Archive for November, 2009

19 November

At The Heart of Healing Meditation

There are several types of meditation. One distinct type of meditation is referred to as healing meditation. Essentially, healing through meditation is a glorious special technique that cultivates an infinite harmony, overbearing peace and absolute calm in the three components of the self. In this meditation technique, you harness the physical body, the mind and the soul (spirit) into a cohesive oneness that rests in one foundation of total relaxation.

Though easy to think of, it is one of the toughest regions of meditation. It needs extensive practice and determination to achieve. However, once you achieve such a state, you break free into the cosmic word of possibilities where no ailment can reach you. With persistent discipline and persistence, you can learn how to practice healing meditation. From there on, you will easily overcome any stress, depression, worry or tension enacted by your daily life.

This meditation technique is based on the rich ancient culture of the central Asian denizens. Available records show that this technique is one of those practiced by the Buddhist meditation gurus with an intent to foster concentration, peace of mind, maximal self awareness, enhanced creativity, higher consciousness and more importantly, spiritual development. This set of states is a perfection of natural health and well-being. If you can strive for and attain even three of these states, then you will have enriched your health with a power beyond any conventional drug. At the heart of any meditative healing session, lies the need to elevate the three units of the self into harmony, peace and calm.

If you are suffering from any sort of physical pain or emotional trauma, then healing meditation might be the one thing you need. You are guaranteed of great health benefits that are going to impact permanently in your well-being. This must however be accompanied by proper dieting to help the body derive healing abilities from the benefits activated through meditation. You only need basic guidance in the start of the program and once you learn the concept, you can reach any height of meditation all by yourself.

The following is the beginning point of a healing meditation session. Try to see if you can attain it. This will help you gauge whether you need guidance or whether you can do it alone. To begin, lie lying down on a flat cushioned surface and hold your hand across the chest. You can alternatively sit in a comfortable meditation chair with your back supported. Begin the session by relaxing the entire body with deep breathes that are deliberate, gradual and full. Ensure that your attention is focused on the breath as it enters and leaves your body. Feel the air interacting with your body as you breathe.

You must now try to relax the entire body as a single unit, visualising deep into the heart. Retain maximal concentration and do not let any part of the body to pull away from the oneness. That is the beginning of the meditative healing session and if you can attain that, then it would be easy to transcend barriers to higher levels of meditation. Read and consult widely on how you can take that state further into the cosmic visualisation of health and well-being.

10 November

The Core Paths of Relaxation Meditation

Without relaxation meditation, the loss of security and peace has messed our health to extents of utter despair. The fact that we go to sleep and wake up with our strains and stress intact, has made it impossible to enjoy good health. Even beyond health, we need to attain a happy lifestyle that is not overburdened by things we have no control over. When stress accumulates in our muscles, it releases dangerous toxins that then inflict diseases. By relaxing the body, you are cleansing yourself of toxins and potential threats.

The happiest lot of individuals have learnt to relax and to approach everything with a calm, tranquil mind. You must elevate your perception and comprehension to a point where you are not challenged but stimulated by phenomena. You have to drive your mind from the past and into the now. The best way to do that is to use relaxation meditation.

The main paths of relaxation meditation include breathing, muscle relaxation, visualisation and meditative elevation of the self to heights of infinite tranquillity and peace. The following is an illustration of how you can execute the meditation session. This however is the beginning; you have to let your self free until you can tap to greater dimension of absolute relaxation. Take a meditation seat and assume an upright relaxed posture, starting by breathing gradually and fully, until you can feel the air entering and leaving your body.

The fact is, if you have ever participated in any meditation session, then you have the background from which you can propel this technique to the highest level. If you are green when it comes to meditation however, you need to struggle through the beginning stages of attaining a relaxed self and then coercing the three facets of the self to a peaceful one.

Next, try to stretch the facial muscles and then gradually relax them. Feel the facial lines and shades created by the relaxation and then maintain them at that relaxed state without effecting any strain on the muscles. Enhance your visualisation gradually until total relaxation is attained on the face. If you succeed, a feeling of calm will begin welling up down the entire body. Once the face is done with, try another body part like the legs, the stomach, the hands and so on. For each of the body part, go through similar motions. Once you have revolved around the body parts, you are ready to start the higher meditation levels.

The only chief requirement in relaxation meditation is that you find enough time to harness your from anxiety and stress. The ancient wisdom of many spiritual cultures was harnessed through meditation. These indigenous people found beauty, cure and peace of mind that we have failed to gain from improved scientific prowess and industrialization. The promises of technology and of conventional medicine have failed us in a big way, especially if you look at how chaotic our societies have become.

The emphasize of relaxation meditation is to allow your inner self to discover the infinite correctness, wisdom, tranquility and peace resident in you and which can drain out all worries and stress in the muscles, in your mind and in your soul.