BY SWAMI KRIYANANDA

Meditation is any practice of which the goal is superconsciousness. Its the process of retraining our awareness to operate not from the conscious or subconscious level, but from the superconscious.

The essential attitude for correct meditation is one of listening. The mind must be kept receptive, because we cant think our way into deep meditation. Nor, indeed, can you think your way to true guidance and inspiration. You can only receive wisdom: you cannot concoct it.

A truth must be perceived in that calm awareness that is superconsciousness. Meditation, then, is not creating answers: it is perceiving, or receiving them. And this is the secret of true guidance.

To understand what meditation is we must learn to listen to what is, and not keep insisting on what we think it ought to be. We must try to tune in to things as they are. Meditation is the opposite of imposing your will on the world. Try to relinquish, even for just a few minutes, the process of concocting plans and projects for the future. Be more, not less, conscious, however.

Meditation is a state of intense awareness achieved by stilling and concentrating the thought.

Its a journey to the centre of our being, a process so perfectly natural that we dont have to learn how to meditate. Rather, we have to unlearn those habits and attitudes that keep us from experiencing our natural state of expanded awareness. Deeper states of meditation come automatically as we peel away the layers of tension and attachments that prevent us from being more aware.

DISCLAIMER : Views expressed above are the author's own.

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