Maybe you feel that you’re just too busy. Maybe you just keep putting your meditation off until it’s bedtime, and then you’re too tired, and you say, “Well, I’ll do it tomorrow.” Or maybe things just seem to crop up when you are about to meditate… things that seem out of your control, like family emergencies, phone calls from needy friends, unexpected visitors, etc. These unexpected events may seem out of your control… but are they? Being overly busy may also seem out of your control… but is it?

There’s an underlying force at work here. Not only can this force produce endless daily tasks and logical reasons for not meditating, but it can miraculously create all sorts of unplanned events that just happen to occur at meditation time. “Well, I was about to meditate, and the phone rang, and it was my friend who needed to talk about a crisis, and by the time we finished talking, I had to take off for work and couldn’t meditate.” Sure your friend’s crisis was real, but why did the call come just when you were about to meditate?

Two Cosmic Forces There are actually two opposing forces within you. Force one, is the “Force of Evolution.” It pulls you toward growth… toward attaining your highest possibilities… toward greater freedom, peace, joy, and love… toward the light and your true spiritual home. This cosmic force is quite likely what led you to seek out meditation in the first place… even though it may have seemed as though you were just looking for a little clarity or stress relief.

Force two is the “Force of Stagnation.” This is the force that resists growth… resists any kind of change. And because meditation catalyzes growth and positive change, it poses a real threat to the Force of Stagnation. This force works through our unconscious mind, so we are usually not aware of its covert operations.

When you start to grow and make positive changes in your life, and when you begin to evolve beyond your old limitations, the Force of Stagnation kicks in. That’s when many of these “coincidences” begin to occur. These distracting events may appear to be coincidences, but they’re not. The Force of Stagnation is very adept at creating things. That doesn’t mean that you are in any way responsible for events like a friend’s crisis. But your unconscious mind can cooperate with the time-line… for example, by forgetting to turn off the phone ringer, or finding a little task to delay your meditation for an extra ten minutes. That leaves the door open for all sorts of things to pop up and interfere with your meditation.

Devil or Angel? Have you seen those cartoons where a person has a little angel on one shoulder telling them to do the right thing, and a little devil on the other shoulder, persuading them to do the opposite? Symbolically, that’s what’s happening here. Your Evolutionary Angel is always whispering in one ear… encouraging you to grow… to become your highest self. Meanwhile, the little Stagnation Devil whispers in the other ear, providing you with a fantastic list of ways to avoid meditating. Which one will you listen to?

Of course the purpose of knowing that there’s a force behind the problem is not to supply you with the ultimate excuse to skip meditation. The purpose of understanding the hidden workings of this force, is so you won’t be so easily controlled by it. Also, I don’t mean to convey that these forces represent good and evil. They are merely two cosmic forces… each has a necessary role to play in the big cosmic picture.

Out-Maneuvering The Force There are practical steps you can take to out-maneuver the Force of Stagnation. The most effective one is to set aside a specific period each day for meditation… making the commitment to yourself that no matter what happens, this 15 minutes is your meditation time. Then do whatever you can to avoid distractions… remember to turn off the phone ringer, inform other household members this time is for you, put a “do not disturb” sign on the door, if necessary. I used to go out and meditate in the car (parked, of course) when it was too noisy do it at home.

After you’ve demonstrated your commitment to regular meditation for awhile, it becomes much easier… the stagnant force seems to get the message. However, keeping your commitment does require a bit of courage… the courage to leave your familiar old limitations behind, and the courage to open new doors that lead to the unknown. I can assure you that behind those mysterious doors lie great treasures, but you’ll have to discover them for yourself. If you have the courage to stay on your spiritual path, and follow your Evolutionary Angel, you will indeed find the treasure.

To concentrate is an inherent mental capability. No one can teach you how to meditate; instead you have the ability to remove the thoughts. Generally your mind is trained to focus externally. Meditation teaches your mind to focus internally, which develops a positive attitude in you.

All the happiness which is experienced by you is momentary. If you want to attain a state of long lasting happiness and absolute inner peace then firstly you have to calm your mind. This state is easily achievable with the help of meditation.

How Does Meditation Works on Your Body?

The closest similar condition to meditation that you can experience is deep sleep. However meditation is different from deep sleep as meditation works profoundly to change your consciousness. The meditative state exceeds all the restriction of your mind.

Meditation tries to decrease and stabilizes the agitations of your mind and generates mental peace. Meditation delays the anabolic process of body aging and growth. However meditation significantly reduces the catabolic decline. This is because of the inborn receptiveness of the body cells.

Every cell of your body is governed by your intuitive subconscious mind. When your thoughts and needs come together then your body cells are activated. Scientifically it is being proved that positive thinking brings out positive results from your body cells. Meditation generates a positive phase of mind, which helps in rejuvenation of the cells and in retardation of the decay.

Important Points of Meditation

As you cannot learn to sleep in the same way you cannot learn to meditate instead you fall in that state. But there are few important points you need to remember about the meditation techniques and its stage.

• Regularity of practice, time and place are very important points. Regularity sets your mind to reduce the pace of activities.
• Dawn and dusk are the best time of the day to do meditation. If it is not possible then select the time when least activities are involved.
• It’s better to have a separate mediation room because when you will repeat meditation an atmosphere of purity and peace would be developed.
• While sitting remember to sit facing either north or east side. This sitting position will give you an additional advantage of positive magnetic vibrations.
• Before you start with your meditation it is better to relax your mind first. Just don’t think about your future, present or past.
• Try to regulate your breathing movement. Keep them slow and in the beginning concentrate on the air flow.
• Try to keep your breathing movements rhythmic as it a source of vital energy. Rhythmic means inhaling of the air is for 5 seconds then the exhaling should also be for 5 seconds.
• Don’t try hard to halt your mind and its thought process as this may hinder the meditation process.
• Try to concentrate on an uplifting or a neutral object. You can even use a Mantra, repeat the Mantra mentally. But remember that don’t change the Mantra.
• Vocal repetition combined with the thought process will lead you to relax your mind completely and develops positive thoughts.
• Gradually with practice you will be able to achieve the state of super consciousness or Samadhi. To achieve this state you need to be patient as it may take long time.
• The state of super consciousness is the phase where the known and knowledge becomes one.

Daily only half an hour of meditation will make your life more peaceful and happy. It will give the strength to face all the day-to-day difficulties with peace. Meditation acts as a nerve and mental tonic. During meditation you will feel the free flow of divine energy which influences your nerves, mind, sense organs and the whole body. Meditation calms your mind and helps in opening the knowledge doors and the empire of endless ecstasy.