The Preliminary Practices
Meditation should be practiced in a clean place, either in or out-of-doors,
depending on your circumstances. It is recommended that you sit in a
cross-legged position, keeping your spine straight. Most people find that
sitting on a small meditation rug or cushion makes their meditation
experience more comfortable and consequently they are less distracted by
their physical body.
The goal in meditation is the complete cessation of all thought during the
period you have set aside for meditation. This will take some time for most
of you.
In the beginning, it is advised that you practice meditation while focusing
on a physical or mental image, in order to help you to gradually develop
your concentration skills. Once you have developed you concentration skills
to a high degree, you will find it relatively effortless to slip into a
state of meditative emptiness.
Initially, when you first begin the practice of meditation, don’t fight
with your thoughts or try to suppress them with your will. This will only
frustrate you and bind you to your thoughts even more strongly. Instead,
spend your time concentrating on your visualization or focusing o a mantra
or a yantra.
For the first three months of practice, spend about fifteen minutes
meditating twice a day. After about three months of consistent practice,
increase your time to thirty minutes. After six months of consistent
practice, increase your session to forty-five minutes. After a year of
practice, increase your session to one hour, twice daily.
Once you have reached this time level, it is not really necessary to add
more time to your meditation practice. Instead, what becomes of paramount
importance is to decrease your thought flow during your sessions. When you
can successfully meditate for two hours a day, with few -- if any --
thoughts, you will be ready for the advanced secret meditation techniques.
The best times of day to meditate are in the morning, during the period of
sunset, or before going to sleep. Meditating in the morning clears your
mind for the day ahead. It fills you with higher energy, so that you will
have a happier and more creative day, and it also makes it easier for you
to practice mindfulness during the day.
It is very easy to meditate at sunset. At that time a special doorway opens
up between the interdimensional worlds, allowing you to meditate powerfully
and also to recharge yourself with energy for the evening ahead. If you
cannot meditate at sunset, have your second meditation before going to
sleep at night. You will find that you will sleep more peacefully and your
mind will be clear and energized when you awaken the next morning.
Do not be discouraged! In the beginning of your practice you may feel like
you are wasting your time. Initially, you may find it difficult to
concentrate, and you will probably spend more time “thinking” about
meditation and other topics than you actually spend concentrating and
meditating. This is quite normal.
Just keep practicing. Even after a few weeks you will begin to notice that
your mind is much more clear, that you are happier, more aware, and have
more physical, mental, and psychic energy. After several months of consistent practice, you will also notice that you require less sleep.
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