Today’s Oracle takes us to the Aquarius weekly for June 11, 1999
Two compelling Aquarians recently mentioned that they have a block involving what they call “meditation.” I have never been much of a meditator, so I am not a good source of advice on the subject. But I just looked the word up, and it turns out to mean not a fancy spiritual technique, but rather, “To reflect upon, to ponder, to contemplate.” As it turns out, I do a lot of this. I learned how from reading, but a special kind of reading in which I needed to penetrate into the core reality of an issue or an idea; in my case, it was usually fraud (a necessary meditation for any investigative journalist), and in contemplating the nature of systematic lies, I was able to come to an understanding of the truth. Try it, hmmm?
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I think there are three types of meditation, although my terminology is prob off. They are actively probing a subject or image, passively allowing thoughts to arise without any attachment while using the breath as a focal point, and a luminous meditation where thoughts simply are still and unnoticed. It’s a threshold where experience becomes alive, creative, and completely free from ego.
I always like to give the analogy to people that meditation allows the mind to be drained of toxins much like a muscle. It can be uncomfortable at the beginning, but later becomes easier and easier to allow the “blood” and nutrients to flow through it. For myself, I am always surprised how much useless info, images, impressions, stories and beliefs get stuck in our mind stream. Meditation allows these toxins to be flushed out. And a lot of truth surfaces in the process.
Thank you Eric for the reminder to keep up my practice.
Great description of the effects of meditation, Hugging. Very much how I feel about it. After years of classic sitting (and sometime walking) meditation have recently discovered the wonders of meditation in motion, through my Qi Gong – Tai chi classes, very grounding and healing. When I sit these days I tend to let the mind go more – and just watch it at work, and see how much judgment comes up here too.
I had a cat ask me once, “How do you meditate?”
After a slight perplexing, I answered, “I’m always in a constant state of meditation.”
It never occurred to me that thinking, mindfulness, un-mindfulness, or awareness wasn’t meditation..
Excellent conveyance. Perspective, as well as understanding, are valuable tools… for meditation!!
Me
Great stuff, Jere!
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