{"id":1449,"date":"2009-01-22T08:20:41","date_gmt":"2009-01-22T13:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=1449"},"modified":"2023-03-01T08:06:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T13:06:34","slug":"meditating-to-the-superconscious-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/meditating-to-the-superconscious-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Meditating to the superconscious state"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> It was about 33 degrees when I took my walk around the neighborhood about 6:00am .\u00a0 I could see the bright sliver moon up high in the southeast over the pines, just a sliver in the sky.\u00a0 I\u2019d had a good meditation earlier with many thoughts to ponder. \u00a0Roy Eugene Davis<\/a> student and disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda<\/a>, talks about meditating to the superconscious state\u201d and says, \u201cRegular superconscious meditation practice strengthens the body’s immune system, slows biological aging processes, improves powers of concentration, clarifies awareness, and quickens spiritual growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

I admit, even after meditating regularly since the 1970\u2019s, I do not always reach that superconscious state.\u00a0 Sometimes I sit for my hour and never really feel I am \u201cin the slot\u201d and simply feel I am off and on and off and on that razor\u2019s edge in between leaving thought behind and achieving meditation.\u00a0 Sometimes it\u2019s easy, not always.<\/p>\n

No matter what, I sit for that hour, whether I\u2018m feeling it or not.\u00a0 I catch myself in mid thought and release it.\u00a0 Every few seconds. When I finally get over myself, I\u2019m there, I\u2019m in the slot and then\u2026<\/p>\n

If I\u2019ve been successful, I may open my eyes and find that the hour has passed.\u00a0 That tells me I went superconscious.\u00a0 Actually my mind usually alerts me every 20 minutes.\u00a0\u00a0 Now I just note the time as another thought.\u00a0 I used to open an eye and check the clock.\u00a0 I did that for years, not realizing I was just introducing new thoughts.<\/p>\n

And it doesn\u2019t count if you doze off!\u00a0 That\u2019s part of the discipline, learning to surf the alpha wave as it comes upon you.\u00a0 Riding that wave just so, staying alert enough to be aware, yet relaxed enough to be without thought.\u00a0 And it\u2019s not as easy as simply catching yourself before you nod off.<\/p>\n

For me, I have to be at that point of alert and aware yet relaxed and detached.\u00a0 My way of achieving that is to simply become my breath as it moves in and out of the body.\u00a0 Yes it took discipline and practice but now it\u2019s largely on autopilot.<\/p>\n

Boy, am I glad I was so disciplined early on. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

RELATED:
\nAndrea’s Meditation Process and links<\/a>
\nMeditation Twice a Day Keeps the Outside World at Bay<\/a>
\nPreparing For Relaxation; Preparing For Meditation; Daily Practice<\/a>
\nHerbert Benson\u2019s Relaxation Response is Transcendental Meditation minus the ritual<\/a>
\nPaving neural pathways to achieve meditation and access elusive inner states<\/a>
\nNeurotheology: How God Changes Your Brain
\n<\/a>Regulate your body chemistry: meditation as anti-aging medicine<\/a>
\nA list of meditation\u2019s positive effect on some of your body\u2019s chemicals <\/a><\/p>\n

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