Previously, we have looked at two of the six most common meditation mistakes. (#1: I’m trying to quiet my mind. #2: I’m just trying to feel peaceful and open during my meditations.) If you have tried meditation and have become frustrated either with maintaining your practice or with a lack of results, do not feel alone. At times, even the most ardent practitioner can be derailed by these snafus.
Many faults are rooted in typical, fundamental, misunderstandings about what the purpose of meditation is. These can derail any human being despite the best of intentions. The good news is, the meditations taught by Meditation from the Heart and the way they are presented, side-step the common errors entirely, giving you a far more reliable and enduring experience.
As we reveal more common meditation mistakes see if you recognize your own meditation ‘block(s)’.
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| Personal Plateau |
Meditation Mistake #3 – “I’ve been doing the same practice for months or years.” First, let’s remember that there is no wrong way to meditate. Experienced meditators can hit plateaus. Rote repetition of a single approach can drive you into a ‘meditation rut’, where your practice has lost some vitality and dynamics you have experienced before.
If you have been meditating for years (or seems like ages) but aren’t sure why you are doing it any more, Can’t think of any benefits you are deriving, dread the practice or simply treat it like a habit you are forcing yourself to maintain, then this is probably your issue.
Just like an exercise program you have for your body can get stale – you need to shake it up every once and a while. Introduce some new challenges to stretch yourself. For example go to a group meditation practice, sign yourself up for a retreat or schedule yourself for an all day meditation at your own home or favorite place (not recommended for beginners).
Meditation from the Heart teaches a variety of approaches that inspires you to use your awareness in different ways. Effectively giving you tools that will ‘cross-train’ your body, mind and spirit. Thus lowering your chances of getting stuck in a rut. Rather, helping your meditation practice to become an ongoing journey of deepening awareness and curiosity.
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| Enlightenment |
Meditation Mistake #4 – “I’m trying to reach enlightenment or a permanent state of bliss.” Don’t worry, there are many mini enlightenment’s along the way, however, you will still be learning until the day you die. Achieving a specific dramatic state of being or having flashy ‘spiritual fireworks’ is not the point of meditative cultivation.
If one tries to hold on to or continually go back to an incredible or ‘favorite’ experience you’ve had then not only are you actively engaging your mind, but you are also, in essence, holding on to the past and effectively closing yourself off to potentially more magnificent and uplifting experiences.
All states of being have a natural ebb and flow. Let your meditation practice lead you to a great many experiences with balance and liberation from the past.
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