Meditation means being able to develop the strength not to run away from yourself. We do confuse the happiness that comes from meditation, from the happiness that comes from life such as family, friends, jobs, events etc. Those are all great and wonderful joys. But the joy of meditation is witnessing who you really are, beyond all the names, beyond all the masks, beyond the boxes, beyond words. It heals the mind to detach from the self.
Before you begin, its important to get physically comfortable. Before you sit for meditation, move and stretch enough to start feeling physical sensation. Then you are ready to begin. Don’t rush into meditation from busy mind to meditation mind, because getting there isn’t the point. There is no where to get to, except here. When…
When Buddha learnt meditation, he had been suffering for years. Ever since birth, he had been expected to be his fathers son–The future king. Imagine the pressure, but also the sense of total control from the father, whose expectations he had to live up to, in order to have his love. He was expected to…