The quieter you become, the more you can hear. We often get questions from seekers who want to begin a meditation practice but don’t know how to start, and from people who simply have a very hard time settling in to meditate. This process is designed to accelerate the transition from ordinary waking consciousness to a deep trance state.
Amazing things begin to happen when we regularly spend time in a deep trance state. Everything begins to flow in our everyday experience; whatever we want and needs starts to just show up in amazing ways; answers come to us out of the blue. Regular meditation can stir up a special magic in our lives that is hard to describe. I’m reminded of a story that a friend who had recently begun to meditate told me. He said that one day he was waiting at a bus stop when he realized that he didn’t have enough money for bus fare: he needed a quarter. As soon as he realized this, the parking meter in front of him spontaneously dumped all of the change it was holding on the ground in front of him. I want to experience that sort of magic every day, don’t you?
This process will help you quickly and easily sink into a very deep meditative state, at which point you can hang out there for as long as you desire. (It will be up to you to return yourself to full conscious awareness, or if you prefer, you can drift off to sleep.) You will want to be in a comfortable position for this process, either sitting or lying down. If you find it impossible to resist falling asleep, you may want to sit in lotus position or a stiff-backed chair. If you only have a certain amount of time to meditate, you may want to set a timer. (The recording itself is 12 minutes long.)