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Today’s post is not necessarily about sex, but something that is important for those who wish to embark on a path of spiritual slavery: meditation practice.
Starting a meditation practice can seem very intimidating, especially if you don’t know very much about it. So I am going to begin by giving you a fundamental meditation practice that you can easily do daily. It is known as Zen meditation or Shamatha meditation, and it was how my Japanese parents taught me how to meditate when I was only four years old:
Sit down on a chair with feet on the floor, or cross legged seated on a cushion. Set a timer for five minutes, then place your hands face up or down on your lap.
Close your eyes and begin to breathe in and out through your nose. Thoughts may start to enter your mind. Observe your thoughts, but do not engage with them. Simple label them “thoughts” and let them move on, let watching passing clouds in a sky. Return to the breath.
It may help to give your mind something to “do” so you don’t get distracted by thought. The easiest way is to count your in breath and out breath. Breath in, one. Breath out, one. Breath in, two, breathe out, two. Do this to a count of ten, then start again. Do this until the timer goes off, then resume your day.
Five minutes a day is all it takes. It seems like such a simple thing to sit still and breathe for five minutes, so simple that a child can do it. But in many ways it is incredibly challenging, because we are so used to being at the mercy of our thoughts, and identifying with our thoughts. The first step towards de-programming your mind so you can be re-programmed and find freedom through slavery is to stop identifying with your thoughts, as what you think is largely the result of your societal programming.
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In the next post I will expound on kundalini meditation- using your sexual energy for spiritual evolution!