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Meditation
- Spirituality - Self Realization- Enlightenment
ACTIVE
MEDITATION
Well okay, what is
"inactive" meditation? Actually, most directed meditations
are pretty much inactive meditations. The most common meditation
used in group sessions basically says, "stop moving,
relax, stop thinking, relax." That's not active meditation.
That's a method of sleep preparation. Again, nothing comes
of nothing.
Even examining the floating exercise,
a tantric meditation in which you are allowed to go to sleep
if you wish, will reveal that "floating" takes a
lot of mental focus on something more than a single point
of light. An active meditation is anything you do that increases
your activity and combines the physical with the mental for
heightened effectiveness. Some examples are, driving to work,
going for a walk, working, fighting with someone, talking
with someone, having sex, participating in a sport, etc. Yeah,
I know, I like that last word, (etc.) It keeps me from making
HUGE lists (and allows you to make your own list).
One of the first things you can do
to bring activity to your meditations is to say them aloud.
Churches know how effective this is. Add inspirational art,
colors, music, etc. (good word) and you can soon begin to
be more effective. If you are still having problems keeping
your focus, exercise while you meditate. Of course, you could
use tantric rituals which are nearly all active, high energy,
exercises which are enjoyable, very memorable, and repeatable.
That's what this writing is about in
a very great sense. There is a real focus here to help people
gain their own direction, godhood, destiny, or whatever. If
tantric methods can help, then use them. If you think tantra
won't--don't.
Meditation is a process just as with
everything else. Not only that, we are up against the problem
of definition. I say meditation is the sum total of all your
brain and body activity and is happening constantly. You may
have another definition. My meditations say that's OK. My
meditations also say it's OK for me to see things as I do.
All this is just fine as long as we don't begin to force each
other to our way against the other's will. If you have a different
way or path, great! If you decide I must see things your way
or else, not great, and I'll take the "or else."
All of which brings up the subject of shared meditations.
Sharing meditations is far more common
than most people would at first believe. Yet most everyone
will share the meditations of their drive to work, or their
meditations about anything which frustrates or irritates them.
In fact, they (we) will share our pet peeves at such a level
that others will begin to avoid us or at least tire of hearing
about them. We less often share our gladness and when we do,
it will be disguised as "great weather" or "had
a great time last night" and so on. We don't often state
how glad we are to be alive, to be functional, to be at work,
at home, or any other common good situation. It is interesting
how we take being OK for granted and meditate on what is not
OK or what might not be OK, or what was not OK or might not
be OK if it were not for the possibiity of what could have
been except for--------! Wow, we are experts at finding downer
meditations.
These meditations of problems, real,
unreal, potential, past, future, present, perfect future nominative,
or by any other case, and the even more widely varying possibilities
of the results of those problems, are not healthy. Sorry,
I won't retract that. Meditating on downers all day only adds
to illness, both mental and physical. Here is what I teach:
As much as possible, meditate with glad, happy, connected
thoughts, surround yourself with beauty, use your second attention
to image actions of happiness, use rituals to change your
body/brain chemistry to a base line of happiness, and avoid
or get away from anything that works against those methods
of happiness. If you can't get away, often the case in a job
situation, wall the problem off to the maximum reasonable
extent. You must take charge of your life. If you don't, others
will. Right now, much of your life is being controlled by
the government, churches, culture, society, peers, and expecially
your parental training. As the Catholic church has bragged
"give us the child and we'll own the man," how you
grew is the way you still are. That can be changed and it
is not difficult; start with changing your meditations and
the rest may fall into place. If not, try the tantric rituals
combined with the meditations. Increase the power of the rituals
according to the strength of the difficulty you are trying
to overcome.
There is a problem. If you continue
to practice the old thoughts and behavior patterns at the
same time you try to break out, you may simply increase the
strength of the old habits enough to counter the new methods
or rituals. If you don't stop smoking, you won't stop smoking
no matter how many methods you use. If you get drunk each
day, neither AA nor any other method will cure your drinking.
If you simply practice finding more fault and being more angry,
or more fearful, you can walk or practice any path you want
and your old stuff will win because you have raised the power
of your disability to overcome any possible ability. If you're
doing this and won't stop, people will soon find out and you
will lose jobs, friends, spouses, finances, paths and yourself.
If you're doing this, STOP!! Redo your meditations and stamp
out the old ways, even the ones you think you'll die without.
Find someone you can trust and be guided. Don't use your old
methods to destroy your guide or you will have done two things:
(1) gotten rid of someone who would have helped you, and (2)
destroyed someone who had a good attitude toward the world,
and that is all too rare nowadays.
You share this world with everyone
else. Your actions, your thoughts, your promise, your life
is important to everyone here, now and in the future. When
you smile at the world, you help. When you frown, you destroy.
When you do good, good grows. When you do ill, illness grows.
Choose. You choose anyway. Make a conscious choice. You will
not have more effect on the world by knowing what you are
doing than you do without knowing. The only difference is,
you will then, at least, become aware of what the effects
of your actions are and you will be able to make your actions
count in the direction you choose, not as others push you
into.
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Meditation in Depth then follow the Links:
Meditation
Meditation Handbook
Mind
and Meditation
Meditation Process
Zen
Tao
Dynamic Meditation
Transcendental
Meditaion
Enlightened Masters
Many
Buddhas
Dreams/Remember Dreams
Spiritual
Journey
Think
High Grow High
Who
am I?
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Important
Note:
Opinions
expressed on this page must be viewed as the ideas of an ordinary
student of meditation. While I truly believe
everything I say, you should not believe anything unless you
see it, feel it, and know it for yourself. I make no claims
of infallibility. In fact I absolutely claim fallibility.
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Remember that meditation is an escape to
reality, not an escape from reality. Avoid
any guru or group that asks you to deny truth. Take the best
and leave the rest.
* Don't limit yourself to just one teacher. It will always
be better to know different ideas before reaching any conclusion
or that what we call bilateral thinking,
always see things from different angle, different perspective.
The single guru approach can lead to cult thinking with its
small mindedness and us vs. them syndrome.
It
is a mind that is unprejudiced by religion, philosophy, and
cultural conditioning. It is going naked in the stars.
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