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A Very Nice Meditation
This is a very nice meditation which can be tried by anybody, even people who have never meditated before.
Firstly, I think it is important to think about where you are going to do this meditation. It should be a quiet room, where you will not be disturbed for half an hour. The room should not be too hot or cold, a nice cool breeze is perfect for stopping those sleepy moments creeping in!
Secondly, prepare your seat. You can either sit on the floor in a cross legged posture, but if you are not used to doing that, it is probably better to sit in a comfortable chair with a straight back. If you have some soft meditation or tai chi music you could play that in the background, but it should be at a very low volume, so as not to be distracting.
You are ready to start. Have you told the people in the house you will be unavailable for at least half an hour? Put a sign on the door, if necessary, to let everyone know you are busy. Take the telephone off the hook. Light some incense, if you have some. Not too smokey or too smelly, otherwise you will be distracted during the meditation. Put on some soft meditation music if you want to, and then sit comfortably.
Either fully close your eyes, or half close your eyes, and spend a few minutes reviewing your day, resolving to not think about problems or thoughts, apart from this meditation, for the next half an hour. Then, concentrate on the sensation of the breath, as you breathe in and out through the nostrils. Only concentrate on the sensation of the breath for three to four minutes, until the mind is feeling calmer and more peaceful.
Then visualise a ball of light and energy above the crown of your head. This ball of light has colour and form and is three dimensional. It contains the qualities you would like to have right now. Perhaps qualities of love, patience, concentration. Think of the qualities you need, and then imagine that the ball of energy above your head contains those qualities. The ball of light is constantly moving and you can see various colours within it. You might even hear sounds. Stay peaceful and relaxed, no matter what you are visualising. Now visualise the ball of light bathing your body with not only light, but the qualities you would like to have.
Through the crown chakra on your head the light is entering your body and completely filling up every cell, organ, bone, and muscle with energising, light energy. You feel yourself acquiring the qualities you need and want. When the energy starts to overflow from your crown, you see the energy flowing to your family and friends, people you are acquainted with, people you don't know and people you don't even like. They are equally benefitted by this light and energy, but not only that, they also overflow with positive qualities they would like to have. From all the people you have visualised, who are overflowing with energy, the light that overflows from them, now returns to you and you see yourself once again being filled with light, energy and qualities.
Spend some time with this wonderful, relaxed feeling of being within the meditation, repeating the process when you lose concentration.
At the end of the meditation, think about the positive energy you have created by doing meditation, and then think, may this energy truly benefit those people who need healing, particularly think about the people you know who are sick, physically, mentally or emotionally and need some positive help.
Firstly, I think it is important to think about where you are going to do this meditation. It should be a quiet room, where you will not be disturbed for half an hour. The room should not be too hot or cold, a nice cool breeze is perfect for stopping those sleepy moments creeping in!
Secondly, prepare your seat. You can either sit on the floor in a cross legged posture, but if you are not used to doing that, it is probably better to sit in a comfortable chair with a straight back. If you have some soft meditation or tai chi music you could play that in the background, but it should be at a very low volume, so as not to be distracting.
You are ready to start. Have you told the people in the house you will be unavailable for at least half an hour? Put a sign on the door, if necessary, to let everyone know you are busy. Take the telephone off the hook. Light some incense, if you have some. Not too smokey or too smelly, otherwise you will be distracted during the meditation. Put on some soft meditation music if you want to, and then sit comfortably.
Either fully close your eyes, or half close your eyes, and spend a few minutes reviewing your day, resolving to not think about problems or thoughts, apart from this meditation, for the next half an hour. Then, concentrate on the sensation of the breath, as you breathe in and out through the nostrils. Only concentrate on the sensation of the breath for three to four minutes, until the mind is feeling calmer and more peaceful.
Then visualise a ball of light and energy above the crown of your head. This ball of light has colour and form and is three dimensional. It contains the qualities you would like to have right now. Perhaps qualities of love, patience, concentration. Think of the qualities you need, and then imagine that the ball of energy above your head contains those qualities. The ball of light is constantly moving and you can see various colours within it. You might even hear sounds. Stay peaceful and relaxed, no matter what you are visualising. Now visualise the ball of light bathing your body with not only light, but the qualities you would like to have.
Through the crown chakra on your head the light is entering your body and completely filling up every cell, organ, bone, and muscle with energising, light energy. You feel yourself acquiring the qualities you need and want. When the energy starts to overflow from your crown, you see the energy flowing to your family and friends, people you are acquainted with, people you don't know and people you don't even like. They are equally benefitted by this light and energy, but not only that, they also overflow with positive qualities they would like to have. From all the people you have visualised, who are overflowing with energy, the light that overflows from them, now returns to you and you see yourself once again being filled with light, energy and qualities.
Spend some time with this wonderful, relaxed feeling of being within the meditation, repeating the process when you lose concentration.
At the end of the meditation, think about the positive energy you have created by doing meditation, and then think, may this energy truly benefit those people who need healing, particularly think about the people you know who are sick, physically, mentally or emotionally and need some positive help.