🧘♀️ There are many misconceptions about meditation… So what is meditation really — and what is it not?
In short:
Meditation is the fourth state of consciousness — it lies between dream sleep and deep, dreamless sleep.
You cannot “meditate” in the usual sense — meditation simply happens when there is a balance between concentration and relaxation.
The mind cannot be stopped, but you can pass through the wall of thoughts with the help of concentration. Over time, the practice of meditation calms the vrittis (the chaotic movements of the mind), leaving it still and clear like the surface of calm water.
In the classical eightfold path of yoga, there is no direct concept of “meditation.” Instead, there is Dharana and Dhyana:
Dharana — concentration.
Dhyana — contemplation.
In both, there is still a “doer”: the one who concentrates or contemplates.
But meditation is a much subtler state — it arises from the balance of Dharana and Dhyana. In true meditation, the one who sees, hears, or concentrates no longer exists.
This is Turiya — the pure field of consciousness.
Everything else is not meditation itself, but rather the practice of Dharana and Dhyana, which we often generalize as “meditation practice.”
✨ If you enter true meditation even for a second, you will come out a different person.
But to truly transform the mind, you need longer time in meditation.
Then the mind starts to return to its true nature — the nature of luminous stillness.
This is called enlightenment — but even that is nothing in itself — just a flash of clarity that can happen many times.
Long-term practice allows you to go beyond the mind and enter Samadhi.
🕊 Short daily practices (40 min to 2 hours) bring countless benefits to life in society — helping you stay in meditative states even with eyes open. (Though they do come and go.)
🌺 The final destination of the spiritual path through meditation is Self-realization — that is, the realization of your true, divine nature.
But even in the early stages of practice, meditation brings many blessings 👇
1. You can resolve even the most tangled and difficult life situations.
Awareness of the root causes dissolves the consequences — sometimes through emerging siddhis like regressions and progressions.
2. All fears are simply desires turned negative.
You manifest negative outcomes by feeding those fears. The solution?
Face your deepest fears directly in meditation. The mind doesn’t distinguish between real experience and imagined one — both bring transformation.
3. You gain spiritual merit to realize your boldest intentions.
Spiritual “currency” earned through sadhana (spiritual work) is the most valuable one. Yogis in India know this deeply.
4. Your intentions begin to shape your reality.
You may not even need to leave your home — and yet you’ll know exactly when and what to do.
5. You will gain inner stability, fearlessness, and absolute freedom.
Because you’ll have seen ultimate reality.
6. You’ll begin to see your own mind — and the minds of others.
You’ll become immune to deception. Intentions will be visible to you instantly.
7. You will understand that everything happening in life has never really been between “you and others” — but always between you and the Divine.
And with that, comes profound joy.
8. You will learn to “die” before actual death — and you’ll be ready…
Our final thought in this life shapes the direction of the next.
9. The All-Awakening Wisdom of the Bodhisattva will begin to stir within you.
Your heart will overflow with love and compassion.
And this… will make your life truly beautiful.
