Learning How To Meditate

Meditation has many different uses and it can be applied into practically every aspect of your life.

Children do it naturally. Have you ever watched a child so absorbed in play that he isn't even aware of anything beyond his fascination with his toys? If someone was to walk up behind him, the child would be startled.

Meditation requires that you acquire this type of absorption. This absorption is what refreshes and heals. Meditation is a very powerful tool. As our muscles relax, our mind will quiet down and our sagging spirits will revive. We are once again in control of our lives. Scientific research has repeatedly proven that meditation has many great benefits such as: slowing down our aging process alleviating pain letting us get by on less sleep lowering our serum cholesterol level reducing bacteria levels in our saliva thereby fewer cavities increasing blood flow to brain making us smarter better memory plus many, many more benefits too numerous to mention

Everyone who meditates on a daily basis claims different benefits he or she acquired in these four levels: emotional -mental - physical - spiritual.

LEARNING TO MEDITATE

Learning to meditate can be fun and exciting, but you must keep these three important factors in mind at all times:

(1) POSTURE - the important thing is to keep your spine straight because this positions your nerves just right and helps keep you alert.

(2) BREATH - after you have relaxed your body, you want your breathing to be slow, even and diaphragmatic. By controlling the breath, you directly influence the autonomic processes in your body, like immunity, circulation and digestion. Breathing is the one body function that is both voluntary and automatic.

(3) ATTITUDE - Try to have a relaxed, confident attitude before you start to meditate. Don't worry about "doing it exactly as outlined". Just do your best and with time you will discover the method that is "perfect for you".

As a beginner, you will notice that your thoughts keep wondering in one direction, then another. Keep returning your attention, as best as you can, to the objective of your meditation. (Whether it is your mantra or visualization, which we will discuss later.)

DAYDREAMING while meditating will not produce the same results.

MANTRA MEDITATION

This meditation is very powerful. It is designed especially to help you overcome your inability to quiet your mind. Quieting the mind is one of the greatest stumbling blocks, which must be overcome in order to enable you to get the most out of meditation.

When your thoughts wonder, return your attention to the mantra and begin again.

Do not get upset or angry with yourself, simply start over.

Before doing any meditations, one should mentally say a prayer. This prayer is very effective:

"In the name of the holy ghost and with the aid of my spirit guides, I draw into my body white light for strength, guidance and protection. Thank you."

Repeat this prayer several times - while mentally visualizing white light entering your body from the top of your head, slowly penetrating your entire body then slowly extending outwards, until your entire body is completely surrounded in white light approximately three feet all around you.

ARE YOU READY TO MEDITATE

This meditation should be done every morning, before eating, for ten minutes, gradually increasing time up to twenty minutes.

This meditation will tend to keep you awake longer so if you decide to do it in the evening please do it before your evening meal.

Now that you have decided to meditate, choose a comfortable chair which allows you to sit upright, loosen or remove any tight clothing. If you are extra tense, you can shrug your shoulders, roll your neck and use your favorite body stretches.

1. Inhale a deep breath to the count of four and slowly exhaleto the count of six. Repeat five times.

2. Assume normal breathing.

3. Close your eyelids and focus your eyes upwards to third eye. This is the point between eyelashes directly above the bridge of the nose.

4. Let your chin rest on your chest, head relaxed downward.

5. Let your hands rest easily on your lap, palms turned upwards as a sign of receptivity.

6. Make sure your spine is upright and also have the bottom of your feet rest on the floor thereby keeping you grounded.

7. Your mantra is the word "aum". Mentally repeat this word over and over without moving your lips or tongue.

As you are mentally repeating your mantra "aum - aum - aum", if other thoughts enter just gently push them aside.

By doing this MANTRA Meditation on a daily basis, you will feel inner peace, inner serenity. This inner serenity will glow to such an extent outwardly, your friends man even comment on it.

I cannot repeat this enough, "This meditation is very powerful".

Within thirty days, you yourself will surely notice a lot of little changes, all positive changes and just by doing this
"MANTRA Meditation". You will surely notice its "miraculous healing powers awakening within you".

DO YOU NEED A MEDITATION ROOM

The serious meditator has one corner of a room or a small closet as his own "inner sanctuary". In this room, you should have a small table - covered with a white cloth. Upon this white cloth, you should also place a picture or a statue of Jesus or Buddha or whoever represents your God. Whatever your belief, this is done merely as a symbol of GOODNESS. This greatly enhances your ability to meditate peacefully.

To enable you to have better control of the subject of your meditation, you have to insulate yourself from outside
influences. This is done by wearing a robe covering you from head to foot. This robe should also have a hood to go over your head. You can use a spare bedsheet or blanket for this purpose. Whatever you use, whether you buy a robe, or make your own, this robe must be used for meditation only. You must not wear it for any other purposes. It should also be kept safely away so that no one else can touch it or use it, because if another
person touches it or tries it on, you then have that person's influence in the robe - which you are trying to avoid - and so you have another obstacle. By meditating under this insulated, isolated condition, you are immune from outside influences.

You may meditate with a loved one BUT it is strongly advised NOT to meditate in large groups because your meditation will be influenced by their thoughts.

THE POWER OF YOUR MIND

The mind can give you all that you ask, providing you follow certain laws of nature. There is nothing mystical about this. Ordinary people from all walks of life have applied these principals and achieved their desired goals plus much more.

THE MASTER PLAN

1. You must know what you want, you must say what you want, you must write what you want and you must visualize what you want.

Decide precisely what you want, be absolutely definite: What exactly do you want?

You must state exactly what you want. You must visualize it - picture it in your mind - and hold that picture firmly before you.

2. In order to receive you must give. What are you going to give?

3. Your time limit must be feasible. You cannot expect it in five minutes. In (X) amount of months or weeks practically anything is possible.

4. What are you going to do to realize your ambition?

5. The written word is stronger than the spoken word BUT the two together are an unbeatable combination.

Do you want more money? - Do you want to attract love? - Do you want to lose weight? - Do you want to eliminate bad habits?

LET US REVIEW MASTER PLAN

If you want more money you must state exactly how much you want. Do not state "I want about one million dollars": This is not definite.

In order to receive you must GIVE. Are you willing to help less fortunate people? If you willingly give to less fortunate without expecting anything in return, if you willingly help the less fortunate, you will definitely receive much much more. This is one of nature's laws.

Supposing you want to lose weight. Are you willing to exercise and control diet?

Are you looking for a husband or wife? If so, are you prepared to do your share to make a success of marriage?

Do you have any bad habits? Are you willing to try to eliminate them?

Now that you have decided exactly what you want - write it down as clearly and simply as possible.

At the end, write: "I will give that I may receive."

Read this daily in the privacy of your room. Do not let anyone see your plan.

As you read your MASTER PLAN, feel it and be positive about it. Imagine that your plan is actually within your grasp. Believe in your plan.

Do not let doubts enter.

By adopting this plan, you will drive the thoughts into your sub-conscious and your sub-conscious will help you more than you can possibly imagine.

MASTER PLAN MEDITATION

This meditation should be done every night for thirty (30) minutes. Re-read your written MASTER PLAN.

This meditation is the same as your MANTRA Meditation except, instead of repeating MANTRA, you will now use your powers of visualization.

1. Inhale a deep breath to the count of four and slowly exhale to the count of six. Repeat five times.

2. Assume normal breathing.

3. Close your eyelids and focus your eyes upwards to third eye. This is the point between eyelashes directly above bridge of nose.

4. Let your chin rest on your chest, head relaxed downwards.

5. Let your hands rest easily on your lap, palms turned upwards as a sign of receptivity.

6. Make sure your spine is upright and also have the bottom of your feet rest on the floor thereby keeping you grounded.

7. Now, visualize your MASTER PLAN. Visualize yourself on a large screen. You can now see yourself on a large screen, see the screen surrounded in white. See all your dreams, all your goals on this screen. See yourself wealthy, slim or with a partner. Whatever your plans, whatever your desires: see them on the screen. What can you see? What can you smell? What can you hear? What colors do you see?

The more you practise this visualization, the sooner it will become reality.

The power of visualization is very real - THOUGHTS are stronger than words. If, at first you are having difficulty
visualizing believe you can and you will.

Visualization must be practiced every day. People ar unaware of its true power. If you are having difficulty, practice the following:

Close your eyes:

- Visualize an apple. Visualize the color red.
- Visualize an orange. Visualize the color orange.
- Visualize a banana. Visualize the color yellow.
- Visualize a tree. Visualize the color green.
- Visualize the sky. Visualize the color blue.
- Visualize a plum. Visualize the color purple.
- Visualize a violet. Visualize the color violet.
- Visualize a wedding gown. Visualize the color white.

If you can visualize any of the above, you can visualize anything. Believe you can and you will.

We have discussed two meditations.

By doing the MANTRA every morning and the VISUALIZATION every night, you are programming your sub-conscious to give you all that you ask.

Nowadays many people think that money is everything. As long as one has enough money to feed, clothe and provide shelter, one should be grateful. We never have too much spirituality, we never have too much purity of thought and we never help others too much because in helping others we are helping ourselves.

Now that you know the MASTER PLAN, it is suggested that you choose your desires with goodness for all as the main theme.

The choice is yours. Choose wisely.