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Recieved: 1999/10/09 04:29
Subject: [K-list] some meditation
From: Zala
On 1999/10/09 04:29, Zala posted thus to the K-list:
Universal Mantra
Meditation
Meditation is a very ancient treasure of human heritage, it's origins are
lost in the beginning of human civilization, in the wonderful culture of
Tantra. Today Meditation is still practiced by many people all over the
world. Thanks to many Spiritual Masters, Meditation has been brought to
the west and is now available to all. Actually in these difficult days,
many people are learning this ancient art for different reasons; some find
Meditation a way to escape from the crowd and agitated environment in
which
they live, some find relief from stress, depression
and physical diseases as well. But most of the people are joining this
life
style for spiritual reasons.
But what is Meditation? Many people think that Meditation is deep
thinking,
but it is not. Once we get established in this practice, it is possible
to
experience a stage in which the mind gets emptied and thoughts are absent.
Though this stage is not the aim of the practice: once the mind is emptied
from all the thoughts, we can fill it with the most blissful experience of
the Cosmic Love that pervades everything.
Actually Meditation is the best way to solve many of the problems we find
in life, it is the best tool to make our mind stronger and relaxed even in
the most difficult situations. If practiced daily, meditation brings
peace,
concentration and eventually it leads towards a stage of bliss.
As we give food to our body at least two times every day, so we should
provide nourishment for our mind and our Soul as well.
Meditation empties the mind of all the useless thoughts, allowing the
consciousness to expand. Through this practice we can experience that our
existence is not limited to the physical or mental sphere, but rather the
root of our being is spiritual. As we experience ourselves as spiritual
beings, we find that happiness is already inside our heart, and that we
can
bring it out and share it with others.
Isn't it happiness that we actually want at the end? All the things we
do.... isn't it because we want to become happy in the end? So that
happiness is already inside, we just have to feel it and bring it out.
Ok it is not that easy in the beginning, but if we use the powerful tool
of
Meditation, sure we will get it.
As we start to meditate regularly every day, all the fears, tensions,
delusions and other stuff stored in our mind that prevent us from being
happy, get removed and a growing sense of joy and bliss starts. So when
we
start meditation many of the things stored in the deeper layers of the
mind, come out, so we can face them and finally overcome all the obstacles
created in life by them.
As there are many spiritual traditions, we can find many different
techniques of Meditation. Tantric Meditation is the oldest one. This
meditation can be introduced with a technique that anybody can practice
easily.
A few benefits of Meditation
A better sleep due to the emptied subconscious mind
Capacity to be calm and serene in difficult situations
More intuition and focused mind, better understanding of difficult
matters...
Stamina, more energy and physical strength, which helps to bear
responsibility
There are many other benefits...
The Meditation technique described below, is based on the ancient science
of Tantra, and works in three stages:
1.Withdrawal
2.Concentration
3.Mantra repetition.
What is a Mantra?
Literally "what frees the mind".
Instead of trying to stop thinking in order to control the mind, we will
guide and force it to think a single thing/vibration of our choice, and
for
this we use a Mantra.
The Yogis of the past, found that within our body and mind there is a
vibrational activity, and this activity creates sounds. In their deep
meditations they listened to all these sounds and they cataloged them.
They found fifty sounds, and now these sounds are the fifty letters of the
Sanskrit alphabet.
In the tantric science of meditation these sounds are used to awaken
higher
stages of consciousness and they are combined together to create Mantras,
special words (or rather vibrations) based on these sounds.
Not every word can be a mantra, so in order to be such it has to have
three
things:
1.It must be possible to synchronize it with our breath rhythm.
2.It must be able to enchant the mind
3.It must have a meaning on which the meditator can fix his or her
mind.
In this technique we'll use the universal mantra "BabaNam Kevalam".
'Baba' means "the most beloved, the Supreme, the Cosmic Love."
'Nam' means "expression"
'Kevalam' means "only".
BabaNam should be repeated mentally with the in breath.
Kevalam should be repeated with the out breath.
So BabaNam Kevalam means "Only the expression of the Cosmic love" so when
you repeat this Mantra, you should have in your mind the idea that
everything around and within you is nothing
but the essence of Infinite Cosmic Love. You should feel it.
So now you are ready to practice.
Preparation
1.Wash your feet, hands and face to calm the body and mind
2.Sit in a cross-legged position or on a chair, but keep your back as
straight as possible (but without strain)
3.Close your hands, your eyes and gently start to bring your mind inside.
First phase (withdrawal)
1.Bring your attention on the rhythm of your breathing, just observe your
breath without trying to change it. Let your breath be spontaneous (go in
this way for about 2 minutes).
2.Now concentrate your attention on the sensations you have in your legs,
all the physical sensations. Just feel them. (1.5 minutes).
3.Forget your legs, ie withdraw your attention upwards, and bring your
attention on the abdominal area, your belly and lower back. Feel all the
sensations you have in this part of the body. (1.5 minutes).
4.Leave the abdomen and bring your mind up to the chest area, the upper
back and shoulders, again concentrate on the feeling you have in this part
of your body (1.5 minutes). All the while drawing your energies higher.
5.Now the head, forget the chest and concentrate on your head. Feel the
sensations (1.5 minutes).
Second phase (Concentration)
1.Use your imagination to feel that you are surrounded by a warm and
luminous energy, all around you is light.
2.Imagine that when you breathe in, this energy gets absorbed within you
3.As you breath out the luminous energy brings away all your tensions,
fears ... anything that disturbs you.
4.Go on like this for about 2-3 minutes.
Third phase (Mantra repetition)
1.Now you can start to mentally repeat the Mantra.
2.While you breath in repeat "BabaNam".
3.Breathing out repeat "Kevalam".
4.Fill the entire mind with the sound of the mantra and it's meaning
"Everything is love".
5.Go on in this way as long as possible.
When you feel tired, stop repeating the mantra and gently open your eyes.
If you can keep silent for about 20 minutes it will help you to absorb
more
deeply the effect of meditation.
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