4.3
Getting started What can I do before meditating? My mind is sooo busy!
I put it in these words:
Every issue and everything that concerns you has no meaning. It has just the meaning you give the events. There is no Global Consciousness Institute, that says what is right and what is wrong, what matters what doesn't. The only thing that could matter is your consciousness because everything is perceived through it.
We are all unconditionally safe here, no matter what happens.
The happiness you are looking for is a peace of mind and not directly a solution you reach by thinking out of your problems.
Because your "problems" are a point of view and not a fact of reality.
So if you want to get into a meditative state, but your thoughts are hunting you, you can write everything down on paper that is in your head right now and say to the thoughts "I'll come back to you later."
It is easy, it works, you do that many times.
For example:
Imagine going to holidays, you have packed your case, everything is set up, you are sitting now in the plane. You already know you'll forget most of your concerns in your vacations, that's why you like them so much. You are allowed, even by anyone else to put away all your thoughts and just be.
Symbolically this starts when the pilot hits the gas and the turbines are working with full throttle, at this point beginning, you put aside most of your thoughts, there is no way back.
You can get the same feeling when going into meditation, maybe you want some inspirational music, pictures, that alter your consciousness state - you'll find some in a different part of this tutorial.
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Do now some "Breathing for relaxation" ( 3.3 )
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Now you can go to your meditation routine or use the exercises that are below.
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4.4
Regeneration
Breath comfortably without effort.
Take the following steps slowly.
Take a seat in a comfortable chair that supports your back.
Ground yourself with the feet on the floor.
Get a sense of your environment, how would it feel to be the first time in this room?
Don't interpret, try to feel the room that opens when you put aside the thinking, and don't think about thinking.
Get a feel of your body
Feel your hands,
concentrate on your palms, you feel energy there,
expand this feeling to your soles of your feet.
Rub your hands in the height of your heart chakra.
Try a distance that feels comfortable.
Now imagine to draw energy through your soles from the center of the planet, let the stream slowly progress.
From your soles to your ankles,
your calves.
It'll reach your knees,
your thighs.
Let it flow through your body,
arms
- until it reaches the top of your head,
imagine drawing an amount of it in your crown chakra.
You can now physically brush off with your hands unwanted vibrations or thoughts, send it back to earth, give them fully away.
You can put your hands back in your lap.
Imagine a light source being directly over your head,
imagine becoming aware of its light and high vibration.
Let this source cover you with all its light,
your back,
your front,
the sides.
It progresses from head to toe.
It goes down to your feet and supports the soles.
The light fills your aura, imagine an oval shape around your body, that is filling with this light.
You are sitting now in a sphere of light.
Now you can relax and let the light do all its work,
it'll put away everything that doesn't support you with its own intelligence.
It knows what to do, you just let it do its work.
You might feel clear and calm.
The light flows through your body,
Your body is on the molecular level 99,99% empty space.
You might now go into a contemplative state
or just being present and close your eyes.
Return when you feel like it.
4.5
Mystic View
Eyes are the mirror of our inner state.
Look in the eyes of a lion in wildlife. Isn't it reflecting a strange clarity and pureness? Older Lions have a mystic touch in their view. When you look at those cats in a zoo, much of the magic in their eyes is gone. It reminds me of humans sometimes.
When the eyes reflect our inner, we can see the state of a person. The eye colors of some people are even changing with their moods.
When civilized people came first to America to the native people, the natives were confused, because of the expression of the eyes the settlers had.
They were starring and not having a comfortable view. It looked liked they were constantly searching for something - on a subconscious level they were. They were with their view more in a 2d-state, instead of perceiving their environment non-judgmental and seeing the beauty of everything.
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The following exercise can help you to get a feeling for this, you can expand your room-consciousness and going beyond linear-deductive-thinking.
You can use this exercise everywhere, you don't need much just two or three separate object ins your environment.
In this case we use some dots, it makes it easier.
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Let's begin:
Step 1 Breath comfortably without effort.
Get in a comfortable distance to your screen.
Look at the picture above.
Feel your breathing during the whole exercise.
Feel the air filling your lungs and going out again.
Take the rest of the exercise slowly.
Focus on the left spot.
Go with your focus to the other spot.
Switch between the spots several times.
Focus now on both at the same time and watch what happens with your awareness.
Be an awareness that perceives your consciousness. Just experience.
Step 2 We are adding a 3rd spot now
Breath comfortably without effort.
Get in a comfortable distance to your screen.
Look at the picture above.
Feel your breathing during the whole exercise.
Take the rest of the exercise slowly.
Use your full concentration here.
Focus on the left spot.
Go with your focus to the right spot.
Go to the spot below.
Switch the spots with every time you are inhaling.
Take this triangular shape 3-4 times with your eyes.
Focus on the left and the right spot at the same time, "breath" the experience.
You might now be aware of the room between you and the screen.
Now switch to focus on all 3 spots at the same time.
You might get a subtle mystical experience.
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Point fixation is a equivalent of the masculine principle, a smooth view is the equivalent of the feminine principle. Evolution naturally integrates male and female aspects.
You can influence your current state by this exercise.
You can use it every where, you just need spots on that you can look at the same time.
The different consciousness-states will come with practice, especially if you are a newbie.
You need lots of practice to control your mind.
But in the end we are in control of our body and mind - and that is very important for our lives in general, we don't want to be our whole live passive an vulnerable beings.
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4.6
When getting distracted afterwards
When there was a noise, like a barking dog or a screaming child that pressed a hot-button in your mind, be aware that this is just superficial.
You can use this simple exercise when you get distracted to empty your mind again:
Be aware of your breath.
tip constantly with your left index finger on your knee,
use the other one and stroke with the right hand clockwise your right knee.
Your mind won't handle to have much thought by doing this, so you get calm again.