Basically, meditation is a way to come to our center, the foundation of our being, and stay there - quietly, in silence and attention. Esencialmentela meditation is a way to learn to be awake, fully alive, but still. It is the stillness of meditation that leads to that state of being awake and in that sense of being fully alive, and that allows us first to be in harmony with ourselves, and gradually in harmony with all creation. The experience of meditation puts you in resonance with life. But to have that resonance, we must be awake in the silence and stillness.
This is a great challenge for people today, because most of us have little experience with the silence and that silence can be a major threat to people in temporary culture in which we live. You get used to the silence. This is why so the path of meditation is a way to learn to say your word inwardly, in your heart. The purpose of repeating the word is jump into silence. Then, you give up all sorts of materialistic ideas as how long it will take. May be 20 years. But that does not matter. You can be 20 minutes. Does not matter. All that matters is that you go in caminoa re-establish contact with your center. The great discovery we make when we are on the way to our center, the center is everywhere, and that meditation is the way to insert ourselves into our own center. If we are rooted in ourselves, can we find our place in the universe and to find the center of the universe, we find God.
The truly spiritual person is one who is firmly entrenched itself to such an extent that is in harmony with everything and everyone. The great purpose of this path is to enter a deep harmony with yourself, with others, the universe and God. Let me remind you again. The path of meditation is uncamino of great simplicity. You must learn to saying your word "Maranatha." It's hard because this is not conventional wisdom. Most people think that wisdom is to be more complex and the more rare are the ideas that you can examine and manage, then you become wiser. If you tell someone, 'I'm going to sit every morning and every night and will learn to repeat the word' - many will say, 'Well, you should then be a fool. Sure esmucho life more precious and time is precious to lose so, only repeating a word 30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes at night. Why not do something better with your mind? "
then takes great courage to every one of us, men and women of the XXI century, the power to sit and meditate every morning and night. But this is what is required. If you want to learn to meditate, you should then try to find the time every morning and every night, and you must learn the discipline and learning which is a real discipline. This is a discipline that provides great stability, a great unity and great harmony. The discipline is the discipline to repeat the word.
A friend of mine recently sent me a cartoon that found in the New Yorker. It was the image of two Buddhist monks sitting in meditation posture and gently told one another: "What do you think happens next?". That is all. This is how many see meditation in our society. Another cartoon that someone sent me some time ago is that of a young man with long hair sitting also in the meditation posture and his father, obviously an executive, told his friends: 'Is not it wonderful? Before he adopted the meditation just sit all day doing nothing. " This gives you a sense of humor of New Yorker and how society views people in our meditation.
But we must also address it with some humor, we should not be too solemn about it. But this is it, this is required. If you want to learn to meditate learn to sit still and say your word from beginning to end. What you will find, if you persevere, is that after a while of saying your word you will find some peace and relaxation that can take you to the temptation of saying, 'This is very good. I want to keep experiencing this and therefore I will leave repeat the word - I will be alone with the experience. " This is the quick route to disaster. Do not meditate to experience the experience. Meditate to get to experience. Meditation is to the consciousness and go beyond the awareness of self-reflection. Meditation is learning to look outside of yourself, breaking the system of self-awareness, breaking the prison of ego - and do so with the discipline to say the word.
When you repeat the word, you're not thinking about your thoughts. Nor are analyzing what you get. You are giving yourself. Meditation in the Christian view, is simply plunge into the infinity of God through the Spirit living in our hearts. Is to give ourselves, is thrown into the deep. People, throughout history, has found that what is required is an act of faith to give to oneself.
So do not complicate your meditation. In my humble opinion, unless you read about meditation, the better. The less you talk about meditation, the better. What is real is to meditate. The simple rule is that you remember to find a quiet place at home or wherever you are. Sit up straight. Do not worry about technical. It is not necessary that you sit in the lotus position, but could be helpful if you do - it's worth learning. But the important thing is to sit right. The essential the position is that the spine is as straight as possible. With regard to breathing, the simple rule is to breathe. Do not be dismayed if you think inhaling or exhaling. Do both! But the most important rule is to say the mantra, you say your word. And this is the art of meditation, learn to say your word from beginning to end.
