10/12/14 Student Choice: Gandhi is That You?

            Meditation is something that some people take very seriously, while others disregard it. It’s gotten to the point where some people do not even know what meditation is. Either that or they have the wrong impression of what it is, and how one carries out a session of meditation. Most people would be led to believe that meditation is just sitting by yourself and thinking for a long while. In fact, it is much more than that. Meditation is an art; it takes time and effort to perfect it. You cannot just sit down and ‘BAM!’ meditate. If you really want to meditate and reach your inner self, you must refer to my last blog, I talked about Kenosis, self-emptying. Now take Kenosis and silence and put them together, it is pretty tricky to pull off. How is one supposed to be selfless without talking? Well it is a simple question, so it deserves a simple answer. You just empty your thoughts. Have you ever caught yourself spaced out in the middle of a class, just looking off into the distance? That’s what it feels like to meditate. You go into a trance-like state that is almost uncontrollable, unless you’re trained. Some human being decide that they like the feeling meditation gives them so they focus their life around it. People have also said that yoga gives relatively the same experience, but it depends on the person. Not many people have the same encounter with meditation. It can always be interpreted differently. Meditation is not essential for sacred communication, but it definitely will enlighten you, and your views may change.