What is Real Meditation?
Help me make it easier for others to find this publication on Substack by hitting the ❤️ or 🔁 at the top or bottom. Thank you!
Words: 540 | Normal Reading: 3 minutes | Slow Reading: 6 minutes
Meditation as a Way of Being
Living in a conscious state of surrender is Real meditation.
It's not about sitting cross-legged in a corner with closed eyes, standing on your head, or engaging in any other specific practice. It is to be completely aware as you walk, work, and engage with the world. It is awareness of the words you speak, the way you eat, the gestures you make, and not identifying with the thoughts and emotions you feel.
It is the deep, choiceless awareness of everything about you, around you, and within yourself. To meditate is to live fully present in the here and now, with every fiber of your Being.
Our body is a temple, and the silent power known as God resides within us. We are that power, and the body's sole purpose is to help us be that power.
You can use your body to awaken, but you are not your mind and body.
God is NOT the temple.
God is your inner stillness.
God is your highest state of awareness.
The Courage To Awaken is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
For more: Enroll in the course Surrender To Awaken or Book 1-to-1 Counseling Session
The Power of Turning Your Mind Inward
A profound shift occurs within us when we bring back our attention inward, away from the ceaseless noise of the external world. Like an iceberg, where 80% remains submerged in the ocean's depths, we, too, must keep most of our awareness within. This simple yet powerful practice transforms our experience of life. By resting our attention within the inner body— the chest, the abdomen, or even the breath—we step into a space beyond thought, where true intelligence flows effortlessly.
From Effort to Effortlessness
The mind, conditioned to seek fulfillment in the outer world, resists this stillness when we turn our minds inward because it thrives on distraction, overthinking, and constant engagement.
Yet, the greatest realization is that life functions effortlessly when we surrender the mind inward to our inner Being. As we anchor ourselves in presence, we move from compulsive thought to intuitive knowing. This is the shift from personal will to divine will, from effortful doing to effortless Being. In this state, we become non-doers, and God—the silent intelligence that animates all things—becomes the doer of our lives.
Live Like a Majestic Tree
Consider a majestic tree standing firm in the fiercest storm. Its resilience does not come from its branches or leaves but from the depth of its roots, drawing strength from the earth. Likewise, our stability amidst life’s fluctuations depends on how deeply we are rooted in inner stillness. When half of our attention—or more—is consistently anchored in our inner Being, we cultivate an unshakable presence. With practice, this internal grounding can grow to 80% or even total dissolution of mind into Being, leaving the state of no-mind.
The Miracle of NOT Thinking
And in this rooted stillness, something miraculous happens. The divine power takes charge of your life, and you discover that the mind and thoughts are unnecessary for functioning in the world. We begin to experience life as it is—free from the distortion of past conditioning and the limitations of conceptual thinking.
The Final Realization
The mind may ask: What then remains? The answer is simple—Life itself, unfolding in its natural perfection.
Real meditation is not about escaping life but fully entering it. It is the art of deep presence, where the mind dissolves, the heart opens, and the soul remembers its infinite nature. It is not a technique but a state of being, a return to the silence that speaks the language of the universe. In this space, truth is not sought, it is simply known.
The courage to awaken!!!