Monday 9 September 2024

What is the secret behind meditation as some can meditate for 6 hours continuously and others may not be able to even do it for 5 minutes?

What is the secret behind meditation as some can meditate for 6 hours continuously and others may not be able to even do it for 5 minutes? The secret is daily practice. We may start meditating and only be able to sit for 5 minutes because we have so much resistance to sitting still. This resistance is what separates us from meditation. This resistance is ego, the sense of being a separate “I.” We feel separate from this moment and this separation is uncomfortable. To be able to increase our time of sitting, we have to bring out minds and body into balance through proper diet, exercise and even practices like breathing techniques or chanting etc. This will make it easier to meditate, feel peaceful and be still. But even with this, we still have to surrender the one that is resistant to sitting. To do this we have to learn to allow our experience to be without resisting it or trying to change it. This is an important part of meditation. Because when we allow what is, we are surrendering ego. We are moving beyond ego perception into awareness. But if you start by forcing yourself to sit for 6 hours, you will probably run as far away from meditation as possible afterwards. Because its too much at first. In meditation you are stopping all of the distractions and ways you avoid this moment. So when you stop avoiding this moment, are confronted with your own resistance and mental insanity. All of the things you have been avoiding start to come up to the surface. So meditating through your resistance and all of your crazy thoughts, emotions, beliefs and memories is an on going process. But the more you meditate through it, your mind will become clearer, your attention will become clear and in that clarity you will begin to feel the essence of what you are, of what life is, which is profound peace, bliss, love, joy and goodness. So it is a gradual process. To push yourself a little to sit longer, to be able to sit when it is uncomfortable for a just a little bit longer but not too long where you want to pull your hair out. And gradually you will feel a sense of peace or goodness that makes you want be to sit longer. You also have to consider the quality of the meditation. We may be able to sit for 6 hours but if we are just lost in thinking that whole time it does not have a huge impact on us. Yes, just sitting still for that long has an impact, but if we are not still on the inside, then real meditation is not happening. So it is better to sit for an hour in awareness than for longer without. The last factor to consider is bliss. If you do not feel peace or bliss in meditation, you will not be very pulled to meditate every day. So the sooner you begin to feel a sense of peace and bliss in meditation, the more attracted you will be to meditation. This is where Shakti comes in. If you sit one what has realized the essence of life, then automatically you will start to feel peaceful and blissful and meditation starts to happen automatically. This is Shakti, the energy presence of enlightenment felt as peace or bliss. Listen to this music below that radiates Shakti and see if you feel a sense of peace or bliss while listening. If you do, then it makes it much easier to meditate. Once you feel the peace and bliss in the music, then meditating will be your favorite part of your day.

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