Meditate ~ Investigate

Meditation is a wonderful path but what is it?

We cannot describe the state of sleep but if you go into it you will know.
We can only describe ways that may help to get you there...
soft clean sheets, turn off the lights, comfortable pillow and matters, quiet, fresh air etc...

Meditation is the same - it is in the tasting of the Orange we 'know' what it is...

Investigate if you hear strange noise in the night you go out to see what it may have been...
your mind is focused on the situation by asking inner questions...

what was that?
- Ice dropping a rock? No...
- A dog barking? No...
- Child laughing? No...

You keep on asking these questions like lightning sorting to find a known sound, looking around for possible clues. you are very Focused and your are keeping the situation in View and you know your outcome.

CSI is very popular on TV we love solve a problem, piece together a puzzle, figure out a recipe, how to build this or that...

So lets use this natural inquisitiveness of the mind for meditation...

Observe something that interests you - a colorful bird, and ant, car, doll, house, body shape, flower, whatever....

While observing it let your mind think only of anything at all to do with the object and gently keep it there, binging it back with another question about the object or subject.

See if you can focus on the object for 2 minutes, then 5, the 8, then 10 can you get to 20 minutes? 1 hour?

Jana Yoga begins with the question Who am I?
the body? NO... it is not permanent.
Then mind.. No it changes...

This is the Netti - Netti method or Not This - Not This...
very powerful and seems to be using our natural investigative inquisitiveness...

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