Natural Meditation

We help you to find the type of meditation that is natural for you.

It may come as a surprise to learn that, regardless of what you want from meditation, authentic meditation has its own aim.

Meditation ultimately takes you to a special state in which the life energy (prana) becomes concentrated in one place (dharana). When it remains there long enough, you naturally and spontaneously shift into a meditative state (dhyana). When in the meditative state the mind comes to rest with full equanimity, union with the Divine is experienced (samadhi, or yoga ).

Through the practice of meditation, you provide yourself with the opportunity for this experience to present itself. Through this process, opportunities for reaping other benefits unfold naturally along the way.

Meditation is NATURAL to Everyone

The Benefits of Meditation
From How to Meditate Successfully, Durga Ma, ©1994

When the form of meditation practiced corresponds to the nature of the individual, meditation comes easily and produces beneficial results.

Meditation can be used for practical purposes, such as focusing your attention or calming yourself in an instant. When you are becoming agitated in a difficult situation, a few moments of meditation can put you at ease and help you to regain your equilibrium.

Meditation can also take you to amazingly deep levels of relaxation. It can quiet your mind, improve your concentration and help you achieve your goals. You can even learn to control pain, blood pressure, heartbeat, or the flow of blood from a wound. Through the process of meditation, the natural healing power of the body can be freed to do its job . . . meditation can help you reach undreamed of depths of inner experience and union with the Divine (whatever your word is for that). You won't find a more far reaching, more efficient, more pleasant means for a general overhaul in your life. All you have to do is do it.

Meditating Naturally

All forms of meditation fall into one of these two categories:
Technique and Non-Technique

It is the nature of the mind to find meditation complicated and difficult to practice, but by understanding how it works, not only does it become easier to practice, it becomes apparent that meditation is natural. Meditation comes easily when you know what type of meditation to practice. We help you to find the meditation that is natural for you.

Technique Meditation

When you use your will to do a something a certain way in order to get a certain result, you are using a technique. There is always a reason, a desire, behind the use of the will, whether within the context of meditation or in everyday life. If you have certain results you want from meditation in order to realize certain desires, technique-based meditation is the best approach for you.

If you continue to meditate, over time you may discover that meditation seems to have served its purpose, fulfilled its usefulness. If you still find that you are drawn to meditation but are no longer finding satisfaction with the results, you may want to consider looking into a non-technique based meditation.

Non Technique Meditation

Because there is an abundance of meditation techniques readily available today, we are pleased to offer an ancient form of meditation that unfolds naturally and spontaneously on its own without the use of techniques. This type of meditation is not generally known or available, and is traditionally passed on from a teacher to only a few long-term students.

Non Technique Meditation is introduced in a modified form in the Technique & Non Technique Meditation (TNT) seminar. Although this type of meditation is not for everyone, it is freeing and empowering to know all your options. Technique & Non Technique Meditation seminars include an exploration of this less common but very effective meditation.

Empowerment Meditation

Empowerment Meditation was developed by Durga Ma for the purpose of helping students determine for themselves, the type of meditation most natural to each individual.

Empowerment Meditation utilizes the two types of meditation mentioned above along with the application of the personal power of each individual. This practice causes one's own inherent power to become more apparent and makes it easier to access, not only in meditation, but in everyday life. Some students decide to use Empowerment Meditation as their meditation of choice.

Surrender Meditation

Shaktipat Intensives are recommended for persons who wish to take the next step in Non Technique Meditation. In depth information and initiation into the full form of Non-Technique Meditation (Surrender Meditation) is available at Shaktipat Intensives.