THE BEGINNER MEDITATION TIPS

                             THE BASIC STEPS OF 

                                     MEDITATION

                        MEDITATION HAPPENS NATURALLY JUST LIKE SLEEP. SLEEP CAN'T BE FORCED INTO SOMEBODY EVEN IF SOMEBODY HAS A VERY COMFORTABLE BED, FLUFFY PILLOWS MATTRESS. COSY QUILT AND WELL FURNISHED ROOM WITH ALL LUXURIES. SLEEP COMES NATURALLY. ONE FALLS INTO IT. SIMILARLY MEDITATION COMES BY ITSELF. IT REQUIRES REGULARITY AND PATIENCES. THE NEWCOMERS SHOULD FOLLOW CERTAIN POINTS IN SELECTION OF PLACE.  TIME AND POSTURE FOR GOOD RESULTS. MENTAL ATTITUDE, FOOD HABITS AND ENVIRONMENT COUNT IN THE BEGINNING.

                        HOW TO SELECT PLACE 

                                AND TIME FOR MEDITATION

              A BEGINNER SHOULD KEEP THE FOLLOWING POINTS IN MIND WHILE DOING MEDITATION ACHIEVING BETTER AND EXCELLENT RESULTS IN MEDITATION. THE SELECTION OF PLACE, TIME AND POSTURE SHOULD BE DONE CORRECTLY TO ACHIEVE QUICK AND GOOD RESULTS.

             PLACE - FOR PRACTISING MEDITATION, BEGINNERS SHOULD SELECT THE ROOM IN THE NORTH EAST OR NORTH- EAST CORNER OF THE HOUSE OF BUILDING. ONE SHOULD AVOID DOING MEDITATION IN THE ROOMS SITUATED IN SOUTH. WEST OR SOUTH-WEST CORNER OF THE HOUSE OR BUILDING WHILE MEDITATING ONE SHOULD FACE TOWARDS NORTH. THIS IS THE BEST DIRECTION FOR DOING MEDITATION. ONE CAN ALSO FACE EAST BUT SHOULD NOT FACE SOUTH WHILE MEDITATING.

                IN THE NORTH- EAST CORNER OF  MY HOUSE THERE IS HUGE WATER TANK. IT IS VERY DEEP AND IS ALWAYS FILLED WITH WATER. "MR. X SAID. WHERE WILL DO THE MEDITATION? MR. "S" LAUGHED A LITTLE AND SAID, YOU CAN DO MEDITATION UNDER WATER BUT THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF PRACTICE AND CONTROL OVER BREATH. IN BHAGAVATA PURANA, IT IS MENTIONED THAT SAUBHARI MUNI MEDITATED UNDER WATER IN YAMUNA RIVER FOR SOME TIME AND ATTAINED MANY MYSTIC POWERS".

                         TIME  

                           CLOCK OR WATCH IN YOUR HOUSE SHOULD BE WORKING PROPERLY IN THE BEGINNING ONE NEEDS TO DO MEDITATION EVERYDAY AT THE SAME TIME. THE BEST TIME FOR CONCENTRATING THE MIND IS BRAHMAMUHURTA I .E FROM 4 A.M TO 6 A.M . AT THAT TIME, EVERYTHING IS SILENT IN THE UNIVERSE AND ONE IS AWAKEN FRESH AFTER SLEEPING THE WHOLE NIGHT. THE DUSK AND DAWN ARE EXCELLENT TIMES. ONE CAN DO MEDITATION AT ANY TIME WHICH IS CONVENIENT AND CAN PRACTISE IT REGULARLY AT THE SAME TIME.

                      ONE WILL PUNCTUAL FOR THE THINGS ONE WANTS TO DO. ONE WILL ALWAYS FIND TIME FOR THE THINGS ONE WISHES TO DO. ONE HAS TO BRING MEDITATION IN THEIR TOP PRIORITY OF THEIR LIST OF CHORES. FOR THAT ONE HAS TO JUST CHANGE ONE'S OUTLOOK.

                      POSTURE 

                       THE SPINE, NECK AND HEAD SHOULD BE A ALIGNED STRAIGHT IN  A LINE WHILE MEDITATING. SUKHASANA, PADMASANA, VRIKSHASANA, SHIRASHASANA ARE GOOD OPTIONS.TRY TO RELAX MUSCLES OF YOUR BODY. ONE SHOULD EXHALE OUT TWO OR THREE BREATHS THINKING, " I AM THROWING OUT ALL THE THOUGHTS RELATED TO THE WORLD AND I AM THROWING OUT ALL THE NEGATIVITY INSIDE ME. NOW I WILL THINK ONLY ABOUT GOD AND WHATEVER THOUGHT COMES TO MY MIND WILL BE OF GOD".

                       FOCUS ON HIGHER GOALS INSTEAD OF FOOD, FABRIC AND FURNITURE, FOCUS AND FURNITURE. FOCUS MIND ON GOD THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

                     WHILE MEDITATING ONE CAN FOCUS ON VARIOUS CENTRES WITHIN BODY. THERE ARE SEVEN CHAKRAS IN THE BODY ON WHICH ONE CAN CONCENTRATE. MOST OF THE SPIRITUAL ASPIRANTS CONCENTRATE ON SIXTH CHAKRA - THE SPACE BETWEEN EYEBROWS. THE OBJECT OF FOCUS IS VISUALIZED IN THE SPACE BETWEEN THE EYEBROWS. SOME ASPIRANTS FOCUS ON FOURTH CHAKRA - THE SPACE IN THE CENTRAL CHANNEL IN THE SPINE BETWEEN THE LUNGS AT HEART.

                 IT IS DIFFICULT TO CONCENTRATE THE MIND. IF ONE ASKS THE MIND TO THINK ABOUT A PARTICULAR OBJECT, THE MIND IS SO MISCHIEVOUS  THAT IT WILL DEFINETELY THINK ABOUT IT. MIND IS VERY NAUGHTY AND VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.

                     THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF JAPA MEDITATION

                👉  1. JAPA WITHOUT MEDITATION - JAPA IS DONE WITHOUT MEIDTATIO

                    UPON IT.

              👉  2.  JAPA MEDITATION - MEDITATING WHILE DOING THE JAPA. IN ADVANCE STAGES JAPA WILL DROP BY ITSELF AND ONLY MEDITATION WILL REMAIN. SAID, PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE NAME OF GOD CAN DO. THOSE WHO REPEAT IT CONSTANLY ALONE KNOW ITS POWER. IT CAN PURIFY OUR MIND COMPLETELY. THE GOD'S NAME CAN TAKE US TO THE SUMMIT OF SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE. REPETITION OF MANTRA PRODUCES A VIBRATION IN THE HEAD WHICH STIMULATES AND RELAXES THE BRAIN. IT REMOVES BLOCKED IMPRESSIONS FROM DEEPER LAYERS OF MIND, IMPROVES AWARENESS, ENHANCES WISDOM AND HELPS IN HAVING BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF MENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS. CHANTING OF MANTRA BRINGS CHANGES IN CONCIOUSNESS, BUT NOT IN PHYSICAL BODY, IT IS A PANACEA FOR GETTING OF MIND.