Why active meditations

His techniques all begin with an intense physical stage such as breathing, shaking, dancing or humming to help each person throw off some of the tensions and stress they have accumulated.

And incidentally give the body a good physical workout at the same time! These stages are followed by further stages of relaxation and stillness. Having exhausted oneself with so much physically activity it is easier to sit down and relax into silence.

He worked with his musicians to produce exactly the right music to aid and enhance each particular meditation technique. Combining these active meditation techniques with the more traditional Vipassana meditation is a very powerful way to help each person go into a deep, relaxing meditative state more quickly and easily. This kind of meditation is also physical exercise.

Wear flexible clothing and shoes with soft soles to support your jumping. Have a towel and water nearby to use after you are done active meditating. Related wikiHows How to. How to. Co-authors: 8. Updated: May 6, Categories: Meditation for Beginners. Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 58, times. Did this article help you? Yes No. Cookies make wikiHow better. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our cookie policy. About This Article. Expert Co-Authored Articles How to.

Trending Articles How to. New Pages How to. Now systematic methodology will not help because the brain will turn it into its own instrument. Now only chanting bhajans will not help, because the heart is so much burdened that it cannot flower into a real chanting Only then is there the possibility of transformation.

So I use a chaotic method to push consciousness from the brain. And whenever you are in chaos the brain stops working, it cannot work. You are driving a car and suddenly someone comes in front of you. You push the brake so suddenly that it is not a work of the brain. It cannot be because the brain takes time: it thinks: what to do, what not to do.

So whenever there is a possibility of an accident and you push the brake, you will feel the sensation near your navel, never near your brain. You will feel that your stomach is upset, because your total consciousness is being pushed because of the chaotic accident.

If it could be calculated before and predicted then there would be no need, then there would be no need. Mind would do, brain would do. Whenever you are in an accident, unknown, something unknown comes to you, you will see that consciousness comes to the navel When Westerners came in contact with Japanese monks for the first time, they could not understand: 'What nonsense! How can you think from the stomach?

No one thinks from the stomach. Consciousness can use any center of the body, and the most primary and the most near to the original source is the navel, and the most far off is the brain. So if life energy goes outward, then ultimately the center of consciousness will become the brain. If life energy goes inward, then ultimately the navel will become the center.

Even if you know the right things you will not be transformed, because it is not enough to know right things. One has to go to the roots, and one has to change and transform the roots. Otherwise you will not change A new impatience, a new tension arises — he becomes doubly tense.

He understands and he cannot do. Understanding can only be meaningful when you understand from the navel. Otherwise it is never meaningful. If you understand from the brain, then it is not transforming.

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