| Do you know the top secret about meditation? | | | | when you reach ten or lose your concentration. |
| It is simple: | | | | This is meditation on the breath - Zazen (Zen |
| There are an infinite number of different | | | | sitting meditation is of this type). |
| meditations. | | | | 4. - Just the present moment.Mindful meditation is |
| Unfortunately most people think of a single type | | | | of this type. |
| of mantra meditation when we talk about | | | | 5. - Any object of any of the five senses.Often |
| meditation. In truth meditation is simply | | | | people may use a candle to look at and |
| concentrating on a single object - you focus your | | | | concentrate. |
| awareness, your consciousness, on that single | | | | 6. - Any internal feeling - your posture, heart |
| object. | | | | beat, and so on. |
| When you meditate: | | | | 7. Sooner and later your mind wonders. You |
| | | | notice that you are no longer concentrating on |
| 1. You put your awareness on a single object of | | | | the object of meditation. At this time you simply |
| meditation. You can concentrate on any object | | | | return back to the object of meditation. It is |
| but here are some common objects of | | | | important to have the attitude of release and |
| meditation: | | | | loving kindness to yourself while meditating. |
| 2. - A word or sound - this is mantra meditation - | | | | Suppose you are doing meditation on the breath |
| there is a commercial type of mantra meditation | | | | as I was just doing and you, like me, notice that |
| made famous in the sixties. But mantra | | | | you are no longer counting your breath, simply |
| meditation is ancient and used in all tradition | | | | return to counting starting back from one. |
| including Christianity. The sound, word, phrase can | | | | Another of the secrets of meditation is that you |
| be in any language and may be meaningless. I | | | | are not trying to do anything. Whatever happens |
| suggest using a phrase which has deep meaning | | | | is great. You are just being. |
| to you in your spiritual tradition. | | | | As they say: |
| 3. - Your breath. You can simply count your | | | | - You got to be present to win. |
| breath starting with one and going back to one | | | | - Everyone is a winner. |