It is one of the best decisions to make when you decide to take time out for yourself and meditate. It sounds easy, how hard could it be to sit and be silent?
While it may be easy for some, others may find it difficult to slow their minds down enough and hear absolutely nothing. The world is a very busy place and as I have written before in a post here on Embracing Spirituality, it is naturally chaotic. We are just too busy! Many people live in countries where there is war, how do they cope? Others live in countries where the economic conditions is so bad, they pray everyday for a solution, if only to help their children survive.
Your bills, children, family, your job and all the woes of life and just trying to survive often times does not allow most people to enjoy their lives. Unfortunately, some people believe that in order to enjoy life you have to party, have money, go on luxurious vacations and then some. It is important for us to know ourselves, there are so many possibilities within us, if we slow down enough to know ourselves, tap into our consciousness, be one with the universe and allow ourselves to listen, be silent and listen. To be able to handle life and all within we have to settle our minds, find time for ourselves (me time), and all this points to meditation.
Meditation is practiced all over the world. It is associated with many religions and traditional practices. A person does not have to belong to a particular religion or beholden to any faith in order to practice meditation. The hardest thing in meditation is to find the time to do so. When the time is found the second hardest thing is to quiet the mind enough to find solace. It is possible to be happy in a chaotic world. It is possible to be able to handle six children on a shoestring budget and still not end up in a psyche ward.
It is possible to deal with the stress of family which you cannot escape physically but through meditation, the boss at work becomes no problem to you once you begin to meditate and find your peace. Her problems which she brings to work to throw on everyone cannot affect you, your peace which you have found within yourself through meditation, resonates outward for all to see and the bullies of life will let you be! All things are possible through the power of the mind especially when you align yourself with its consciousness and this is done through meditation.
Find a quiet place in your home or even at work and allow yourself to enter that space, where there exist no one in the world but you. Let’s begin with home. If you have a family and it is difficult for you to have quiet time in your home then set your alarm to wake you up in the early morning when all are asleep. Find your space and this should be a place that you will continually go for mediation. Now here is how to begin…
What You Will Need:
- Nice clean mat or fluffy cushion
- A notebook, pen or pencil (this is for any messages you might receive)
- A clear glass of water
- A white unscented candle (Scented candles can be a distraction)
- Calming music or anything that mimics the sounds of nature (I strongly recommend meditating with music but it is optional and you do not have to)
- White clothing (Recommended but optional)
Time to Begin…
Sit on your mat or cushion, light your candle, have your water ready, along with your lit candle. Set aside your notebook and pencil to take notes if necessary, after you have finish meditating, never during, and if you will be using music turn it on low. Sit in a position that is comfortable for you, not everyone is comfortable sitting cross legged. Make yourself as comfortable as you can.
Now, close your eyes and have both palms opened and upward as if getting ready to receive something, both hands should be resting on your thighs. With the music playing softly in the background, listen to it.
As you listen to the music with your eyes close, I want you to imagine yourself on top of a very high mountain. The mountain is so high it almost touches the sky. There is a huge boulder on the mountain which you have to push over the edge. Visualize yourself pushing the boulder. If while visualizing yourself pushing the boulder, it falls over the edge of the mountain then you will find yourself soaring, almost flying in the air.
Keep your minds eye on you and see where you go. If you find it difficult to push the boulder over the edge of the mountain, keep trying. If it is still difficult and you find that you cannot do it, then your mind has not settled enough or you are not fully relaxed. You will have to keep trying daily until you can push the bolder over. For some it will be easy, for others at first it will be difficult but you will get there. I recommend using music while meditating because it helps to distract the mind from its natural interference’s.
It calms you as you enter a world which exists in your consciousness that you have never been to before. This form of meditation will also develop you psychically and you ought to record each experience in the notebook specifically for this purpose. Once you have began this journey which will release you from the bondage and restraints of the physical world. You will look forward to this quiet time everyday as you progress.
Good luck!
Obara Meji
All Religion are valid if it teaches peace and love, Obara Meji!
Ẹni tó bá fẹ́ fò gbọ́dọ̀ kọ́kọ́ sáré /
Whoever wants to fly, must first run.Yoruba Proverb!
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Thanks so much
Hi Prosperity, Obara has a blog post on this site that tells you how to properly set up your altar. Just do a search. If you follow the steps you won’t be inviting malevolent spirits into your home. Obara can correct me if I’m mistaken, but it can be elaborate or as basic as you want (it’s up to you). Even just choosing a small area in your home that is clean and private (where you can sit and meditate, preferably not the bedroom) is fine. Just put down a white cloth on a table with a white candle and… Read more »
Good evening all. Hello Obara hope all is well. I have a question but all are welcome to respond. I probed my mother and got the name of my great grand parents and grand mother. I did know my grandmother, she passed away when I was 10 and I only know her as mama. Anyway I wanted to set up an ancestral altar, but throughout my research I have found that if you are not consistent with showing honour, the spirits will begin to feel annoyed and create havoc in your home. Or you could call malevolent spirits in your… Read more »
Prosperity,
Thanks for this wonderful testimony. Our guides and ancestors are always there around you to help you once you let them into your life. Always acknowledge and thank them.
It’s funny because whenever I am talking to my ancestors, orishas, and guides they always turn my head to the left also (without any effort from me). I wonder what that means.
Good evening all. I thought I should share my experience on meditating today. I was feeling a bit anxious as I have assignments to complete and it’s my final year of my degree programme. I’m also facing major financial obstacles and I was just feeling very low. I decided to run a bath and in the meantime I felt that I should find some kind of Asian mantra to calm my self down. I found one and decided to turn the taps off a little bit as to allow less water to fill the bath. I ft I should meditate… Read more »
Thank you Obara. This was very helpful I will have to email it to myself for future reference.
You’re welcome my darling
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Nuh sey a werd. Tell mummy, big up an nuff respect!!!
Ty my clothes fi lata sort out…Yu dun yu homework yet? Teacher a watch wi enno. U neva hear har unda sikes ysday sey peepers dem submit already.
Nunu how mummy? Can wait fi hear how mummy bazzle out last night. Sending some love and hugs.
Morning everyone! MTH,Mommy good man, shi ready fi tonight, a button down white shirt deh wear tonight! Mi wash mi ganzy hang it pon fence fi dry by tinite. Yazzy a wha wha kinda travel arrangement yuh deh chat bout,lol mi deh go pon di same craft wha all a unoo deh go pon the Meji Express!
Lolololol. Nunu da bottom down deh sound so borrow-able lololol. Yuh see unu!!…
Shawn thank you for your post. I now more than ever feel that I’m in the presence of greatness.
Ty, Ty, Ty I was going to mention that today being Friday 13th and full moon was remarkable. We travelling tonight so that’s an awesome thought to carry me through the day.
Mth, I am sooo excited…mi all dress inna full white today to…mi a start di ting early…
Good Morning everyone. Shawny your comment was lovely. Kay darling, how u doing? Ty & M, I totally forgot about today being Fri 13th. Crap. Lol.
I can’t wait for the travel and mi wah hear ’bout Nunu family travel arrangements 😀 Have a great day all my sweeties. Mommy O, hope you are in the best of health today. You’re always in my thoughts.
Good morning everyone…praises to the most high who is always providing for us…honors to our wonderful ancestors…
I think today will be an auspicious day, it is Friday the 13th and a full moon…
Me too KayM, when I first began, but I realize that the music erases that because you become absorbed within the music, thanks for the comment Kay
Wow. You make it sound like such a breeze! I’ve tried meditation twice before and failed miserably. I sat cross legged on a mat (in “silence” unfortunately) and my mind raced. I tried to clear my mind but when ever I try to make myself do one thing, my mind makes sure it does the opposite. I tell myself “Don’t think” and immediately I’m thinking. I thought of everything possible. Maybe I’m stressed and unaware of it? Or just have problems concentrating or both. But I will try the method you suggested and hope all goes well this time.
You are most welcome NuNu.
Meditation is a wonderful way to achieve the clarity we seek. There is a learning curve for most of us to be able to find the stillness and discipline to calm what is known as the “monkey mind.” If one were to observe a monkey one would see that they are busy bodies that are all over the place. The monkey mind is nothing more than a mind with various and sundry racing thoughts,which cause one to experience restlessness, sleep deprivation, and the inability to focus ,in addition to a myriad of other symptoms. Obara has done a great job… Read more »
Beautifully stated Shawnyrob, Thank you!
I love the calming of waves Shawnyrob, beautiful, absolutely love it thank you, what you have outlined here along with what I have posted is crucial for all and sundry to utilize, why? It is to exercise the mind. Imagine the waves in its most raging stage as you suggested, it is not an easy task to achieve, just as trying to imagine yourself pushing a huge boulder off an an extremely high mountain, even though it is mental it really is not as easy as it sounds, but again to do so is to stretch the limitations of our… Read more »
Thank you Shawn for sharing your techniques…I am practicing daily and will also try your technique…
Hey Shawny1rob, after reading todays post on prayer, I came back to your post on the comparison of prayer and meditation…And it summed it up for me so well… I made a note of your last line in my notes as a direct quote from you…Thank you so much for sharing
Night night night…have wonderful dreams…
Oonuh seeing mi comments dem
Which comment did I miss about Nunu mommy?
You too Ty!
She’s at work Obara,but mi give her the run down in the evenings about what we’re doing
No! NuNu…mums is “AWE INSPIRING!”. Many of us may have bible thumping parents who will accept no other way. Worst are the ones who don’t even go church but spew verses any way and hold up a cross and stake like you are a vampire…lol.
My Mum would say “me business wid you?”…lol Your mum “actually business wid you”.
Dements, lol cami
Grung Cami, lol and yuh know mi agu gwan fret fi chutr
So true Cami…we love mommy and her support…
Thank you Cami and Ty mi proud of her yuh si, cause I have family members that will listen to some of the things wi learn here but they’re skeptical about certain things. But the mumzy shi eva deh fass and want to take part in the exercises. Yesterday mawning mi si fruit plate set out fi ancestors mi nuh seh a word
Be back…in a bit. Obara, have you slept? I need you healthy fi many reasons and you know stories are primary because they are my new addiction…lol
Awwwww Cami ! Fi real!!!! Thank you so much andi nuh confident inna writing enuh, everyday when mi fi write mi fret
Why mummy not blogging wide we
Gwan fret…it make you write very good stories…lol Imagine if yu nah fret-yu turn out movies!
Ok Cami
I need to resurrect my celtic cds so i can meditate.
I think Friday is still on Cami, for the tea exercise, not even know what to call it, aren’t u joining us??
Not this time NuNU. I did it the other day (fell asleep around 6am..lol). Obara will do a post on the reason one day…lol. I swear if is how fi cook an egg me want obara story it out…lol her stories are awesome.
I am recovering cami
Finished my summary! Yay! Goodnight to all who going off to bed
NuNu yu finish helping mum get pretty fi bed? I’ll journey along next month, by then I’ll do a relaxer so me pretty like yu mums fi me trip.
A fi unoo fault mek shi tell mi seh mi deh tun har eena poppyshow!!! Lol
No man, mama Nunu, a pure love…we love you bad…lol
Big up Nunu madda, the real bashment, eva prappa lady roun ere. A you sey curl yu hair an tie fi guh a guh bed. A yu sey guh a yu bed inna fine style. A yu sey press out yu white close..A me and yu sey where wey wi have, a we sey wear wi beach clothes cause blessings naah pass wi.
Grung
Those are good too cami
LOL!!!!
Respect to Obara likkle daughta wey build this site from scratch. Mek wi gi har a big clap…Likkle daughta big up yuself…mi battery out fi dead. Suh gentle folks ef unno nuh hear fram mi, inna di lights…
Sweet dream Mth…
Two lick offa de vane when yuh ketch ah school ah awning MTH yuh too bad. An mi nah laugh, rude ei si
Yes, MTH. Little one thank you, now I can read ALL your mumm’s stories in a orderly manner.
Thanks guys. So grateful for the space to vent and be loved.
We love you…you are teaching us all…
Gn O i was on di rd, just saw ur msg. nunu i did think mine was too long also. Send it amyway just might help sum body.
Wow mth ur dreams are ringiing true. Yu seem to be reaching high levels a spirituality. Yu are seeing before it happens. Excel mi sista!!!
Guys, let me share this with you…Obara, taught us about setting water under your bed to have clear dreams and to remember your dreams. I have religiously done it since I’ve been taught. After my dream Sunday morning I decided that I would stop because that dream was very frightful. Tuesday night, when we travelled out I didn’t see and ‘sights’, neither did I have any projection. I however, I felt a very peaceful feeling and I had a very peaceful sleep. I dreamt about the stairs which I shared. I also dreamt about a death that they were trying… Read more »
Mth, a big hug to you…
I am glad your daughter is ok…God is good…
My condolences to you and your friend …
She is an initiates priestess mi love of osun like me lickle and trong! These tea experiences we will do once per month let me organize my head, MTH it brought you some where and as fi de katel dream! Well see how important it is to embrace your spirituality
Dats right mi frien’!
Mi just see di comment tracker on right …I like, I like, I like…
Hailments sir!
That’s why I said MTH that the tea thing was more than dream you all had revelations
Arite maam, mi gone finish
Nunu guh back guh finish the summary
Mi Lilly fatwa mi live, ah she build de site from scratch
Tell her we love it and thanks a bunch…
Ok thank you Ty, so do you get visions in the water? Before I forget shoob yuh mout roun’ di corna and give Mr.YW a yail up for mi
Lol…him seh hail family…
Hello ppl unno assignment dun?! as teach leff class unno galang bawd bad dwl
Kia, Mine did too long but Obara said I still should send it so mi go fix it up. A di one Yazzy and MTH misbehave this mawning,lol
Obara did you get my summary? I didn’t quite finish it because it was getting too long
Shout him out deh from la professora
Him seh big up Teach…
Obara thank you so much for the meditation blog, this is my goal and I know that I need this for continual spiritual growth…thank you so much… Hugs and kisses..
Ty wi can hear bout the water meditation mumzy
No prob… I basically did what Obara had said on the water blog…I have young kids so I get up early in the morning, wash face, brush teeth…then I light a white tea light candle, I get a clear glass with fresh water…. I pray and thank my ancestors…then I say a psalm and take 3 deep breaths…I then stare in the glass of water as Obara had said…I do that for about 10 minutes daily as Obara stated… I love it, and look forward to doing it everyday… It centers me and keeps me focus throughout the day…plus that… Read more »
Nunu guh finish it, I got it but since you nuh done let me wait for you to resend it peppers have began even to send theirs in, it can never be too long Nunu
Ok thanks Obara
Glad you feeling better teach…sending more light, love, and healing…
And it nuh done enuh Ty, ah choo mi Neva feel well but I think you pass de boulder stage
Hey guys I am beginning to feel way better, thanks for the prayers
I accept Ty thanks
Obara wey yu sey *hat gal, a gal, sweet like a honey, X to di 5 yu nuh walk inna crepe… Yazzy, yu turble bout nuhmek yu spit dry, my madda used to duh wi sey dat to wi when wi was chilvern. Memba mi told yu, wi guh back wey shi spit an spit back deh suh cause wi nah tek nuh beeting.
M, ‘tap it nah!! It nuh right. Unuh pass mawd!! Mi tripe a twist up… mi baggy nearly piss up. Unuh turble turble baaaddddd!
Mi gon’ finish mi likkle summary guys. Soon come, yuh hear.
MTH, hot girl nuh wear crepe, low mi yuh ear
Yazzy ah cyaa me yuh ah stop wid bout knee knock! Bend foot roun here
😀 😀 😀 a gwine dead in ya!!! Easy nuh man Mommy O! Mek ya show off pan wi suh?? all who nuh have up bow leg ya now a bat! Afta yuh nuh more Dan me and fimi chicken foot dem. A wah dis fada?? 😀 😀
Missed you too Ty, ah wha funny, so far I have gotten four summaries keep them coming
MTH, y yuh cyaa behave, Impasta rasta??? Really?, lmaooooooooooooo
Yes man, mi feel beta but de eye swollen big like mike Tyson tek out him problem dem pan mi
Yayyyyyyy!! Mi feel yuh energy. Walk out my girl walk ooooouuutttt!!!!! Quint yuh yeye if a fi yuh…. raaeeeee. All yuh do mommy O, wen video light a come jus draw fi yuh shadez…. raaeeeee … grung. Mi not lookin’
Later, I’m stepping out for a while
Lata Nunu. Nuh mek wi spit dry and yuh nuh reach back eenuh
Mi hope Obara alright, shi must be resting now
Yazzy yu bwally bwally too much. *Mi feel sey a true yu waan Bab Mawley visit yu, yu sey bwal. Mine yu get an impasta rasta…
Lol nuh chue! Yazzy gone meditate
Woooooiiieeeeee, wi mussi a run yeye wata contest!! Causen seeehhh, yuh wudda beat mi!! A Nunu fi tell yuh. Chuss mi, yuh si if Bobby cummmm….. him naaaaah leff! 😀 😀 😀
M, guh bax out likkle summary nuh. Mi nah mek yuh distract mi.. mi a guh finish mi assignment. You galang wid yuh bad self
Ty lend mi yu socks and mi can bar-ro Yazzy trackers if Nunu crepe dirty. Yep, a me sey guh haad an dun. Mi wudda pay good-good money fi si Teacha inna fi har crepe and socks…
LOLOLOL!!!! NO SAH!!!! MI CYAAN TEK IT!!!!! LOLOL. yuh know mek mi go dun mi assignment before yuh kill mi off, M
Nunu, nuh mek mi leggo mi makit woman vugla laugh inna di ppl dem stoosh stablishment.
Lolol yuh tan deh!!!!
Unuh rhatid cup mawd 😀
Yazzy, unno tink mi nuh know wey mi dey sey…Mekmi run da one yah quick & fast…Dem bwoy inna mi office guh fi a TV, TV big lacka wah…I know dats when match start 3 pm mi naah guh can can-sen-trate. Suh mi plan fi bax out the summary during mi lunch time….Memba,mi nuh gane nuh wey, dey han pan di gully side… Nunu memba mi told yu mi search out mi place cauzen sey mi bun mi likkle sulpha dis mawning. Mi fine bout 6 more ganzie, but dem all manna a logo, breast cancer walk, diss yah walk,… Read more »
Lol, tek time wid mi!!!! Mi seh investment haffi go mek inna di white clothes arena causen……
**hand pan head** dis nuh right. Mi nah Laffy M.
Grung…
Lawd mi miss you all today…
Mi pray fi work pick up and that it did…can’ t complain but miss you all…
Love and light
Nunu nuh badda copy man. Juss write wey come to mine. *Nunu last night in dress up inna mi white shorts skirt and mi white ganzie, mi sey yes mi look like mi deyguh play tennis’. Hear mi nuh Nunu madda mussi hat like a fire side to cause mi know shi naah joke wid har fashan.
Mi seh, di one ganzy mi got mi tek it fi go wash cause mi deh beat it too often and mi need it fi wi tea ting tomorrow night. Mi seh di pleat pants wha mi madda wear shi shake out it an hang it up fi next session yah, mi want know how smaddy fi sleep enna pleat it nah go mash up. But di wardrobe want fi buil’ still cause a one soso white shawks mi got but mi nah wear it till wo official meetin’ time wid wi guardian dem cause mi want fi look decent… Read more »
Mi nah look pan NuNu and MTH eenuh. Fi unuh fashion sense is too hot fi mi. Lolololll. Da pleat pantz dere weh yuh mom a shake out ago mad wid har cuz it sound too cute fi a judge inna yaad.
Nu tru? Nodadi cah walk inna Nunu madda shoes. Lol
Mi seh shi a one pieca stushness den dawling shi all curl di hair an tie it cause Obara people dem nah come ketch har look certain way!! Yuh tan deh yuh tink mi people dem easy! Mi not even go start pon di bredda him
Suh M a tennis go play last night! Lol, yuh haffi go borrow Ty white bobbi sacks wha shi wear di odda night fi complete di outfit!
Nunu, try nuh staaaaat pan him….. YET!! lmaoo.
MTH, cock-up is a ten… if yuh nuh nuh pleat den check Nunu Mada caz yuh look caah complete widout e.
Wad up people? Juss a mi tink nuh body nuh deh bout an mi tun mi back, di whole a unno log on. Nunu whenmi read di greetings mi when a wanda if a Yazzy… Midey home last night an back out mi fowla wey mi have all mi notes inna, could I write a line. Bare bawling.Mi a juss did a sey God God eeh…Last year dem time yah, mi life did rough like sand pappa. About March-April suh, mi find this blog an memba mi told yu, mi sekkle down in mi spirits, mi learn nuff and have… Read more »
M, as mi read dis mi yeye full up a wata cawhz a c-rus sinting mi gyal. My sis (Cas) and I just de ya a discuss se ova yasso more spiritual and fam’ oriented than even when mi guh a chuch! (Church)
Mi happy yuh feel dem ways de too and we here will certainly continue to lift u up mi hottaz.
What a gyal fi bawl!! Yazz a whe yuh come from star!!! Lol
M, mi write done aready mi juss haffi reread and mek carrection mi hope mi nuh chat off unoo aise eena mi summary and it nuh tin epistle cause mi learn suh much since mi come here
I want to hear how Ty duh her water meditation
No please send it to my email or there USA place on the site where it says contact obara you can put it there
Ok thanks
I’ll do the same mumz. How yuh feeling now?? Did you rest?
MI shade on Yazzy mi nah look
Watch da goodaz de a walk out Inna har shadezzzzz!!!! Raaaeeee!!!! Knee knock but yuh crepe a seh oneeee!!!!! Raaaeeeeee. A weak in ya.
I’ve never attempted a meditation session before cuz jus like MI boo Sa-fo, fimi mind always a run a maratan (marathon) suh mi nuh know… but mi a prep it (mi mind) ya now fi guh meditate in an hr.
Tell wi how it go when you get through
Sure Nunu.
Hey Toy, M, Yazz, Safo, Cas, Kia and di peepas afternoon lovelies! Mi deh send out greetings like Yazzy yesterday
Lmaooo Nunu, yuh tink yuh easy! What’s poppin’?? How yuh summary coming along Chica?
Mi done di rough draft, what wi should do type in the comment section tonight?
Nunu, I think that’s what Mommy O had originally said bit I’m not sure if changes were made. We can page wi head prefect, hottaz M, fi confirm, as Mommy O aint so well ya now
I hope you feel better soon Obara. I am getting ready to have my assignment turned in tonight. Morning everyone, I am always behind on time. Everyone join your day!
Hey Toy hunny. Have a blessed day as well.
Where is every one?
Mi present M. Mi wah try start wuk pan mi summary soon. Bet u finish yours already. I think everyone will gather shortly but their presence is missing yes
Teach is it good/recommended that you do meditation while you are fasting.
Yes very good
In here trying to eexover
Good day everyone,
My mind runs a mile a nanosecond. To meditate without thinking about anything is the hardest thing for me to do. Nothing tops it.blessings to all
Obara ***you are healed.
TTYL
Good day everyone,
My mind runs a mile a nanosecond. To meditate without thinking about anything is the hardest thing for me to do. Nothing tops it.blessings to all
Obama you are healed.
TTYL
Good morning my family! Thanks fi write the post Obara even though yuh not feeling well. I’ll send up a word for you
Teach, I hope you get better soon. As it relates to candle…any white candle will do or is there one more recommended than others….
Teach last night I went to bed in full white and I dreamt that I was a teacher…
Any white candle MTH , you are a teacher
of course always always include yu n di spirituality gang ina my prayers. really hope u feel better. hate wen di allergies bother me isi grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
No problem good morning Obara just dun re-read the post pon spiritual guides. trying to figure out what to write fi wi assignment tru mi learn so much IDK whey fi stawt LOL
Good morning, I am not feeling good at all, stomach gas troubles, plus mi eyes dem swell up like mi did couple rounds in The ring, dem puffy and can barely open up, allergies, I feel so miserable. If the post have in more that usual errors please forgive mi, I could hardly manage to type this morning, and I meant to put more info but mi Duden manage, I need your prayers please
Good morning Obara meji …Get well mummy Obara,sad to hear that you aren’t feeling good today…. Going to say a prayer now. Thank you!!! for that read going to try it today.
Mommy O, di allergies a bada yuh again?? Bwouy mi love, yuh affi guh tek something. It sound bad man. Mi sense yuh energy down. Kneeville lata fi yuh caz we need you eenuh so we gonna send powerful love, light and strength your way. You will be lifted up.
Thanks for still pushing thru to write the post. A you seh di show mus go on. We adore you!