A technique of mind control that leads to inner feelings of calm and peacefulness and may result in experiences of transcendental awareness and self-realization. The two main types of meditation are: (1) the focusing type, similar to self-hypnosis, in which the meditator focuses on a repetitive sound or chant, an image, or pattern of breathing; (2) the "opening-up" type which emphasizes the detached observation of mental events as they occur.
How to Meditate

1. Choose a place where you can sit calmly without any disturbance. 

2. Sit in any posture in which you can sit comfortably for a longer period, with your hands resting on knees.

3. Keep your spinal column straight ( so that flow of energy may not be disrupted)

4. Close your eyes and try to gaze at the middle of your eyebrows with your eyes closed.

5. Do not force to see any thing, just relax yourself.

6. Flow of thoughts will start coming to your mind which do not arise in normal course.  Do not try to stop the flow of thoughts but again try to concentrate and again the flow of thoughts will start and again try to concentrate at the middle of your eyebrows........ 

7. Do this practice for approximately. 30 minutes daily for 15 days.

The objective of meditation to to reach of state of "No Mind" - a condition in which there are no thoughts.  You have often heard the expression, "make your mind a blank'?  This is the goal, but it is easier said than done. 

One step along this path is to think of only one simple thing, like a dot.  If you can do this for minutes on end.  Then all you have to do is to erase the dot!

Earth Healing Meditation

Kim Sweeney, clairvoyant and spiritual healer, relates a meditation he received one night from a spiritual master. He was told to use this meditation to help us get to the next level spiritually. 

Here are the steps to follow to do the meditation...

1- Begin with whatever ritual you use to relax your body and mind.

2- Imagine a beautiful golden cord. Attach one end of it to the base of your spine and let the other fall down into the earth – all the way down to the center of the earth.

3- Use your imagination and move your way down the cord all the way down to the center of the earth.

4- At the center of the earth, visualize a large, beautiful, clear crystal ball. Around the ball see and feel other lightworkers here for the same purpose as you. Form a circle with these others. Call in all of the ascended masters, your own masters and guides and all others who intent is for the healing of the earth and its inhabitants. Stand together forming a sacred circle around the large crystal ball.

5- Extend your right hand – palm out toward the crystal ball and place your left hand on the shoulder next to you.

6- Ask the God of your understanding to use you as a channel for healing. Allowing you to transmit divine healing energy for the highest good of the earth and her inhabitants through your hands and into the crystal ball. Then see and feel with all of your senses the diving energy running through your body and out your hands.

7- Watch the crystal ball begin to glow as it receives this divine healing energy. It will turn a beautiful translucent pink as if fills with divine healing energy. As it becomes full and is charged with the healing energy, watch as the crystal begins to transmit the energy outward in all directions. The pink light extends out from the ball in all directions at the same time – moving through you as it goes out and fills the entire earth. Continuing out as it breaks through the top of the ground and moves up into the atmosphere, filling everything with divine healing as it goes. All matter and spirit that is within and on top of the earth is being filled with divine healing energy. Watch the energy as it continues to move outward filling everything and every space on out to the edges of the atmosphere.

8- Take a moment now and allow your entire self to feel this divine healing within your own body and soul.

9- Now bring your hands to the prayer position (palms together in front of your heart) and thank the God of your understanding for using you as a channel for healing. Thank those around you for their participation in this ceremony.

10- Now gently come back up the golden cord, back into your body. Bring your hands up over your face and open your eyes into your hands.

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