Breath meditation is the basic meditation behind all others, and so can be considered the most powerful. Even trances can be truncated in time through its use. Breath meditation is the oldest of all meditations; the first and biggest discovery of mankind. There are two main types, both of which are of Tantrik origin: Type […]
Goals: Vairagya (detachment)
Meditation musings 07: Stillness
Recently my mother met a friend on the street. “How’s your son doing? the friend asked. “Is he still unemployed?” “Yes,” my mother replied, “but he’s meditating now, so at least it’s better than sitting around doing nothing.” That was actually a joke, but it’s pretty close to the truth for me. The funny thing is that after years of studying and practising […]
Meditation musings 05 : Dating like a Seeker
The Solitary and ascetic lifestyles of mendicants, sages and monks has had us believe that Meditation is a reprieve of the lonely. Boy are they wrong. There some things that the modern mind can never grasp in their viewpoint of reality. It could save them a lot of suffering and heartbreaks if they had entered […]