Meditation
ANAPANASATI MEDITATION:
The word ‘Anapanasati’ in Pali language means to direct one’s total attention and awareness only on one’s normal, natural breathing process.
'ana' means 'in-breath
'apana' means 'out-breath
'sati' means 'be-one-with'
'apana' means 'out-breath
'sati' means 'be-one-with'
In ‘Anapanasati’, attention of the mind should constantly be on the normal, natural breath. The task on hand is effortful, joyful oneness with the breath.
No ‘mantra’ is to be chanted, no form of any ‘deity’ is to be entertained in the mind, no hathayogic pranayama practices like ‘kumbhaka’, holding the breath should be attempted. Any comfortable sitting posture can be taken. The posture should be as comfortable as possible. Hands should be clasped. Eyes should be closed. The crux of the matter is to resist, to the best of our abilities, the routine wanderings of the mind. All stray thoughts should be cut right away, as and when they keep arising.
When we are with the breath-energy, the mind becomes rather empty. Then, there is a tremendous in-flow of cosmic energy into the physical body. Gradually, the hitherto dormant third-eye begin to become activated. And, by and by, cosmic consciousness get to be experienced.
Sciene Of Meditation
There are three grand happenings in the science of meditation
The First Happening
“When we are with the normal, natural, simple, easy, soft, tender, shallow, tranquil, peaceful flow of the breath,the mind becomes rather empty”
Meditation is silencing the incessant chatter of the restless mind. For that we begin with the breath.The mind has to be with the breath. That is the bottom-line. If the mind is not with the breath, it does, not become empty.
The mind has to become uncluttered and rather empty. The mind has to lose all its unscientific socio-religious mental images and meaningless props. In the same token, chanting of any mantra doesn’t play any role in meditation. The mouth has to be kept shut.
Since meditation is silencing the incessant chattering mind, we can’t have any mental image whatsoever to concentrate upon. No mental images whatsoever. No visualization exercises. And, again, no mantras in the mouth. We have to attune ourselves to our natural and normal breath. When we attune ourselves to the breath, the mind becomes by and by less tense and less dense and sooner than later, it becomes rather empty.
Breath is not a part of the body, but it is in the body and it is sufficiently material to focus upon. Breath is the ambassador of pure consciousness in the body. Breath is an incessantly happening thing. Breath does not age. Breath is so simple. Breath can be experienced. Breath can be grasped. Breath can be very easily attuned to. Being with the simple, natural flow of the breath is the alpha in the science of meditation.
The Second Happening
“When the mind is rather empty, huge amount of cosmic energy floods into the physical body into the physical-ness”
A ‘jungle-like mind’ doesn’t allow cosmic energy to enter into the body-system.
When the mind is like a forest, it becomes a great barrier it does not allow any cosmic energy to seep into the physical body.
The ‘jungle-like mind’ is so very impermeable. So very ‘solid’ however, when the ‘solid-like mind’ becomes a ‘liquid-like mind’ or a ‘vapour-like mind’, there is so much more porosity and the mind becomes that much more permeable and the cosmic energy floods into the physical body following the simple laws of natural physics.
The mind is the separator of the physical energy and the cosmic energy. When the mind is like a forest, it acts like a solid barrier. So, to make our solid – like mind into a vapour – like mind where there are very few thoughts, and more number of gaps that is meditation. And, the way is only through breath.
The Third Happening
“When sufficient amount of cosmic energy enters the physical body the result is a reasonable amount of activation of the third-eye”
The culminating result in meditation is the activation of our inner senses or the third-eye. The end result of meditation is activation of our extra sensory perception. The final result of meditation is activation of our SOUL CONSCIOUSNESS. The final product of meditation is acquiring a SOLID SOUL.
In the case of a normal man, it is as if the soul is lost. The soul is the paradise. In the case of a normal person, the paradise has been lost. The paradise has to be regained that is done in meditation.
The physical body needs to become saturated with cosmic energy. When the body is saturated with cosmic energy, when the black patches in the etheric body are dissolved, the soul’s potential becomes gradually kinetic. And, the soul has infinite potential, and Infinite capacity. However, all that is just dry and barren as long as we don’t awaken it through our mediation.
The science of meditation is the science of energy maximization. The science of mediation is the true science of physical health. The science of meditation is the true science of joy. The science of meditation is the true unifying science. It unifies all the divided sects of humanity. Hail unto the science of meditation.
Benifits of Meditation
Diseases get healed speedily
All physical afflictions are because of mental worries. All mental worries are because of intellectual immaturity. Intellectual immaturity is because of lack of spiritual energy and lack of spiritual wisdom. Through meditation when we get abundant cosmic energy and spiritual wisdom the intellect/intelligence/ buddhi gets-to become more and more sane, scientific and mature. By and by, all mental worries cease. Consequently, all physical afflictions disappear. Meditation is the only way to speedily heal all diseases. Diseases manifest primarily because of previous negative karma arising from insane, unscientific and immature intellect/intelligence/ buddhi. Until and unless the negative karma is neutralized, the diseases will never vanish. No medicine is of any help to clear the negative karma.
Memory-Power gets enhanced
The abundant cosmic energy gained in meditation helps the brain to work more efficiently and to its maximum capacity. Meditation enhances memory-power tremendously. Meditation is absolutely necessary for all students both at the school level and at the university level.
Bad Habits die naturally
There are several bad habits like overeating, over-sleeping, over-talking, over-thinking, over-drinking etc. With the spiritual wisdom and cosmic energy obtained from meditation, all the bad habits die naturally.
Mind becomes more joyful
Life is so full of insults and pains and failures for each and every person. However, for a person with greater spiritual wisdom and abundant cosmic energy, life is always peaceful and joyful in spite of all the insults and pains and failures.
Work becomes more efficient
In the presence of abundant cosmic energy and greater spiritual wisdom all work be it physical or mental gets done with greater efficiency. In less time, more work is achieved. With least resources, commendable work gets done.
Sleep-Time gets reduced
Half-an-hour of deep meditation is equivalent to six hours of deep sleep in terms of rest for the body and energy for the mind. Abundant cosmic energy is obtained in meditation. Only a fraction of that energy is obtained during sleep.
Quality in Relationships
Lack of higher spiritual wisdom is the only reason why inter-personal relationships are so very unqualitative and unfulfilling. In the presence of higher spiritual wisdom, all inter-personal relationships become highly qualitative and totally fulfilling.
Increased Will-Power
Intents need sufficient energy and sufficient power to reach their respective targets. In a restless state of mind, intents forge out with least power. Therefore, they don’t reach their respective targets. However, in the presence of a restful state of mind, all positive intents acquire greater strength and all intents get dramatically actualized. In simple terms, the will-power gets boosted significantly.
Knowledge of Right and Wrong "What to do ?" "What not to do ?" "What is right?" "What is wrong?" These are some of the million-dollar questions.
We are in a perpetual dilemma however, such dilemmas are only for the spiritually immature persons. For a spiritually mature person, there are no “million dollar questions” whatsoever! Everything is readily understood and readily acted upon!