Meditation: Theory & Practice Reflections Term Paper

Recently, I had a little accident that I trapped my finger between wall strips in a door as I passed by. I experienced a huge burning pain, and the nail came off from the skin. Simultaneously as I screamed, "ouch!" because it hurt badly, I slapped the strips, which shouldn't have been separated. When people get angry in social event, there is a similar reaction but with certain variations. For instance attacking a stimulus instantaneously though response varies from vocally, mentally, to physically. I analyzed the steps backward. The last stage is attempting to prove one's strength, then being unable to forgive the stimulus or person, and feeling a pain or being hurt. Because we don't want to accept our weakness and try to defend our vulnerability, we often show an opposite stance by hiding and faking our 'self'.

One by one, I started recalling the moments when I experienced feelings of anger, jealousy, hatred, and other negative emotions that resulted in once again the closing of my heart and upon becoming aware of my initial and true feelings of each occasion, I recognized my vulnerability, and then felt love in my heart.A fog-like haze suddenly disappeared, and my heart became lighter. That moment was the moment of graduation to my old 'self'. I felt I have overcome something that I have always been clinging to.

Conclusion:

Meditation is not simply a technique in methods of breathing and it is not merely the process of control of ones' thinking. Indeed meditation is a state of mind and is an entirely different way of viewing or of perceiving the entire world and of myself as well. Meditation is a practice that still after so many ages is used by mankind in coping with and enabling of oneself in this existence. Meditation stands the test of time because it is effective, simple and available to everyone seeking transcendental knowledge.

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