Need Help With Meditation?
Meditation is simply the process of sitting quietly in a comfortable position with eyes closed and becoming quiet within your self. Meditation does not belong to any particular religion or culture and anyone can do it. It is an easy and effective way to experience a calm mind and create over-all health and well-being. When you experience peace within your self, this peace naturally flows into your life and the world around you. You find your self filled with love, compassion and kindness towards your fellow man and all living creatures.
You might want to begin meditating at least one week prior to the One Peace event. In order to
maximize your body's ability to focus, it is recommended that intoxicants and smoking be avoided. A clean, pure
diet of fresh, good quality food is suggested.
On the day of the event, you are invited to:
- Wear logo-free whites
- Observe silence
- Walk with the awareness of love, compassion and kindness
- Be gentle and caring for yourself and others
- Share in the joy of others and our common bond of humanity
Meditation - Step 1:
Sit in a position where you can be comfortable for thirty minutes to one hour. Keep your back straight
but not stiff. Close your eyes. Relax your face with a slight smile. Relax your entire body from head to toe,
muscle by muscle, organ by organ.
Take several deep breaths to help you relax. Then, breathe naturally through your nostrils. When you
breathe in, think of positive energy entering your body. When you breathe out, picture negative energy leaving
your body. Feel your breath as it passes the point below your nostrils. Concentrate on that point. Know that
you are breathing in ... and out. If your breath is long, know that it is long. If it is short, know that it is short.
If your thoughts wander, bring your focus back to your breath.
Meditation - Step 2:
Think: My body is light. It is restful. My mind is light like my body. My mind becomes healthy. Anger, jealousy and selfish feelings leave my mind as my breath leaves my body. My mother's mind and body becomes
healthy and peaceful along with my father's ... my wife's ... my husband's ... my friend's ... my neighbor's ...
my coworker's ... my countrymen and women ... all people in the world ... all living beings. In between these
thoughts, concentrate on breathing in and out.
Think of the love, generosity and kindness of all the great teachers and spiritual leaders of all cultures,
religions and faiths. When you breathe in, think of unifying energy growing within you. As you breathe out,
think of divisive energy leaving you. All that is left is love, compassion and kindness that you can
share with others.
Meditation - Step 3:
Think: Divisive thoughts on creed, caste, religion, race, language and social status separate us.
Let go
of any kind of harm, discomfort or indignity towards others or yourself. Like you,
all other living beings do
not wish to be harmed. They wish to live where it is healthy
and peaceful.
Think of all the millions of people in the world living in an atmosphere permeated
with loving and peaceful
energy. Concentrate on this thought three times.
Meditate on the joy and happiness of living in such a world.
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