I asked the Facebook meditation community
After I finished the blog
The guru is dead
I decided to tap into the source I had preached about, which is in the heart and mind of every human being. We have
The Way of Meditation Facebook Community
where so many beautiful-minded people practice a wide range of different meditations from different traditions. We come together as an online community, united as human beings sharing our experiences and knowledge without a leader or guru, only with a common interest in peace, love and unity.
That’s why, with a view to writing this blog, I asked the group: what is meditation? This question had come up before and I was impressed with the answers, so I asked the question again and below are the honest, authentic and incredibly enlightened answers from everyday people:
What is meditation?
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“Meditation is a process in which the doer gains nothing but loses anger, stress, anxiety, fear, jealousy, hatred and suffering. It is a process through which you learn the purpose of life. Through meditation you can easily taste the nectar hidden within. This is the nectar of happiness, peace and love.” ~Pankaj Nijhawann
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“Meditation quiets the mind and is like an observer in the present moment.” ~Ciria Moore
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“Meditation is saying yes even when you say no. Whatever happens, it’s a deep yes, until you realize that everything was already allowed. Until you realize that we always say yes, but we just don’t recognize it.” ~Jack Preston
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“For me, meditation means taking full responsibility for your state of mind. To be still enough to hear my inner self, to know that once I survey my human condition, I am a true source of consciousness and connected to everything to become the ultimate observer of the human experience. ~Juanita Hart
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“Meditation is the gateway to infinite possibilities.” ~John Torres
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“Meditation is looking inward, beyond the muddy waters of the mind. It filters out the ego so you can swim in the deep, clean ocean of consciousness.” ~Thane Govinda
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Meditation is calming down, looking within, analyzing, distancing yourself from many things…a deeper understanding of myself…and much more…beautiful daily work integrating meditation from morning to evening. ‘ ~Christine Steck
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“Meditation is the intentional use of attention to change consciousness.” ~Daimon Sweeney
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“Meditation is a tool to get to know yourself/the truth. It is the only instrument that takes us from somewhere else and brings us to the moment (Consciousness). It has to do with how we can prevent our inner chemical factory from working against itself. In simple terms Meditation = Consciousness.” ~Priya Sharma
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“I experience meditation as the practice, conscious awareness and knowing, realizing the True Nature of both absolute and relative realities. I seek the day when meditation ends and Samadhi begins.” ~Jerry Collwell
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“It’s the art of stopping without effort.” ~William T. Langill Jr.
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“Meditation is an act of self-love. When we give ourselves the gift of silence, we receive the embrace of the presence of loving kindness. This gives us a boost that we can use all day long. Every interaction is an opportunity to extend our inner loving-kindness toward others, which is the same as toward ourselves.” ~Adriana Winters
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“Meditation is the practice of being present at the source of everything. Meditation removes focus from thoughts, emotions and physical perceptions to open to awareness of the flow of all that is at every vibrational level. Prayer is a type of meditation in which one imagines a specific expression of the universal consciousness, and focuses the mind, feelings, and perceptions so that it creates the energetic vibrational pattern of what is imagined within the universal consciousness, which it then manifests into physical form .” ~Christopher Aune
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“Meditation is being aware of the four aspects of a person to develop wisdom, that is, observing the truth of all aspects of a person to be impermanent and have no self. This is the right path to Nirvana.” ~Hla Hla Win
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“Meditation is the silent, ever-present home of consciousness itself, your own true nature. Unique for everyone in its preparations until one is one with everything, beyond everything and the emptiness of everything at the same time. Meditation is free. All the best things in life are. You are.” ~ Kirk Dalgrin
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“For me, meditation is a never-ending process. The main goal of meditation is PEACE. Listening to your inner voice is meditation. It calms your mind and helps you connect with your inner self. It clears your mind about your soul purpose in this life.” ~ Rakhi Malhotra
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“Meditation is the observation of silence like the silence under the wing of a soaring bird.” ~Sanjay Khetan
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“Meditation is like two two-way mirrors that reflect on what is happening both externally and internally, seeing a true reflection of the inner and outer self. As with all mirrors, that beam shows you where to go when light hits it and where to focus your energy. It is peace in pieces, you can observe as well as act.” ~Angela Owen
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“Meditation is the highest form of oxygen in your body, mind and soul, leaving you feeling intoxicatingly happy in your system. It helps you experience the higher dimensions of our universe, giving us the feeling that our lives are a continuous rhythm. It helps us to keep our…
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concentration level, which allows us to read our biomemory.” ~Madhulika Kapoor
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“Meditation is about becoming the observer, not the participant.” “S.J. Wolfe
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“To observe and look at your real self.” ~ Kenta Nilsson
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“Finite meets infinity.” ~Meghraj Menghani
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“When meditating we look inward. The question arises: “What am I looking at?” Meditation is taking a different point of view. Looking to see what you are. You look to see what you see. An answer arises in the moment. “I see it now!” Enlightenment.” ~Vincent Van
