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      Inner Silence & Meditation

         The silence one observes in meditation is the bridging state between Pure Awareness and pure consciousness. Meditation leads to the pure awareness state and we have discussed that awareness is the source of healing.  This is why meditation is very important both in healing and spiritual and helps in day to day mundane activities.

         The state of pure awareness only leads us to real Self - Pure Consciousness, which is otherwise called as Atman, Brahman or Soul. Meditation helps the individual to transcend to the state of pure awareness, which is close to the state of pure Consciousness. This is Self realization, the goal of a spiritual seeker.

Why does not one observe the silence always.
      It is again because of the mind. In a movie theater the film that is projected is a continuous exposure of frames of the film. When one frame is projected, the eye captures the frame and after a pause the next frame is projected. However the mind does not perceive the pause because the mind retains the image of the first frame even after the frame vanishes and by that time the next frame is projected and the mind captures that frame. Therefore the mind ceases to observe the thoughts. Similarly each thought that arises in the mind is like distinct frame, and the pause or the silence between two successive thoughts is never experienced. The silence between the thoughts is peace. In meditation thus one observes the inner silence , the source of all thoughts.    

Life is just watching a movie- being a witness.
    In a movie theatre the we see the images projected on a movie screen. Have you ever thought the force that project the images on the screen?. That is the LIGHT. Light is that illuminates the film and is projected on a white screen. Without the light the film cannot be projected. Similarly it is the consciousness that illuminates all the objects in the world. The body is like the screen on which all the images are projected by the source of the light. Like the whole activity of a theater is based on the light source. The same is the case with the world, where the whole world is based on the consciousness. This supreme consciousness is acknowledged as supreme power or GOD.

        The ultimate purpose of  LIFE  is to use our body, mind, intellect to realize, that our true Self is the Consciousness, the light projecting this whole universe . 

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      Purpose of Meditation

     Meditation is a technique to transcend the mind and the Ego (the "I" feeling) to the final deep state of pure Awareness. There are various types of meditation in many spiritual traditions. They are all oriented to achieve the same purpose of transcendence. As we mentioned earlier though meditation helps the wandering mind to transcend to the awareness or present, it is better to make the environment of the mind conducive for it. All the five Pancha Bhoota purification steps are being done so that the mind can transcend to the source of healing and also gives the purpose of being one with nature. It is the oneness to all beings in nature that every one strives in spiritual practice. Pancha Bhoota meditation gives benefit both to the health seeker and spiritual seeker in helping to transcend to Awareness and then consciousness.

     Pancha Bhoota five steps, incorporates small life style changes so that the mind is less distracted and one does all day to day activities with greater focus and gain the best results. Those who have health problems are equally benefited by the same approach.

                    Steps in Meditation

      Mind watching helps avoiding mind wandering to a great extent. In meditation, mind watching is the first step. Just observe the thoughts and let go of the thoughts, instead of attaching to it and get carried away.

       The meditation method is taught in steps. In the beginning steps the mind is made to relax and to slowly observe ones thought as one observes how his hand or leg moves. In relaxation one objectifies one's body organs and the observer becomes the subject. As relaxation deepens, then one observes one thoughts and finally like the body organs, the mind becomes an object to be observed. The mind is a moving object like a projection of still pictures on a movie screen.

      The next step would be then to see the source of the thoughts. Where does all the thoughts originate?. One understands that the thoughts originate from silence. Then the final step would be to observe the silence, the source of all thoughts.

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           Meditation

       Meditation has become  a short of fashion in the modern world. It is a pity to see people meditate without making the mind suitable for meditation. As we have discussed earlier, a kid with an agitated mind cannot focus on reading a book. The mind must be relaxed to read a book and not the other way around. Reading a book cannot relax the mind.

      This is why meditation has been introduced in Space Therapy section, because only when the mind is available and relaxed meditation is easy. People find initial peace of mind in meditation and quick benefits because of the sudden relief they find getting out of the nosier world.

    In the long run, only if the mind is  less agitated can the mind transcend to Awareness state  throughout the day. Other wise only during meditation the mind transcend to awareness state and rest of the time it is in the usual agitative state.

    To meditate the mind has to be less agitated. Many do meditation to make the mind less agitated. Which is correct?. A less agitated mind only can really do meditation. Since it is easy to meditate when the mind is less  agitated, morning time is preferred. The reason is the that after a sleep the mind that is drawn inwards is easy to transcend to awareness.

    More over, along with meditation if there is no proper attention given to tame the Ego, frustration and seeking for the "Self" continues. Still a feeling of incompleteness continues in the life of an individual who may be doing meditation even for many years. If the Ego is not taken care it also leads to make an individual feel superior over others which is nothing but bloating the Ego further.

Important Note: 

         The above statements about meditation is not meant to hurt anyone who is already doing any sort of meditation techniques. If you are already doing meditation technique, please continue to do and not stop it. What we are implying here is that if you  simultaneously take care of your thoughts allowing less agitations in the mind, meditative state of awareness can be extended 24 hours a day. Then meditation will not be restricted only to the meditation time but one will experience it all the time doing any other activities.              

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           Mind watching
 

       We have discussed about abstinence and observing the mind. Observing the mind leads to witnessing all the acts of the mind, intellect and Ego and finally Awareness. Until we do deepen our awareness, we do not clearly see a distinction in these four components of our inner faculty. Mind watching helps in controlling anger and stress. All other means are superficial means to overcome negative qualities of the mind.

    Mind watching is still initially a thought. But in an instance it transcends to a witnessing mode, which is not a thought process. This witnessing mode is pure  Awareness.

       This witnessing mode is symbolized in Vedic and Buddhist tradition as a face over the meditating personality. That face represent the witnessing mode or pure awareness. 

         The process of mind watching initially will be only for a few seconds because the mind wanders and not in the control. Over time with all the exercises, when awareness deepens the mind watching also prolongs. This finally leads to a state that the observer, observed and the observation becomes one and the same. Meditation leads to this final thoughtless state , which is known as "Samadhi" in Sanskrit and Tamil.

        Be aware of the actively thinking mind and exercise the act of terminating the jumping thoughts. At this time, keep focused on your awareness only. Till this stage awareness itself is a thought. The moment there is inner silence due to less thoughts, one experiences the "Awareness of being aware". This is the final state of meditation which we will discuss in next page.