Dear Friends, Namasthee all. Yes, in the narrowest sense, this topic may not fit into AI forum . But leave your prejudice and look with a broader outlook. I am sure you will agree with me then that meditation is the truest tool that will give richest access to one's mind ie self control. Niranjan
On 4/26/10, surendra <[email protected]> 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, > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
