If one is really keen to know what is meditation? Then this is the essence - “Being present in the moment devoid of any clinging to the past and future happenings.” Although meditation is beyond expression but still down the ages masters and mystics have tried their best to articulate the essence of meditation. So that it can appease the appetite of intellect to make one ready for the inner journey.

Life is fleeting away and every moment is as crucial as is breathing. But neither is one aware of the breathing nor the moment. And you will be surprised to know that these two seemingly not so important phenomena are the milestones of meditation.

When one is aware of the breathing i.e. inhalation and exhalation, in essence one is doing meditation. And when one integrates the wandering thoughts from all over the world to one single moment i.e. NOW moment, then that too is meditation. The best part is that for a sincere seeker these can prove to be the most powerful meditation techniques. To an extent that one need not even follow any other guided meditation technique in whole span of life. But the pre-requisite is the sincerity, determination and steadiness.

Well, it is very easy for the mind to pose questions like, how can these trivial ways be the ways of meditation. And it is certainly natural for a novice to ask such a question. In fact raising a question is the evidence that one wants to know the truth. So the journey from knowledge to knowing the unknown begins with asking the right question. Practically speaking, if you want to test the above mentioned small yet potent ways of meditation, then just for a flick of a second BE IN NOW! Forget about what happened in the moment that has just passed, don’t anticipate the future, just stop all the activities of the mind and be totally present in the moment.

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