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May this find you well and happy. ********************************* This is Part 10 of your 18 segment weekly email course which you requested on "THE ART OF MEDITATION" taken from the book by the same name by Robert Elias Najemy which can be found as a pdf ebook at http://HolisticHarmony.com/ebooks/index.asp May you enjoy and benefit from it. ********************************** Important note: Meditation should actually be learned from a meditation teacher who can guide through your various stages. As you work with these guidelines, you should seek out a teacher with whom you can have direct contact. If at any point you feel that your meditation is causing you to feel any problems, then please seek out professional help. Always remember that you and only can be responsible for your physical and mental health. ********************************** THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE OBJECT There is a phenomenon that must be explained at this point. What we are about to explain here holds true for all objects of concentration and not only for that which we are discussing here. The object of concentration is experienced differently at the various levels of awareness or consciousness. This means that we will experience the object differently at various stages of our meditation, depending on how deep our concentration is and how free we are from the material level of duality. The higher our consciousness rises in the meditation the less concrete, the less physical the object is. It is the same object but perceived from a higher spiritual viewpoint. A few examples might help here. Imagine that you are looking out at a street scene from the basement of an apartment building. You see very little, your perception is limited to a very small portion of the street. Now imagine that you look at the same scene from the first floor. You see it differently. Now you are on the fourth floor. You see this scene in perspective with a much larger reality. Go up to the twelfth floor and things are quite different again. And if you are in a skyscraper which has 70 floors? How different things are now. The object of your concentration has not changed at all, but our perspective has. You see it from a raised level of perspective. The same holds for the higher spiritual awareness with which you observe the object in your meditation. The "object" has not changed but you perceive it at a higher or deeper level. Another example is that of ice. Imagine that your "object" is ice. As you focus more deeply on it, it heats up and transmutes into water. Your further concentration heats it up even more and it transforms itself into steam. Focusing even more intensely on it causes it to break up into its composite components, the gases of hydrogen and oxygen and we perceive a completely different reality. Imagine that further concentration caused these gases to expose their ultimate reality, which is energy that has taken the form of matter. Thus we start with ice and we end up with energy. The "object" is the same. We are simply experiencing this physical object in its most subtle inner reality which is energy. In the same way, when we focus on the name Christ or love or any of the numerous previously mentioned possible "objects", they begin to transmute in our consciousness into more and more subtle aspects of their inner reality. Take, for example, a meditation on Christ. We start by focusing on His name or perhaps His Image. Gradually, in the increased awareness of the meditation, we begin to experience Christ not as a man as we are accustomed to when our mind is focused on the material world. We might experience Him as one of His attributes such as Divine Love, or Peace or Strength. Or we might experience Him as a benign Energy, or Consciousness, or Power, or Light with or without form. Or we may experience Him as a vibration, as the Logos, or as Divine Consciousness encompassing and permeating us and all beings. We may experience Him as the Cosmic Being, the essence of all that is. A beginner to meditation may fear that, in such circumstances, he has wandered off the "object". He might try to bring back the original concrete name or form of Christ into his mind. We explain all of this to you so that you will not be alarmed and so that you will allow your "object" to evolve naturally in your mind. Be mindful that this transformation is different from changing "objects" of concentration during the meditation. What we have described is different from changing voluntarily during the meditation from Christ to a flower or to an energy center or to the word Love. When this happens as a natural outcome of the concentration, then this is the natural transformation of the "object" into its various subtle realities. It is best not to make such changes consciously, or purposely. Remain with your "object" through all of its spontaneous transformations and, when you discover that you have been caught up in thoughts or various distractions, return to the "object" at whatever level of its manifestation is easiest for you to tune into. If, for example, you have become totally engrossed in thoughts, you will mostly likely want to return to the concrete name or form of Christ (or your chosen "object"). If, however, you have slipped away, but are still focused on a higher level awareness, it may suit you to return to one of those transformations such as the Christ energy, Christ love or that vibration, wherever you may have left off. The same holds true for the repetition of the phrase "LORD JESUS CHRIST HAVE MERCY ON US". As we repeat this phrase over and over and concentrate on its meaning and the basic realities behind these words, then we may find that the phrase itself transforms itself in our mind. There is a basic rule that the higher our spiritual perception the less duality we experience and the more aware of the unity of all things we become. (Those interested in learning more details about this prayer may want to read two books by Bishop Kalistos Ware, "The Power of the Name" and "The Orthodox Way." Thus as we focus on this phrase we may begin to become aware of the LORD, or of JESUS CHRIST, or of the process of MERCY. We may become aware of our subtle connection and unity with CHRIST. Thus the words may become more abbreviated as our focus becomes as simple as "LORD" or "CHRIST" or "MERCY". Or in some cases we may feel very comfortable with the continuous repetition of the whole phrase. There is no right or wrong here. We are simply to remain focused on our original "object", whatever form it may naturally take. Again, we warn you about making changes purposely or intellectually. We are "dancing" with this word or phrase, but we are allowing it to lead us. We are holding on to it and letting go of our own preconceptions, needs or desires. We are seeking to "not exist", so that the only thing which remains is the reality of the word or phrase we are focusing on. This then is the highest experience in meditation, the cessation of our separate personal existence. We merge with the "object" and there is no longer a meditator, the object and the process of concentration. There is only the object. Now there is only one reality, one factor, and all time, space and interaction disappear. There is silence. There is peace. We have become peace. We have experienced the source of creation. We have experienced our real self. Finally, it does not matter what object we choose. Each and every object is a projection of that one subtle consciousness which we are seeking to experience. We are looking for our real selves and this is the way to find it. In this first path of devotional sound we can use any name or phrase or prayer or invocation which inspires us and helps us to connect in this way with higher levels of our own being. To be continued ******************************** From the book "THE ART OF MEDITATION" by Robert Elias Najemy which can be downloaded as an ebook pdf file or ordered from http://HolisticHarmony.com/ebooks/index.asp ******************************** B> ********* Membership is free and you can access 600 articles, chapters and ebooks for free.Become a Member********* Our Free ezine Claritygreater health, happiness and harmonious relationships. Click to subscribe/unsubscribe to Clarity E-zine May you be well on all levels of your being.
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