Akashic Book\ Meditation

According to Edgar Cayce`s readings, "Meditation is not musing, not daydreaming,

but as ye find your bodies made up of the physical, mental and spiritual, it is the

attuning of the mental body and the physical body to its spiritual source....

It is the attuning of the physical and mental attributes seeking to know the

relationships to the MAKER. THAT is true meditation..."

Meditation is listening to the Divine within. 1861-19

Meditation is emptying self of all that hinders the creative forces from rising along

the natural channels of the physical man to be disseminated through those centers

and sources that createthe activities of the physical, the mental, the spiritual man;

properly done must make one stronger mentally, physically...... 281-13

It is found that within the body there are channels, there are ducts, there are glands,

there are activities that perform no one knows what! In a living, moving, thinking

being. In many individuals such become dormant.

If ye will meditate, open the heart, thy mind! Let the body and mind be channels that

ye may DO the things ye ask God to do for you! Thus ye come to know Him. 281-41

Meditation, then, is prayer, but is prayer from Within the Innerself, and partakes not

only of the physical inner man but the soul that is aroused by the spirit of man from

within.

There are definite conditions that arise from within the inner man when an individu-

als enters into true or deep meditation. A physical condition happens, a physical

activity takes place, acting through what? Through that man has choosen to call

the imaginative or the impulsive, and the source of impulse are aroused by the

shutting out of thought pertaining to activities or attributes of the carnal forces of

man. Then changes naturally take place when there is the arousing of that stimuli

within the individual that has within it the seat of the soul`s dwelling, within the

individual body of the entity or man, and then this partakes of the individuality

rather than the personality. It rises from the glands known in the body as the lyden

or to the lyden ( Lydig ) and through the respective forces themselves, which are

the very essence of Life itself within an individual....

The spirit and the soul is within its encasement, or its temple within the body of the

individual. With the arousing then of this image, it rises along that which is known

as the Appian Way , or the pineal center, to the base of the brain.

It rises then to the hidden eye in the center of the brain system, or is felt in the

forefront of head, or in the place just above the real face or bridge of nose.

What meditation is good for?

It's supposed to help depression, control pain, increase longevity, slow down cancers, invigorate the immune system, and significantly reduce blood pressure.

People who underwent meditation training produced more antibodies to a flu vaccine increased activity in areas of the brain related to positive emotion

Meditation can sometimes be used to replace Viagra.

Meditation is recommended by more and more physicians as a way to prevent, slow or at least control the pain of chronic diseases like heart conditions, AIDS, cancer and infertility

When we meditate several important things happen physically and mentally. First, we are "focusing internally" and letting go of the outside world (similar to going to sleep, but without losing consciousness).

This allows our brains to shift into more stable, stronger brain frequencies (called alpha and theta by scientists) normally reached during sleep.

When we can reduce our brain frequencies to these levels while staying awake we are able to bring the unconscious mind to the conscious level. This allows us to control and harness the power of the unconscious mind.

Going to Alpha is also good for programming your mind. At the Alpha level you can learn to overcome all kinds of problems, such as insomnia, tension and migraine headaches, bad habits, and much more.

There are two types of meditation:

1- Passive Meditation
All meditation systems, such as Yoga, Zen, Transcendental Meditation (TM), Silva UltraMind and others have similar benefits.

By "passively" letting go and going within, we "deactivate" our survival mechanisms and allow our body's natural health and rejuvenation abilities to be activated.

Each method has its own way of reaching the inner state of mind, and each has its own goals.

2- Active Meditation
Jose Silva's techniques allow you to use the relaxed, healthy state of mind that occurs during meditation to solve your day-to-day problems.

Silva found that by "actively" utilizing brain languages (kinesthetic, visual, and auditory thought processes), we can use this higher energy state to improve memory and learning skills, change unwanted habits, enhance health, and healing.

He also developed techniques to achieve what many people call "tapping the super-conscious" to solve problems, reach goals, come up with new ideas and solutions to problems. Some students use the Silva UltraMind System to enhance their spiritual growth.

Using such techniques within a meditative state is called "active" meditation.

But what exactly happens when you meditate?

Your brain functions on a small amount of electricity, much like a computer. This electrical current vibrates and pulses at various speeds. When you are wide awake, with your eyes focused, your brain vibrates 20 times per second - what scientists call 20 cycles per second or the Beta frequency.

You are probably at this beta level of mind right now as you read this.

When you go to sleep, your brain frequency slows down, all the way to about half a cycle per second in the deepest levels of natural sleep. This is known as the Delta level.

In between Beta, the waking state, and Delta, the deep sleep state, there are two other levels of mental activity.

When you are in a light level of sleep or in meditation you are in the Alpha range, which is 7 to 14 cycles per second. This is the center range and this is what we mean by saying "going to your center".

Going to the alpha level or centering is essentially the same thing as meditating. When someone meditates, scientifically, they are simply reducing their brain wave frequency to Alpha.
The Alpha level is the level we use to activate our minds.

Theta is a level of deeper relaxation or sleep, when your brain waves are at 4 to 7 cycles per second.

The table below summarizes the 4 states of brain frequency.

State	Brain Wave Frequency	Associated With
Beta	14 - 21 cycles per second (cps) and higher	Waking State, the five senses. Perception of Time and Space
Alpha	7 - 14 cps	Light sleep, meditation, intuition. No Time & Space limitation
Theta	4 - 7 cps	Deeper Sleep, Meditation
Delta	0 - 4 cps	Deep Sleep. You are unconscious at Delta.

There are many benefits of "going to the Alpha level" or meditating.

Jose Silva found that people who can remain in the Alpha level while analyzing information have access to more information than those who remain in Beta to do their thinking. Feelings of intuition, creative ideas, inspirational thoughts and ideas come to people while at this Alpha level.

You can also program your mind to help you achieve your goals and make your dreams come true. There are formulas for all this and more in the Silva home study program and seminars.

The Three Things You Must Do

First, you should practice your concentration. Concentration is a basic skill. Concentrate on what the instructor tells you to do via the audio.

Second, practice your imagination. You learn how to exaggerate your imagination, because you will be in a better position to control your creative visualization. At the same time, it will keep you active while going through the exercise. By being mentally active, you avoid the tendency to drift off into sleep.

Third, you must practice coordinating your physiological relaxation with your mental relaxation. It is easy to go into a mental relaxation. But you must learn to let your body relax too. It takes a little longer for you to relax your body than it does for you to relax your mind.

How to meditate?