What Lies Beneath Meditation?
Many of us experience a meditative state without realizing it. For example, times when we are sitting outdoors, perhaps beside a stream or in a peaceful backyard, when everything seems to drop away, including all our thoughts or concerns, and we enter into a deeply peaceful stillness… an inner quite. In this quite, we feel as if we have dissolved and are no longer something separate or individual, but have merged with everything around us. We become the trees, the birds, and the water – there is no separation, no difference between us.
This state is very joyful; however, it does not necessarily last! Our minds and senses are so powerful that we being distract by every-day concerns, pulled into our worries or personal dramas, our habits or confusion, until this feeling of inner quite seems very far away. However, the more we practice meditation, for example, specific techniques to bring purposefully the mind into a focused and still place, the more we experience an inner quite.
The practice of meditation, which may include contemplation and prayer, is an aspect of systems. If we are too externalized and busy with thoughts, we are unable to perceive the beauty around us or to receive divine inspiration. But meditation is not limited to religious practice; it also has far-reaching implications in our fast – moving and highly demanding world for bringing balance and harmony to our lives.
When they first begin meditating, many people describe feeling as if they have “come home.” In entering this quite ‘inner space,’ you connect with yourself in a more genuine way. It feels familiar, like a place you have been away from for some time. You realize how most of your time is spent distracted, and how little you really know yourself inside.
Meditation is not a goal in itself. It is not something you try to achieve. Rather, it is an awakened way of being. The meditative mind is one that is balanced, clear, and at ease, focused entirely on what is happening in this moment.
The purpose of practicing meditation is to bring about the transformation of our perception of ourselves and our world – from that of skepticism and doubt to acceptance and kindness – so we become more awake. This happens as stress, confusion, and mental chatter lessen, understanding deepens, and compassion and inner peacefulness emerge. However, this is not something to read about – it is in the experience of meditation that you will find these words begin to make sense and bear fruit.
Just Being Meditation.
Meditation brings you into the present moment – into being here, now. To begin your exploration of the meditative state, start with practice of just being for 10-30 minutes.
Oxana Evans
http://www.HowToLiveHealthyLife.com
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