Mindfulness meditation in everyday life

Meditation is an intensive reflection penetrated deepstate it is necessary to free oneself from this mistaken
into.thinking, that darken clear to its nature consciousness. 
 It implies mind  immersion into different objects,In shastra it is explained that the liberalization  from
ideas and other that is achieved by means ofthese mistaken thoughts means the contemplation of
concentration on one object and elimination of all othersomething that is out of limits of our thoughts, beyond
factors. These factors are both external (sound, light)verbal reality, it means meditation.
and internal ones (physical, emotional and otherIn Buddhism this state implies a state in which there are
tensions).  They are eliminated because they distractno sensations, there is even no their presence. Here
person’ attention.there is the exceeding the bounds of language
Meditation can be also defined as a method ofpossibilities.
psychological training which takes different shapesA great attention in shastra is paid to practical
according to cultural and historical surroundings.methods of achieving the enlightenment, among them
The appearance of meditation in the west wastwo meditative techniques are of mush importance:
marked by the quickness and by a great scope.“samadhy” and “vipassana”. Besides these
Equally with other methods of psychologicaltwo kinds of meditation there are a great number of
techniques, which  broaden the consciousness andmeditative techniques  in different cultures.
allow to exceed all bounds of usual ideas aboutThe term “samadhy” in the context of Buddhist
ourselves and about the world, many forms ofpsychology mans calming the consciousness, all
meditation offer things that, obviously, our culture needsexciting and darkening factors’ ceasing to
and that it is lacking.influence a person’s state of mind. The
In spite of guarded attitude of many  investigators essence of samadhy is in concentration, fixation the
people are attracted by the possibility of discovering attention on one object. Beforehand all sensations are
and development concealed opportunities, that exceedbrought to minimum as a result of taking one of special
the limits of available cultural norms.state poses and using respiratory techniques.
But the absence of scientific comprehension of theseAt early stages of meditation there is a tension
possibilities as a result cause the   disregarding thembetween concentration and distracting thoughts,
by a great  part of science association , convert the feelings, desires. Stunning  experiences, that come as
usage of this  psychological techniques  into a play a result of application of popular in West techniques of
with many  unknown aspects, sometimes intoconsciousness transformation — beep relaxing,
dangerous play.intensive painful body sensations, live waking  dreams
 That’s  why  we  need some— all these phenomena come at the first stage
cartographies  of  internal space which  are basedof meditation  with the use of  samadhy method as
on further working out the fundamental  fora reaction to restriction of receiving information.
psychology questions about  the nature ofThere are some levels of meditation that are
consciousness.characterized by certain states of mind, namely:
East  philosophical and psychological studies are 1.  Distracting thoughts are overcome; some other
based on the idea of that usual state  of thoughts still remain; consciousness of  sensations and
human’s consciousness is  nothing more than body. Thoughts of the main object of concentration
a thing that can be expressed as some illusion, asprevail. A feeling of  delight, happiness, stability. Bursts
waking dream, as awakening, as ignorance.of light and body lightness.
Hinduists call it “maya”, Buddhists - 2.  Distracting thoughts disappear. Consciousness of
“samsara”.painful physical states, attentions is strictly directed at
The principle object of meditation, as  they  suppose,the object of concentration. A feeling of bliss, delight.
is the liberation from this illusion, “enlightenment”,3.  A feeling of bliss, delight, one-directed position.
“vision”  of the world as it is indeed.customThere are no thought about  the object of
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For about four thousand years, eastern religions4.  A feeling of bliss, one-directed position and 
composed cartographies  of  internal space  andcoolness. Delight disappears.
worked out some methods  of  induction  some5.  One-directed position and  coolness, a bliss and a
states of consciousness, that were  much morefeeling of pleasure in body disappear.
different from  ordinary consciousness.6.  Consciousness of internal space, coolness and
Behind the variety of formulations, that are inevitableOne-directed position.
under the  circumstances of different cultures,7.  Consciousness of space without any object or
“images of world”, often  means  the  samething. Coolness and One-directed position.
way and the same object.8.  Consciousness of  emptiness.
Interpretation of these states depend on aims, 9.  No perception and “not no perception”.
expectations,   possession of language material. ButCoolness and One-directed position.
as the researches show such words as “dhiana”, The second  well — known kind of
“samadhy”, “fana” and others which aremeditetion is “vipassana”. This is  a
taken from Buddhism;  rajah-yogis;  suphism;transcendental analyze of person’s inner world
Kabbula; and others imply the same state.  with the help introspective contemplation  and
In Tibet there are two levels of religion: “a study as aintuitive comprehension.
trick directed at achieving some goal” and “ a finalMeditater’s  attention is directed at sensations,
study” where some differences disappear.feelings, thoughts and reactions corresponding them. A
K.Narano and R.Earnsten show that the variety ofperson   must  contemplate  all  that  occurs 
methods of meditation come to two or three mainto   him or   his  surroundings.  He should not 
types, each of which has its aim of achieving a certainreject anything  as something  that  is  not worthy
state of consciousness. These states are of greatto pay    attention to.
value in eastern cultures. They are connected withVipassana is recommended to be carried out always,
such ideas as “salvation”, “ deliverance fromduring various activities  in order the enlightened state
sufferings”, “enlightenment”, “genuine vision”.of mind  to become a usual one. The matter is that
These meditation techniques are based on specific,Buddhist science claims that it is a state when different
sometimes also similar studies of consciousness,  thatusual activities can be possible.  
are worked out in more detailed form.  There shouldSpeaking of  the  relationship  of  brain  and
be pointed out one of the work of Buddhism literature meditation we should point out  that meditation has
where the conception of consciousness is expounded.tangible   psychological   and    physiological
In Buddhism literature consciousness means a source benefits. It can be   proved in  neurobiological
of higher  psychic activity, it implies the condition when  terms by giving  insight  into consciousn,
all psychic functions unite.feedback     methods. It was revealed that
These  functions include conscious as well asmeditation  has greainfluence on the brain, and 
unconscious ones,  and they unite emotional  andhuman  behavior.
intellectual processes.There are various forms of  meditation detached  a
Conscious of a common person is regarded in theperson   from desires and objects which cause him
unity of two main aspects of existence andsufferings, allowed  a person to separate  himself 
functioning:from the transitory nature of the  world, it   should
1. “Clear consciousness” is  a fundamentalbe  told about two forms of meditation:
aspect that at the same time consists of genuineTranscendental   Meditation  and  Zen meditation.
nature and essence of all things  and   phenomena.They differ from other types of meditation because
It is a constant and invariable base of consciousness.the involve both mind and body.  The examination of
2. “ Dirty”, “darken”  consciousness is athese meditation  methods  showed  that a body
transient and changeable aspect, that  makescan  communicate with external  as well as with
perception illusive.  It is possible to get rid of it byinterior  world of a person.  What  happens  to the
psychic self-regulation, and in such a way to liberatebody  has a great impact on person’s mind, his
consciousness from its darken influence.brain.   There is undoubtedly a large  correlation of
The complex of these two aspects is called “physical states with mental states in meditation .
consciousness — depository” and is regardedMeditation   has tangible   physiological  and 
as a constantly changing  current of consciousness.biological effects.  Results if the   investigation
There was framed a hypothesis that the first aspectshowed that during    meditation   there is some
of consciousness correspond  to energy of attentionchanges: in the areas of the   cerebrum which are
— consciousness, and  that the second aspect taking    part in perception  of   specific
is corresponded with category structures ofinformation, in the relationship   between  the two 
consciousness. hemispheres. 
Such  conceptions of Buddhist  psychology as thePractice results also revealed such tendencies as 
conception of “ consciousness —increasing EEG  coherence; more efficient
depository” where two aspect at the same timetransformation of information in  the  brain;  lower
are not united and are not different, can throw light on  respiration rates; more stable autonomic nervous
understanding of the interaction of base consciousnesssystem; strong stress  stability; faster   reactions. 
and category structures of consciousness in westernAs a conclusion, there should be   pointed that the
science.eastern type of   meditation    consists   
According to shastra “darken” aspect ofof   all forms of yogis  in India,  in China, and implies
consciousness forms imprints and traces of pastreligious and mystical distracting of individual  
events, desires, actions, ideas and impressions, theconsciousness  in  impersonal, looked like a ocean 
memory of which is kept  in “ consciousnessthe absolute.
— depository”. One of the main of theseThese situations are created in different  ways for
darken formations is a complex “I”. According toinstance, situation that is realized by the images of
Buddhist theory of individual “I”, neither thebutterflies, or by image of ceasing light of a candle and
complex in itself nor its elements do not have anyothers.
concrete essence and do not have real existence.There is another interpretation of religious —
One of the factors, which darken person’s mystical tendency of meditation. It was cultivated be
consciousness, is discursive logical thinking, that isthe Christianity. This tendency  means that meditation
based on singling out distinctive features, onis  the unity  of  two  personalities — a
conceptualization of things   and phenomena of thehuman one  and a divine personality.
reality, which indeed are free from this all.Nowadays the science of meditation has seen a
“Darken” consciousness sees the world as splittremendous growth. In 20th century a lot of methods
one, divided  into individual features and shapes, thatof meditation were worked  out. Many science 
are covered with  name labels, taking all this as aschool devoted their  work to this question.
genuine reality. But shastra says that all states, things,Methods of meditation have already exceed the
events are devoided of all form of description,bounds of religious and mysterious sphere.  Now they
definition, of all form of conceptualization.are widely used in psychology,  they are used as a
Shastra says that to achieve “enlightenment”system of psychophysical training.