MEDITATION - FEEL THE EXPERIENCE

Meditation is an experience which has to be realized. The main purpose of meditation technique is to channelize our awareness into the path of positive thinking transforming our mind.

Meditation is the state of relaxation and an altered state of consciousness. It has been seen that it is used as a device of personal growth these days – helps in inculcating positive attitude towards life. This process consists of three stages of concentration (dharana), meditation (Dyana), and enlightenment (Samadhi).

The mind is focused on a certain object, and when this attention gets engaged, concentration turns into meditation or dhyana. Here, through continuous process of meditation the meditator merges with the object of concentration, which might be the Divine entity.

Some meditators concentrate on the innerself (mana) filtered by the(pancha indriyas) or five senses, which forms the base for (jnana) knowing the eternal truth through wisdom.
This is self-awareness of the knowledge of ‘pure being’.

One finds various therapeutic benefits of meditation to attain peace of mind.

Meditation is not religious process, but because of its spiritual element it forms an integral part of all religions. Some of the popular meditation methods are, Transcendental Meditation, Yoga nidra, Vipassana and mindfulness meditation.

The foremost action begins with the preparation of the mind. Through meditative techniques we tap our subconscious, ready to encounter our inner-self. The different techniques of meditation emphasizes on mental exercises, which aim at capturing the vary nature of the human minds. Patanjali`s Yoga sutra talks about the three techniques of: dharana (concentration), Dyana (meditation) and samadhi (absorption or enlightenment).

Here, we talk of Dyana which means worship, or profound and abstract religious meditation. It involves concentration upon a point of focus with the intention of knowing the truth about it.

During dhyana, combining clear insights into distinctions between objects and the subtle layers surrounding intuition further unifies the consciousness.

The power to differentiate between the mind of the perceiver, the means of the perceiver and the objects of perception is clearly derived. One must apprehend both subject and object clearly in order to perceive their similarities.

During dharana, the mind becomes unidirectional, while during dyana, it becomes ostensibly identified and engaged with the object of focus or attention. That is why, dharana must precede dyana, since the mind needs focusing on a particular object before a connection can be made. If dharana is the contact, then dyana is the connection.

One must identify and become "one with" the object of contemplation, in order to know for certain the truth about it.

The final stage is the stage of Samadhi which forms the final part of the Ashtanga Yoga.

Samadhi means "to bring together, to merge". In samadhi our personal identities completely disappear. At the moment of samadhi none of that exists anymore. We become one with the Divine Entity.