Happy people, flowers and candles are often used together in spiritual practices to create a sacred space and enhance spiritual experiences. Flowers can symbolize growth, purity, and transformation, while candles represent light, hope, and connection to the divine. Combining them can amplify the spiritual atmosphere, promote mindfulness, and provide a sense of peace and focus during meditation or rituals. 

Meditation is keeping the mind focused uninterruptedly on a subject for a certain length of time. All spiritual practices, ceremonies, prayer, and pilgrimage reach their consummation in meditation. 

Below is one of the direct teachings on meditation given by Papaji. 

Sri Harilal W. Poonja, or Papaji, as he is affectionately known, was born in the Western Punjab in 1910. His mother was the sister of Swami Rama Tirta, a well-known sage and poet. Poonjaji was eight years old when he first experienced the unstoppable bliss of his own infinite nature: 

Turn within,

to the place where there is nothing,

and take care that nothing comes in.

Penetrate to the depths of yourself,

to the place where thought no longer exists,

and take care that no thought arises there!

There, where nothing exists,

Fullness!

There, where nothing is seen,

the Vision of Being!

There, where nothing appears any longer,

the sudden appearing of the Self!

Meditation is This. 

The Emily Dahl Foundation