BASIC COURSE IN
MEDITATION
1st Edition
Author: Ordermind
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FOREWORD:
Following
my course in energy manipulation ("You and your body"), I have
received some requests for an advanced course in that field. However, I have
been reluctant to write one for various reasons, of which the foremost now is
the risk that the interest in energy manipulation will divert your attention
from the bigger picture, as is the case with any engagements. Energy
manipulation is indeed a good eye-opener and tool, but you shouldn't get stuck
in it; there is more to learn, which I will attempt to show you. The course in
energy manipulation that I have written deals only with the body, and now it's
time to add another dimension to that. And our chosen method will be
meditation. Thus, here is my basic course in meditation.
STRUCTURE:
There
will be a bit more theory than in my previous course, but feel free to skip to
the exercises if that's not your cup of tea. The overall goal of the
meditations in this course is to start opening up the crown chakra, ultimately
in order to access what I call the spiritual realm. The expected time frame for
this course is about 6-12 months. I recommend that you practice at least once
every three days, and if it becomes too monotonous working on just one exercise
you can take a break from that and experiment with what you've already learned
for a while and then eventually get back to doing the exercise again.
PREREQUISITES
& CONSIDERATION:
It
will likely help a lot if you have mastered my course in energy manipulation,
as you will need the acquired concentration and understanding of energy. It's
also my duty to issue a fair warning for the inexperienced: The exercises in
this course will bring about a sizeable and difficult-to-reverse change in your
world view as well as your body, so proceed with that in mind. Take this warning
seriously and proceed only if you're willing to have radically new experiences
and insights.
Throughout the course it's quite likely that
you will start having new experiences, such as seeing visions or sensing the
presence of spiritual beings. In case you feel doubtful about the realness of
these experiences, I advise you to always trust your senses even though you
might misinterpret them due to lack of experience. I believe that it's better
to risk being wrong about your conclusions from time to time than to doubt your
senses, if for no other reason than keeping your peace of mind. Doubting your
senses can lead down a nasty road that is not helpful towards developing your
spirituality.
If
you have an unpleasant sensation during an exercise that seems directly related
to it, for example an intense sensation in your forehead, shift your focus from
the meditation to the sensation, give it your full attention and allow it to be
transformed, ride it out. Once it feels like the transformation is finished or
at least gone far enough, you may go back to the exercise you were doing. This
process might take quite some time so don't rush it.
WHAT
IS MEDITATION?
People
use the word "meditation" in many different ways, so I will explain
here what I mean with meditation in this course.
Meditation
is a branch of energy manipulation (conscious control of metaphysical
manifestation) that has a temporally static form, which means that the activity
ideally remains exactly the same throughout its duration, no matter what
experiences you have during the meditation. The value of meditation can be
intrinsic and/or instrumental. An example of a meditation exercise with solely
intrinsic value is when you make/maintain a certain state of being only for the
experience that it brings. The goal is then identical with the means, whereas
in a meditation exercise with solely instrumental value the goal is not
identical with the means but is brought about by it.
DEVELOPING SINGLE-MINDEDNESS
One
well-known difficulty with meditation is attention-craving distractions. Such
distractions can be for example thoughts that come up or uncomfortable
sensations due to your seating position. When these enter your field of
awareness it can become very tempting to divert your attention from the
meditation to the distraction, to get caught up in them. This is because
meditation can be extremely boring due to its temporally static nature; there's
no variation in the activity during its duration. Depending on the rate of
novelty you're used to, the degree of difficulty these distractions pose can
range from virtually non-existent to a roaring chaos. But as the degree of
difficulty depends on what you're normally experiencing, it gets better with
practice. A way to ease the difficulty of distractions is to use a point of
focus, for example the breath. Since the breath is dynamic by nature, it is a
grateful point of focus as your desire for novelty is then at least somewhat
appeased, and thus the difficulty of distractions is reduced. Deep, full breathing
is also very calming and refines your energy. So whenever the distractions
become too much, you can switch over to a breathing exercise for a little while
and then switch back to the meditation once you feel more balanced again. It's
important to differ between these distractions, which are unrelated to the
meditation itself, and unpleasant sensations that are directly related to it
(which we covered earlier) and to deal with each accordingly.
POSITIO:
All
of these exercises can be carried out in a variety of positions, but I
recommend you using the full lotus position for reasons that will not be
apparent in this basic course but will be disclosed later or at request. If
you're not able to sit in that position, choose a position of your own where your
back is straight and it's easy to keep your balance, for example the normal
cross-legged position. You can also sit on a chair if you prefer that.
EXERCISE 1: Breathing exercise
This
first exercise is designed to make you accustomed to sitting still and focusing
on one single activity. You can also use this in the future whenever you're
having too much trouble with distractions during meditation. What I want you to
do is to simply take slow, full breaths. First breathe in and then hold it for
a little while before you breathe out. Try to fill your body with air but not
so much that it becomes uncomfortable. While you do this, put as much of your
attention as you can into the experience, only saving a little in the back of
your mind for the administration of the breaths. Do this exercise as long as
comfortable. When you're able to do it for about 40 minutes at a time without
getting too restless, you're ready to move on to the next exercise.
EXERCISE
2: Eye-looking-up meditation
Now
it's time for our first real meditation! Focus your attention upwards inside
your head, as if you had an eye in the center of your skull that you're looking
upwards with. Maintain that state of being throughout the whole duration. Do
this as long as comfortable. With practice you should eventually feel a slight
stirring at the top of your head. When you feel that, you may proceed to the
next exercise.
EXERCISE
3: Static crown chakra meditation
What
I want you to do now is to simply be aware of the area at the top of your head
where you have felt the stirring during the previous meditation. Do nothing
except being completely attentive of inside that area and the sensations you
feel within it. When you feel that the two-dimensional horizontal stirring has
developed into a three-dimensional shape, you may proceed to the next exercise.
EXERCISE 4: Tapping the crown chakra
By
now you should be able to feel the crown chakra as some sort of
three-dimensional shape at the top of your head. Now, in this exercise you're
going to "tap" it from below, continously but irregularly, sort of
like Chinese water torture but faster. During this exercise you need to keep it
on its toes all the time, giving it a tap every time it starts to relax. What
you're aiming for is the experience of increased sensitivity in the chakra.
When it feels like it's quite sensitive, put your awareness inside the chakra
and experience it much like you did in Exercise 3. You should feel a rush of
energy. Then after some time, switch back to the tapping exercise again and so
on. This should make the chakra feel more alive.
EXERCISE
5: Experiments of your own choice
Now
you have reached a level that touches the ceiling of this basic course in
meditation, so the final exercise will be to experiment for yourself with
something involving the crown chakra. It may be a variation of a previous
exercise or it may be something you've come up with by yourself. Group
meditations can be quite interesting, for example. This phase is for gathering
experience and having fun, as well as reflection. What is your world-view like
now compared to before you started with this course?
CONCLUSION
Therefore this is a Basic Information to relief your stress by doing Meditation Happy
spiritualizing until then!
THE END
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