Meditations

The Meditation of the Bubble

• You observe your own consciousness in a special way while interfering with it as little as possible
• Picture of yourself sitting quietly and comfortably on the bottom of clear Lake. Each thought, feeling, etc is pictured as a bubble rising into the space above you and floating away
• It takes 5 to 8 seconds to complete this process

Breath Counting

• When is paying as full and complete attention as possible to the counting itself
• You can choose large numbers or small numbers.  Even counting your breaths from 1 to 4 and repeating for 10 minutes is an example

The Meditation of the Thousand Petal Lotus

• A word, idea, or image is chosen by you to be the the focus of this exercise (such as love, light, green, peace, or other generic, neutral or positive words)
• Get comfortable, contemplate it, and just be.
• When the first association comes to you, hold that association and see how it and the chosen centre seem connected for 4 to 5 seconds
• You then return to the centre word, wait for the next association, and repeat the procedure

The Mantra Meditation

• It consists of a word or phrase or sentence chat it over and over and over again.
• The basic goal is to be doing one thing at a time