The opening of the heart meditation
Before you try this meditation please take the time to read my article titled “what is meditation?” I wrote it in order to give you a better understanding for what it is you will be doing if you were to fallow this meditation.
First you must choose a comfortable position; a chair will do just fine. Then close your eyes and pay attention to your body, the breath and its movement in and out of the body.
When you begin to notice the natural break between inhalation and exhalation, choose an event in your life which bring a smile on your face, it does not matter if it’s a person you love or a pet, as long as it brings a smile to your face.
Once you have that person or event in your mind, keep it there, if it brings a smile to your face it is the right kind of event/person, it is what we will call a trigger.
If you do not have a smile on your face you need to find a new trigger. Once you have one relive the moment of happiness in your mind and at the same time feel how your body is. When we are happy our heart is open.
Now that your heart is open move the attention of your mind to your heart and feel it, bring all your awareness and sense to the centre of your heart and stay with it. Once you can feel the energy of your heart you can stop thinking of the event and just stay with the feeling of your heart.
Stay with this feeling for as long as you can, thoughts will come in and out of your mind, do not try to stop them, this will stop the meditation, instead allow these thoughts to come in and out of your mind as if they were a light breeze which flows through a window.
At first you will be able to do this meditation for a short periods time, do not let that discourage you; it is natural for your senses to want to wonder as they please, it is like taming a wild animal.
If you will practice this meditation on a regular basis you will find that less thoughts will enter your mind, you will feel silence for longer periods of time, by then you will be looking into other forms of meditation and get as many of your friends to try it... it is that good!
A recording of this meditation is available at the AcuEneregtics centre which is located in Balmain, Sydney.
