Meditation

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But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe."</div> <div> <I><B>Lao-Tsu, Tao Te                                               Ching</B></I></div> <bR> <div> "Man can never be happy if he does not nourish his soul as he does his body."</div> <div> <I><B>The Rebbe</B></I></div> <bR> <div> "As the mind truly quiets and becomes less interested in fighting with the world, when we give up our position in some pointless battle, when we don't have to do all of that fighting because we come to see it for what it is, then our ability to sit increases."</div> <div> <I><B>Charlotte Joko Beck, </B></I><I><B>Living Zen</B></I></div> <bR> <div> "Mindfulness provides a simple but powerful route for getting ourselves unstuck, back into touch with our own wisdom and vitality.  It is a way to take charge of the direction and quality of our own lives, including our relationships within the family, our relationship to work and to the larger world and planet, and most fundamentally, our relationship with our self as a person."</div> <div> <I><B>Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go There You Are-Mindfulnes Meditation in Everyday Life.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Back to:</B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Course Syllabus PSY 200"><U><B>Course Syllabus-Psy 20</B></U></A><B>0</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Overview of Class SchedulePsy 200"><U><B>Class Schedule-Psy 20</B></U></A><B>0</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lessons Handouts"><U><B>Lessons & Handouts - Psy 2</B></U></A><B>00</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Learning Links"><U><B>Related Learning Links - Psy 20</B></U></A><B>0</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id234.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related ReadingsPsy 200"><U><B>Related Readings-PSY 200</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id60.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Discussion Forum"><U><B>Discussion Forum - Psy 20</B></U></A><B>0</B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=340 BGCOLOR="#CCFF66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>MEDITATION</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>What is Meditation?</B></I></div> <bR> <div> Meditation is a process which enables one to experience deep, conscious relaxation, emotional calm, and the clear state of awareness known as super consciousness.  Meditation is the process of directing attention inward, in order to experience transcendence.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Positive Benefits of Meditation</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Deep, Conscious Relaxation.  </B></I>It is possible through meditation, to experience conscious relaxation which is more complete than that experienced during the ordinary sleep state.  Once can experience complete rest while remaining "Awake," that is, while being totally conscious.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Stress Reduction. </B></I>Emotions become settled and mental activity becomes refined.  An examination of blood samples of meditators reveals a reduction of blood lactate levels, indicating a lessening of stress in the body.  Can improve hypertension, migraine headaches, anxiety and nervousness.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Improved Concentration.  </B></I>After meditation, we find it easier to concentrate on projects and relationships.  Increases production and functioning.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">More Orderly Thinking.</B></I>  When super conscious forces prevail during meditation, thought streams are ordered automatically.  After meditation, thought processes tend to be harmoniously arranged and the interaction between the left and right hemispheres of the brain are more balanced.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Strengthening the Immune System.</B></I>  After meditation, the cultivation of optimism, hope, faith, and feelings of love contributes to a healthy and nourishing influence on the immune system.  Fear, stress, confusion, despair, anxiety, loneliness weakens the immune system and the body's defenses against disease and deterioration.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Slows the Aging Process.</B></I> Examination of meditators shows that persons who meditate on a regular basis show no signs of aging as fast as non meditators.  Mental and emotional states are better, evidence of stress is minimal, and the immune system is healthier.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Improvement in the Quality of Life. </B></I>Because of general improvements in mental, emotional and physical health, and an improvement in feelings of self-value, meditators tend to enjoy life more, to have more wholesome and supportive relationships, and to have purpose and direction in their lives.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Increase in Intelligence.</B></I>  When thoughts and feelings are confused, when self-defeating attitudes are maintained, our ability to exercise native intelligence is diminished.  Super conscious influences experienced during and after meditation tend to increase awareness and harmonize thoughts and emotions.  Self defeating attitudes tend to be dissolved.  The resulting effects for most meditators is an increase in intellectual abilities.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Awakened Intuition</B></I>.  Meditation helps to awaken our insights so we can experience an inner knowing.  Through the use of intelligence and intuition it is possible to discern the inner side of nature, to subjectively experience reality at a finer and deeper level than is possible through sense perception alone.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">More Self-sufficiency and Freedom of Choice. </B></I> As a result of going into a state of rest and silence during meditation, one is able is able to experience 'self-completeness' - no longer relying on externals.  The meditator then experiences self-sufficiency and self-reliance, is able to make wiser choices about life and what to do with time, energy and talents.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Pronounced Creativity. </B></I> With the removal of inner restricting patterns and conditions, meditators discover a pronounced increase in creative abilities.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Increase in Spiritual Awareness. </B></I> The meditator develops an inner sense of unity-consciousness and harmony with the universe.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Freedom from Addictions of all Kinds.  </B></I>After meditating, many individuals find that they are able to choose wise behavior and renounce unwise behavior.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Improved Health. </B></I> Meditation can aid in healing the body.  Meditation also can cause the body to glow.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Purification and Transformation of Mind, Nervous System and Body. </B></I>Our entire physiology is gradually transformed as a result of meditation.  Because time is a factor in the transformation process it is necessary to be patient and allow inner changes to occur naturally.  This is an individual process and we are all on different levels of consciousness and evolvement.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Experiencing Life as it is Meant to Be: Positive Affirmations to Meditate On</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Living is meant to be enjoyable.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The universe is friendly.  It is supportive.  It is self-renewing.  When we learn how to harmonize with nature's laws, we too, will experience support and renewal.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Think of the world as your friend and be a friend to the world.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Cultivate the virtues.  Be honest, truthful, kind and fair in your relationships with others.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Make wise use of your time and energy.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Renounce attachments and addictions and be a caring and responsible steward of the things of the world.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Your responsibility is to come to terms with the world and leave it a better place when your life here is over.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The ideal way to live in the world is to be comfortable in it without being unduly influenced by it.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Learn to live free in an open universe, fulfilling your purposes without restrictions of any kind.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">You are here to learn, to grow, to make a useful contribution to the evolutionary process.  Learn more, grow more, serve more.  This is the way to experience life as it is meant to be lived.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Conduct your life so that everything you do is constructive.  Whatever contributes to higher thinking, healthier feelings, better relationships, and a more harmonious social and world condition is what you should concentrate on and do.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Eat nourishing foods, schedule time for recreation and rest, open your mind and consciousness to all good.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Live the kind of life you know to be ideal, even if others you know do not.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Be self-disciplined, doing what you know you should do.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Meditate on a regular schedule.  At least once or twice a day, preferably early morning and before retiring  at night.  Add some time during the day if you can.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Posture for Meditation</B></I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>"Mind and Body are interdependent.  Because the state of one affects</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>the state of the other, a correct sitting posture is emphasized for meditation."</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Legs.</B> Sitting with legs uncrossed and comfortable and feet flat on the floor. Comfortable shoes or in stocking feet.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Arms.</B> Hold your hands loosely on your lap.  Shoulders and arms should be relaxed.  Your arms should not be pressed against your body but held slightly away to allow the circulation of air.  This also helps to prevent sleepiness.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Back.</B>  Your back is most important.  You should be sitting upright in your chair and your back should be straight, relaxed and upright, as if the vertebrae were a pile of coins; your energy will flow more freely.  This will prevent you from feeling sluggish and you will be able to sit comfortably in meditation of increasingly longer periods of time.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Eyes.</B> Your eyes should be fully closed -- or you can leave your eyes slightly open to gaze at the candle.  When your eyes are closed, you should look between your two visible eyes through your third eye.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Jaws.</B>  Your jaws should be relaxed with teeth slightly apart, not clenched.  Your mouth should also be relaxed with the lips together lightly.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Tongue. </B>The tip of your tongue should touch the palate just behind the upper teeth.  This reduces saliva and the need to swallow.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Head.</B>  The neck should be positioned forward so your gaze would be looking out, with alertness, if your eyes were opened. Here you are alert enough to receive all insights. Avoid hanging the head down as this causes heaviness and sleepiness.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Preparation for Meditation</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">You will enter the room in silence and find a comfortable chair.  Concentrate on the music and begin to focus on the burning candle.  Make sure the lights are dim.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">You will be asked to begin practicing deep breathing and even deeper levels of breathing (zazen breathing). Breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth.  Breathing down into the base of the spine (root) chakra  and holding the breath for a few seconds and then breathing out.  You will eventually relax the breath.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">You will be asked to begin relaxing and scanning the body for tension and stress.  You are to move from the crown chakra all the way down every part of your body, relaxing it.  When you get to your toes, you must relax them and your feet.  You will do this repeatedly until your body is completely relaxed.  You will be given about 15 minutes to do this to the sound of music.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">At the same time, you will be asked to empty your mind. Close out all the internal thinking and dialogue.  Your mind should be silent.  If this is difficult for you, then you should focus on one thought or mantra only--such as, "I am love," I am strength," or "I am being guided in positive directions," or "Every day in every way, I am getting better and better." Your mantra should be a positive affirmation.  Eventually, the ideal way is to totally empty the mind with no thoughts, so you can be open and ready to receive.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">You should now be ready for meditation.  You will be guided through 3 meditations:  a guided meditation, a chanting meditation, a silent meditation.  We will conclude the meditation session with music and your reflections.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Before We Begin</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">I will guide you through meditation as your facilitator.  Your teacher is inside you, closer than breathing.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">There are many ways to meditate and a type suited to everyone.  We will explore many ways.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Meditation is a matter of consciousness.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">You must practice, practice, and practice meditation until your consciousness responds.  Therefore it is very important that you set aside some time to practice outside of your meditation sessions.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899336600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">This is a journey in consciousness.  Learn to experience the Silence -- your higher self and a connection to a higher source.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>GOING INTO THE SILENCE</B></I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>Come, step into the pool of quietness.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Relax your tired heart</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Let silence bless and ease your every part</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>to tranquil trust,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>washing away all trace of wearying dust.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>This quiet holds the calm of silken seas.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Enter it gratefully and take your ease.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>An angel Presence ministers to all</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>who seek this timeless place.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Her name is Peace.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>-R.H. GRENVILLE</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>THE SILENCE</B></I></div> <bR> <div> “The inner chamber is that quiet place within the heart.  We are taught to center our thoughts within, and then to shut the door...[the silence] is merely the doorway opening into that which is beyond the silence...</div> <bR> <div> A critical part of this process is attempting to quiet the mind - to quiet our internal thoughts.   This will take some practice, but it can be done.  Then you can start listening, listening for guidance and direction.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>BE STILL.  BE STILL.  BE STILL....  LISTEN, SEARCH, ... Find Substance and Wisdom.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>THANKSGIVING </B></I></div> <bR> <div> As you come out of the silence count your blessings and give thanks for them.  Give thanks that you have already received the good for which you looked for to your higher source in the silence, feeling the assurance that your searching and calls have been answered.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>APPLICATION</B></I></div> <bR> <div> We should carry the light, joy, peace, and strength received from the heights of the silence and consciousness down into our everyday life for the purpose of renewing and redeeming our human spirit and everyone whose lives we touch.</div> <bR> <div> ________                       </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>References: </B></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#663399" FACE="Arial Narrow" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Badri, Malik (2000).  <B>Contemplation: An Islamic Psychospiritual Study. </B> Herndon, VA: The International Institute of Islamic Thought.</div> <bR> <div> Beck, Charlotte Joko. (1993).  <B>Nothing Special: Living Zen.</B>  New York:  Harper-San Francisco.</div> <bR> <div> Davis, Roy Eugene. (1988). <B>An Easy Guide to Meditation.</B> Lakemont, GA: CSA Press.</div> <bR> <div> Feng, Gia-Fu and Jane English. (1989). <B>Lao Tsu: Tao Te Ching. </B>New York: Vintage Books.</div> <bR> <div> Kabat-Zinn, Jon. (1994).<B> Wherever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life.</B> New York: Hyperion.</div> <bR> <div> Schneerson, Menachem Mendel. (1995).  <B>Toward a Meaningful Life: The Wisdom of the Rebbe.</B> New York: William Morrow & Company.</div> <bR> <div> Werber, Eva Bell (1936).  <B>Quiet Talks with the Master</B>.  CA: DeVorss.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>