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Meditation: What’s in it for me?
Most of us are dominated by our thoughts or feelings. It follows that we tend to think that we are those
thoughts and feeling. Meditation is the state of simply being, just pure experiencing, with no
interference from the body or mind. It’s a natural state but one which we have forgotten how to access.
If you want to live a more fulfilled life, first you will want to know your potential. Meditation is the
route to that knowing. It is the science of awareness.
The beauty of the inner science is that it enables whoever wants to explore and to experiment within
to do so alone. This eliminates dependence on an outer authority, the need to be affiliated with an
organization, or the obligation to accept a certain ideology. Once you understand the steps, you walk
the walk in your own, individual way.
It is important not to meditate with a goal, desire, or expectation. The whole secret is to allow the
process to unfold. Wanting something to happen is the surest way to prevent it happening. Just be
content to enjoy the time of meditation in itself, for itself. Results will come, but only if you’re not
demanding that they come. Create a climate of receptivity, openness, and relaxation
What You Will Experience:
Relaxation and Awareness without Effort
Benefits of meditation are manifold. Chief among them are the ability to relax and to be aware without
effort—useful tools for just about everyone!
Quieting of Thoughts
By its very nature the mind is a talker. Through meditation you can discover how to find distance
between yourself and the talker, so that the mind, with its constant chatter of thoughts, no longer
intrudes on your inherent state of silence.
Expanded Consciousness
Meditation is neither a mental effort nor an attempt to control the mind. Effort and control involve
tension, and tension is not what we want in meditation. Besides, there is no need to control the mind,
only to understand it and how it works. The meditator does not need to tame his mind, to become
more mindful, but to grow more in consciousness.
Expanded Awareness
Meditation is all-inclusive. Your consciousness is expanded. You are aware, but not of anything in
particular.
A Natural State
Sportsmen know this space, which they refer to as “the zone.” Artists know it through singing, painting,
playing music. You can know it through gardening, playing with the kids, walking on the beach.
Meditation is a natural state and one that you have almost certainly experienced. Methods are needed
only until the state of meditation and relaxed awareness is achieved.