Meditation

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MEDITATION

 

We will be exploring some ways to use crystals with meditation later

and ways to meditate on /about crystals and learn some crystal

visualizations

but this is more about meditation in general .

Meditation is one of the practices that can help us develop

sensitivity to intuitive and spiritually sourced information feelings

and experiences .

It is this sensitivity which assists us in knowing what to do in a

treatment when our crystals are charged what our path is. This is not

 

all that meditation can do

 

The first thing to know about meditation is that there is no wrong

way to do it there is no possible wrong result and there is no

particular outcome that is the Right one. The only important thing

about meditation is that you do continue to do it when you can, if

only

for a few moments daily or weekly if possible.

 

Meditation can be done by anyone While many people associate

meditation with Buddhism or Yoga the practice is universal and not

religion or culture dependent. Whatever beliefs you hold there are

meditations that will work for you and harmonize with them. Some

meditations lead to great mental clarity. Many of the great writings of

the world came about out of, or in meditation . Meditation is an

experience it is not about results, it is in the doing. It is, to me

an

essential part of experiencing daily life to the fullest and being a

participant in it. It is an essential part of separating yourself from

the

stresses and trials of daily life and being detached from them.

 

Part of all meditation ,spiritual and energy work practice

is about raising our own life condition to the point where we are not

buffeted by transient phenomena . While some people may have

visions or get blissed out that is not the point of meditation and in

most

forms you just move past this kind of thing if it happens and return

to

your focus just like you do for any other distraction.

Meditation is not something you really become an expert at. There is

always more to experience . There are many forms of meditation . I

think meditation is of vital importance to personal spiritual

evolution.

Some people meditate to calm down and some people meditate to get

high, and it does not matter why they do it or what happens when they

do it or how they do it . If you fall asleep while meditating you

probably

needed the sleep more than you needed the meditation. and on occasion

meditation might turn into journey.

 

It is important to practice a variety of forms of meditation to

achieve a balance in

your life. The practice of stilling your mind can be balanced with a

mindfulness meditation of attending to each thought as it occurs. The

practice of focusing inward with eyes closed , can be balanced with

the

open eyed practice of observing in the outer world, Meditating on fire

is balanced by meditating on water. practicing detachment, with

practicing loving kindness and compassion, Seated, still meditations

with walking

and moving and dancing meditations, Silence with chanting.

 

You may have met lovely spiritual people with decades of meditation

practice who are so blissed out in the oneness that they seem about to

float away and may be quite unable to balance a checkbook , Or people

who are so detached that they don't even notice or respond to events

around them in a

human way. These could be examples of people who have focused on

one practice to the exclusion of all others and are unbalanced as a

result. This kind of effect takes years to occur and is not something

that will effect you if you practice a variety of meditations and

participate in living life fully. The ability to

participate in living life fully is great skill and benefit that can

acquired

through meditation.

It is often said that the only wrong way to meditate is to not

meditate. so whether you have only 5 or ten minutes to watch your

eyelids

(imagine a Movie screen or some such) or you have hours to practice

meditating, give it a try.

Do not expect any particular result, don't worry if nothing happens .

(In some forms the idea is for " nothing " to happen.) don't worry

if something does happen either. Everyone has different experiences

with meditation. The cliché is that prayer is Talking to God and

meditation is listening .

One simple basic meditation practice is to relax and

center your attention on a sphere in the center of your head and keep

your focus there. When you notice that your mind has wandered,

gently bring it back to center and the sphere ,just practice bringing

your attention into the center of your head. people often find it

difficult

to focus at first or feel sleepy, do not criticize your self.

You can place a word like love or peace in your sphere to meditate on .

People also may focus on the tan tien or Hara a spot about two inches

below the navel this is an energy center in the aura , obviously this

is

the focus that is referred to as contemplating your belly button..

 

In conventional meditation when you notice that your mind has

wandered just gently bring it back to your focus say a sphere inside

your head or your breath or an object you are looking at or a word or

sound you are focusing on or your heart and the diamond of light

within it don't fight your wandering mind. Gently return your

thoughts

to your chosen focus or you may even do a meditation where you just

strive to observe those very same scattered thoughts as you might

watch birds flying by.

 

The classic blank zen mind most think of when meditation is mentioned

is not the only way to meditate there are almost as many ways to

meditate as there are people and with experiment and exploration you

are certain to find methods that " work " for you.

If you find still- mind an incomprehensible concept I suggest you

 

might try one of the focused Huna Nalu meditations

This form of brief focused total attention can be quite valuable in

crystal work

and is one way of beginning to develop a sensitivity to energy and

spiritual information

Pick a sense any sense sight, touch, taste, hearing, smell. Pick an

object or quality related to that sense A food ,a sound the way

something feels, a leaf, and focus your

attention on it Or focus all your senses and attention on an object

 

or idea

observe it with your entire being do this for, your initial goal is 10

seconds.

Do this anytime it occurs to you to do it.

Classically you breathe deeply while your are doing your focus.

 

Vipassana is one of the oldest and most well known. It is also called

Insight meditation. one becomes Aware without being judgmental, of

motivations, emotions, thoughts by just gently allowing ones thoughts

to

flow paying attention to them without criticism .

For many meditations you can use an open eyed focus such as when

you meditate by gazing on a sacred writing or stone or other object

such as a mandala or natural view .For others you close your eyes as in

 

breath and mindfulness meditations. Those methods where you focus

on a word you may s keep your eyes half open or focused on your Tan

tien .

Non focused meditations are usually done eyes closed or half open

mantra or sound meditations vary. obviously walking and dance

meditations must usually be done with eyes open.

 

You can program a crystal to help you maintain focus in meditation.

You can meditate on a crystal or stone

Some crystals called toning crystals can help you do toning and

chanting meditations

they are usualy thin crystals but way you recognize them is that if

you hold one andtone you will be able to hold the tone longer or more

clearly.

There are quite a few different web pages about meditation a search on

about .com will bring several good sites .

 

 

Peggy ~ Solarraven

 

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