Meditation is not removing yourself from this world and going into a world of nothingness. It is active participation in beginning to understand ourselves.
Who are we? Why am I here? What is my purpose? Why am I not getting what I want? Why can I not quiet my mind?
What is life? Work, eat, sleep, is that all there is. What is my potential? These are questions we need to answer. For this reason, we need to meditate. It is an absolute essential for life.
Without meditation we cannot make sense of life. Meditation is conscious awareness. Conscious awareness is beyond the mind. We tap into our inner being, our higher self or soul self. The part of ourselves that can guide us through the paths of our lives. With the constant pressures and tensions of daily activity we do not access these wonderful sources of our own being.
Meditation is not as difficult as most people think. Tools are plentiful, but the inspiration to practice is not. Every individual is capable of meditating, if inspired to practice regularly. To be inspired we need to examine the reward and we need to understand the tools. Even with limited practice we can release the tension of our lives and improve our mental and physical health and make our lives easier and less complicated. Let us start to meditate. Let us learn the tools, let us be inspired, and meditate.
Ma Mokshapriya Shakti Ph.D.
