What
is Death meditation ?
Here is what you have to do exactly in this meditation technique : There are two steps of this technique:
(1) First you will relax yourself completely.
(2) You'll imagine (visualize step by step ) that you are dying. And this very process will take you to the witness - the self within you.
This technique is a very powerful technique. That is why I am explaining everything in such a detail. You are requested to read and understand everything carefully before trying this technique.
Please note the following
important things before trying this technique
Timing:
The best time for this technique is early morning or at late evening. If done early morning it'll help insure a good serene day and a late evening session will be a good preamble to a restful night's sleep. This technique is extremely beneficial for working people, students and all those having a predominantly mental /sedentary occupation. This meditation technique will rejuvenates you and restore all your lost mental and physical energy like a magic !
Duration:
The death meditation technique will not take more than half an hour. Once you start doing it, you will realize that an investment of 30 minutes on this meditation technique is one of the most valuable investment of time you can ever make. The benefit of this 30 minute technique will amaze you.
Place:
The ideal condition is that you should meditate in a separate closed room where you are alone. Please make sure that no one disturbed you while you meditate. Ask your family members (or your friends if living in a Hostel) not to disturb you during your meditation session. You need a silent environment for this meditation so as not to be distracted. Try to minimize every type of sound in the room. Switched off mobile phone, radio and television etc. It may sounds like stretching the point too much but please switched off your wall clock also. The ticking of a clock is also very disturbing. The best position for death meditation is
Shavasana ( a yogic posture also known as the corpse pose ) and the best place is floor. If it is not possible to meditate on floor, then choose a hard bed preferably one with a wooden board. Please do not meditate on a soft bed. You will not be able to relax on it completely . Moreover it'll lull you to sleep which is not your aim.
( If for some reasons it is not possible for you to find a separate room , then identify a corner in any room and meditate there. Make all efforts to ensure that nobody disturb you while you mediate
there. )
Clothes: Your clothes should be comfortable. In fact the less you have on the better. Make sure you are not annoyed by a tight belt, a stiff collar, a girdle, a brassiere or anything that might make you unduly conscious of being physically confined. On the other hand you must not feel cold. If the room is cold, make it warm by heating. It is impossible to meditate properly while chilly.
Now let me take you
into the depth of this amazing meditation:
