Although meditation is a wide term,
yet in simple words it is a technique to train the mind to concentrate on a
specific object, sound, breath or thought. Once the mind learns how to
meditate, it can block out all other thoughts except the one which is focused on
at will. This stage comes slowly but once achieved, it is the most powerful
state of the mind resulting in wonderful benefits in day to day life like
target achieving, relaxation, internal happiness, contentment and inner peace.
Human mind resembles a convex lens
when it is focused; and a concave lens when it is not. In a focused state, it
can pump an enormous amount of energy into a thought creating reality out of a
mere idea exactly like a convex mirror which diverts sunrays passing through it
to a focal point, strong enough to burn any inflammable thing. However, the
energy level of the scattered sunrays, passing through a concave lens, is next
to nothing. And the same is true for scattered thoughts. It is simply beyond
imagination how powerful effect focused thoughts can create. For example, if
someone attempts to write an essay, a book, or find out a solution to a
seemingly impossible problem, he could do the required task powerfully,
effectively and quickly with a focused mind in the absence of all distractions
and mental chatter. Meditation can be extremely useful for students in their
studies. It is an equally powerful tool for others to achieve success and goals
quickly. A focused mind takes an exceptionally short amount to time on any task
undertaken.
Apart from getting things done
quickly and effectively, the meditative state of the mind is also anti-stress,
anti-tension, anti-anxiety, anti-depression and anti-ageing. Meditation is the
best antidote for all psychological disorders of our troubled times. It is a
well-known fact that various external factors of this materialistic life bring
human mind under an immense amount of stress, which is, then, transmitted to
our senses. In this way, our senses get out of our control and start reeking of
inner destruction. Now the question is:
How to
control our disturbed senses for attaining the inner tranquillity?
The truth is, we do not have to
control our senses; we have to control the king of our senses i.e. the mind. In a meditative state the mind is peaceful,
relaxed and clear without any tension. In this state of the mind human senses
are also at peace and fully relaxed which amounts to the absence of stress, tension
and anxiety. What else can we ask for?
Mediation is not a hard nut to crack.
Anyone can spend 15-30 minutes every day on regular basis to achieve a
meditative state of the mind. It is the consistency that demands permanence.
When an attempt is made to control the mind, it will rebel and resist because
it does not like the idea of being controlled. As soon as the focus is laid on
an image, idea, sound, or breath (i.e. inhalation and exhalation), the mind
will set off on its imaginative flights. These are the signs of initial success
because the mind starts realising that attempts are being made to control it,
therefore reacts. First two or three weeks would be difficult but after that,
the mind will lay down its arms and start calming down, focusing. This is the
time when the true flavours of meditation can be enjoyed. Once this level is
achieved, hours in meditation will pass like minutes and shackles of time and
space will literally be escaped. Life will change both externally and internally.
The mind will start flying at enviable altitudes, like never known before in
one’s life. A person at this point will be happy without any apparent reason,
peaceful from inside. Stress, tension will be the names of some foreign unseen ghosts.
The mind will be free by any definition.
