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The practice of meditation, though simple, requires much discipline and regularity.

Start by choosing a serene place where you can sit comfortably and with an erect spine. It can be in a chair or on the floor with legs crossed. Sitting on a small cushion helps keep your back erect. Wear clothes that do not squeeze or disturb. Lighting an incense or putting on a very smooth music can help create a peaceful atmosphere at first. After a while, you may want to dismiss them.

Avoid meditating when you are sleepy or very tired. You will be frustrated that you can not concentrate and become discouraged from your daily practice. A good time to meditate is in the morning when we are calmer and more rested. But this is also relative and very personal. If you feel that you get better results at night, choose this time.Start with ten minutes daily. Set a clock to wake up after this time so your mind can not sabotage you by believing that it's been longer than ten minutes.

Do not move during this time. The body is like a pot and the mind is the water inside it. Moving the container causes the water to move too, and remember, what you want is for your mind to remain still and still.

Attention should be focused on the object of meditation (breathing, a symbol, etc.) without this requiring great effort. If you disperse, bring your attention gently to the chosen object. One of the simplest exercises is to observe the breath. Feel the air coming in and out of your nostrils. Follow your path throughout your body. Notice the movements of the belly, the chest. See if there are movements or sensations in the pelvis, legs, head, etc. Be with the air all the time.

Anything that happens will be fine. If there are a lot of thoughts running through your head, if you feel like crying or laughing if you think you'll never be able to concentrate, fine. Just sit still and, when possible, turn your attention to the object you are meditating on.

When in touch with nature, sit in front of a landscape and observe it. Listen to the sounds, see the colors, feel the aromas but do not give names to things or analyze them: "that smell must be that flower", "how beautiful the shape of that mountain", "the sound of these birds makes me so chilled out...". Just listen, see and feel without creating phrases in your mind, without chattering internally.

Sit in front of a window and let the light invade your body. Feel the light penetrating the top of your head and flowing through your body. Keep your attention on this flow.

Repeat the OM mantra for the entire time of your meditation. Mantras are sounds that bring a certain quality of energy to those who vocalize them. The mantra OM is one of the oldest in Hinduism and its quality is balance and serenity. It brings us energy and helps clear the mind.

YANTRA

Look closely at a symbol or object that catches your eye naturally. It can be a drawing, a statuette, a yantra (cosmic diagrams of Hinduism), etc. In Yoga, we use the OM symbol to meditate. Look at that symbol and get involved with it. Watch it closely until you can keep it clearly in your mind, even with your eyes closed.

Sit in silence and pay attention to every sound that comes around you. Listen to everything at the same time. Do not dwell on any of them. None is more important than the others, none is better or more pleasant. Do not judge, just listen. Avoid relating them to the objects or beings that produce them. Let yourself hear the pure sound and realize its intrinsic quality.

You can meditate with the colors too. Ask your body what color it needs to be in harmony. Accept any color that comes to mind. Imagine a great stream of light of this color flowing over you or plunge into an ocean dyed with the chosen color. Do not worry about "seeing" the color, you can just feel it with your inner senses.

Observe your thoughts and try to perceive the space that exists between one and the other. Even in a completely confused mind, thoughts arise and disappear leaving a brief space between them. Discover this space, even for just a second. Watch it and you will realize that it will begin to expand. By entering that blank, you will be beyond the mind.

There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of meditation techniques. Each should find out what works best for them. Some prefer to meditate with mantras, many like to observe the breath and others use images or symbols. But what these techniques have in common is that they awaken the passive observer.

Who Is The Passive Observer?

The passive observer is that part of us that keeps away from the turbulence of our daily life. He is like a wise man who looks at the village from the top of a hill. He sees people running around, children playing, a dog looking for food, someone dying, a baby being born, frost burning the crop, and none of it affects him. He remains seated on the top of his mount, equanimous, for he knows that pain or joy spring from the same source and none of them is permanent. The passive observer knows that true happiness belongs to the I-Superior and that when we are aware of it, nothing else affects us.

But he is also a great teacher. If you stay with someone 24 hours a day watching how they eat, how they dress, how they talk and act, how they sleep, at the end of a week you will know a lot about them. Thus, if we observe enough time, we will learn much about ourselves. We will learn how we function, how our thoughts and feelings act, how they influence our choices, and so on.

When we develop the passive observer, we can look from afar the landscape of our lives and face the challenges that it proposes to us without being disturbed, without letting the emotional cloud our perception. That is why it is so easy to advise a friend with problems. As we are not emotionally involved, we have a panoramic view of the situation and can perceive the faults and possibilities that he does not see.

When we look at things from a distance, we understand the context and the motives behind the facts. And with this understanding, we can find creative output, we can see doors where before there seemed to be only walls.

The Passive Observer Meditation Technique

Sit comfortably and take a few deep breaths.

Begin to observe the thoughts that come to you, be aware of them and let them add up next. Do not avoid or encourage them. Do not give continuity to any thought.

The tendency of the mind is to make associations. When it comes to thinking "I need to pay a bank account," the mind goes on: "Do I have enough money?..." And so it goes. Therefore, cut the yarn before the whole skein rolls out.

Try to see each thought as a static frame, like a scene from a large video clip that does not deserve much attention.
The mind is representing a great piece in front of you. But you are not the protagonist. You're just the viewer. So do not get involved. If there is a great confusion of thoughts flowing, just "look" at the confusion. Do not try to control your thoughts, let them go the way they came.

Do not expect anything special from your meditation: fireworks exploding in front of you, gods parading, lotus flowers or wonderful lights. The images that arise may be just the product of the mental activity, mind tricks to distract you. So just keep watching as you would with any other thought. Do not get involved with their beauty or beatitude. If they are more than a product of the mind, you will know.

With continuous practice, you will be able to keep your mind blank and listen to the voice of your intuition which is also an attribute of the passive observer.

TAROT SPREAD “The Blockage”

This is a simple spread based on the Diamond Spread. This spread helps to identify what is blocking you in your general life or in a specific area of your life. It helps you to identify what is behind the blockage and what is the best attitude towards it in order to release yourself from the blockage. Before doing this spread try to identify the behavior behind the blockage if you know it, or if you cannot identify it, ask for a general life advice.

1 - THE DRIVE/THE SELF - in a general reading this position centers in the present situation, or the self-state of being.
In a specific reading where you already identified your blockage, this position centers in the simple drive behind the blockage (spirituality, health, love, financial, sexuality…);

2 - THE ORIGIN - this position centers on what emotions/ fears/ behaviors are generating the blockage;

3 - THE BLOCKAGE - this position represents an objective view of what is blocking you;

4 - THE RELEASE - this position center in the changes/energies required to remove the blockage;

5 -THE FOCUS - this position represents the final advice.
What is required from you to remove the blockage? Sometimes we have to act upon something, but other times we just have to give time and continue to live and act from a place of integrity.

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