Exploring Consciousness Through Meditation

Photo Credit: in.Pinterest.com Exploring Consciousness Through Meditation In the vast and often perplexing landscape of human experience, there is a dimension far grander than our physical existence—the realm of consciousness. We are, at our core, not merely bodies and minds, but beings of consciousness. Yet, our attention is almost perpetually fixated on the external world, on the endless stream of thoughts, emotions, and sensations, leaving the true nature of our being unexplored. Meditation serves as the master key to this unexplored territory. It is not an escape from reality but a profound journey into its deepest and most fundamental layer. The first step in this journey is to recognise that our ordinary state of awareness is a clouded one. It's a state where we are completely identified with the content of our minds—the worries, judgments, and fleeting desires. We mistake this mental noise for who we are. Meditation begins by creating a subtle, yet crucial, separation....