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The Light Within - Meditation for Spiritual Growth. Discover Your Inner Self Through The Simple Practice of Meditation
If you are a beginning meditator, the guidelines in the early chapters of this book will be sufficient to enable you to practice with benefit. If you a more experienced meditator review your practice to be sure you are doing it correctly, and then use the various techniques and procedures to improve your meditative skills. Even if you are not inspired when you first sit to meditate, sit still anyway, and wait in the silence. In time, your natural, inner urge to have awareness restored to flawless clarity will naturally begin the meditation process and direct its actions to a successful conclusion.
Meditation is one of the most powerful tools we have for self-expansion and inner growth. Through meditation we can reach levels of mental clarity that we cannot achieve through any other means. Meditation is a major pathway to the soul.
There are many, many ways to meditate. You can meditate on the inflow and outflow of the breath. You can meditate using a sacred word or phrase. You can meditate on the flame of a candle, or on the inner light at the center of your forehead.
You can meditate on the idea of love, or wisdom, or immortality, or any other concept. Or you can meditate by simply being aware of your thoughts as they pass through your mind. There are sitting, standing, walking, laughing, crying, dancing, and chanting meditations. There is living your life— every single moment of the day and night—as a meditation. And this is just for starters.
When I first came back to meditation many years ago after simplifying my life, I picked up a book on the subject, read through one of the suggested techniques, and sat down to meditate.
When I opened my eyes thirty minutes later, I found myself embraced by one of the most profound feelings of peace and serenity I'd ever known. I recognized in that moment that I'd been given a gift. I knew from my past attempts at meditating that it's not every day that meditation comes so easily, nor are the results so absolute.
It took many more months of regular, dedicated practice of meditation before I encountered even fleeting moments comparable to that initial experience. But I was hooked from that first day, and that was the gift.
Your acquaintance with meditation is no doubt entirely different from mine, or from anyone else's you know. We each bring a unique combination of body, mind, and spirit to the adventure of connecting with our inner selves.
Meditation provides a natural unfolding of the process of inner exploration. Some of the rewards are immediate. Others take time, often years, to achieve. There is no substitute for simply doing it, and seeing what the rewards are for you.
If you are a beginning meditator, the guidelines in the early chapters of this book will be sufficient to enable you to practice with benefit. If you a more experienced meditator review your practice to be sure you are doing it correctly, and then use the various techniques and procedures to improve your meditative skills. Even if you are not inspired when you first sit to meditate, sit still anyway, and wait in the silence. In time, your natural, inner urge to have awareness restored to flawless clarity will naturally begin the meditation process and direct its actions to a successful conclusion.
Meditation is one of the most powerful tools we have for self-expansion and inner growth. Through meditation we can reach levels of mental clarity that we cannot achieve through any other means. Meditation is a major pathway to the soul.
There are many, many ways to meditate. You can meditate on the inflow and outflow of the breath. You can meditate using a sacred word or phrase. You can meditate on the flame of a candle, or on the inner light at the center of your forehead.
You can meditate on the idea of love, or wisdom, or immortality, or any other concept. Or you can meditate by simply being aware of your thoughts as they pass through your mind. There are sitting, standing, walking, laughing, crying, dancing, and chanting meditations. There is living your life— every single moment of the day and night—as a meditation. And this is just for starters.
When I first came back to meditation many years ago after simplifying my life, I picked up a book on the subject, read through one of the suggested techniques, and sat down to meditate.
When I opened my eyes thirty minutes later, I found myself embraced by one of the most profound feelings of peace and serenity I'd ever known. I recognized in that moment that I'd been given a gift. I knew from my past attempts at meditating that it's not every day that meditation comes so easily, nor are the results so absolute.
It took many more months of regular, dedicated practice of meditation before I encountered even fleeting moments comparable to that initial experience. But I was hooked from that first day, and that was the gift.
Your acquaintance with meditation is no doubt entirely different from mine, or from anyone else's you know. We each bring a unique combination of body, mind, and spirit to the adventure of connecting with our inner selves.
Meditation provides a natural unfolding of the process of inner exploration. Some of the rewards are immediate. Others take time, often years, to achieve. There is no substitute for simply doing it, and seeing what the rewards are for you.
