goes back to the wound

When you sit down for recital, create that urge, a pang inside your heart as to how you will attain God. When you sit in kirtan, create such a wave of joy that you ask yourself as to how and how much you should recite. How to sing His glory? How to thank Him adequately! His glory is unlimited. Connect both your mind and heart, coach yourself a little and then you will start experiencing the joy. When your heart is not in God it means something more ‘important’ is engaging it. You are attaching less importance to the Lord’s name otherwise your heart should have been here. Heart has a strange habit. If  someone  hurts or makes wound  it will always return to its wound, however best your try to divert it. It is like a loose tooth in your mouth. The tongue is constantly feeling and touching it again and again. Heart harps upon what it likes. That is Why Kabir says:

Bhakti ki sudhi yon karo jaise kaami kaam,
Kah kabir bisrat nahin nisdin aathon yaam.

The whole day and all through eight of its sub-divisions, mind is on one side:

Bhakti ki sudh yon karo jaise dam kangaal,
Kah Kabir bisrat nahin pal-pal lait sambhaal.

If a poor man gets a single cent, he is happy, and loves it because it is important for him. He keeps it in his hand or pocket feeling it all the time. His mind is obsessed with money to fulfill his material needs.

You must persevere just like you persevere to earn money.

In the same way, if you focus your mind on God and selfless devotion the whole day then you can devote yourself to God. If your mind is engrossed in the world, how will you devote it towards God? It will remain lost in the world. You may initially find it a bit difficult but with practice, you will master the art of concentration. Many try and then give up. You must never give up.

Start by learning the right techniques of yoga and meditation from a God realized Master and then practice a little every day. After some time it  will become your habit and then your lifestyle. You will feel God, experience God all around you, within you and close to you. Once your mind develops the habit, it will remain connected to God and will not wish to distract  away from it. Once you  connect yourself with God you will realize the unlimited Glory of God and the urge to remain tuned into Him forever shall never fade away.