Spiritual Meditation is learning about yourself, growing in awareness, raising your energy vibration levels, developing psychic potential and learning about the universe.
It is about finding a true connection to the divine, creator or God. It is a journey of finding life’s meaning and purpose specific to you as an individual. Spiritual meditation can lead to an abundance of joy, love and peace in your life. It also gives you the opportunity to heal the physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of our lives.
Many people practice meditation purely to silence the mind chatter and to enjoy the peaceful relaxed states that it offers. This in itself is the object of Spiritual meditation. By releasing thoughts, emotions and concerns, we experience an inner peace and self awareness that goes beyond anything we may have experienced before. It gives a new light to the meaning of life that is personal and profound.
Here is a simple Spiritual Meditation Practice Guide
1. Sit in a comfortable position, either in a chair or cross legged on the floor.
2. Close your eyes.
3. Next think about a word or phrase which has special meaning to you. It can have personal spiritual meaning or just be something you feel is lacking in your life.
Anything really that you feel is important to you. It can relate to such things as nature, love, family, prayer, goals you wish to achieve or happiness, just to give a few examples.
4. Begin by focusing your mind on your breathing. Breathe long and deep, inhale through the nose and exhale through the mouth. If your mind wanders from focusing on the respirations just gently disregard the thoughts and re focus on your breathing.
5. When you feel that your breathing has slowed and is effortless, you can proceed.
6. Now focus on your body and notice the areas where there is tension. Try to relax those muscles by the method of breath circulation. As you breathe in, imagine that you can feel the air expanding the tense area of the body and as you breathe out, relax the muscle, let go of the tension. Continue to use the breath circulation method until you feel suitably relaxed and free of tension.
7. Next think about the word or short phrase you selected in the beginning. As you breathe out, say the word or phrase mentally to yourself. If your mind starts to wander, just acknowledge the thought and begin repeating the word or phrase as you breathe out.
8. Continue repeating the word or phrase for however long you wish and then gently bring your attention back to your breathing. Stay with the breath for awhile and then open your eyes.
9. Sit for a time enjoying the relaxed state and mindful peace you have created in yourself.
10. Reflect upon the meditation and when you are ready, stand and stretch if you wish to.
When breathing is calm and effortless, the body is free of tension, the mind is focused on one word or phrase and no longer wanders from one thought to the next, self awareness is naturally experienced. This calmness of mind and body brings many positive rewards. Rewards such as improved concentration, improved immune responses, reduced stress, memory enhancement, raised energy or vibratory levels, ability to heal, spiritual awakening, greater self awareness and increases your capacity to feel greater levels of peace, happiness and love.
If you are a beginner to meditation practice, try to just meditate for 5 minutes a day and gradually increase you practice to 20 to 30 minutes a day. To benefit from the effects of meditation, you need to meditate every day. Wait at least a month of daily meditation before you evaluate its effects. Try to incorporate the feeling of mindfulness peace and relaxation you experience in meditation into your daily activities and you will notice profound changes in your life experiences.
