MEDITATION
Meditation as Effortless Fixation
Meditation is the practice of holding attention on a single idea until it completely fills the mind, crowding out all distractions. If attention wanders,…
Step by step
- Choose a single idea or desired state.
- Hold your attention on this idea.
- If attention wanders, gently bring it back to the idea.
- Repeat this process until attention becomes effortlessly fixed on the idea.
- Allow the idea to fascinate and fill your mind completely.
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Controlled imaginationSustained attentionEffortless fixationConcentrationRealization
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Meditation is the practice of holding attention on a single idea until it completely fills the mind, crowding out all distractions. If attention wanders, gently bring it back repeatedly until it achieves an 'effortless fixation' on the desired idea, which should be so fascinating that it naturally holds attention.
All that meditation amounts to is a controlled imagination and a well sustained attention. Simply hold the attention on a certain idea until it fills the mind and crowds all other ideas out of consciousness. The power of attention shows itself the sure guarantee of an inner force. We must concentrate on the idea to be realized, without permitting any distraction. This is the great secret of action. Should the attention wander, bring it back to the idea you wish to realize and do so again and again, until the attention becomes immobilized and undergoes an effortless fixation upon the idea presented to it. The idea must hold the attention – must fascinate it – so to speak.
This technique emphasizes that true meditation is not a struggle but a cultivation of attention until the desired idea becomes so compelling that it effortlessly dominates consciousness, leading to its realization.