Meditating for Change

I have been meditating for well over two years now. I began the most basic breathing techniques to calm myself before big tennis matches, but recently read a book that described meditation in a completely new light. The book covered the fundamentals of various meditating forms, and also added a new feature to each. When the meditative state nears its end, the book suggested that the person assert the occurrence of a desired event by repeating a related statement. For example, if you wanted a new car, you would repeat, “I will get my new car” just as you feel yourself pulling back into yourself after meditation.

I have been practicing the technique for a few months now and have had amazing results. I have two great jobs that I am enjoying, my personal relationships have been thriving, and a few other endeavors that I am not yet comfortable discussing have been very successful. It is clear that the method is purely psychological: either utilizing the true power of the mind to create changes, or I have subconsciously changed myself to comply with the new technique. In either case, I am ecstatic at the results and will continue the technique.

4 Comments

  1. michael

    Aug 7, 04:11 PM

    Do you care to share the title of this book? I have been practicing meditation for a few years, but have never thought about trying it in this matter.

  2. Thame

    Aug 8, 04:27 AM

    The book is actually in Arabic, but I’m looking around the web if I can find something similar. I’ll post a link when I get something.

  3. michael

    Aug 8, 03:43 PM

    Thanks!

  4. Thame

    Aug 9, 04:27 AM

    I’m having quite a bit of trouble finding something similar, so I’ll try to give a generic description so that you can apply it to your technique.

    The particular method you use to achieve the “separation” from your body is unimportant. As you near the end of your session, the point where you are still fully separated but are aware of a link to your body…this is where you must begin your repetition. Say, with conviction, whatever it is you want to happen: “I will ...”

    You should start to feel pretty confident about what you are repeating. You can then either let your session fade or “Rinse and Repeat”, meaning that you can reseparate and repeat the statement again.

    I hope that helped a little, and please feel free to post another comment with any questions or results.

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