One of the most over used and misunderstood words in the metaphysical language is meditation. It conjures up visions of monks in a monastery chanting with candles and incense burning, it’s quite a calming image. Many people feel as though there has to be a certain level of spirituality that must be achieved in order to partake in such an ancient and powerful practice. This is simply not the case.
You don’t need to be taught by a guru and study for years and years in order to be able to take advantage of such as wonderful tool as meditation. While it’s true there are many styles and methods of meditation, fundamentally meditation is awareness. Are you in the moment, are you conscious or aware of what you are doing at a very granular level? All this must be done without attachment.
Why is being in the present moment so important? Because it’s allows you to “see.” It’s the seeing that unlock the chains that bind us, being in the present moment we see ourselves even if just a tiny bit and it’s the seeing that releases us and transends out understanding.
This type of mediation does require a great deal of energy and of course it can’t be performed all day, but that is what learning really is, the peeling back the layers of the onion.
Meditation is simply being in the moment and seeing the unveiling of the self.
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