Meditation: The Oldest Form of Self Analysis

Whenever a person is experiencing trouble, physically or mentally, their first reaction is to try and find help from the outside world. They are seldom Aware, that the most Perfect and Divine Power that they can ever find, ALREADY LIES WITHIN THEM. Every time we practice Meditation, we open ourselves up to the Divine Source of Healing Power. Most people think of Meditation, as though it were something separate from our everyday life. But this is not the case. Concentrated Meditation can and does have a decisive Healing Effect over both the body and the mind. It is a method by which we can readily contact the Greatest Creative Force within us. We all make use of this Divine Force at one time or another – consciously or unconsciously. It is also a method by which we can learn to control the actions of the brain; to literally slow down the actions of thought and analyze it, to discover whether or not its influence upon us is either good or bad.

MEDIATAION IS THE OLDEST FORM OF SELF-ANALYSIS KNOWN TO MAN.

As you know, there are certain thoughts which we carry about every day, that are deep rooted in our memory and have a great effect and influence upon our lives. These memory impressions have imprinted themselves very firmly in our thoughts. It matters very little whether we have put them there ourselves, or whether they have been impressed upon our minds by involuntary means. They are there nevertheless, controlling and influencing everything that we do – like a monkey on our back. They will not be stilled, unless we CONSCIOUSLY subdue them and take control over the actions of our own brain. In Meditation, we are also able to replace unwanted thought, with Positive Ideas of a Greater Spiritual Value. When we do this, the same thing occurs. These newly planted thoughts also leave their impression upon our thoughts, and we find ourselves acting and responding in a manner of OUR OWN CHOOSING.

Meditation should not be looked upon as some kind of mysterious practice, which is performed only by those who are interested in strange practices of the Occult. The fact of the matter is, that everyone Meditates – Consciously or unconsciously. It is an action which is as natural as breathing, and no one is able to avoid Meditation, even on an involuntary basis. Whenever an individual centers their thoughts upon negative conditions, that too, is a form of Meditation. Those concentrated thoughts become the strongest impression upon the brain. It is as if we have surrounded the surface of the brain with negative impressions so thoroughly and completely, that nothing passing from the brain to the outside can get through, without first being affected by the negative barrier that we have set up. This is one example of involuntary Meditation, which can be quite negative.

There are other forms of involuntary Meditation, which can have the opposite effect. Whenever we allow our mind to be connected to something Beautiful and Restful for any length of time, it too, has an effect upon us and we feel refreshed. A physically exhausted person leaves the turmoil and hubbub of the city and comes in contact with the beauty of nature. They experience an effect which is equal to physical and mental renewal, simply by looking at the trees and landscape about them, and by observing the color and beauty of the flowers and birds. What has happened in a case such as this? Have they actually absorbed something from nature, like some mysterious medicine that is digested into the system? NO! They have taken nothing away from nature. Nature still stands intact, with all of its Beauty and Wonder. What has happened is that for a brief moment, they have lifted their thoughts away from the concentrated attention of the tired body. For a few brief moments, they have been able to flood the mind with the Positive Awareness of Nature’s Perfection and Beauty – and it has Restored and Renewed their Strength.

From Lesson 5 of Hatha Yoga, Way of Sadhana

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