Neelakantha Meditation is simple to learn and easy to do. It’s not about controlling your mind or stopping your thoughts. The practice works with the inherent nature of your mind and body. You connect with a spontaneous, inward current which allows you to sit comfortably. Your attention is drawn deep inside to rest, refresh and renew.
Meditation, as taught in this tradition, is a preparation for the daily activities of life. It is for people managing careers, raising families, running businesses and attending to responsibilities and obligations. You do not have to renounce your desires or forgo pleasure. Instead, this daily meditation practice will refine your desires and increase your ability to fully engage in life with calm and patience.
In deep meditation, you restore equilibrium and repair damage caused by stress. As your practice evolves, you’ll deal proactively with stressful situations. You’ll begin to notice openings in your day-to-day interactions where you choose how to respond with more skill, instead of reacting in old, habitual ways.
Everything we experience imprints on our memory and body. Negative experiences leave traces that can become activated under stress and derail our best intentions. In meditation, the light of awareness neutralizes these traces before they trip us up, creating a more auspicious direction.
Meditation and business are rarely considered complementary activities. Instead, meditation is often promoted with images of serene yogis on pristine beaches. While those are lovely, they reinforce the mistaken idea that meditation is mysterious and separate from mundane matters. This is unfortunate because the truth is: It’s an extremely practical, profoundly effective life skill with everyday relevance.
I first learned to meditate when I was fifteen. In spite of that strong initial attraction and early start, I was a frustrated, inconsistent meditator for the next 37 years. Nothing delivered the promise that meditation offered. I thought, “I’m just not the meditating type.”
So, I was surprised and delighted when I learned Neelakantha Meditation and started to experience deep states of calm.
