Meditation Exercises
Many effective exercises have been developed, over the centuries, to aid in meditation. You will find that some of them work better for you than others. Once you’ve found the one you like best, it is not necessary to keep trying many different others. But when you are just starting out, it is good to try different types of exercise to determine which one works most effectively for you.
One particular type of meditation exercise begins in a seated position. First, concentrate on specific muscles in your body. Beginning with your head, feel the tension drain downward out of your face, down your neck and downward through your whole body. When you reach your feet, imagine all of your accumulated tension is forced out of your feet and into the floor. Then bring your awareness back to the center of your chest, imagining that a vast sea of peace resides there.
When you begin to meditate, try to breathe in a softly as possible, so that if a tiny thread were placed in front of your nose it would not move at all. And when you breathe you, try to do so even more slowly than when you breathed in. If possible, pause between the intake and exhalation of your breaths. Only do that, however, if it does not make you feel physically uncomfortable.
Purity is a common focus during exercises. Breathing in, imagine that breath coming directly from God, from Purity itself. Breathe in peace, and breathe out restlessness and dissatisfaction. As you repeat this exercise, you will find your stress and unhappiness leaving you. The air you breathe in will truly seem to bring with it joy and serenity.
To develop the power of concentration, make a black dot on the wall at eye level. Stand facing the dot, about ten inches away, and focus your concentration on it. After a few minutes of breathing in and out, you will begin to feel that your breath is actually coming from that dot, and that the dot is also breathing in, receiving its breath from you. Imagine that there are two persons: yourself and the black dot, and that you are exchanging breaths.
These exercises teach you to extend peace and harmony into your body and outward into your life. You will begin to feel that you have transcended your reality, and you will begin to sense that you have boundless power. As you practice these exercises, you will gradually move beyond ordinary thinking and enter into concentration.
Another exercise concentrates on the heartbeat. This, like breathing, connects you to your own inner life, the very place from which you may radiate out into the universe. Every time you hear your heartbeat (a scary experience for some), it will then be transformed into a benevolent reminder that you are alive, and a part of infinite, immortal life. In another, you contemplate a flower. Concentrating on the flower, imagine it growing in the innermost chamber of your heart.
All these exercises are creative ways of entering into the heart of meditation.
At the time of this writing, Rachel has been meditating for about a year. In that time, she’s seen many astounding near-instant results. She’s found her way to her purpose (which she believes has to do with helping people discover their spirituality), has had greater relationships, released weight, and is overall a LOT happier.
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