How Meditation will help you in learning the
Path to Enlightenment and Ascension?
The world is made up simply of energy. That is
right
what causes the beats in our heart, what makes our minds
work, what gives us those feelings is simply energy. Buddha talks
about enlightenment and Buddhist Monks will spend this and the next
life time learning how to become enlightened or more importantly how
to ascend our spiritual body into the next.
So, what is death?
I have seen many people die around me, both
family and friends. I watched the transition of my own grandfather
from being a strong fit man to one that literally withered before my
eyes. Yet within the pain comes a reality that as we become closer
to death we also have the chance to make the transition from this
form to another. Whether it is a form that lives within us or one
that occurs on the moment we die, none of us know till the day it
happens.
You know the really cool part about all of
this. All of the critics no matter who they are and what they think
they know can say with 100% certainty as to what happens not just
when we die but when we meet the point of enlightenment and
ascension.
It amazes me that as every person gets older,
regardless of their beliefs, regardless of how hard nose they are or
whether they believed in God or not, they all search for that point
of knowing that there is something out there greater. Our own
mortality and I guess our own arrogance wants to know we are going
to go some where greater and that what we have done will continue
on. Every single person I have seen or met believe as they get
older, in that greater being or at least the hope there is something
greater out there and that this is not the beginning and the end. I
have even seen some of the most powerful men in this world, mellow
as their own frailty hits them they search out for that spiritual
being to help them in their transition.
I have heard many critics across the planet
criticize the Buddhist monks who have dedicated their lives to path
of enlightenment. I have even heard those same critics on the death
bed of monks sit and laugh at them saying how foolish they were to
have dedicated their lives to such foolish conquests. That there
lives have been nothing but a waster of time. But have they
This is a question that only you and I will be
able to answer the day we reach enlightenment but what a journey it
will be
So, what is the starting point in the path to
enlightenment
The path to enlightenment is an exploration of
yourself and who you are. Most Buddhists will start this path
through prayer and meditation. In fact, regardless of what you call
it, prayers or praying, it is all a form of meditation. This
meditation (or prayers) are designed to take you to that state in
which you get in touch which your feelings and belief with something
greater. It is designed to break you away from your state of being.
Many people recommend, including many of the
Buddhist Monk leaders, that we should meditate for a minimum of 20
minutes a day, preferably longer to help relax but as you begin to
study what meditation is all about and the forms of meditation, you
will find that this length of time will be know where near enough.
You will find that meditation is about that search for enlightenment
and the path towards this thing we call ascension. You will feel
sensations and experiences you never expected, it will also open up
your ability to change your own life.
Meditation is the facilitator in helping you
reach inside of you. See without meditation you can not reach to
your inner soul to explore your inner self. Essentially, to break
the bounds we have with the physical world.
All right, so this is getting spooky or the
things hippies talk about. Let us try this
Think of a song you really really like that
gives you goose pimples, where it uplifts you and you feel the
energy surging through your body, that you feel happy, search for
those emotions
got one
well one of the songs that does that for
me is A Groovy Kind of Love by Phil Collins. Now start off by
putting your song on and listening to it. Sit on the ground, cross
your legs, breath slowly and listen to that song in its entirety.
Block out all the other noise around you, simply focuses on the
words as your mind clears.
What do you feel
Let go of the words
do not focus on them
focus on your inner self. Can you still feel the goose pimples, can
you feel the energy surging around your body. Okay, so now imagine
this, being anywhere in the world, simply stopping, without any
music or tools, meditating, searching within your inner self and
feeling those exact feelings. Being able to create and control
those feelings on your command. That is right; using meditation
will help you on that path. How cool would that be?
Being able to do just this simple task is the
first step you will take in your path to enlightenment. It is about
being able to control you inner self, letting go and eventually
being able to break the bounds of the physical world. That takes
practice, study but more so, a lot of experimenting. There is
nothing anyone but you who can do this. This path is within you.
A word of warning
the path to enlightenment
will take a lifetime to master
and probably a few after. Look at
the Dalai Lama, he is still on his path to enlightenment, and many
lifetimes on. But hey, what a journey it will be. Imagine what you
can do
imagine what lies on your path to life, your future, your
eternity.
Looking for other resources to help you with your meditation, we have
Meditation Music (Baroque Music) and
Meditation MP3 available and
Simple Meditation Exercises
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