Nice one, friend.
At 01:29 PM 26-04-10, you wrote:
Dear members of this group.
I want to suggest you that all of you must read this message. It may
bring some changes in your life.
Meditation. One of the most powerful techniques of bringing one's
mind to rest, of getting tuned to the universe, and of bringing out
the complete potential of the great human mind. Meditation is one of
the most under-used techniques in the world. It is something that
everyone should be doing, and yet but a handful do. What a pity!
Unfortunately it is so commonly related to 'spirituality', that
people shy away from it. Of those who don't, many tell me that they
don't meditate because they can't clear their mind of thoughts.
You don't have to be spiritual, to meditate. You don't have to have
a complete control of your mind to meditate. You just have to be human.
Meditation is the process of eliminating thoughts, not vice versa.
Meditation helps you get a better hold over the whims and fancies of
your mind. In other words, it helps you control your mind instead of
your mind controlling you, as is often the case.
So how can you maditate? There are several techniques. The most
effective is to simply stop thinking - or if you aren't able to do
that, start 'observing' your thoughts, as if it was someone else's
mind and you were just an observer. Eventually you will just stop thinking.
Another very powerful technique is to concentrate completely on your
breath. Don't control - just watch your breath. Focus all your
senses on it, and think of nothing else. Usually when you do this,
you will find that your breath slowly starts getting shorter and
eventually comes to a stop. Here you will reach a thoughtless state,
which is very, very powerful.
A simpler technique is to imagine some object and think of nothing
else. It could be a flame, or your third eye, or anything else, for
that matter. A friend I knew, would imagine that she is running
towards the sun forever. Yet another method is to light up a candle
and stare at it without blinking until your eyes start watering.
This is also a form of yoga, and you are so caught up not trying to
blink, that you simply cannot think of anything else.
If you are trying these techniques for meditation, I'd prefer that
you start from the first method and switch to the next if you find
it tough, and so on. Because the first technique is the most
powerful, the next a little less, and so on. Start from the first
and move downwards, and see which one suits you best.
Everyone who meditates encounters thoughts. So if you find yourself
thinking too much when you meditate, relax, it happens. Over a
period of months, you'll find it reducing, and eventually you'll be
able to reach that thought-less state much more easily.
Doctor S K Tripathi,
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