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Tuesday 6 September 2011

Anapanasati Meditation

Anapanasati Meditation

 

THE PROCEDURE

Close your eyes
take all the time you need to get comfortable
shift muscles
stretch and relax

spine and neck are relaxed...not held stiffly !
there is no stiffness here
just comfort ... the beginning of calm ... there is no hurry now

there is nothing else to do ... or think about ... just pure relaxation !
Be the Breath
INHALE softly, easily...
EXHALE softly, easily
let your breath be a rhythm of calm your breath is a rhythm of calm
follow your breath
Be Calm
BE WITH YOUR BREATH
use your mind to follow your breath in ... out ... in ... out
that is all
Be Still
BE WITH YOUR BREATH
be with your breath-energy
Anapanasati Meditation is so simple ..
so very easy .. not at all difficult
Meditation can be done
by
any one
at any age
at any time
at any place
Meditation should be done regularly ... every day meditation should be done .. as per one's age in terms of so many minutes ..
e.g., twenty minutes .. if your age is twenty years .. forty minutes .. if your age is forty years and so on and so forth
Spiritual health is root and Physical Health is the fruit.Anapanasati Medittation alone gives Spiritual Health to a person
Meditation is the greatest gift to be given to our lives .. by our own efforts
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The physical body has its own natural and easy rhythm of the breath. In meditation, the mind has to become totally attuned to the normal rhythmic nature of the breath of the physical body.

 

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