The mind is the greatest tool or instrument that we have; it is unfortunate that most of us are not aware of the great potential of our minds. We use what is termed our conscious mind in our day to day living to communicate and interpret through five (5) senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch) sometimes never realizing that we are using just a minute part of a greater force or energy.
Meditation is 'to think upon'. Training of the consciousness at many levels is the exercise to seek knowledge. Knowledge is the foundation upon which we build. Meditation will cultivate the understanding so that knowledge is absorbed by us and applied in our every day living.
Through the doors of meditation we learn to open the various levels of consciousness within; to understand the revelations behind each door and to apply them to all our experiences and to 'serve' those with whom we come in contact. We have the opportunity to take garnered knowledge on a personal basis, expand and refine it to our needs individually.
Meditation is a wondrous adventure, an important step in our spiritual awareness. As spirit here and now, everything in the universe is open to us, there is no limitation to what we can learn, only the limitations we impose upon ourselves. This is why contemplation and meditation are so important to us; we can unlock hidden, spiritual potential within our own being. There is only one (1) spiritual centre for each individual. There are many methods and purposes for meditation.
There should, of course, remain only one motive - "Service".
Draw a mental circle around yourself, focusing on Here&Now, temporarily separating you from there&then.
There are breath exercises, called "nadi shodana", to cleanse subtler channels.
Relax your body thoroughly. Let your mind focus on relaxing.
Then, there is the issue of "teacher", someone to guide you on inner planes, to show you the "guru-spirit" which, yes, is/was always there, but which you've temporarily forgotten. Link u
Hi John
Thank you for helping, will put this into practise in my meditations.
Draw a mental circle around yourself, focusing on Here&Now, temporarily separating you from there&then.
There are breath exercises, called "nadi shodana", to cleanse subtler channels.
Relax your body thoroughly. Let your mind focus on relaxing.
Then, there is the issue of "teacher", someone to guide you on inner planes, to show you the "guru-spirit" which, yes, is/was always there, but which you've temporarily forgotten. Link up with it.
Hi there,
Can anyone give me advice on meditation, if that is possible. I do try and meditate, and i know your mind can wonder when trying. I clear my mind as much as possible. I do try meditations that are in the books and i really try hard to focus, but in the end all i end up doing is imagining going through it in my mind. I listen to music, i light candles , and then sometimes when i do get a feeling of something happening i get scared and open my eyes, is this a normal feeling, i guess not. Can anyone suggest anything. Thank you so much.
