Meditation is an important spiritual tool in our quest for the transcendent. It is what we use to learn to still the mind so that we might hear the faint whispers of the sublime and come to know our true Self.
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The modern person's mind is like an untrained puppy dog, jumping all over everyone and barking constantly. Most people think they are in control of their own minds, but one of the first realisations you come to in meditation is the parasitic nature of the mind. For how many counts of breath can you stay focused only on the sensation of the breath without any thoughts creeping in? One? Two? Maybe three? Most people are amazed to discover how little control they have over their own minds! It is a sad fact that most of us are slaves to our minds.
Is this an acceptable condition to you? Would you not prefer to be the master of your own mind? To be able to direct it with laser focus when and where you tell it to go? Meditation is something that starts delivering benefits almost immediately with regular practice. Have you ever been so anxious that you can't sleep because you can't stop the endless flow of worrisome thoughts? Are you ever unable to focus on something you needed to work on because your mind kept wandering off onto something else? Have you ever emotionally lashed out at someone when you didn't mean to? Do you have a mental chatter filled with negative self-talk, a broken record habitually playing on repeat that prevents you from growing into your potential? These are all symptoms of an undisciplined mind.
This meditation is designed for a total beginner, but you can still enjoy it even if you are more advanced. The goals here are 1) to give you something that you can do every day as part of your routine. It is only about 15 minutes and it is not hard to find 15 minutes in the morning or evening to do a simple meditation. Building up the daily habit is half the battle. And 2) to help guide you through a process of learning to focus your mind where you tell it to go, without leaving too much space in the meditation for your mind to start analysing the experience. You cannot ever turn off your thoughts completely. Just treat them as passing traffic. You would look pretty silly if you got up and started chasing after one particular car, wouldn't you? So treat your thoughts the same and just let them pass by without giving them any interest as you maintain your focus on the meditation.
Once you have become the master of your own mind, then you will be able to open yourself up to deeper transcendent experiences in meditation. But even if you never get that far, you will still find that you benefit greatly in life from developing greater mental discipline.
We hope you find this meditation helpful and of course, if you have any questions or struggles, please let us know in the comments and we will try to help as best we can. Some of you may find that you do not like to close your eyes. If this is the case, just stare into the mandala on the screen so that you are not getting distracted by your eyes wandering around the room.
Some further resources for meditation:
[ Ссылка ] - Free 10 day intensive Vipassana meditation courses offered worldwide
[ Ссылка ] - Meditation resources specifically for Christians
[ Ссылка ] - An excellent introductory video on why and how to meditate
"Doctrine of Awakening" by Julius Evola (this book was personally a big influence on me in my own meditation journey)
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