The process of meditation is such that one discovers the ins and outs of how one thinks, feels and moves. The exercises and techniques used to accomplish these feats are straightforward. The use of them an "Art". I may be able to describe the exercises and the techniques for which to gain a stated purpose, but I am not able to convey the subjective experience of the meditative process. This is best experienced with the master whom has gone before and will allow you to share in their "space". This is best accomplished by meditating with them and following their lead in the meditative process. You will be able to "tune" yourself to their altered state and learn to move yourself there at your will as your practice becomes deeper and more stable.I will endeavor to pass on to you the "secrets" which I have learned through the years as a meditator. The techniques which I have learned to use in the development of my consciousness fully. I will show you how to willfully move your beingness into union with the universal.Read the entire series of exercises and techniques to gain a background for what is to come. I will explain as we progress through the stages of integration what is occuring both subjectively and neurophysiologically. Then move to the meditations on neural connections(the Crown Chakra and the Limbic-Cerebellar dyad).The first series of exercises, the walking meditation, is geared to focusing our attention upon what is happening in the moment. Thus, the emphasis on "Be Here Now!". We give the conscious decision making forebrain elements the power to organize the reticlar activating system elements and the limbic system elements into a partnership. A partnership now practicing in order to enter into a process of discovery and utilization of skills. We discover the ever increasing subtle aspects of our sensory and motor systems under conscious and unconscious control. We begin to use our present skills to learn to develop control over those aspects of our unconsciousness which is possible to do so within the limits of our genetic capabilities. This entails the development of new synapses being made and the appropriate stimulation of the new pathways. This is accomplished with continued practice and persistent effort. Attainments come in spurts, persistence furthers! Sometimes, just when you are about to give up, you will be able to accomplish your goal. Patience, learn patience. The two keywords here are patience and persistence!As I said, it is possible to accomplish only what is in our genetic heritage to accomplish. There is no magic. There are no miracles. There is only reality. What we learn to do is to develop our own particular reality to its fullest.The next stage in the process of learning to meditate is the standing meditation. This meditation should be practiced much the same as the walking meditation. The purpose of the standing meditation is really to examine the emotional and mental content of our thought processes which accompanies everything that we do. Here we also set the stage for allowing the repressed and secret recesses of our mind to bubble to the surface and be dealt with. There are stages of personal involvement which your conscious beingness allows to be brought to your attention. The easiest to be dealt with always comes up first, i.e., the latest daily normal garbage. All which we observed but did not deal with directly in consciousnes as it happened will come up. This is called "back-scanning" by some. We run our consciousness back to the event and play it again, but this time we follow it and attempt to decipher meaning from what is remembered. Our ability to do this is in direct proportion to the amount or lack of our focus at the time. Some things we just paid too little attention to and we simply cannot remember. Other things are frought with all kinds of emotional content and our fearful side keeps from our being able to "see" it. Sometimes our mood is foul due to the repressed negative associations which we are not able to get up and out.It is here that we begin to separate the emotional feelings from the mental content. First we feel the emotions that are connected to the thoughts, then we begin to learn to dissociate the two. This dissociation brings us to the sitting meditation.In the sitting meditation, we begin to understand the course of the events which occured dispassionately. Now we are able to see both sides of the issue, project other possible outcomes and learn from the experience. More importantly, in the sitting meditation we learn to organize our learned experiences in order to bring about the increased possibility for desired outcomes to materialize. |
