Meditation
All about Meditation
Meditation is believed to have originated about 5,000 years ago in ancient India. The earliest documents of meditation are referenced in the Vedic scriptures, which describe the techniques for achieving a deep state of concentration and inner peace. The Vedas are the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism written in Sanskrit about 1500 to 500 BCE (Before Common Era). Meditation is later practiced in other parts of Asia where it became an integral part of Buddhism and Taoism. It has reached the Middle East, Europe, in which Christian denominations have also adopted.
Unknown Artist– Mexica Sculpture
Date: 1200-1500 CE (Post Classic-Late Post Classic/Early Aztec-Late Aztec Periods)
Made of volcanic stone.
has not been recognized to practice meditation. However, there are ancient Mexica (Aztec) stone sculptures shown in meditative and prayer poses with their eyes closed to connect to an inner and outer sense of awareness. It is also known that the Native people, to this day, have practiced sitting in silence and in dark places such as caves, to connect to their deeper state of consciousness. Meditation is natural practice to connect to our higher wisdom, our true existence and the same existence in nature that surrounds us.
The style of meditation that I teach is simple. You sit comfortably, become aware of your breathing and thoughts, to realize and understand that you are the Conscious Seer, Knower, Observer. I combine three styles of meditation, Thai Buddhist Dhammakaya Meditation, Vipassana and Transformational Meditation, as all meditation has the same goal: to be Present in Knowing that we are ethereal, always connected to a Conscious and Harmonious, supportive web of love and life.
I first learned and began to practice meditation in 2008 at a Thai Buddhist Temple where I grew up. In this meditation center open to the public, monks would lead meditations weekly. I began to come because I had begun having a lot of anxiety in my late twenties, and this was a form that felt like a natural way to become more present. Here, I met venerated Paul, an American monk who gently and kindly taught us to sit comfortably, breathe naturally and focus our mind on our inner light. After some weeks of practice (and I only practiced when I learned from Paul), I had major revelations into my inner conscious awareness, primarily through my inner seeing eye, the pineal gland. I knew I was moving in the right direction.
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I have practiced Vipassana meditation for about 2 years, which means to see things as they really are, in the style that was developed by the Buddha himself, named Gotama Buddha, over 2500 years ago. In this form of meditating, we observe ourselves without judgment and realize that we are a Conscious Awareness that is interconnected with mind and body, that is pure and free. We become aware of delusions and impurities to liberate ourselves from them, over time.
I have also been trained and practiced Transformational Meditation for about 4 years. “The yogic system of meditation was first recorded by the sage Patanjali in the fourteenth century B.C. The methods in this work of Patanjali have been shown to be effective through centuries of practice. The result of the practice of meditation is that one achieves a superior state of physical health and psychological well being. With the practice of Transformation Meditation you develop a great power to transform the way your thinking mechanism works. You are no longer a victim of your mind and thought process. You become free from the problematic or stressful state and experience a higher state of consciousness. You can easily become aware of this higher state of consciousness because it is inherent in you, at the very source of all your thinking” (Excerpt From Transformation Meditation Home-Study Teacher Training by Sherrie Wade, M.A. This material may be protected by copyright).
