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  • INTRODUCTION >

    • Breathe and relax
    • Three deep breaths
    • Progressive muscle relaxation
    • Relaxing
    • How to meditate with open eyes
    • Space for quietness
    • Observing your thoughts
    • Detached Observer
    • Sitting under a tree
    • The Candle

  • MEDITATION & SOUL AWARENESS >

    • Who am I?
    • The physical and non-physical you
    • The soul
    • Form of the soul
    • Where is the soul?
    • Soul awareness
    • The qualities of the soul
    • Meditate on a virtue
    • Patience
    • Different types of thought
    • Music to guide yourself - soul awareness

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  • INTRODUCTION

  • MEDITATION & SOUL AWARENESS

  • ENERGISING THE SOUL

  • MEDITATION & SELF RESPECT

  • MORE ABOUT MEDITATION

  • EIGHT POWERS OF THE SOUL

  • LIFESTYLE

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  • General FAQs
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INTRODUCTION

Open-eyed meditation

Leaving your eyes open in meditation helps focus and concentration. Closing your eyes signals your body to go to sleep and triggers your mind to lose awareness, which is counter-productive to your meditation.

Experiment with open-eyed meditation. Gradually, you will get used to leaving your eyes open or half-open in meditation.

Open-eyed meditation lets you access a meditative state of mind, even when you are not sitting down. Instead of feeling that your meditative state is available only when you have stepped away from all responsibilities and closed your eyes, you will be able to bring the clarity and power of meditation into daily activity. You will integrate peace, tranquillity and strength into your busy life.

Consider how this method works. Think of a time when you daydreamed. Your eyes were open, but you were totally absorbed in other thoughts. So when you practise open-eyed meditation, your eyes focus on the task in front of you, but your mind is engaged in inner experience. You may be making a meal, but your mind stays peaceful.