If meditation can become an addiction, there can be no better benediction

Meditation is not about sitting cross-legged on some fancy meditation mat, keeping the spine erect and the body still. It is not about playing meditative music or lighting fragrant candles. All this does not matter. Our focus should be on our mind. We have to make our mind still, silent. If we are sitting absolutely still, that is, if our body is still, and our eyes are closed but our mind is wandering, craving, chattering, jumping from thought to thought, shuttling between yesterday and tomorrow, we are far from meditation. Meditation is about taming our monkey mind and making it a monk. We need to still the mind, kill the mind. The way to still the mind is to watch the mind, observe the mind so that we become a witness or an observer. We watch each thought as it comes like we would watch fish in an ocean.

We must also understand that meditation is not an esoteric practice meant for Yogis, monks or sages so that they can evolve in their spiritual journey and be awakened, though meditation is a key spiritual practice. Meditation is something that we can all practice in order to live a life of peace and bliss. Meditation removes our mental clutter. It relaxes us. It helps us focus. It fosters a sense of well-being.

Ultimately, we must strive to be in a meditative state for as long as possible. Meditation leads us to the state of Consciousness, where one can be awakened. Meditation enables a seeker to cut off the outside noise and hear the Divine voice. It leads to contemplation, which leads to purification and illumination that further leads one to the realization of the truth. What is the truth? That we are not the body, mind and ego. We are the Soul. Everybody is a Soul, a Spark Of Unique Life. And the Soul is nothing but a part of God. Self-realization leads to God-realization. And it all starts with silence, meditation.

Authored by: AiR - Atman in Ravi

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