I’ve been practicing “Mountain Meditation” for a week now.
The purpose of this meditation is to bring to your life the qualities of mountains.
Mountains are solid, strong. They remain calm and indifferent in face of extremely adverse conditions such as strong winds and rain, extremely low temperatures and snow, thunderstorms and lightning.
The days come and go. Every day the sun dawns and sets. Some days are clear with a beautiful blue sky and lots of sunlight. Other days are somber and with heavy clouds. In these circumstances, the nights are even worse, due to the absence of light. Despite all this – the exterior conditions constantly changing – the mountain remains unchanged and peacefully receives whatever it comes.
We can learn to be more like mountains. When I practice “mountain meditation” I see a mountain in my mind’s eye. I think about all the qualities that mountains have. I see them going through favorable conditions and also through adversities. Then I get into the mountain, as if I were the mountain. I see through the “mountain’s eyes”. I see the other things that surround the mountain, such as other mountains, forests, rivers, the horizon. And again, I see the mountain going through the bad and the good times, but this time as if I were the mountain. I feel the stillness of the mountain in spite of the changing circumstances.
I feel a little stronger and a little calmer when I am practicing this type of meditation. I don’t expect it to make any immediate magic transformation in me, but like everything else, the more you practice the more you get.
I’ve been practicing “Mountain Meditation” for a week now.
The purpose of this meditation is to bring to your life the qualities of mountains.
Mountains are solid, strong. They remain calm and indifferent in face of extremely adverse conditions such as strong winds and rain, extremely low temperatures and snow, thunderstorms and lightning.
The days come and go. Every day the sun dawns and sets. Some days are clear with a beautiful blue sky and lots of sunlight. Other days are somber and with heavy clouds. In these circumstances, the nights are even worse, due to the absence of light. Despite all this – the exterior conditions constantly changing – the mountain remains unchanged and peacefully receives whatever it comes.
We can learn to be more like mountains. When I practice “mountain meditation” I see a mountain in my mind’s eye. I think about all the qualities that mountains have. I see them going through favorable conditions and also through adversities. Then I get into the mountain, as if I were the mountain. I see through the “mountain’s eyes”. I see the other things that surround the mountain, such as other mountains, forests, rivers, the horizon. And again, I see the mountain going through the bad and the good times, but this time as if I were the mountain. I feel the stillness of the mountain in spite of the changing circumstances.
I feel a little stronger and a little calmer when I am practicing this type of meditation. I don’t expect it to make any immediate magic transformation in me, but like everything else, the more you practice the more you get.