MEDITATION
Meditation is about accepting what comes—and letting go of what is.
Patience is the spiritual path.
When we work in the service of spirituality, meditation is the place and the tool we have where we can be fully present. The practice of meditation creates space for openness—for everything that emerges from the depths and rises to the surface. Meditation is not a vacation spot or a sanctuary; it is a workspace. Meditation opens us up to insight and understanding of our troubling thoughts, problems, habits, and the like. Here, we welcome fear, pain, irritation, jealousy, vulnerability, and the myriad of thoughts that arise, and become one with these complexities.
Don’t reject it—but accept whatever comes.
Let your thoughts run free so they can dissolve on their own—and do it gently.
Meditation is a process of centering oneself in higher consciousness through the crown chakra. Meditation lifts spiritual consciousness beyond the ego. It is the gateway to the spiritual process and the gateway to the crown chakra. Enlightenment occurs through meditation. When one centers in the crown chakra, the ego dissolves. The ego is a blockage—the belief that one can change one’s identity simply by changing clothes… The path to freedom is built through meditation. The ego, with its illusions, is important for a person on a path of self-development, in order to understand oneself.
Connecting with pure consciousness requires long-term meditation practice in which one centers and focuses on the crown of the head. To pass through the mental filters (thoughts) in order to attain: pure meditation, pure consciousness, and pure being—which are equivalent to emptiness
You can pay for all kinds of instruction, but it’s the work you do yourself in your daily life that allows it to sink in at the cellular level. Experience comes through repetition. Meditation isn’t difficult. It just requires time, effort, and diligence. Meditation is the path to spiritual freedom.
When you meditate, you work intensely to raise your consciousness. You let go of projections, filters, desires, and attachments. Attachments can be many things you feel you need—for example, material possessions, people, candy/drugs/alcohol, shopping, fashion, and aesthetics. All the things you convince yourself you can’t live without.
Meditation can be used in so many contexts. For example, meditation and tantra are closely linked. Meditation is indispensable for the tantric practitioner. The same is true for the yogi.
A simple and effective basic way to meditate is to sit with your eyes closed
Take 3 deep breaths
Let calmness spread through your body
Focus on your breath as it flows in and out of your body
And center it in the crown
Let the thoughts that pop into your mind just pass by.
To achieve a cosmic lift, you must meditate daily. It makes sense to meditate in the morning, when your consciousness is clear. There are usually fewer thoughts at this time than later in the day. Sleep is a kind of thorough cleansing of the system that occurs at night, during which the subconscious processes the day’s impressions and emotions you’ve experienced. So you’re clear and refreshed in a different way.
Meditative attraction—is an exchange that occurs in the flow when meditating together. For example, I regularly notice how others I meditate with experience a visual intensification of their perception during meditation. This is my strength within the meditative space.
Walking meditation is also a powerful tool. It could involve walking in a circle… back and forth… or taking a walk in the woods… by the water… or wherever feels right to you. As you clear your mind of thoughts and repeat a mantra to yourself. It could be a word or a phrase. You simply focus on the words and let go of any thoughts that arise.
Many people use both mantras and mala prayer beads together during meditation. The prayer beads have 108 beads, which are counted one at a time while the mantra is repeated. At Adamas, we sell various mala prayer beads from the jeweler Heindorf, which are part of a project benefiting Tibet Charity. Here, the mantra“Om mani padme hum” is engraved on the surface of the bead. It is a Buddhist mantra that means “the jewel in the lotus flower.”
Meditation is an essential part of the spiritual work at Adamas. Meditation can also be experienced in the creative space—whether it’s painting, making jewelry, working with clay, drawing, or something else entirely. Meditation is when you are completely absorbed and immersed in the creative process. There, one works on a different level—the creative space viewed from a broader perspective. There, one can find the space of wisdom.
