| The Origin of Meditation | | | | meditation, or even to learn easy meditation. No |
| When it is known what meditation actually is, it is | | | | one went online to order a meditation cushion, a |
| easy to see that it is a natural phenomenon, a | | | | meditation audio, a meditation timer or sign up for |
| natural ability that we all have. The origin of | | | | meditation retreats. Meditation was just a natural |
| meditation then, is us. Not that we invented | | | | part of life. |
| meditation. We didn't. But meditation came about, | | | | As often happens when there is time in one's life |
| or perhaps I should say that it became identified, | | | | to reflect, sooner or later one begins to reflect on |
| under natural circumstances in a much earlier time. | | | | the self, on life, on creation, and when the |
| We no longer live naturally, but we still have | | | | amazing, awesome magic of life and creation |
| meditation and we still practice it. But how did it | | | | strikes the imagination, one begins to reflect on |
| come to be known and identified? | | | | something higher and greater that must be behind |
| Imagine that there was once a time and a place | | | | it all, and reflection begins to take on greater |
| on this planet where life was lived naturally. The | | | | depth. |
| climate was mild enough that there was no need | | | | Eventually, one can only surrender to this higher |
| for excessive food storage, large wardrobes, or | | | | and greater something in order to satisfy the |
| complicated dwellings. The people were intelligent, | | | | gnawing itch to understand it. When this higher |
| inventive, and had time for reflection. In other | | | | and greater something is touched, even briefly, |
| words, they were not driven to live life in survival | | | | the experience is so profound, so satisfying and |
| mode. They had time. Though they didn't have | | | | fulfilling, that one just surrenders to it more. And |
| technology as we think of it, they had their own: | | | | more. And things begin to happen. |
| they could build beautiful buildings, some even | | | | In another installment, we will find out more about |
| carved deeply into cliff sides from the top down | | | | the origin of this natural meditation, its evolution to |
| with uncanny accuracy and exquisite detail. | | | | meditation techniques and what happens in the |
| They had time. They had time to build, and they | | | | process of attaining the Touch of Truth. |
| had time to reflect. No one had to learn | | | | |