Imagine
being able to totally relax and concentrate your mind onto
one small object, and then it disappears leaving your mind
so blank and relaxed, all your thoughts have gone away
leaving you free and comfortable. Meditation will change
your life because, you'll be relieved of any stress or
negative feelings, your thoughts will be more focused, sharp
and clear, making you feel happy and free.
Meditation also called
the way of the Noble path with correct vision. Correct
thought. Correct word. Correct action. Correct existence.
Zen meditation and yoga has eight steps, the seventh one,
Dyane, is Meditation. It is practiced in the position of
lotus, crossed legs, and the knees lower than the pelvis.
Pelvis tilted ahead, lumbar area put inwards, straight back,
shoulders shallow; arms and shoulders relaxed, chin inwards,
unsquinted eyes; relaxed face, abdominal breathing ,
lengthening the exhalation from the nose without forcing,
with full conscience, and soon all these process become
natural and automatic.
LOTUS POSITION
Normally done by sitting
on the floor, place the right foot on the left thigh and the
left foot superficially on the right thigh.
THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS: In
the India, the lotus flower is symbol of mental purity and
of full development of conscience. As the lotus, of purity
and whiteness on muddy waters, the spirit of the yogi sat in
Padmasana,
As this name indicates,
this position evokes the perfect balance and isolation of
the flower of lotus. In the, symmetry of the physical body,
increases the harmony to realize the distribution of
forces.
The energy forces are
balanced by the practice of respiration. In this lotus
position, the conscience mind concentrates on the heart.
Without influencing the breathing , we support the immobile
body, without allowing the subconscious mind to digress. We
do not look or search for meditation, since, the simple fact
of looking for it, removes the main purpose and
effect.
The mere act of sitting
down in Padmasana to relax and to realize respiratory
exercises, already induces the meditative state providing
mental stability and lasting benefits since it is one
magnificent sedative for the nervous system. The effects of
the Padmasana will change, depending on the stead-fastness
and practice.
How can I use hypnosis
for meditation?
Hypnosis can help in
many ways. Meditation is easier if the physical body is
relaxed, if the mind is free of stress, a calm tranquil
relaxed mind can focus better upon one thing and
eventually free the mind from all thoughts.
Meditation has been
used for more than 3.000 years. For a long time it was
considered to be a practice reserved to the Buddhists, to
followers of philosophies like the Zen or enclosed to
persons with a certain touch of snobbery. Nevertheless,
the list of followers has been growing in the western
countries in the last years up to reaching a number that
is about 10 million in the USA.
These persons, far
from being religious faithful, are professionals of all
kinds overwhelmed by stress, and patients who wish for an
in depth interior exploration to improve or to handle
emotions.
The interest of
scientists in meditation began many years ago. In the 60s
and the 70 it had been demonstrated that the use of these
skills provided an extraordinary concentration.
Fourteenth Dalai Lama,
has put at the disposal of the western neuro scientists
his brain and that of his monks. This way, the religious
ones had their heads replete with electrodes and
sensitive instruments of which they prepared to record
and photograph what happens in the neuronal network when
they practice the meditation.
In this adventure
eminent investigators of numerous institutions embarked.
One of the most active in the last years has been R.BILL
of the University of Wisconsin, in the USA. His works
earned him a Nobel Peace Prize.
His results indicate
that meditation has biological effects. It produces
changes in the brain associated with more positive
emotions and progress in the immune function. Siko Dan
author of numerous books on emotional intelligence and of
'Destructive emotions' fruit of the meetings with Dalai
Lama and with the scientists, he said "the important
thing is that the meditation changes the base of the
emotions" and added that the results of the experiments
"have important implications for humanity".
The studies neurons
demonstrate an activity increase in the left frontal
lobe, which is the residence of the positive emotions. At
the same time diminishes the functioning of the right
region. Neuro scientists have observed that the persons
who use more of the left area take less time in
eliminating their negative emotions and tension, for
example, a discussion with the boss. This imbalance
between the hemispheres also reduces fear and rage.
The investigations
with the Buddhist monks with years of experience in
meditation indicate that these have a significantly major
activity in the left hemisphere than the persons who do
not practice this skill.
BEGINNING MEDITATION
For those who practice
Meditation, the purity is important. Purity implies: the
demonstration across the body of the mental conduct, and
speech. Calmness in the verbal aspect - to avoid
arguments. In the mental aspect - to free yourself of
anxiety. In the corporal aspect to avoid the use of
violence
MEDITATION ATTENTION
Your subconscious mind
especially using self-hypnosis should deplete the thought
areas for a moment, continuing attention to posture and
breathing, which makes one aware of everything that
happens, without interfering. Observation disconnected
from all objects, sensations, feelings, memories,
fantasies, imaginations, deductions, etc.
MEDITATION SAGUNA: The
meditation Sauna or object meditation is the most widely
used, it consists of concentrating thought on one object,
excluding any thought that distracts the attention. The
object can be something physical, tangible, a point of in
the body, the sun, a flower, a scenery, a mantra, etc.
The motive can be also slightly subtle, like a chakra, a
sensation, one philosophical thought, a khan etc. When
practicing this one type of meditation you exclude any
thought, except the object of concentration.
MEDITATION NIRGUNA:
The meditation Negron or without an object (proper of the
Zen meditation and yoga in the most advanced phase, of
Zen and from the Tibetan school) it consists of
separating of any object, of any thought, of any
sensation and to experience total peace. The need to
practice meditation arises from the search of a man to
answer the big questions that appears with our deepest
nature: who or what am I? of where do I come and where do
I go? do I exist?, etc. to penetrate the ordinary
reality, waking up, or one vision of the things that fill
us and gives sense to ours existence. The meditation is a
not action and debit to be practiced without a concrete
target, and one does not wait for certain achievement,
nor at least highest.
THE EFFECTS OF REGULAR
MEDITATION: In a purely physical way, meditation has
relaxing effects, fighting hypertension and stress. In
the psychological aspect, it gives self-esteem,
confidence, mental force, concentration and memory. But
the spiritual effects are even more important.
WHAT ARE THE OBSTACLES
IN MEDITATION?:
DOUBT. It is the
biggest obstacle in the way of the Zen. Almost the whole
world it is perfectly capable of meditating. It is not
necessary to wait for wonderful results at first.
Hypnosis can give help in the form of belief and
faith.
THE BOREDOM of
MEDITATION:
Self-hypnosis helps to
keep the mind from wandering and increasing
concentration.
SLEEP IN THE
MEDITATION:
Many beginners they
succumb to sleep because of unconscious form which
collaborates with a slowing down of the mental processes
during the meditation. Hypnosis can help to avoid this
level of sleep.
TO HURRY IN
MEDITATION:
One has to cultivate
plenty of patience. To give enough time for our physical
body and also for the subconscious mind especially using
self-hypnosis.
ATTENTION TO BREATHING
WITH HYPNOSIS
One remains now
attentive to your breathing , contemplate the inhalation
and exhalation limiting yourself to observing consciously
the sensation of the air that enters and goes out,
feeling the cool sensation and warmth in the area of the
top lip to the orifices of the nose. This exercise is
similar to the previous with the difference that here it
stops being counted and we are very attentive to every
inhalation and to every exhalation, completely alert and
concentrated.