Meditation for Mindfulness

What are you doing right now? Are you fully awake and aware of what you are doing? Hopefully you are reading this article; well that’s what I hope you are doing. Are you reading it on the computer, or have you printed it on paper. Are your thoughts with you or somewhere else? Meditation is mostly used to reduce the stress on our bodies, and help us to relax. There is another form of meditation. The meditation of mindfulness or an awakening of senses can be a source of calm strength.

The meditation for reducing stress composes mainly of going within, and shutting down the mind. This meditation requires a quiet mind, and a restful posture. The goal is to let your mind go. This is not let go into solving a problem, it’s to let go of the thinking part of your brain. We can do this either from anywhere from 10-20 minutes a day, just paying attention to your in/out breath.

Mediation for mindfulness is something a little different. If you are reading this article from the computer screen, then you will need to ask yourself some important questions. These questions form from your senses. Questions such as: What does the screen look like? How does the mouse fit your hand? Do the words on the screen jump out at you, or are you calmly reading for understanding? If you are reading this article on a piece of paper, think about the texture of the paper. What does it feel like? Are the words bold, black, or gray, or slightly black? Are you getting the picture?

This is what is happening in our fast paced world; we are moving through so fast that we forget to think, feel and sense anything as we go through our day. So, we must train our minds to become aware, and to become mindful. All that means is taking each situation, and experience it with our thoughts, our feelings and our hearts. Mindful meditation is training for this procedure.

In the paragraph above I asked you about how you were reading this article. That’s part of it, but we can and will go more in-depth to discover the process of mindful meditation. Think about an orange, and picture/visualize this round object. Feel the whole orange from the outside peeling, and all its little dimples. Are you there with me? Now let’s begin to peel away the outside skin. Do you have an orange that is thick skinned? How is the inside of the orange peeling? Are you seeing white and think strings from the peeling? Finish peeling the orange till you have the edible part in sections.