Create an Oasis in Your Mind
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In the previous article on The Greatest Barrier to Success, I promised to help you gain the support of your unconscious mind. Now for this, I have many techniques which can be applied, but the problem is… it has to be done in layers.
Most people don’t have the basic mental conditioning required to use the advanced techniques. Their minds are still full of chatter, arguing with themselves, blaming others - an unenlightened frame of mind.
Therefore you need to learn a powerful yet fundamental practice to lay the foundation for higher personal transformation. I suggest you meditate at least three times a week to lay this basic mental foundation.
Meditation is often scoffed at by young people because it looks boring. They’d rather be bashing monsters on their XBOX 360. But do not underestimate the power of the practice just because it’s seems simple. Meditation is an art form with many levels to mastery.
Why Meditate?
There are enormous benefits that come with meditation. Mastering meditation is equal to mastering your mind.
Many people are slaves to their own thinking. You’ll find them yelling things like, “That bitch really pisses me off!” Such people are quick to anger; they have many buttons which can be pushed. You tap in any stupid combination and their nuclear missile goes off.
One benefit of mastering your mind is you are removing the number of buttons people can press. No longer will you be so easily ‘triggered’. You will have greater self-control and will no longer be a slave to your emotions.
Mental Benefit
People who meditate regularly find that it clears out their worries and clouded thoughts. Their negative emotions such as anger, anxiety, and fear recede. They become more emotionally balanced and blissful.
Daily practice also increases your ability to sustain concentration. As a result of your laser focus, you are more productive. People report greater wakefulness and more energy during their day.
Health Benefit
Mindfulness meditation is scientifically verified to reduce stress and lower blood pressure. Due to the absence of frustrating thoughts, less cortisol (stress hormone) is produced in the adrenal glands. Cortisol has an immunosuppressive action, increases blood pressure, and puts the body in fight mode. This means you get sick easier and because the body is in fight mode, it uses the reptilian brain and limbic system more than the neocortex - thus you are blocked from using your higher mental functions. Try doing calculus when you feel like tearing someone to pieces.
Cognitive Benefit
In order to create greater change within yourself, you need access to deeper states of mind. Meditation is the way to GO WITHIN to establish a conscious connection with the unconscious mind. It allows you to be aware of the mental garbage that floats beneath the surface of our conscious awareness. Only when you can see the rubbish, then you can throw it out.
Regular meditation can enhance intuition because the practice opens the Third Eye. This is why the traditional form of Buddhist meditation taught by Gautama Buddha is called Vipassanā, which means ‘insight’ into the impermanent nature of body and mind. In English, we call it Insight Meditation.
Intuition is just one of the enhanced states of mind you can gain access to. There are others like creativity, unconditional loving kindness, photographic memory and more which you can learn to access and experiment with.
Learning without Moving
A meditative state allows you to process ideas and experiences at a deeper level. Usually we think we can only learn when we’re interacting with the real world, like when you read a book or perform an experiment… but with access to alpha and theta states of mind, you can playback past memories with crystal clarity in your mind’s eye. Your brain becomes your own movie theatre of live experiences. There’s not only sight and sound, but taste, touch, and smell - better than TV.
What’s amazing is you can learn without moving because you can meditate on your past memories and even your daily experiences to gain insight into what you would normally forget. This means you learn more from your accumulated experience. You engage in deep reflection, unlike others who only do shallow or no reflection at all.
Fear of Meditation
I’ve heard some interesting objections to meditation. One major concern being that you shouldn’t meditate because if your mind is too quiet, spirits might take possession of your body.
This sounds like a plausible worry with enough horror to spook someone out of learning to meditate. But let me ask you… when you fall asleep at night, do spirits possess you? Perhaps in some extraordinary cases like The Exorcism of Emily Rose (movie based on a true story)…. The girl was falling asleep when her room door creaked open and something began moving under her bed sheet. Before she knew it, she was being crushed on her bed by an invisible force. She tried to scream, but she couldn’t make any sound. The demon entered her body and hours later when the sun rose, her friend found her writhing on the floor, locked in a contorted posture.
Now for most people, this doesn’t happen to us during bedtime. Sleep is an ordinary blissful event. Meditation comes close to a sleeping state of mind, but you maintain some conscious awareness. If you’re afraid of spiritual possession through meditation, you might as well be afraid of sleeping because sleep goes even deeper than meditation.
And let’s not forget that meditation is a practice taught by the Buddha. Why would Buddha teach you something to allow the Devil to get to you? On the contrary, meditation is aimed at purging the devil qualities from your mind - lust, anger, greed, envy, sloth, pride, and gluttony.
“But It Takes Too Much Time”
When you understand the value of meditation, taking 20-30 minutes to sit still is worth its weight in gold. You can apply your improved perceptiveness, concentration, and calmness, to produce better results in your life and career.
Just sit down and begin. It’s faster than a gym workout, and you don’t even have to change your pants.
If you don’t yet know how to meditate, I’ve included a series of videos which will teach you that and much more.
If you want the shortcut, just watch the 5-minute lesson on How to Meditate.
If you are a serious learner who wants full benefits, watch the whole series.
5-Minute Lesson on How to Meditate
The Complete Series for Serious Learners
Part 1 - Cosmic Energy and the Use of Meditation
Part 2 - No-Thought State and Charging the Etheric Body
Part 3 - Activating the Third Eye for Higher Wisdom
Part 4 - Using the Astral Body and Astral Travel
Part 5 - Life after Death: The Eternal Soul
Other Resources:
4 Powerful Reasons to Meditate and How To Get Started from PickTheBrain
I totally clear my mind when I meditate.
Don’t just rid yourself of your ego or alter egos. Accept them for what they are and know that they are just a collection of thoughts that form your understanding of the world.
Accept your thoughts, your identification with your mind, your ID, your super-ego, and your egoic mind. Let them pass through.
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