Meditation That Works

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Meditation That Works

Posted by Jason and Miggin on Friday, June 7, 2013 Under: Health

Meditation That Works

For many people meditation is recommended by Spiritual teachers as a way to deal with life's stresses and strains as well as to develop spiritually.

According to peer reviewed research conducted by psychologists into meditation practices and published in 2001:

“even very advanced practitioners continue to experience conflict, fear, anxiety, depression, addictive cravings, interpersonal dependency struggles, and so forth.” “What does change,” the report continues, “is not so much the amount or nature of conflict, but awareness of and reaction to it…[with practice] there is greater awareness of and openness to conflict but paradoxically less reaction at the same time in an impulsive, identificatory, and therefore painful way…[the practitioner] may note the intense desire until it passes, like every other transient mental state; or he/she may act on it, but with full awareness.”

Most people's experience of meditation is at odds with this. Meditation experiences bring about positive changes to the daily lives of most and the more advanced the meditation the more beneficial these changes become.

Why doesn't the meditation work for some?

The approach to meditation is important. Instead of trying to fix the problems they should rather be at peace with them and perhaps be a neutral observer. This passive approach to meditation emphasizes non-doing and is certainly a wonderful state to meditate in, but the problem with this approach is that while it can lead to sublime states of consciousness during the meditation, it may not clear the patterns very quickly that cause issues in day-to-day life. If it did, the “advanced meditation” that practitioners have would not be as problematic as they have reported.

Many spiritual teachers and meditators explain they have the same problems as everyone else as they try to justify their teachings. 'Just be Patient' is a common saying.

These are answers from people who have no answers to your problems.

But there are methods and procedures to clearing the most common emotional and mental issues. While meditation is a wonderful practice restoring peace and calm for a while it does not address the underlying issues that cause the stress.

True recovery means working with the issues to remove them as a problem in your life.

Taking these steps will reduce and remove these mental and emotional stresses.

We recommend and offer a course of sessions that can accomplish real change. Our process is simply:

The Quick Fix

We do a spiritual healing that immediately reduces the effects of stress and strain. This is a short term “quick fix” and enables the recipient to be in a mental state to address the issues at hand. A healing lasts only a short period of time typically days or a week or so. Repeat sessions will extend this while the medium term solution is undertaken and the long term goal is achieved.

The Medium Term Approach

We encourage every client to write a brief summary of the problems they face. We then help produce a simple individual plan so problem area can be addressed. Simple steps to take enabling a pro-active approach to change. If you feel you are doing something, about your problems, this reduces the effect of them on your mental and emotional being.

The Long Term Goal

Enacting personal growth in a person shifting them into a higher state of consciousness.

Problems fade away and a new realization of the joy and beauty of life through enlightenment.

Meditation can produce enlightenment experiences but does not change a person into an enlightened being. This comes about through, often painful, personal change.

Achieving a permanent shift in consciousness is not easy. If it were easy everyone would have done it by now. It takes dedication and time and comes from a place of extended realizations within the heart and mind about how wonderful life is.

What is Enlightenment?

Simply put it is a state of complete non-judgement of others and a state of being that is full of love and joy at the freedom 'love' gives to us. Opening our heart to 'love for all' is not saying that we need to embrace individuals who have not done this. It is merely a statement of your own being. Others can find their way there in there own time and manner.

Some examples of meditations by clients/friends of ours:

Story 1

"My journey has not been orthodox. The time I was meditating religiously was the time I associate with depression. Meditation is a tool I use to escape and not to work out my problems. It did not give me solutions to my problems.

From my experience, meditation is not to resolve problems, you need to solve them yourselves and be proactive about it. I’m not here to refute the benefits of meditation- but rather change the way you think what meditation will do for you.

For me, meditation is not to channel- it is to cure my insomnia and to stop the constant buzzing of my mind. It’s to relax and nothing more- almost what yoga is like to some people. It helps with my insomnia, but does not completely cure it.

I have also found that when praying (I am a Hindu) for about 10 minutes each day, I tend to channel information to help me change things. I keep a paper pad next to me and have a pen, so when random messages float through my mind, I am able to jot it down.

Story 2

I did not consider meditation or relaxation as a way to deal with my problems until only a couple of years ago. I had sleepless nights quite often without knowing why. I did not feel particularly stressed with work or life. It was when I had several nights in a row without real sleep that I started to look for sensible ways to relax and sleep. Herbal pills and Teas, hot chocolate drink, etc. They seemed to help only a little. I researched the subject and found that meditation was recommended. We have all heard of this and I said to myself it can't hurt. So I started. Little by little I felt a change. Sleep came more easily as I discarded the stresses of the day. I now enjoy more relaxing sleep and I feel better for it.

Story 3

I am from India and was dismissive of religion including my own background of Hindi for many years. I am a logical and scientific person and none made sense to me. I therefore did not consider meditation or prayer as helpful. This changed shortly after the birth of my first child. I realized that even though I did not know for sure undertaking prayer ensuring the safety of my child and family was a “no-brainer'. So I made myself a small altar to Shiva in the house so I could pray and meditate. I remember telling my friend, who was surprised to see it, that I could not take the chance of being wrong in my assumptions. We laughed but he also agreed that it was “entirely logical” and in keeping with my character. I still meditate today, after 2 children and 15 years./ I am grateful for the peace this has given me and the reassurance I am doing something extra to protect my family.

Everyone meditates differently but its often for the simplest of reasons as the stories above.

Meditation with a purpose:

Third Eye Awakening

We have a guided meditation process for opening the Third Eye (Kundalini). Third eye meditation is meditation with a purpose different from normal meditations. Please read our Third Eye Meditation Article.

Meditation for Chakra Balancing and Cleansing

We have another article on out site that describes a chakra balancing and cleansing meditation. This is best done listening to suitable music.

Meditation for Relaxation

Meditation for relaxation is best accompanied by suitable music and this can be found on Youtube, Amazon, Ebay or specialist sites.

We recommend Kelly Howell for meditation music but there are many different ones available. Find one that suits you.

Other types of meditation are:

Transcendental Meditation (rest and relaxation), Zen (cleansing and Insight), Prayer, Taoist (chakra and energy transformation), Mindfulness (awareness and realization) , Buddhist (healing and purification), Meditation for children (helps with disorders)

These meditations all serve different but overlapping purposes but all begin with the following.