Guide to the world of the meditation
Meditations of the mind
Our minds are working all the time. Thoughts flow on our head without any pause. Because we always live only inside of our minds, we start believing that we are our minds. However, a mind is a limited thing. We are more than our minds. Meditation can take us beyond the mind. There are neither limits nor boundaries on the other side. Step out of your mind, and you will enter into the world without limits, into the world of endless possibilities. At that moment, you have entered into the meditation.
That moment we can finally understand that we are so much more than our limited minds. We can exist without the mind. We can experience this world, this reality, without anything between it and us, without constant filtering and interceptions of the mind. We will be able to see the world without any preconceptions or illusions. We will finally see and experience this world as it truly is.
Silence of the mind
Concentration
Nothingness
Crossing the inner world
Silence of the mind
Let your mind settle into the tranquility
Our minds are constantly talking and thinking by themselves. Thoughts go on and on without any pause, without stop. We cannot stop this river of thought with the power of our will, except for a short while. All our attempts will only make it stronger. The mind can, however, be silenced by the simple method. It can be done by doing nothing at all.
Imagine that you are holding a bowl full of water in your hands. The bowl moves, and water splashes around. Now, how can you make water on that bowl become still? You cannot stop water with your hands, it will only flow through your fingers. You also cannot still water by moving the bowl, because every move will just increase movements of water.
Only solution is to stand still and wait. When you patiently keep still, hold the bowl firmly and just wait, there will be just the one possible resolution; movements of water will stop. Surface of water will become calm and tranquily.
You can do this to your own mind. Sit down comfortably, keep still, and wait. At the beginning, thoughts seem to gather only more strength, but keep waiting patiently. Let thoughts flow without interrupting them, without doing anything to them. Finally, your thoughts will start slowing down. They will come slower and slower. You will keep getting flashes about the real peace and quietness. When your mind is finally quiet and open, you have already arrived into the meditation.
Do this practice as long as it hey will feels good and natural. You can do it at every free moment during your day. You will find out that your mind will be clearer because of it, and you will be more present and aware in your life. This meditation can bring you the true peace, inner peace. It is the peace you can feel anytime, anywhere, regardless what happens in your life. Inner peace is always close to us in every moment of our lives.
Unite with the object of your concentration
Deep concentration is one of the methods of meditation. Deep concentration can open us a way to deeper into our minds, and other side of it. Our minds also will become sharper and clearer, and we can learn to concentrate into all things with the entire presence of our mind. When our ability to concentrate grows, so will the strength of our presence in our lives.
Sit down, and close your eyes. Imagine a flower in your mind. This object can be really anything, but the flower will do. Now direct all your awareness into that flower. See it clearly in your mind’s eyes. Feel lightness of it in your hands. Smell its scent. Listen to the voice of petals moving in the wind. Make that flower as real and living as possible in your mind.
When your mind start wandering, just bring it gently back to the flower. Wandering is not important. Only concentration into the flower matters. Gather your whole mind, and direct it into that flower. Sense that imaginative flower with your all senses. Immerse yourself fully into it. Let everything else disappear. Direct your whole being into that flower. Immerse your whole being into it, until you become one with it.
The mind can be also crossed over by going through it. We can experience oneness by immersing ourselves into any object or vision. Directing all our senses reveals us that we are more than those senses. We will realize that our awareness is a separate thing from the mind. We are the one who is aware. Mind is only our tool, our servant, extension of our will.
We can achieve the different control of mind with this practice. We will learn to consciously direct and guide our minds to any object we want. We can learn to direct our minds skillfully and sensitively. Mind is wonderful and beautiful thingl. We can do miracles together with our mind.
Concentrate into the boundless sky
The state of meditation is like the open, endless sky. Our thoughts are like clouds on that sky. Beyond those clouds, there is always peace and quietness. There is endless and open sky, on which those clouds flow on. When your attention is on your thoughts, you only notice the clouds. The sky is always there, but we are just not aware of it.
Direct your awareness on that open sky beyond clouds. Look past them, into the boundless space. Behind the noise of thoughts, there is always the peace and quietness of sky. Listen to that quietness behind your thoughts. Behind all feelings, there is free and empty space. Sense that space on the other side of the emotions.
Concentrate on the open sky. Notice how clouds flow past, hear your thoughts, feel emotions passing by. Let all them be. Go beyond them. Rise over them into the open sky. And so you will step out of the mind. You will enter into the boundless and limitless world. You will enter into the meditation.
Cross over the world of your mind
Your mind is your inner world. There is another world inside of you, and that is the world your mind creates, and believes to be real. However, that is only the map of reality, only your mind’s impression and interpretation of this world. That world is only the pale shadow of real world, and limits of that world are limits of your mind. You can experience the real world by going over the limits of your inner world, by going over your mind.
Begin by imagining the world in your mind. Imagine your whole inner world. Fill it with whatever comes to your mind. Enlarge it, and make it bigger and bigger. Always bigger, until you find the limits of your imagination. Continue your imagination, and make your world even bigger than before. Until you finally will meet the real limits of your mind. At that moment, you will step out of your mind. You will then experience boundless and infinite world, the world that is beyond the mind. You will experience the real world.