Entire Meditation

The entire meditation: 

 mantra is the entire meditation, whole and complete in its easy occurrence, nothing is forced, no effort is given to thinking the mantra, and a natural pull towards a quiet mind follows its repetition. That's the simplicity of meditation, it's not an exercise in mindfulness, nor the use of concentration, we think the mantra and allow the silence to unfold completely on its own.

like magic.

or science really, 

and the two are not really exclusive from each other, with science simply being an explanation of the natural magic of the mind and world. Meditation is both magic and scientific in its description, it speaks the dual language of mind and soul, material and immaterial, the manifest world and the promise of the most subtlest vibration to potentially come to form. It's one language bridging soul and world and it's found naturally in the mantra, a vibration acting as a word, no more than a faint impression gently given to the mind to hold. The mantra is the entire meditation, or at least that's the description that I use for now, an easy explanation for the process that unfolds.

it's the entire meditation because the mantra is just a vibration, no meaning to the words, and in it's use we match its quiet tones, vibrating to ever more subtle levels of stillness just by its repetition. The mantra is silence itself given to the form of words, to think it is to naturally place ourselves within its silent hold, with nothing more to do but to surrender to its flow. That's how easy it is, think the mantra, unconcerned with any other thoughts that follow, think the mantra and let go of any expectations, think the mantra and allow whatever then follows to belong to the moment now at hand...simply think the mantra.

the mantra is silence,

stillness,

it's the entire meditation vibrating as a string of words.

we think the mantra, and magic happens, the science of words and vibrations, a natural prominence of our quiet mind is given noticed. It's easy, as anything forced isn't true meditation and goes against the pleasure of the mind. That's the gift of the mantra, just by thinking it we enter the realm of silence, nothing more needed to be done, simply a thought of meaningless words vibrating at a most subtle level, and whatever follows is how meditation happens - crowded thoughts parting on their own, the mind settling in its natural fashion without our effort given, silence gaining in its notice. 

it's really that easy.

mantra is the entire meditation. 

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Peace, Eric