| Is the rat race eating into your spiritual evolution? | | | | - Start the meditation by taking 5 long deep slow |
| Are you finding less time to do your meditation, | | | | breaths. This will relax you. |
| yoga and other spiritual practices? Never fear Zen | | | | - Now, bring your attention to your breathing and |
| driving meditation is here. | | | | just observe its flow without manipulating it in any |
| Unfortunately for many of us, work, family, | | | | way. Meditate on it's physical characteristic as |
| education and more work seems to be consuming | | | | closely as you can. Feeling it's temperature, |
| our lives. The worst part of this hectic life-style is | | | | texture, depth etc. Continue this meditation for |
| that the one aspect which should not suffer, does. | | | | 1-5 minutes. This will settle your mind down. |
| Our spiritual growth. In this article I will present | | | | - Now begins the heart of this meditation. Begin to |
| you with a terrific meditation technique that you | | | | watch the scenery go by as you drive with an |
| can do while driving or while in transit. This should, | | | | unfocused, holistic gaze. In other words, let your |
| hopefully, help you in getting your spiritual work | | | | vision relax, incorporate the periphery and without |
| back on track and enjoying the marvelous | | | | any point of focus just observe the world as you |
| benefits that such work bestows. | | | | journey through it. Just observe the trees, sky, |
| In America we drive a lot, and even those who | | | | clouds, houses, cars as they pass by. Just be |
| don't drive a lot, often take trains and buses as | | | | empty within and allow the world to pass through |
| part of their daily life. This "idle" time presents us | | | | you. That's it. |
| with a great opportunity to get in some | | | | - To add another component to this meditation |
| meditation work and there are many meditations | | | | technique, whenever you come to a stop return |
| that can conveniently be done during this time. | | | | your attention to your breath and then when |
| An obvious warning of course is that please DO | | | | moving, meditate once more on the scenery. |
| NOT practice this meditation if it distracts you in | | | | - If at any time driving requires your focused |
| any way from your driving. | | | | attention please stop the meditation and pay |
| Zen meditation techniques all have their roots in | | | | attention to your driving. |
| mindfulness or being in the moment. This | | | | Commentary on Driving Zen Meditation Technique |
| meditation technique is no different and is also | | | | This meditation technique has the ability to reveal |
| designed to help you come into the "here and | | | | to you the True Nature of Reality. Etched in my |
| now" as much as possible. Below is a step by | | | | mind are occasions where the absolute perfection |
| step guide of how to practice this meditation. It is | | | | of life and the moment, were fully realized while |
| given assuming you are driving, but can easily be | | | | practicing this technique. This meditation was one |
| extrapolated to other modes of transportation. | | | | that just came to me naturally and I am happy to |
| Meditation Tip: Driving Zen Meditation Technique | | | | share it with all of you. |