Meditation

WHY MEDITATION?

“I am not crying because I am going to die. I

am crying because I have never lived.

Carl Jung

“What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not to cross the abyss (an immeasurable depth) that separate us from ourselves?

Thomas Merton

WHAT IS MEDITATION?

Meditation is a tool to help solve problems and achieve goals in our daily lives.

Real meditation is getting absorbed in our most inner self. (You may call it God, Higher Self, Holy Spirit, etc.)

Think, Breath, and Be

Think Love, breath Love, be Love.

OUR GOALS

The goal of meditation is to

• “come home”• redeem that part of

ourselves that we have lost• become fuller human beings

OUR GOALS

We meditate in order to gain: 

– serenity– peace– joy– greater efficiency in everyday life– an increase in our power to love– a deeper view of reality– a more complete self

MEDITATION IS A PROCESS• Like any other activities, it

needs:– Hard work– Patience

WHICH METHOD OF MEDITATION IS GOOD?

There is no single way or the best way– We may use Mantra.– We may have guided

mediation.– We may have mindful

medication.– Or simply, sit in silence.

Think about it…the answer

will be revealed

Think about it…the answer

will be revealed

A FEW IMPORTANT POINTS A fence is placed around a young

tree to protect it. The same precautions must be observed in meditation.  – First:

• Do not over do. Like watering your plants a lot, remember too much is not good.

 

– Second:• You need to practice:

– daily– same place – same time– same style

POSITION

• Different styles• Sitting on a chair• Crossed legs• Laying down• Walking

All are acceptable.

TIMING OF MEDITATION• Morning • Mid-day• Evening• Before the sunset• Before bed time

THREE STEPS

1. Concentration

2. Contemplation

3. Meditation

Think about it…the answer will be revealed

Think about it…the answer will be revealed

The answer will be revealed…The answer will be revealed…

The answer will be revealed…The answer will be revealed…

CONCENTRATION

“God miracles belong to those who can concentrate on one thing and limit themselves.”

Baal Shem Tov

Saint Theresa of Avila wrote, “I do not require of you to form great and serious considerations in your thinking, I require of you only to look.”

CONTEMPLATIONStage in between concentration and

meditation

– Partially within the senses – Partially above the senses– On the border of each– That is the experience in genuine

meditation– In other words, when one is so

concentrated (in) that he/she is not longer conscious of his/her body, that is the stage of contemplation.

Think about it…the answer will be

revealed shortly…

Think about it…the answer will be

revealed shortly…

CONTEMPLATION

It is the step between concentration and meditation.

Some one wrote: “If the mediator remains conscious of himself and that he is engaged in meditation, then he is not meditating, but is still in the preliminary stage, at the beginning of concentration.”

Hmm..Hmm.. Hmm..Hmm..

MEDITATION

Meditation is entirely above the senses.

In the state of meditation, the mediator, the object of his meditation, and the process of meditation have fallen away, and there is only one. And that one is higher self (God, Holy Spirit, Love).

Think about it…the answer will be revealed shortly…

Think about it…the answer will be revealed shortly…

SUMMARY

Meditation:The Science of Being

“Actively Calm”

Paramahansa Yogananda