Understanding Meditation

Meditation is not a sweet sauce you add to your life to make it taste good.
- Having a carrot in the morning, and the hamburgers, and beers through out the day is not a “Healthy” diet. Similarly, meditation in the morning is not enough (?)
First fix your lifestyle that supports meditation
What is meditation :
- Prolonged state of concentration
- Meditation is working with the energy inside of you
We can't clear your mind, but we could focus the mind.
Any meditation practice should have a process and a goal
Meditate on same thing for (at least 5 days a week) before you switch, else you'll never make progress.
To meditate, you need to be able to concentrate.
How to concentrate :
- Do one thing for a prolonged time
- We can not multi-task
Meditation takes courage (to face “ugly” self)
- When we start meditating, we face our “ugly” subconscious
- we never spent time “cleaning” up the subconscious
Takes self-acceptance
- Accept that who you are today took years, so it will take some years to “un-create”
Just like diet, meditation will take long time before we see results.

Process

Start with “1 minute a day” (Cause it is sustainable)
Create a daily ritual
First thing in the morning
Don't interact with anyone (may be shower, coffee/water is fine)
Meeting with your energy
Meetings need time and location
Sit with spine straight (preferably without back support)
Left hand below, right hand on top, thumbs touching each other.
If/when you are not concentrating, the tips of thumbs are no longer touching and spine is no longer straight.