Meditation Made Easy - How to Meditate For Transcendence

Meditation has never been easy for beginners				the air, I could see mysself still sitting on the hill.
even for many of those with long experience.				Suddenly, everything disappeared and I was
Here, I attempt to present a way that, with my				plunged into the absolute darkness of space
over thirty years of experience, I consider to be				moving with infinite speed toward a destination I
the easiest and more effective way to succeed.				knew nothing about. In the extreme darkness of
There are a variety of methods proposed by				the space, I was not scared but astonished. From
experts, such as concentrating on one subject or				the absolute darkness, planets appeared, and in a
on counting your breathing from one to four and				matter of no time, became magnified to
repeating it. All these methods are aimed at				enormous size, bypassed me, diminished in size
clearing your mind from any other thoughts which				and disappeared in darkness. Soon the number of
may cause some degree of mental relaxation. As				planets pasing by decreased and then no more
you choose and advance in any of these				appeared.
methods, you would be able to bring down or				Now, I was alone, traveling through space in pure
totally eliminate your mental depression, bodily				darkness. Not only I wasn't scared, but I had a
pain, anxiety as well as fatigue from your daily				feeling that somebody or something was with
work whether it is mental or physical.				me, very close to me, making me feel secure.
It won't be easy to achieve these aims. It				Soon, I arrived in an environment that was not
requires years of serious practice. It demands				dark but also didn't have any source of light. I
absolute concentration, unshakeable discipline,				came to a halt. I felt exalted with lightness and
continuity and determination for success. These				joy in me. I felt the Creator's presence, not only
are necessary because unconsciously we have				all around me but also within me. There was in
given our mind a total freedom of thought on				the air a sense of enormous authority and an
whatever, whenever and wherever it may desire				environment of full kindness and affection. Then in
to extend. It won't be easy to harness its floating				full clarity and authority it was suddenly revealed.
and restrict it only to one thought, one place or				"Welcome to the Center of the Universe and My
one situation.				close presence. Here is the eternity, the ultimate
The meditation methods mentioned above, if				in life, its purpose and existence."[2]
mastered, may achieve the goals mentioned				I clearly understood that the Creator is a totally
above to different degrees. These goals all are				secular being and has no relation to any religion
related to our mental, physical and material world.				practiced today. Even in highly technological and
The practice also discipline our mind and bring it				scientifically advanced societies of today, very
under our control. The latter is the most				few people truly understand the true nature and
resourceful attainment we may achieve.				essence of the Creator. It is the pure living
However, none of these practices extends the				energy, highly conscious, creative and intelligent,
mind beyond our material environment and mental				timeless and boundless. It is labeled erroneously by
conditions associated with it.				the scientific community as "Dark Energy" but Its
The mind, which is the same as the soul or spirit,				true nature has not been "so-called scientifically"
is a matterless entity with incredible capacity to				discovered yet.
expand beyond our body and our material planet				When my mind was extended beyond my
into the materless world which also embodies the				material body and the physical environment, it
whole of the material Universe. The mind resides				became boundless, expanding to infinity. I was
within our brain, as sitting in a pilot's cockpit				also freed from the element of time which is
controlling our physical and mental functions. To				connected to matter. I fell into an environment
reach any distance beyond our planet, we must				where there was no time only eternity. I could be
transcend our planet into the unlimited outer				everywhere or anywhere in a matter of no time
space including the whole universe. It is the only				and always with my Creator who had the same
way we can reach galaxies, stars and other				materless characteristics and essence. Right after
planets and have contacts with other civilizations.				revelation, suddenly I felt myself in my physical
The idea of being able to travel physically to other				body, sitting on the top of the hill on my farmland.
planets outside of our solar system in the search				The sky looked the same as when I had left it
for other civilizations is nothing more than just a				behind. The sun had gone down, leaving a trace of
wishful thinking. If we consider a spaceship with an				light still glowing in the horizon. Its reflection on the
incredible speed of 200,000 miles per hour, equal				far away clouds produced striking colors which
to ten times going around our planet in one hour,				were getting darker and darker as the night was
will take 2,200 years to travel a distance of just				falling upon my surroundings.
one light year which has a speed over 180,000				I was astonished. The cloud formations and the
miles per second. The closest star to our planet is				horizon appeared nearly the same as I had left
many light years away. For the same reason no				behind. It seemed that no time had elapsed, yet,
one or being from any other planet is able to visit				it was like I had been traveling and visiting places
us by any kind of spaceship. The UFO stories do				in the boundless space for years. I found myself
not make sense unless they are of our own				full of new knowledge. I was not the same
creation. Therefore, meditation to transcend is the				person sitting on this hill just a few seconds ago.
only way to reach the extremities of the				First, I felt the Creator's presence in my mind in a
Universe. This is possible because once the mind				way I had never felt before. Second, I had
expands beyond the material world, the elements				acquired an immense knowledge of the Universe,
of time and space disappear. Within the sphere of				its unity and organized life from its highest being,
the extension of the mind you can be any place				the Creator, to its smallest particles, and how the
in a matter of no time. This means you may				creation, evolution and life of every part were in
travel thousands of light years at a glance so to				harmony, connected and depended on the rest. I
speak.				had no other explanation but to conclude that
This was the sole purpose of my attraction to				when my mind expanded outward into the outer
meditation. The idea didn't come to me from				space, it assumed its boundless and materless,
nowhere. Based on the experiences of my				and thus, timeless nature. It was under these
childhood and further studies when I became				circumstances that I could rationalized traveling
older, I knew there were likely thousands of				millions of light year distances and being
individuals in this planet capable of transcending to				downloaded with such an immense knowledge not
outer space and some landing in other planets				discovered by our sientific community yet, and
with its own civilization They have been able to				may not be discovered for many decades to
communicate with them and were still doing so. I				come .
later, by my own experience, learned that there				A year later, l sold the farm and moved into a
are very many beings from other planets here on				new house and after a year of experimentation
Earth interacting with our people and helping them				with different forms of meditation I selected my
to a better way of life as much as they can.				present form which I found logically and otherwise
Under the present limited scientific knowledge, this				more appropriate and preferable to all other
is almost impossible to understand. When you				forms used at the time. If you decide to meditate
transcend to another planet you may live there				or have been already practicing it, this is the form
and interact with its people, appearing under our				I would recommend to try. I lie preferably on a
standards of time, to amount for years, but				carpeted floor than a mattress, head toward
when you return to your body, no time has past				North and feet pointing to the South with my
from the time of your departure. I know it is				arms resting on my sides. In this position, my
almost impossible to understand but I know it is				body lies in the direction of the Earth's magnetic
true because I personally have experienced it.				lines in a way that minimizes their effect in the
Now that I have described my purpose for				body. This position also allows the body to use
meditation, I can explain the process by which I				much less energy than any other position, making
started it, improved it and reached the best and				concentration easier. After taking your position
easiest way that it can be done. From my				close your eyes and clear your mind of all
childhood I was familiar with the extraordinary				thoughts. Simply make it blank. This won't be
results of transcendental meditation since my				easy in the beginning; all kinds of thoughts would
father had oriental friends, particularly from India				invade your mind. You should close all the doors
who visited him now and then and stayed with us				and not let any enter it. First try to keep your
for a day or two. These were people called fakir				mind blank for a few seconds and then add more
who through meditation had been able to gain the				seconds. One of the best way to practice this is
power of seeing the future of an individual by just				when you go to bed every night. lying down on
looking at him or her. It was one of these fakirs				your back and your arms on your sides, try to
who after looking at me pointedly, when I was in				empty your mind of all your thoughts. This
the process of serving tea for him, told my				practice would have also some collateral benefits;
father that I will gain access to the world beyond				it will reduce your anxiety, depression, fatigue and
ours and cause transformation in the civilization				mental pressures; it will provide you with a sound
and way of life. I was only eleven year old and				sleep. Often time you will fall sleep while trying to
did not really understood the meaning of his				make your mind blank. Soon you will learn how to
statement at the time. I didn't know what my				maintain your mind blank for an extended time. I
father thought of this but he later on told me to				started to practice this type of meditation in 1979.
forget what the man had said, it didn't mean				It was effective for relaxation and reducing pain
anything. I did forget all about it until about a year				and stress but my purpose was to transcend into
later a gypsy fortune teller came to our house,				outer space as I had done it once before. With
on my step mother's invitation, to tell her fortune.				this aim I faced failure after failure but without
By my mothers insistence she also looked at				giving up, because I knew it can be done. It took
mine. To my surprise and amazement, by opening				over five years until, in 1984, which I finally
and placing her fortune-telling cards one by one on				succeeded. This is just to show the extent of
the floor, she end up telling me nearly the same				determination and discipline you need to have in
prediction made by the Indian fakir. My mother				order to succeed. Once you succeed the next
dismissed her claims which made the gypsy				one will be easier but still may take a substantial
woman upset. Leaving the house, while passing by				time and the same determination and discipline.
me, she murmured " You should believe and				I would like to present one of my successes
remember what the cards have revealed." My				under this form of meditation details of which
step mother later on told me, laughingly, not to				with the whole story can be found in my two
pay any attention, they just say these things to				books on this subject. My purpose was to meet a
make some money. However, I never forgot the				girl by the name of Ziba who was temporarily
two predictions. It remained an important force in				gifted to me by her parents who were also my
directing me to meditation. It fortified my				host and hostess on planet Zoras which I had
determination to continue and go back to it each				visited a year before. She had lived with me for
time after I had given up because of not having				about eleven months and was taken back by her
any success. Some fifty years later, when I first				parents to her planet because of mounting
succeeded in my transcendence, I realized the				possibilities of her being discovered here by
truth about the two predictions.				authorities and becoming subject to unaffordable
Initially, I had chosen to go to the top of a hill in				hardships. She had promised to look for me
the farm I owned next to my house. It was				every Tuesday in outer space and helping me to
surrounded by trees and plants. There was a rock				transcend.
on the top of the hill and I always sat on it in the				On the night of meditation I had several problems
evening concentrating on the horizon until the sun				utterly disturbing my mind making it extremely
would go down and darkness would envelop the				difficult to concentrate. I prepared myself for
surroundings. I continued this practice, for twelve				meditation, turned off the lights and lying down on
years, on and off, without success. In 1968, when				the place I had prepared for this purpose in the
I was in Colombia on a research project in helping				middle of the living room. The time was 3:10 a.m. I
the municipal governments to modernize their				tried to send my mind out into the boundless
administrative and financial sectors, I was asked				space in absolute darkness searching for Ziba. It
by the Colombian government if I would go to				was a night of big mental struggle. Despite my
the Putumayo Amazons and try to establish a				undisputed devotion and love for her, it seemed
municipal government for some 20,000 frontier				so difficult to move totally away from the painful
people and incorporate in it some 200 Indian				events of the day. I would kick them out of my
tribes. I found it a unique opportunity to visit a				mind but they would turn around, reclaim and
rare region of the world untouched by modern				repossess my thoughts. I don't remember exactly
civilization and technology. I accepted and was				when I was finally able to empty my mind of all
send to the locality by a helicopter since there				thoughts and concentrate my efforts to
were no roads for other kinds of transportation.				transcend or how long I had remained on this
The name of the community I created was				stage of meditation that I found myself in a world
Puerto Aziz on the bank of Putumayo River which				of fantasy. Colorful figures were moving around
now has over a quarter of a million population.				me with delightful and soft sounds of music. They
I spent over five weeks in the wilderness of the				did not seem to be human figures but rather
Amazons submerged in its dark nights , solitude,				multicolor silhouettes at times appearing as
away from all amenities of the modern world. I				humans and then changing shapes and always in
was entertained and at times frightened each				motion. I felt joy and pleased by being surrounded
night by the sounds and cries of the creatures in				with such creatures in a delightful environment.
the jungle surrounding me. The immense				Gradually, the bright pleasing colors transformed
differences between the two worlds of				into darker combinations. I became conscious of
modern-industrialized and old-primitive-traditional				changes when colors slowly faded into darkness,
had attracted my attention. In the peaceful and				and musical melodies into silence. Soon I was
dark nights of the jungle, I was continually				submerged in total darkness which I felt extending
reminded of the extensive poverty, despair,				to infinity in a cool and chilly environment. I felt
fraud, and corruption I had witnessed in the				afraid. I could move around but every point of
so-called civilized world, along with unrelenting				pause was the same as before, an environment
human thirst for material gains. With the passage				of total darkness and absolute silence with a
of every night in the solitude of the immense				sense of infinity. I got the feeling that regardless
jungle, I had become deeper and deeper involved				how fast and in what direction I moved, I wasn't
in these thoughts and started to think why there				going anywhere. Despite this feeling, as a human
was so much injustice in the world where there is				being in desperation who would resort to any
enough for everyone to live comfortably. The				means to survive, I tried to move in one direction
sounds of jungle had turned into some kind of				and then in another without any result. I had no
message and cries for help and direction. I was				hold on anything and felt suspended in the space. I
driven closer and closer to the primitive jungle				screamed and screamed for help but no sound
life.[1] I paid more and more attention to my				came out of my throat. Shivering from cold, I
surroundings trying to extract some meaning				thought this was my end, to banish in darkness
from them. It seemed that the nature through all				and silence into infinity without leaving a trace
its creatures and way of life was trying to				behind.
convey a message to me. On occasions it				I remained at this stage of suspension and had
appeared as a form of command penetrating my				reached a level of total helplessness when
soul and creating a distinct feeling that I was not				suddenly I saw a vague light in the horizon. I was
alone, someone or something was with me and				overjoyed despite the fact that it did not promise
within me.				any relief. The vague shadows became brighter
As the nights with solitude passed, my inner				and brighter and dark environment lightened
feelings became more and more vivid. Besides all				gradually, ever expanding and approaching while
the creatures of the jungle and its total being, I				turning into a combination of colorful moving and
developed an increasing sense of a companion				intermingling clouds. I felt warmth around me, the
with me and within me. It was an extraordinary				chill had disappeared. But all this transformation
feeling. This companion not only directed me in				formed just a spot approaching me. The rest of
my thoughts but focused my attention directly on				the environment remained in total darkness.
the primitive and natural world around me. The				Gradually, I was engulfed by the clouds. I felt
jungle nights became less and less frightful and				conveniently warm. Slight aroma of a perfume
the sounds from its creatures appeared normal				was in the air, the kind that one smells when
and less disturbing. Gradually within a few weeks, I				walking in a garden of flowers. I felt that some
began to look forward to disappearance of the				beings or things were touching or moving closer
sun and gradual dominance of darkness and the				to me. But being relieved from that awful
nightfall. I grew anxious for the companionship of				darkness and suspension was such a joy that I
my "inner thoughts" which not only became				was not much concerned yet with such
increasingly distinct from my own, but clearly				movements around me until I felt someone or
responded to my thoughts and provided me				some being softly and delicately held my hand. I
either with answer or directed me where I would				turned around and could not see anything in the
find one. "Could this be my Creator?" I asked				thick fog that had surrounded me, but I felt my
myself evey time. The answer always was "Who				hand still being held.
else could it be?"				"It is me Reza," a delicate voice exclaimed, a
When I left the Amazons I had developed a				voice very familiar, a voice I could never forget,
distinct feeling, through my inner guidance , against				the voice of my beloved Ziba. "Ziba!" I cried with
so-called civilized world and how by materialistic				utmost amazement "Is it you? Where are you? I
drive it had disturbed and often destroyed the				can't see you." I continued looking while turning
natural order and balanced forms of life. It had				around and around. The hand in my hand sure felt
polluted the air and water, devastated the				like that of Ziba; the hand that I had held a
environment, wasted and depleted natural				thousand times before. I pulled her closer, I could
resources, and above all derailed and degraded				feel her but I couldn't see her.
human character and quality, and its natural				"Where are you? What is going on?" I questioned.
harmony with its fellow humans, the environment				"I can't see you. I know you are here. I feel you
and the rest of the nature.				fully, but I can't see you." There was a long
Capitalism, which is based on materialism and drive				conversation between us which is not relevant to
for profits, seemed to be the prime cause of this				the subject presented here except that when I
devastation. In the environment of Amazons, life				explained the events of my journey to her, she
was organized in its eternal existence. It provided				told me that I was traveling all the time and
materials for the needed consumption by the				passed through these environments until I
nature's creatures and it renewed and restored				reached her. Then it came time to say goodbye.
deficiencies created by the use. In the civilized				"I have to go now, Reza. I will guide you to my
society, on the other hand, not only the used				planet and my house in our next meeting. It won't
natural resources were lost forever but a				be so hard."
tremendous amount of waste materials ---				"But, how would I know that you are here waiting
garbage, industrial, toxic, and atomic wastes -				for me?"
where left in their place. Furthermore, capitalism				"Every Tuesday, Darling, every Tuesday." She
had allowed the wealth and resources to be				repeated while embracing me and kissing me
accumulated in the hands of a few, leaving an				goodbye. I didn't want let her go but she just
immense sector of human race in poverty,				evaporated right between my arms. I opened my
despair and servitude. They were denied equal				arms and was engulfed in the same dense fog as
opportunity of access to the same resources to				before but in a little lighter environment.
sustain a decent living standards.				While I was quite astonished of sudden
When I returned to my academic life in 1969, my				disappearance of Ziba and pursuant changes, the
inner feelings were quite different. The civilized				fog around me had gradually cleared. To my
world did not look the way I had visualized before.				great surprise, there was a huge door, more like
The voices of Amazons nights were still in me				a gate, right in front of me. The outer
and would haunt me nearly every night.				surroundings were still submerged in darkness.
Sometimes, I felt that I had brought with me the				Fearful of falling into the state of darkness as I
spirit of the jungle, its creatures, its orderly				had experienced before, I was pleased to see an
mission and its eternal balanced process of life. As				exit regardless what was to be found on the
a refuge, I became inclined to spend more and				other side. I thought it could not be worse. The
more time in the woods of my farm, ending at				gate looked huge and heavy. I put my hands on
the top of the hill, sitting on the rock more like				both parts of the door to push it open but as
the old days but with quite different feelings. By				soon as my hands touched the gate it opened
no means did this replace the majesty and				readily half way. I was anxious to see the other
serenity of the Amazons, but during the sunset, I				side. It was also dark with one exception. I was
enjoyed siting on the top of the highest hill				facing the night sky with many stars blinking in far
watching the nature gradually plunge into darkness.				distances. I couldn't step in a boundless sky. The
I listened to the sounds of the nature as I used				fog and the light had disappeared behind me and a
to do in the Amazons jungle - the sounds that				full darkness had taken their place. I realized that
could not be heard by ordinary people.				either way my chance of survival was quite slim.
Before the Amazon experience, I had been many				At this moment the gate started to close. I
times around this farm and walked in the woods				desperation, I tried with all my power to hold the
and over the hills. I had never developed such				gate open. My efforts were useless and the gate
feelings. Now suddenly everything had become				kept closing. It was during this helpless struggle
different. The nature had acquired a new life and				that I became conscious, finding myself lying
become a part of me, united with me. I felt				down on my meditation mattress in my living
among friends - trees, shrubs, animals and all				room. I felt relieved. It took a few seconds to
others. I had a feeling that they all felt my				collect my thoughts and get rid of my fears.
presence and I was among friends.				It was 3:13 in the morning. Exhausted, I walked
Years passed and during this time, often at dusk,				toward my bedroom for a good rest. I
I would have certain strange feelings within me,				remembered once Ziba had told me that when
like someone or something was directing me to				you decide to travel into outer space, you never
go out in the farm, climb the hill and sit on the				know where you are going to end up. There are
same rock and remain alone and concentrate on				so many terrifying and horrifying places in space
the horizon. Often, following my inner inspiration, I				and there is always a chance that you may end
would remain in solitude for hours. All this time I				up in one of those. However, if you continue the
would try to concentrate and penetrate what my				experiment and you reach some desirable or
eyes could see on the horizon.				fascinating place, then you have a destination to
This was the way I was introduced to meditation.				aim for in your next meditation and have a good
It had become a pleasure and I continued for				chance to avoid straying into unknown wilderness,
years with the aim of reaching the unknown. I				unless you desire to seek places beyond what
had no idea what that unknown would be. But I				you already have discovered. She had told me
knew there was something there, far beyond				that this is what most people in her planet do
that colorful sunset horizon, to discover. At times				every night and that is why they have discovered
in later years, I would feel as floating in the air,				so many planets with life and civilization, some
losing my hold on the ground. As the years				even more advanced than theirs.
passed, a feeling of anxiety and expectation				As any teacher, I would like some feedback from
developed within me which gradually reached a				those who decide to experiment with my
dominant level. The hours spent alone became				proposed form. You can place a comment on my
increasingly exciting and a sense of inner				website or e-mail me getting my s-mail address
fascination consumed me. As the days and weeks				on its opening page.
passed, I developed a feeling and much later a				References:
belief that something extraordinary was going to				1. For details of two transcendence events and
happen and I was going to be a part to it. Then				other materials presented in this article, see my
one evening, to be exact on the fourth day of				book Passage to the Heaven, pp.18-36 and
October, 1974, after some sixteen years of				pp.359-376, by visiting my website
meditation with dedication and inner devotion, the				2. To understand the secular nature of the
moment arrived and my belief became reality and				Creator see "The Universe Long Before the Big
the door for the secrets of the Universe were				Bang" and other relevant articles by visiting
opened before me.				Dr. Reza Rezazadeh, Professor Emeritus
First, I felt like I was becoming weightless, then I				University of Wisconsin
felt being lifted from the ground raised up in the				1080 Eastman Street, Platteville, WI 53818.
air. It was a pleasant yet strange feeling. While in

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