Often it is necessary to hear about meditation as some ritual which is carried out in the certain pose, in certain time, with the certain mantra, etc. There is the set of various techniques of meditation, ways, but there is one more important factor - it is the condition of meditation.
The condition of meditation is the feeling of activity of the body, the mind and emotions which are under your control. This lack of vanity, concern, irritability. By the person who is in the condition of meditation can run herd of mammoths, and he will stay without turning a hair.
This condition of detachment not in the sense that the person doesn't participate emotionally in the events around and in the sense that he controls any manifestations of emotions, but at the same time detachment allows it to make structurally decisions proceeding not from personal interests, and proceeding from the interests of universal scales.
Well, however, before still early. Let's sort what meditations happen!
On the energy level there are three stages of meditation: tamasichny energy is the energy of full tranquility, but not in the sense of the pacification, and in the sense of full zero – oblivion, apathy, inertness. The activity of the physical body brings the body out of the condition of the tamas, out of the condition of the dream. The person who is engaged in meditation from the condition of tamasichny energy just sleeps – his power engineering specialist stiffened, turned into kissel, he wants to sleep or already sleeps and has the dream about how he meditates.
The person is in the condition of the tamas after the dream after eats tamasichny food, or will even worse overeat when he long sits in front of the TV or at the computer, or lies on the sofa.
In such state the meditation will be very sluggish – it won't give feelings, except as feelings of the fulfilled duty to the homeland. Before meditating it is necessary to leave this state – to cheer up. To make jog or to take a walk the fast pace, to practice yoga, to dance, perform various power exercises. Generally to shake energy, to bring the body out of the condition of the tamas.
Only it doesn't mean that there will be enough five-minute warm-up – you will feel how your state flowed from apathetic in the condition of cheerfulness, freshness, clarity. And then already there comes the second stage of meditation.
Radzhas is the condition of total activity as mind, emotions, and the body. In such state the person wants to be engaged in activity, energy in his body rages, wants to escape outside, wants to express itself in some very important issue – whether it be washing of socks or the contract with the large company. The mind is occupied with active activity all the time – "here I don't remember, there will be enough potato or it is necessary to come in shop to buy, … and to the child I changed linen today or not, … and here in that pass at the leader the blouse with it here the lacy collar has to suit me …", or - "… takes away the car to the right, or the wheel lowered a little or it is necessary to go to disorder, … there where last year did I won't go - expensively and turn big, … and that can will there that by red car arrived – such juicy, … is interesting, the blonde from the next entrance on me all the time looks also smiles …" and so on indefinitely.
The mind is excited, it at the peak of activity, to the body isn't sat in place, emotions are ready will be splashed out outside. Generally, you sit and wait when everything, at last, ends.
To pass into the condition of the sattva certain technicians of breath help. Sattvichny energy - it is very close to the condition of space ecstasy, pleasure, euphoria. In this state the new ideas are born, the creative inspiration appears. You reach that level from which it is possible to see the solution of many problems kind from above, impartially, without identification.
But to come to it there are three more levels of sattvichny meditation. At the first level feeling tranquility and the pacification in the body and emotions meditating watches how his thoughts flow by it as clouds in the sky or as he watches them, as passersby from the window. He doesn't identify himself with thoughts – watches how one thought gives birth to another, that gives rise following and so on. Try to find the gap between you and thoughts – here you, and here thoughts irrespective of me.
Having passed this step, practicing meditation suddenly finds such side, having crossed for which he finds himself as there is nobody the observer out of own body. He finds himself the being of subjective reality separately from venues of the physical and mental world. It – isn't the body, and the world isn't reality, and only the interpretation of the world created by accidental circumstances in certain conditions. And then at the third level you find yourself only the point in space, nobody, the spark, the consciousness spark. You feel how in infinite emptiness the ocean of the Universe opens the embraces, and you sink in his pleasure. You understand that you not only that became nothing, emptiness, and always it were and only accidentally received illusion for reality.
Carry out the following technology of breath – the quiet, deep breath, the same quiet deep exhalation. Breath by the stomach, continuous and uniform. Constantly watch breath, behind that as it enters and as leaves. You hold attention focus on breath. Don't wait for result – it is total become the observer of the breath – ""I That Who Watch Breath"".
Only don't think that it is easy – be adjusted on the fact that, having begun to meditate, sooner or later you will come to the condition of meditation. Perhaps, after a while regular trainings not directly during practice performance and when you go along the street and you enjoy clean, fresh air after the rain, you suddenly will want to stop from the experience wave which gushed unexpectedly. You look at the world, and it absolutely another – kind of slowed down and everything breathes love.
Or you look at any person, and he suddenly to become incredibly beautiful – you see in him the embodiment of the God. Or suddenly, somewhere you heard the rustle of wings flying by the pigeon and this sound unexpectedly stops the world – someone pressed the pause, and you only watch how the sun slowly falls for high houses. Be sure - it is it, that! Stop, close eyes and go more deeply to yourself – don't allow it to escape!