Meditation
When Most people hear this word they think of a few things. Someone sitting outside under a tree saying "OM" over and over again. Maybe they see a bald monk in robes. But, In reality, there have been many incredible studies showing that Mediation is incredibly important in our every day life. It promotes overall good mental, and physical health. Meditation is also KEY to the Magickal path of life, and the way we live every day. When thinking about Meditation there are a couple of very strong different veriations, or methods, but of course, don't feel confined to these. Everyone has their own way of feeling and doing. It's all about finding comfort in who you are and what you want to be or do.
Eastern Methods
Our roots of Meditation come to us from the ancient East. Particularly Japan, China, and India. The main idea is to lead the practitioner into or towards mental and physical stillness. Allowing your internal perceptions and external perceptions of the world align. This is supposed to result in the ability to see within us the unity of life, and the imminence of deity.
Western Methods
In the west, we like to think about the right now, and the "what's happening next." unfortunately this tends to take away the time required along with the teachings of the East. Although we have benefited very strongly from them. A lot of our Meditations are guided by imagery that is worked to invoke some response from your internal conscience. By using strong images, we can learn from ourselves in a unique way, possibly guiding our minds to show us our inner truths.
My Year and a Day teachings, have asked me to think about which method resonates stronger within me, and to think abut which one I feel closer with, or which might help me a bit better with meditating. I definitely feel with the western method. I know that the eastern is important though, and that it highly affects how we see meditation now. But, I also think that if i were to just sit in silence, I may not find anything. I have so much on my mind all the time that I know all of those thoughts would seep in. So, sitting them aside and just focusing on specific images might really help me. I feel like Maybe I can guide my self conscious to telling me what's going on within, and getting to know myself better.
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