Meditation—so much more than a tool
Recently I was reading a book about wellness. I was shocked to see them say, “Don’t let meditation’s mystical associations spook you.” They went on to explain that they were recommending 10-20 minutes of meditation as a daily tool for getting more meaning and joy in the readers’ lives.
Why was I shocked?
It just made me realise that meditation (or could that be contemplation? – see the above orange panel*) is most certainly a mystical experience for me, and I hope you’ve found that too, and, if not, that you’ll definitely discover that after reading my stories and descriptions of tools and techniques.
My hope for you is to experience that connecting with Spirit in a meditative way is very mystical, and sometimes it feels magical, tingly, and/or as though there are big energetic arms to hold you.
Do you see, hear or feel?
Depending on your own learning style, and perhaps your experience, you may actually see other beings, or other worlds, in your mind’s eye. Or you may hear a whispered instruction. Or you may suddenly know you are meant to take a certain course of action.
I’m usually better at feeling and also getting an ‘aha’ or two, but, notwithstanding that, there are times when I do 'see', and then I’m nearly blown away by the experience. While writing my book (here's a link where you can see more about it and then buy it at 30% discount if you like), I was explaining in the preface that people resonate with whatever form is important to them, e.g., a Native American guide, an Indian guru, Mother Mary, etc., and then I flippantly said, “and I’d go so far as to say that, if you strike up a dialogue with an angel, and s/he feels amusing and droll, say, you could picture this creature like Sesame Street’s Big Bird, as far as Spirit cares, and that’s what it will look like for you.”
Stunned by what I saw in my mind's eye
Then much later, on page 76, I related a meditative experience I’d had where I was stunned and a bit overwhelmed to see a row of golden angels – very tall and winged. That was enough – very goose-bumpy. However, I scanned to the end of the row of angels and the last one I saw was Big Bird! I burst out laughing and crying at once with that, because I knew that my inner world was noticed by Spirit, and that Spirit has a sense of humour.
From my experience, these sorts of happenings don’t come around very often, but, when they do, the presence of the nurturing, guiding and, above all, loving energy is very obvious.
Spirit showed up
I have another occurrence, which sticks in my mind, of Spirit showing up when I was in a contemplative state. I relate what happened, totally unexpectedly, when I was contemplating or meditating (connecting with Spirit anyway) in the bedroom of an Indian guru. I won’t spoil it now, because it is readily available to you in the very first unit of my free course, which is based on experiences in my exploration of Eckankar as a path of growth and soul evolution. More info at this link.
You can learn to meditate in many different ways. Indeed, I had learnt way before I joined Eckankar in the late 1980s, but my experiences with Eckankar took me to a very different level. Maybe one of the reasons is because of chanting the word ‘HU’, which may take you to the soul plane. It is certainly very powerful and can be used by anyone. In the free Module B – THE MAGIC OF HU, you’ll find out all about the HU, which is not magic, by the way, but which often results in almost magical outcomes.
So… no magic, no spooky business – just a wonderful warmth and inner connection with the Godforce, in whatever way you want to picture it. And an understanding of Spirit's presence even when not actually seeing anything.
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Why I am NOT going to ask you to join my path
"People don’t realize that God has provided all these different religions for a specific purpose"
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... and it could just as easily be called 'How I kept ignoring signs'
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How I was instructed in my dreams—I got business help with these two dreams in particular
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No magic, no spooky business — My hope for you is to discover the beauty and power of the meditative experience
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My 80-word definition of spirituality—
Speaks for itself; no more to say
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A spiritual understanding of some ‘hairy’ questions that might be bothering you—includes same sex marriage, abortion, free will...
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A New Year’s Eve that went in a different direction—an example of how Spirit works in our lives
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The five 'baddies' in our lives—Could ‘not-enoughness' be at the bottom of what many religions accept as obstacles?
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How the Pooh Bear stories are sometimes similar to Eckankar’s teachings—a big dose of ‘is-ness’, and Spirit in Pooh stories
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2 free weeks — no charge and no obligation
If you’d like more info on how Eckankar helps work out problems in life, you’re welcome to take part in two modules (a relaxed two weeks) of my online course.
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