Meditative Approach Part 1

Meditative Approaches                                                                                                                   

Two men meet on the street. One asks the other: "Hi, how are you?"
The other one replies: "I'm fine, thanks." "And how's your son? Is he still unemployed?"
"Yes, he is. But he is meditating now." "Meditating? What's that?"
"I don't know. But it's better than sitting around and doing nothing!"

Technique                                                                                                            
Sit comfortably or you may choose a  meditative siting positions. Allow the spine to be straight but relaxed.  Arms , shoulders, jaw, throat all totally relaxed. Allow the natural breath to flow in and out as you observe each inhalation moving into exhalation. Feel the body relax into the comfort of its posture.

meditative techniques emphasisze the observance of sensations, thoughts or breath  inorder to still the body.  New age meditations include visualizations  of all kind. One must remember not to get lost in the  technique.  They are in place to sharpen the mind so that once can witness….
The act of witnessing createness a stillness within. From this stillness springs forth a vast reservoir of intellegience. 

You may choose any one of the numerous techniques  available but remember not to get hauled by the technique in creating beautiful visions of transformations. The technique is just a technique do not confuse it to the actual experience.  In the experience … there is only one.. the experience! No questions. 

In stillness  you will come to experience that there is  no moment when the Self is not. Suffering is due to  the identification of the Self with the non-Self. When the non-Self disappears, the Self alone remains. One does not make room for the Self from the outside. Just  BE and not to be this or that. I AM THAT I AM sums the whole truth. Ramana Maharishi