Advice on Meditation

Posted by Two Spirits, One Soul. To live a highly spiritual existence is not as complicated as you might think. It’s not that weird either. Being spiritual means to work on your spirit and become spiritually aware. It means that you grow as a person and follow your own journey towards the truth. You can do each of the following things for a few minutes per day to get more and more spiritual.

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This is the level of awareness that separates us from rocks, plants and animals. Having the ability of self-awareness can be a blessing but it can also be a curse.

Awareness is the ability to feel, perceive, know and be conscious of your existence. All things in the Universe have awareness but in different levels. As human beings, we have expanded our awareness to the level of self-awareness. This is the level of awareness that separates us from rocks, plants and animals. Having the ability of self-awareness can be a blessing but it can also be a curse.

What does Gratitude mean? Gratitude means thankfulness, counting your blessings, noticing simple pleasures, and acknowledging everything that you receive. It means learning to live your life as if everything were a miracle, and being aware on a continuous basis of how much you’ve been given. This awareness can lessen our tendency to want more all the time.

By Sogyal Rinpoche

When you read books about meditation, or often when meditation is is presented by different groups, much of the emphasis falls on the techniques. In the West, people tend to be very interested in the "technology" of meditation. However, by far the most important feature of meditation is not technique, but the way of being, the spirit, which is called the "posture", a posture which is not so much physical, but more to do with spirit or attitude.