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Guide to Meditation
Meditation is said to be a practice where an individual uses a technique
– such as mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought or
activity – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and
emotionally calm and stable state. This definition appears in Wikipedia.
When you first sit for meditation your body will
object, then your mind and finally your intellect. The idea is to sit very
quietly with legs crossed in padmasana, those who cannot sit on the ground may
sit on a chair, with the soles of their bare feet touching the ground. Firstly,
sit down quietly, do not force yourself to sit quietly but sit down quietly
without force of any kind.
Once you sit down, watch your thoughts – you will
notice that your thoughts vacillate from the past to the future – they may be
thoughts about your children, your boss, your salary, dress, lover, etc. – what
you are going to say and so on. You may also hear other sounds like the
tweeting of birds, rustling of leaves, flowing water etc – and while listening
to those sounds just watch your thoughts and see for yourself what thoughts are
arising. Do not ruminate on your thoughts on what is right or wrong, good or
bad – just watch it so that you perceive and see every kind of thought without
any distortion.
When you go into your thoughts deeply, your mind
comes alive and is completely alert. To understand the whole process of your
thinking and feeling is to free yourself from all thoughts and feelings, so
that your mind, your whole being becomes very quiet. Once you start feeling
this stillness after your mind becomes quiet, then go deeper, further – this entire
process is meditation.
Meditation does not mean to sit in a corner
repeating a lot of words, chants, mantras, picturizing or going into wild
imaginations. It is nothing to do with the body, it has everything to do with
the soul. The journey from body consciousness to soul consciousness – that is
meditation. Once you achieve that quiet state, you will become a witness and
learn to ‘watch’ life as it happens, you will begin to appreciate the beauty of
nature, and so on. The meaning of life changes as you learn to live in the here
and now and the past and the future don’t occupy your mind space. Your entire
being is filled with that quiet, peace and bliss. That is meditation.
In Samarpan Meditation - it is about complete and unconditional surrender to the Satguru and letting His eneRgy guide you into meditation as you connect with the collective consciousness through his medium.
This post is based on tips given by Shri J. Krishnamurti
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