The Spiritual Journey Through a Meditation Practice
The Buddhists and others say that all life is suffering. Others refer to our existence as composed of a pain body. Certainly as we look upon the human condition worldwide we see much of both, and we may wonder if there is a way out of this dilemma. We seem relentlessly programmed to make choices and decisions that lead us into further suffering. Circumstances that lead to pain seem beyond our control. More info click here spritual meaning
Our experience tells us that we seem to have many different parts to ourselves in conflict with each other. Sometimes we are afraid and sometimes we feel secure. Sometimes we are angry and sometimes we are calm. Sometimes we are discouraged and sometimes we are positively hopeful. You have probably heard that we have a higher self, a soul, a transcendent self, a lower self, a subconscious mind, a shadow self, a super-conscious mind, an unconscious mind, a chakra system, and even more. The apparent separation of each of these conflicting elements of us is actually a perception of separation, and that perception of separation is the actual cause of the suffering and pain.
Through meditation we are able to integrate all the illusions of separation, and merge our awareness into the unitive state where we realize the underlying infinite, conscious principle that is both the very essence of all of who we are and the absolute nature of all there is.
The Goals of the Meditation Process
There are several phases to be keep in mind as you develop your daily practice. This is not an intellectual process, but rather an experiential process of discovering first-hand what your True Self is. This discovery is not revealed by thinking about the subject or analyzing ideas about it, but rather allowing the truths to arise from the experience of direct expansions of awareness and realization. When the reality of the unity and interconnectedness of all things becomes your experience you will awaken to a new way of viewing yourself and all life. You will feel as though you have awakened from the dreams of a deep sleep.
Until you have this experience you think you are awake and directing your life through conscious decisions. When you awaken your awareness pierces through the images that your five senses tell you is reality, and you become aware of the truth that underlies all existence. You will sense that everything is created out of the same energy, and is therefore fundamentally the same fabric of existence. You will feel more connected with this fabric of creation and more awake and more in touch with everything. You will realize how absorbed in an illusion you were. You will feel reborn as you awaken into a fresh new view of everything.
The meditative practice was developed as a means of connecting with the field and consciousness of creation, and to listen to the still small voice which emanates from the infinite divine presence. Your sense of being connected with and one with the fullness of the divine will become natural and automatic.
With each meditative experience you surrender into the greater awareness of who you are and when you return to your normal every day consciousness your awareness is changed, and with this new awareness your life changes. You know that you and the rest of manifest creation are not what you always assumed they were, and life doesn't work the way you assumed it did. The only way to know this is by direct experience. It is not known by reading, thinking, or any of the other normal ways you have come to know anything. It is by direct experience in consciousness only.