| Meditation is often confused with Concentration or | | | | silent, blissful and this relaxation, silence and bliss is |
| contemplation. Meditation is not narrowing of mind | | | | not because of sunset its because we were in |
| or concentrating on one point, mantra or image of | | | | the meditative state while watching the sunset |
| a God. Concentration only makes the Mind | | | | and accidentally our mind had stopped. |
| Powerful. | | | | Any activity can become a meditation. Any thing |
| Right meditation is going beyond the Mind. It is to | | | | which makes us silent, free from thoughts can |
| going beyond the mind which is always chattering, | | | | kick start our meditation. it could be painting, |
| always thinking and always seeking some thing | | | | gardening, playing with children. But this stopping |
| new. This going beyond the mind is not stopping | | | | of thought should not be forced with |
| the mind but being aware of the mind by | | | | concentration or by chanting any mantra. It should |
| passively witnessing its activities. | | | | come on its own when we become passively |
| Meditation means we are living life as it comes, | | | | aware of the thoughts in the mind. |
| we are either aware of our actions or we are | | | | Meditation is a knack of being in the moment. We |
| total in our actions. | | | | need mind to make money in this world, and then |
| Many times we are in meditative state but we | | | | we can think, plan, analyze or in short use Mind. |
| don't know it. e.g. we are seeing a Sunset and we | | | | But once our office work is done we can be in |
| lost all our tensions, seeking in that moment and | | | | meditative state. |
| are totally watching that sunset, we feel relaxed, | | | | |