What's the meaning of meditation
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This question gets asked very often, and there is nearly just as many different
answers. The term Meditation gets Google 1,800,000 times a month, that's over 60,000 times every single day, not including all the different languages. If you Google the question, you will get many different answers. You will find so many different answers tothe same question, because most of the people answering the question don't understand what Meditation is. I apologize if I offended someone by that comment, but none the less it's true, I know because I am constantly searching to find ways to deepen my practice. Meditation when done correctly is life changing, it is so powerful that it's going to literally change your life forever. Trust me if you have not experience this you don't know what meditation is.
Most people that try to learn meditation, are doing it for the benefits that they've heard about like; reducing stress, being able to control your emotions, health benefits, and the list goes on and on. The problem with learning meditation with these goals at heart, is that each one of these are side effects of going into deep Meditation, and since your goal is the side effect you will never go deep enough into Meditation to feel the true awe inspiring power of Meditation, which gives you the side effects you are looking for. If that was a little hard to understand, stay with me, and keep reading my blogs. You will start to understand more and more, and when I actually teach you how to meditate you'll understand all this trust me, it is so worth it.
It is hard to explain to someone, that has never experince deep meditation, what exactly it is It is like me trying to explain what a strawberry taste like, to someone who has never tasted the sweet tart juices. But none the less I will do my best to explain it to you, in a way you will understand. First Meditation is not an action, you can not do Meditation. You cannot sit down and meditate. Meditation is a state of being, it's the state of being totally present within the here and now, oh yeah that ever elusive present moment. Meditation that most people teach is really techniques, and exercises to lead you into meditation.
Where as this is the correct answer to; what is Meditation, I know it leaves you with a since of longing, like the answer was not really answered. So I am going to describe to you my experiences so you can better understand. Now first you've got to understand, in order for me to describe it to you, I've got to break it up into kind of a time line, but when I'm in Meditation this happens instantly all at the same time. So sit down, and strap yourselves in,because we are going for a ride boys and girls. When I'm in meditation, I'm aware of my whole body. From my heart and kidneys, all the way down to the really small ones like your pituitary, and pineal glands in your head. I'm aware of my bones, all of them at the same time, along with my muscles, tendons, ligaments,etc. I'm aware of my energy centers, or chakras if you wish to call them that, and my energy channels, or meridians. I become apart of things outside my body like; the ground, the things in my room, people, animals, trees, plants the air. Everything around me, and I can take this has far out as I wish, meaning I can feel the whole planet, the moon, other planets, the sun, and stars. To whole galaxies, and yes all this at the same time. No, this is not a visualization. Visualizations are done in your head, so your stuck in your head. Everything feels as if they are inside me, the Mango tree outside my bedroom feels just like my heart. The feeling is indescribable, the pleasure, and sheer ecstasy is beyond what words can describe.
I did a survey, a couple years ago, about what was peoples most enjoyable experience in their life. Most people about 80% said sex or making love, the other 20% said various answers from, the first time they looked into the eyes of someone they love, to when they were on vacation and was hiking in a very beautiful place. Trust me this blows them all out of the water. Now imagine being in this state of being and doing these other things at the same time, like making love or being really connect to the people you care about. Yeah know that is what I'm talking about. So let me explain a couple of other things here so this will make more since to you. First everything you can see and touch is formed of energy. Along with everything you can't see, and touch like radio waves, light waves, emotions, thoughts, and the air you breath. What provides you with the ability to be connected to everything is your ability to feel energy, and that is done with your consciousness, your awareness. So the reason you don't feel connected is because you don't have enough awareness built up. Building your consciousness, your awareness is the key that unlocks this magical door for you to experience what is right in front of you already. That is the real power of Meditation, you wish to change your life, build your consciousness. There is absolutely nothing more important than building your awareness.
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