Meditation

Meditation for Beginners

Train Your Mind

At the moment when you close your eyes, temporarily forget the various matters that occupy your mind. Make yourself feel as though you mind is empty of thoughts, clear. Then breathe in and out deeply, gently. You will observe that the physical point at which your breath ends in the center of your body is the point of greatest comfort and clarity. This point is the starting point for you to discover your mind. In truth, this is the center of the body which all people possess.

Then imagine you have a round, clear, and bright crystal, like a full moon or a night-time star shining its twinkling light, at the center of your body or around your stomach.

While you are doing this, various thoughts may enter your mind. Remain calm and softly repeat a short mantra, the sound of which will seem to emerge from the bright crystal at the center of your body. For example, use the short mantra “Samma Arahang” or “Stop, be still, relax.” Repeat the mantra many times until you feel free of these various thoughts, except for the feeling that you are starting to touch the brightness and inner tranquility.