Meditation is Often Confused With Concentration Or Contemplation

Meditation is often confused with Concentration orsilent, blissful and this relaxation, silence and bliss is
contemplation. Meditation is not narrowing of mindnot because of sunset its because we were in
or concentrating on one point, mantra or image ofthe meditative state while watching the sunset
a God. Concentration only makes the Mindand accidentally our mind had stopped.
Powerful.Any activity can become a meditation. Any thing
Right meditation is going beyond the Mind. It is towhich 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 thinggardening, playing with children. But this stopping
new. This going beyond the mind is not stoppingof thought should not be forced with
the mind but being aware of the mind byconcentration 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 areMeditation 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 wewe can think, plan, analyze or in short use Mind.
don't know it. e.g. we are seeing a Sunset and weBut once our office work is done we can be in
lost all our tensions, seeking in that moment andmeditative state.
are totally watching that sunset, we feel relaxed,