If you are planning to try Vipassana meditation – the main meditation of Buddhist tradition – and finding it difficult how to start then the following information can be immensely beneficial for you.
Vipassana Meditation which is a hugely popular meditation techniques of the world basically consist of a process which leads to an inward journey towards mental peace and freedom. It consists of observing our body, our mind and finally our emotions and taking this observation to such perfection so that it can reveal our nature to us.
Observation of body consist of a silent observation of our bodily movement which is primarily a observation of what is happening in our body as we live our day to day life. It mainly consist of concentrating on our breathing process as it goes inside and outside of our body. It is a well established notion in spiritual world that our breath is the link between our physical and spiritual body and a close observation of our breathing process can lead to the entire awareness of our spiritual body.
The next step is observation of thoughts. After you become adapt in observing your breath, the next step s the observation of thoughts. Slowly as we observe our thought like a mute witness, we can notice that the monkey like mind is slowly coming in our control and a relentless process of ever emerging thoughts is subsiding slowly.
The final step is the observation of our emotions. After getting our body and mind in control, the next logical step is the observation of emotions. At any given time a number of emotions keeps arising in our body: the emotions of fear, anger, lust, hunger, love, pain and compassion are few main emotions which dominates our personality. As you observe these emotions while they arise in your body, you will instantly recognize that you are different from these emotions.
Indeed your identity is separable from your body, thoughts and emotions. Vipassana meditation is a highly effective technique to gain control over our body, mind and emotions and attaining a peaceful existence.
By following the above mentioned three steps of observing your body, mind and emotions, you can easily masters the art of Vipassana meditation.
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