| Meditation is easy to do and can give you an | | | | and de-stressed. |
| instant feeling of calmness and relaxation. | | | | One feels close ones intuition, and one feels as if |
| Here we are going to outline a simple meditation | | | | the world of material things is less important due |
| technique that can be practiced by all, with 5 - 20 | | | | to its overbearing insignificance when compared to |
| minutes to spare each day. | | | | the bliss one feels in meditation. |
| This mediation technique is simple and very | | | | How to mediate in simple steps |
| effective and only takek you a few minutes to | | | | Let's see how it's done. Find a place where you |
| learn and will help you relax away from the | | | | feel most comfortable, and private...with as few |
| stresses of everyday life. | | | | distractions as possible. |
| What is meditation? | | | | Sit up straight with your spine in a line...do not |
| A definition accepted in most dictionaries for | | | | slouch. You must be comfortable, so sit on a chair |
| meditation is, continuous and profound | | | | or on the floor with a soft mat or carpet |
| contemplation or musing on a subject or series of | | | | underneath you. |
| subjects of a deep or abstruse nature. This is | | | | Close your eyes, but in a relaxed manner. Now |
| really reflection. | | | | relax your whole body, part by part by first |
| Meditation generally involves where one | | | | tensing that part, and then relaxing it. |
| consciously discounts wandering thoughts and | | | | When you feel completely relaxed, command |
| fantasies, and calming and focusing the mind, while | | | | your mind to be silent, your emotions to be still, |
| controlling the breath, and sensory awareness. | | | | keeping your body as relaxed as possible. |
| So, the meaning in the dictionary is really referring | | | | Now focus on the sound of your breath coming |
| to reflection or concentration, both pre-requisites | | | | in. Associate that sound and feeling with the word |
| for meditation, but not meditation itself. | | | | So. |
| For unless one can voluntarily control our basic life | | | | As you exhale, listen to the sound and associate it |
| functions (such as breathing) and meaningfully turn | | | | with the word Ham. As a guide, So sounds as |
| off the senses to outside stimuli, one cannot even | | | | does if you are saying it in English. Ham could |
| hope to enter into meditation. | | | | actually be written as Hom, as the in Ham is very |
| Does this mean that meditation is open only for | | | | weak. |
| those who have mastered control of their own | | | | As you do this meditation, actually imagine the air |
| life forces? Not exactly. | | | | entering your nose and traveling all the way down |
| Meditation to relax and calm your mind | | | | into your lungs. This is one So. As you exhale, you |
| There is one meditation anyone can do, and by | | | | can imagine the air traveling out of the lungs, up |
| doing it, one's life force itself comes under control; | | | | to the nose and out of your body. This is one |
| ones senses turn off, and the mind becomes | | | | Ham. |
| quiet. Then the peace and realization that comes | | | | Beginners in this meditation usually silently say the |
| from true meditation comes to the practitioner. | | | | word So with each inhalation and the word Ham |
| What is the name of this meditation, and how is it | | | | with each exhalation. Continue in this way, as long |
| done? | | | | as you are comfortable, but no less than 5 |
| A simple meditation technique for all | | | | minutes, and no longer than 20 minutes until the |
| Its name is Soham, or Hamsa if one is following | | | | meditation feels natural to go longer. |
| the meditation as taught by Paramhamsa | | | | This meditation technique will give you instant |
| Yogananda. Soham in sanskrit simply means I am | | | | calmness |
| He. | | | | As you practice this meditation, you will see that |
| Even spoken over and over, the syllables | | | | So Ham So Ham becomes just Soham. Soham is |
| merge...so one is saying Sohamsoham...I am He, | | | | by far the easiest meditation, and not be done |
| He am I...it is a prayer and a meditation mantra | | | | with the breath controlled, and the senses not |
| which are spiritually charged word or series of | | | | picking up stimuli. |
| words used a meditation theme. | | | | As breathing is natural, and it comes to all living |
| If you but practice it once, you will see | | | | creatures without any effort ang gives a feeling |
| immediately its positive effects. One feels calm, | | | | of instant relaxation and calmness. |