Meditating On Meditation
By: Shirley Willett
Tags: Contentment, Inner Peace, Power, Balance, Meditation

Spiritual Saturday — — Darshak Rana

Meditating on trees is one of the most beautiful experiences

I started meditating 45 years ago in 1975. On a train ride back from the New York markets, I was feeling overwhelmed by my CEO responsibilities of, and problems from retailers I sold to, and from my employees. On my lap was a book I picked up before boarding the train, “Transcendental Meditation”. After reading some, I vowed I would look into it — and I did!

After meditating for a couple of weeks, twice a day, I went on a “Residence Course” for a weekend. There were many others and we were taught to meditate 4 times a day, and to do asana (like yoga) in between the meditations. It was a beautiful and powerful experience in which I found myself — what I later called an “Inner Universe”. Unfortunately I did not seem to want to come back out to physical reality — which disturbed family and friends, and I was taken to a mental hospital for 10 days.

After a period of time, changing my environment, selling my business, and getting back to meditating, I was able to balance the inner and outer experiences. Slowing my pace in the 1980s, I began to study more about these inner depths in many spiritual organizations and in many meditation techniques. To this day I have stayed with TM (using a mantra), but have added deep breathing that I learned from “Self Realization Society”. I have gained so much from meditation in both my inner and outer worlds.

My personal experiences over 45 years varied greatly, but almost all were a feeling of contentment. When I had a problem I would take it into my meditation. It might take a few times, but I always got an answer. Earlier in my practice it took a long time to understand and accept the answers. But recently I have learned how to react and benefit from those solutions from within.

Within the past 20 years I still design and make fashions for myself, and others. They are usually very complex pattern shapes. With meditation I sometimes take the ideas inside and develop key shaping ideas for those complexities. Also important is that I take and go through each unique step in sewing the style inside when meditating. And the results have been amazing.

Of course, most of the time, I enjoy the beautiful serenity that meditation brings

Some others on Meditation that I love:

Darshak Rana: “Meditation is the rhythm of peace, the ultimate melody of the mind, the harmony of the soul. …

Meditation is a tool, to connect with the universe, and talk to all the beings, and impart them love and peace, by creating higher vibrations, by creating higher-consciousness.”

Lanu Pitan: “Research indicates that meditation positively impacts both physical and mental health.”

Katy-Rose, MSc: “Meditation literally means ‘training of the mind. … You can focus on your breath, a candle, your cat, or your feet as you walk. … It reminds me that I am a changeable being, capable of making ripples in this world, and shaping my own experience. But only by tapping into my inner power. … And for me, the way in is with meditation”.

Thank you to all my readers, spiritual friends and all.