Silent Meditation Process
Begin
by first taking a few deep breath’s. As
you inhale notice anywhere in your body where you are holding tension and as
you exhale allow this tension to relax with the breath.
Pay
full attention to the breath and release all tension.
Continue
in this way and allow your body to succumb and become pliant. When you feel sufficiently relaxed begin to
pay attention only to your breath.
Take
deep slow breaths, noticing and feeling all the sensations associated with the
air entering your body through your nostril and follow the path of the breath
to your lungs. Pay close attention to
only the breath. The key now is to
focus on the breath to the exclusion of all else.
Continue
with this concentration on the breath and as you do so if thoughts arise,
remain detached from the thought, don’t react in any way and go straight back
to observing your breath.
As you continue on
with this process you can begin to slow down the breath and maintain an even
count on the in and out breath. For
example, breathe in to the count of 6 and breathe out to the count of 6, if you
like you can extend this somewhat as long as it is comfortable and you aren’t
struggling for a breath. This all should be done with ease. Counting the breath also helps keep the
thoughts at bay. Continue doing this
until it becomes natural and you no longer need to count the breaths.
From this point,
while maintaining the rhythm, focus on the breath and just listen to the
silence. Do this for as long as
possible. Remember to allow thoughts to
pass without reacting and come back to the breath and get back to the silence
wherever possible. Over time the
silence will begin to be the place where the still small voice of your
intuition will begin to make it-self heard more and more.
Note: You may not
always receive intuitive impressions during the meditation itself but the
practice will open up the channels so that in your day to day activities you
will start to get feeling responses to various situations. In the initial stage it is important to
acknowledge these impressions as doing so further opens the intuitive
channels. You can also just intend to
get an answer to a question and let it go, but ensure you are observant of your
environment. Sometimes answers don’t
come in the way you expect. An answer
can arrive though something a friend says in passing that just happens to be
the one thing you needed to hear at that moment or you notice a sign that gives
you the insight you need. Look for
synchronicities they are everywhere and notice your feelings, your gut instinct
will be talking louder than ever and the more you notice the impressions, the
more your intuition expands.
