TIBETAN MEDITATION

Religion for some people is what they base their life on; it’s their core and what they turn to when they need that motivation and push to carry on in life. I on the other hand like to explore different things and experience all possibilities before I say I believe in something and really have no idea what it is really about. I took a chance with going to the Tibetan meditation because it was something that would be very new to me, I have experienced yoga before at the Cary Street Gym but other than that I have not had any real meditation experiences. Going to a real meditation typesetting made me really nervous all I could think about was what if I chant the wrong words, which I did anyway or what is it exactly that I am suppose to feel. I asked myself is it playing around if I don’t get to the place that everyone else does, many people take their meditation serious and could be particular about what goes on around them when they are actually doing it. I took a friend along with me to calm my nerves, having somewhere there with me sharing the same experience put me at ease. In doing the meditation I had a lot of questions. One in particular that we spent time talking about was how to clear your bind of all thoughts during meditation you are suppose to be free of everything at peace with oneself. As we talked as a group we discussed how you don’t get rid of anything that goes on in your head but recognize it only as a mere thought, acknowledge that it came in your mind and leave it at that. We talked of how when you use your five senses you often exaggerate the emotion the example of a coke was used. When you taste a coke some people taste would say that it is the best thing in the world but another would say it’s too sweet or bitter but in all actuality it should taste the same to everyone but you lead yourself to believe that taste you have is right and should be like that to everyone. I took a lot from that one session but it is not something that I could practice. I often found myself drifting off and focusing on unnecessary things when I shouldn’t have been, I have a very short attention span; the idea of it however was a good experience. The setting of the room was amazing it look just like what I see on TV. It was a surprise for me to see so many African Americans its not usual for that type of scene on TV. and movies. Everything about the experience was interesting but I have to say I will not go back an experience was all it was meant to be.