Meditation: A Way to Get Closer to the Creation

"Sit in a cross-legged posture, keep your spine straight, close your eyes, slowly take a deep breath in and out, and try to be fully aware of your breath." This is what most of us think of as meditation nowadays, but in reality, this is not meditation.

Meditation is something that cannot be performed by choice; it happens naturally. There is no specific time or place to do meditation; it is a lifestyle that one lives with all the time.

Beyond the Ego

In meditation, there is no 'I', i.e., ego. If someone is really living in meditation, living that lifestyle, then he cannot say that he is meditating because there is no 'I' there; he will not identify himself with his body or his mind; he will be lost in something that is real, permanent, with no end, no time, no space.

Giving that a name or describing it can never be enough to understand it because one cannot simply understand it; one has to lose himself and get united with that. Just being.

The Ultimate Purpose

Achieving this lifestyle can only end our sorrow and bring true joy into our lives, and striving to achieve this is the only real goal and purpose of human life. Meditation unites one with the self, with reality, truth, joy, creation, or God — all are the same things.

You might have also felt it at some point in your life; it is like completely losing yourself, a no-mind state where there is not a single thought, just pure emptiness. But that has to be temporary because if you lose yourself in something material, then it is obvious you will come back, as everything in this material universe is not permanent.

The Path to Meditation

But now the question arises: how can one achieve this? It can only be achieved by leading a very moral life. Thinking straight, rational, being logical, certain, looking at the play of our hormones, understanding desires, death, birth, mind, society, how it works, and everything without any adulteration just through observation, making clear interpretations, being honest with ourselves, and watching very carefully.

I would like to end this blog by quoting Sal Di Stefano:

"The man who loves walking will walk further than the man who loves the destination."