Practical Problems Arising from Meditation

Practical Problems Arising from Meditation
(Chakras Activation) and "soul/demon/ghost possessions/ disturbances"


Meditation is largely an uncharted pilgrimage into the sanctuary of our inner self (mind). Each individual is similar yet not the same. The complexities of each individual is the sum total of all experiences and emotions (whether past or present) becoming who she/he is today. Thousands of masters /gurus/sifus/ practitioners have experienced and expounded the benefits of meditations. Books written by great masters of the past and present are in demand. Yet there are lots of untold miseries from practitioners of meditation. Some masters/ instructors does not even know what to do.

In the ancient Chinese martial arts, many masters goes into seclusion (for months to years) to train to reach a higher level. These training involved lots of meditations and training with energies. Some will start to hallucinate and lost control of themselves. The Chinese call this "Zhou For Ru Mo" (Movement of Fire Enter Demon). What we are concerned is the inability to control the fire (energy) and the mind goes wild (enter the demonic energies).  Basing on my experience of having headache, fever, nose bleeding with the energies spiraling and stuck in the head. It was a living hell. There were lots of stresses, energies and pressures spiraling out of control from within and without. At times it is like the head was going to burst. At times the energies is like a knife piercing into the core of my mind. All I can do was to pretend nothing happened. People can easily lose their sanity if not  treaded with utmost care and caution. I had regretted learning meditation out of curiosity.  With the arousing of the serpent from its slumber at the base of the spine, the energies started spiraling out of control upward rapidly  toward the head. It is no longer the subtle energy that most people felt. Once activated the chakra can never revert to the original inactivated state. It is like a virgin after losing her virginity. There is no turning back.  What is done is a reality and cannot be undone. For your own sanity sake you must accept them as part of you.

The aim of this article is to discuss and reveal the practical problems arising from meditation and the remedies available.
Here I am not interested in the physical problems arising from meditations such as back pain, blockages at the limbs and etc. These can be quite easily treated with acupressure therapy. I am thinking about those who inadvertently  activated their chakras and are actually victims of circumstances or their own follies (curiosity?). Many people try to do meditation on their own by reading books or learning from a visiting master. After that they do not have anyone guiding them. Many people are curious about meditation. Many masters talk about the benefits of meditations but hardly anyone talk about the danger lurking around the corners. Be sensible, chakra meditation is not for everyone. Most people do not have the patience to sit still and focus on your life force. Beside that you must also endure the numbness at your legs when you sit cross legged in a lotus or half lotus position for hours.

When I was around 29 years old, I was curious to find out about the third eye. Before long I enrolled for a mind control course. Everyone talk about positive thinking and the mind. So I try to delve deeper into meditation and before long I joined Simplified Kundalini Yoga (SKY) in 1986. From the day I was initiated by the late Swami Maharishi (the founder of SKY), my forehead bore a marking like it has been branded. Some people might inadvertently activate the chakra by themselves. In most people it is just a round indentation at the middle of the forehead (between the eyebrows and the mid forehead-refer to photo below). Some people might have special markings like an eye or a person in meditation. Except during my sleep, it has been vibrating ever since. The energies from my 3rd eyes chakra to my crown chakra has never cease spinning ever since it has been activated. There is no way anyone can reverse it. At times I had really wished I had never learned meditation and be normal again. I had nose bleeding , fever, migraine and a host of other ailments. I try to take some bitter Chinese herbal drinks ( wong lo kat) and young coconuts water frequently to reduce the pressure in my head.  When I complained to my master, he asked me to do Shanti Yoga and did some acupressure at my fingers which did brought only some temporary relief. Nothing really help. Shanti Yoga (tries to direct the energy down to the base of the spine) to control the excessive energies but it doesn't really help. It might be possible I might be one of the few who get severely affected by it. This coupled with stress from working almost drove me crazy. Later I joined a temple to learn more about the paranormal and chanting. There I was more able to control the energies after several years.

The 3rd eye is the vortex between the eyebrows and the forehead. The lighter color area at the centre of the forehead is surrounded by a darker color ring.  The area is usually darker and the indentation marking deeper for those having inadvertently activated the 3rd eye chakra.. This is a sign that tell of your inability to control the energies. Many will also have dark rings around their eyes indicating exhaustion due to a lack of rest. My indentation is lighter in color as it is under control. 


If you talk to the doctors about such things, they might recommend you to a psychologist. The psychologist would probably give you some pills to control your "over active mind" (hallucinations /imaginations). They can also give some aspirin or panaldo to reduce your headache and etc. If you tell your friend or relative, they will think you get demonic possession. Some people believe there is  evil spirit trying to disturb them. Some people will take advantage of you by recommending all kind of expensive things to wear like talisman and etc. They are others who claim they can help you overcome your problem for a big payout. They claim they have to perform certain rituals on your behalf for a continuous 49 days to appease the spirits. The cost of the ritual include joss stick , paper money, offerings to appease the spirits and etc. They would claim they are doing everything out of compassion as priests/monks. The money is for the temple to buy the ritual items.  There are lots of parasites taking advantage of the helpless. People would think you are crazy. Some of your friends might even try to avoid you fearing the "spirit" might disturb them too.

Previously, if anyone mention demonic/spiritual possession, I would tell them I am not a ghost buster or an exorcist.  Even though, I was a disciple of a temple for several years, I have no ability in dealing with the unknown. I would had actually ask these people to seek help from the Chief Priests/Monks. Recently, someone brought a young woman who claim she got disturbed by another entity/soul. Everything seem so hopeless for her as she seek to overcome her problems. She even stop working as she was physically and mentally exhausted. She told me she had lost hope of life and need help fast. When I went over to her house to treat her. I noticed her forehead was grayish and clearly indented at the center of the forehead. The marking were similar to mine (see photo above). Her third eye area was darker, grayish and more indented. This immediately brought a smile to me. It was just chakra activation and has nothing do do with the spirit or soul.  She was still adamant and insistent that she was telling the truth. She was skeptical of what I told her which was inconsistent with what the priests and monks told her. She told me she saw energies coming from the wall etc. I assured her I see more things and it is normal for those with activated third eye chakra and some . It is a spinning /whirling energy. I told her I had gone through it more than 25 years ago. I just released the energies from her head by using acupressure. It took me about 2 hours to make her feel totally relieved. At the same time, I asked her to drink lots of slightly hot water.  I told her never to tell anyone she got any such problem. People would only think she is crazy and take advantage of her. I told her to tell everyone she is cured and does not have any problem. 

Of course you cannot expect everything to be back to normal again. I cannot say that I can make the person become normal again. Once the chakra especially the 3rd eye and crown chakras are activated, it cannot be normal again. What has happened cannot be undone. Some can even hear voices and see energies, making themselves suspecting it to be some spiritual possession or someone placing a curse on them.  However, I can help release the excessive energies in the head and therefore bring relief to the migraine, fever, ear ringing and etc. There is nothing I can do if the person insist that he/she is disturbed by spirit or ghosts. Many people have to suffer for their follies in activating the chakras too quickly without the aid of a qualified master. Unless they meet someone with the real ability to help them, life would be a real nightmare. Everyone seems to have a solution but none actually work. They would  all be just wasting your time and money. If you can live/bear with the energies then everything will be fine. You can even delve deeper into the unknown.

Then there was this sickly man from USA who used the name Weeping Dragon (who was still studying). He was interested in Qi Ball and keenly follow my videos in the Youtube such as Chi Dynamics Real Colorful Qi/Chi Ball and other videos in my channel. He has learned some qigong for several years. One day he locked himself up in the room and started to do qiball for hours . He started having his limbs move on their own and he lost control of himself. He wrote to me to take back my demonic energies as he only believe in Christ. I told him he had gone into a chi free-flow and has nothing to do with demon or me. I told him to be grateful as many people pay thousands of USD yet still not able to do a Chi Free Flow. I have never given any energy to him. He was emotionally charged and strongly believe I was placing something on him. I also reminded him that he cannot unlearn or undo what he did. He have to accept the fact that he had inadvertently learn the "free-flow of qi" and use his Yi to direct the qi. I told him he was his own master and should accordingly take charge of his own mind and sanity. Later he wrote to apologize and wish to offer me a token of appreciation which I refuse. He is now much healthier than before and much happier (at least that is what he claimed). 

I have also witnessed some people who lost control of themselves while doing a magnetic qi free flow dance. Some do martial art moves. Some eventually lost controlled of themselves.

Actually the solution  is quite simple. Just drink lots of slightly hot warm water and do some acupressure (by pressing the areas at the base of the skull) to reduce the heat/pressure at the head areas, Just accept the energies as part of yourself.

If you have any such problems, please do not tell everyone as they would  think you are weird /crazy and need a psychologist. Even your loved ones might think you are crazy. Some would also take advantage of you. You just tell everyone you are fine. If you need my help, just e-mail me at tiockfeng@hotmail.com or call my mobile at 60126570647.

The Spiritual Path

THE SPIRITUAL PATH

To many people, Yoga is just some stretching exercises in tight revealing clothing. In fact, most Yogis wear loose fitting clothes in the East where it actually started. Most practioners will wear loose fitting clothing so that you do not distract other students with your sexy body or get distracted by others. Learning Yoga is a sacred thing. Similarly you do not fool around with Kung Fu or any other martial art. You can get seriously injured when you are distracted. You learn everything from a master / sifu / guru whom you have high esteem of. It is inappropriate and disrespectful to dress in tight fitting clothes. In fact many people wear tight fitting clothing and thinks it is sexy. They do not understand the implication to their health. Most people do not know about blood and chi circulations. Tight clothing hampers our movements. It also can cause the chi or blood to be blocked. Please read my article Healing FAQs  or visit my website www.TFFoo.site11.com for more information. Even sleeping on a certain side of the shoulder can cause chi and blood blockage as explain in the mentioned article. I have nothing against anyone wanting to be sexy. It is funny to think that meditation and Yoga exercises are suppose to make you healthy mentally and physically. The fact is there are many Yoga instructors, monks, nuns, masters and students actually seeking treatments for all kind of physical damages / discomforts as a result of incorrect practices.

Many years ago, I would never thought of myself as willing to do any manual work. Now I do it everyday. I was the Finance & Admin manager of a hotel belonging to a listed groups of companies. I am used to using my mind all the time and had neglected the physical aspect of my body. I guess it is karma that I do my own business. I have more time to pursue my interest in spiritualism and learning to get detached and rational about life.

A fellow collage mate ask me on how to solve stress and weight problems.
If your stress is from works, you have to face it head on. Be honest with yourself. Jot down which aspect of the work that stress you most. Take one little step at a time. How about try solving part of it first. The rest will be much easier. You need to set your priority right. The worst outcome would be to change job or business whichever is applicable. Always make sure you have done your best before going back. Remember that it is pointless to worry over something which you cannot change. For instance if you know your car battery is faulty, you should change it immediately. There is no point worrying your car might breakdown due to the faulty battery. In life people choose different path and have different destinies. There is no point worrying after you have done your best. You have to be rational.

You can do some chanting such as " Om Mani Padme Hum" if you are Buddhist. For Muslim maybe you can try "La i la ha i la wa" one thousand times. Some meditation will also help to calm down your mind. There are plenty of meditational centre everywhere.

Chi Kung if practiced on a regular basis under the guidance of a qualified master/instructor can bring you many benefits such as lowering your heart beat, promotes better chi and blood circulations. This should take care of most minor ailments. If you are tired you will naturally sleep better. You will also be able to become stronger when you are able to control and manipulate the chi. At this point you can even become a healer. I am not sure it will reduce your weight. You need to control your consumption of food. When you have reached a certain level perhaps you might not be that interested in food. I do not take much food but I am heavier and never hungry. There are many masters who are not disciplined with their consumption of food and doing daily exercises. Even they might get heart problems. You have to set your priority right.

Yoga is a system to help you live your live to the fullest.
Yoga can be divided as follows:
1) Exercises to tone up the muscles and bio-magnetism / chi
2) Meditation to tone up the bio-magnetism / chi and the mind
3) Introspection and Spiritual Awakening

Taoism

Regardless of whether you are Taoist, Buddhist or Hindu the above path is almost similar. For instance a Taoist disciple from Wu Tang Clan will have Wu Tang Kung Fu to tone up their muscles and bio-magnetism. Then they follow the Wu Tang's Taoist meditations. After that they have the Tao Te Ching and their masters' guidance to guide them on the spiritual path. Taoism is about cultivating Tao. The Tao is littary translate as a path or highway. The Tao is a way of life basing on the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tze. The water might be soft yet it still manage to cut through the rocks that happened to be in its way. A hero might be valiant but is no match for the beautiful maiden's trap (as in Samson and Delilah). It is because we see beauty that we see ugliness. It is always a comparison between this and that. If there is no comparison there is no beauty or ugliness. It is because you do not believe in someone that you make him/her a liar. How about my favorite Tao Te Ching's wisdom:

To know when one does not know is best,
To think one knows when one does not is a dire disease,
Only those who recognizes the disease as a disease,
Can be cured of the disease.

A lot of us are unable to differentiate what is right or wrong. To a drug addict, the drug is medicine while to others it is poison. Due to our lack of understanding of the nature of things, we are sometimes not able to differentiate what is right or wrong. Our perception of things might not be correct. It is when we are ignorant and still believe we are right that is most vile. Nothing can be done to help such people unless they are made to realize they are on the wrong path. For example, meditation is said to be good for our physical and mental health but trying to do meditation on our own without the guidance of a good master can be very dangerous. Some have gone mentally unstable to the extent of being insane. Over doing meditation for a novice can cause nose bleeding due to fever, migraines and the blood rushing to the head (which I had experienced about 20 years ago). Another example is, if someone fall down and out of compassion you might want to help him. If you are ignorant of first aids, you should call the ambulance and let the experienced medical personnel take care of him/her. If you ignorantly try to help, you might cause lots of irreversible damages and possibly permanent disablement to him/her. A lot of sufferings in this world can be avoided if only we are able to restrain ourselves from acting out of ignorance. Some of us even have the audacity to try to teach a "duck" (master/guru) how to swim.

This is the difference between a "superior" person who is one with Tao (ren sang ren) and the others. His heart is pure and with the ordinary people but take no credit for educating, prodding and helping them. Everything seems to happen on its own accord. That is Tao.


Buddhism

Similarly the Shaolin disciple will train on the Sholin Kung Fu, Buddhist meditations and Buddhist's scriptures and teachings. Buddhism is about the 4 noble truth, the 10 abstinence and 8 percepts.
The Buddha's first sermon after his Enlightenment centered on the Four Noble Truths, which are the foundation of Buddhism. The truths are:

1)The truth of suffering (dukkha)
2)The truth of the cause of suffering (samudaya)
3)The truth of the end of suffering (nirhodha)
4)The truth of the path that frees us from suffering (magga)


The ten abstinences are :

1)Not killing
2)Not stealing
3)Not misusing sex
4)Not lying
5)Not abusing intoxicants
6)Not talking about others' errors and faults
7)Not elevating oneself and blaming others
8)Not being stingy
9)Not being angry
10)Not speaking ill of the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Teacher/ Master)


Eight Percepts are :

1)Right View
2)Right Intention
3)Right Speech
4)Right Action
5)Right Livelihood
6)Right Effort
7)Right Mindfulness
8)Right Concentration

The Path is divided into three main sections: wisdom, ethical conduct and mental discipline.

Wisdom: Right View and Right Intention are the wisdom path. Right View is not about believing in doctrine, but in perceiving the true nature of ourselves and the world around us. Right Intention refers to the energy and commitment one needs to be fully engaged in Buddhist practice.

Ethical Conduct: Right Speech, Right Action and Right Livelihood are the ethical conduct path. This calls us to take care in our speech, our actions, and our daily lives to do no harm to others and to cultivate wholesomeness in ourselves. This part of the path ties into the percepts.

Mental Discipline: Through Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration we develop the mental discipline to cut through delusion. Many schools of Buddhism encourage seekers to meditate to achieve clarity and focus of mind.

Of course these are only some basics of Buddhism. Hopefully I might have sown the seed for your quest for greater knowledge.


Indian Yoga

The Yogi's will have their stretching and breathing exercises to tone their muscles and bio-magnetism. They will normally be doing the Kundalini meditations. Then they will have introspections and spirituals discourse by their guru to help them. The Simplified Kundalini Yoga method by Swwarmiji Mahrishi is on how to live your life in a more rational way. If you want to know more about Simplified Kundalini Yoga courses in Malaysia (please click here). Beside meditations, those wanting to go far in spirituality should also look within (introspections) as follows:

1)The need of Introspection. The Greatness of Silence.
2)The Philosophy of Life
3)Analysis of Thoughts.
4)Moralization of Desire
5)Benefits of blessing.
6)Neutralization of Anger
7)Eradication of Worries
8)Realization of Self
9)Sinful Imprints and ways to eliminate them.
10)Life and Mind.
11)Philosophy Of Mind
12)Evolution of Universe
13)Action Imprints - Cause and Effect
14)Karma Yoga - Purifying of genetic centre
15)Peace in Family
16)Why Men differ?
17)Before Birth and after Death
18)Astronomy and Astrology
19)Evolution of Universe
20)Brahma Gnanam and Philosophy of Action and Result.

These are all included in four stages of Introspection courses. Of course you also learn many types of meditations.

What is the point of doing lots of meditation if your heart is not pure? Even in Taoism and Buddhism there is mentioned of being selfless, egoless, detached and leading a simple life. We must be able to rationalise everything. If something bad happens, do not be too sad. If something good happens do not be too happy. We should try to be detached and moderate (never in excess). Rationalised all the events and you will be able to have peace of mind.

It is the harnessing of the Chi/ Bio-magnetism / Prana that enable us to become stronger physically and mentally. It is through meditations that we started to get to know our inner self. It is the books / scriptures and gurus / masters that help us understand and overcome the difficulties on our spiritual path. Please click here if you want to know more about meditation.

Meditation

Meditation

Introduction :

Meditation is a method of relaxation and conditioning of our mind. People do meditation for various reasons (i.e. religious such as in Buddhism, Sufism and etc.; meta physics and psychic advances; relaxation and free from stress; martial arts advances, longevity, health and etc.. There are various methods of meditation. Some do it in a standing position, sitting in a chair, sitting on the floor, in sleeping position and etc. As long as you are able to relax and achieve what you want, it does not really matter which position you choose. Different master teach with their own emphasis and views of what is best for the students under them. Some masters do not reveal much to their students and insist the students follow them blindly resulting in most of the students not achieving much progress. While there are other masters who might not have much ability but are still willing to share whatever they know which at least allows the students to progress faster (at least at the beginning). Therefore do not look for a famous master and end up learning nothing. What is most important is the ability and willingness of the master to impart his knowledge to the student. Of course if you are learning from someone (or even the books) who has neither the knowledge nor the right aptitude required to teach, some misleading matters would be inadvertently or innocently passed to the students. Furthermore, you might not be in a position to know if you are doing it correctly since you do not have a master to guide and correct you when you are doing something wrongly. In Tao Te Ching (a Taoist book) it mentioned about how dangerous it is to assume we know something when in fact we are in no position to presume so. It is akin to taking drug and assuming it to be safe. Our knowledge of things might not provide us with the ability to decipher what is right or wrong. Out of compassion we might decide to help someone involved in an accident. If our knowledge of first aid is limited, we might be doing more harm than good. The poor fellow might be doom for life (paralysed) due to our inadequate knowledge. Therefore leave those things to the expert (i.e the guru / sifu / master).
















TYPES OF MEDITATION

Basically, meditation can be group into three distinct types. The first type involve soothing music and is mainly used in modern mind control meditations. The second type involve the master doing initiation on the students and send forth his chi / bio-magnetism to help the students. This second type belong to Indian yoga and Taoist Yoga. The third type involve the chanting of mantras only. This third type normally belong to some Buddhist groups chanting "Namo Amitabha Buddha" and "Om Mani Padme Hum'; Muslim groups chanting La ila ha ila wa (there is no other god other than Allah) and other chanting meditation. Of course there are many meditation groups using a combination of the above types of meditation. For instance some Taoist practitioners have to undergo training rituals by eating charmed water and paper, chanting secret verses and do meditation for 49 days (7 weeks without a break) to learn "Maosan" (a Taoist method of divination). There is of course the spiritual Kung Fu where the student learn to summoned god and deities to perform healings and spiritual kung fu. If a master were to pass some of his chi or bio-magnetism to his students, the students will be able to attain a higher level at a shorter time. Do not assume all chi are the same. The master (or those who is good at manipulating chi) will always have superior chi at his/ her disposal. If a real master strike you with his chi, it can cause some damage to you. On the other hand if an ordinary person will to do the same thing, it would not amount to anything.


In Tantric Buddhism (Tibetan), the need to obey the master whole heartedly cannot be over emphasized here as they reasoned that if a ship is in the storm, the words of the captain should not be disputed as by the time you try to reason out things, the ship might have been sunk. The captain should know his works of steering the ship out of danger. Similarly, the master should be able to chart the spiritual path taken by his students. The master might test your patience, ego and etc to ensure he is passing the knowledge to someone worthy. They might be slightly more lenient to a westerner who is not accustomed to eastern culture where the master is held in high esteem. In Yoga, the Indian students frequently kiss the feet of their master. To the older Chinese (most modern Chinese might treat the master differently), the master for one day is a father for life (yat yat wai si chung san wai fu). That was also why in Chinese Kung Fu, a disciple had only one master /one type of Kung Fu for life. If the student had advanced beyond the ability of his master, the master could recommend a friend or colleague to be another master of the disciple. If the disciple acted on his own accord, he would be disowned and disabled (in martial arts). This is to ensure he will not be able to use the martial art again. There is no way a Shao Lin disciple could be allowed to learn Wu Tang's martial art and vice versa. That was before Huo Yuan Jia (Fok Yeen Kap in Cantonese) started Chin Woo Athletic Association to allow all Chinese youth to learn the essence of Chinese martial arts (Wushu). Please refer to my article Huo Yuan Jia, father of Wushu.


Many people do not realize that chanting is the first step into meditation. Normally when we do chanting, we must be relaxed and free of thoughts. Chanting must be done in a respectful manner as normally it invokes the names of Buddha, God and etc. Under such circumstances, we are actually moving into conditioning the mind (i.e. the subconscious mind). Of course there is no condition requiring everyone learning meditation to start with chanting but it does help to ease you into meditation.

Therefore before taking up meditation we must be clear on what our real objective is. Without having a clear idea of what we aim to achieve, it is pointless to begin. Once our objective is set, we can then work step by step toward our ultimate goal. For instance, if we are interested in health and longevity, then we can start with learning Chi Kung and Yoga meditation. The more effort you put in the quicker the result will come. Of course you should always learn it from a master or you will have much to regret later on. You are not in a position to know what is best for yourself due to you inadequate knowledge and understanding of the processes. This is probably the real reason why people can learn 30 years of Chi Kung, Tai Chi and etc. yet have less progress than some who only took it up for a year or two. Many are amaze why I can have so much progress after several months of learning Chi Kung when no one bother to check that I have over 23 years of Yoga meditation and martial arts training as my foundations. This is an entire different scenario as there is a limit to how fast one can progress. There is no possibility that an entirely newcomer can surpass the master or his assistant in a couple of months or years. There are many people who yearn for progress but due to their pig headedness and stubbornness they managed to accomplish little progress. They work very hard learning from all kind of books and attend all kind of courses/seminars hoping to make advances. The problem with most books are that the authors might not be really good and what is revealed might not be an improvement to what we have learned from another book or master. We could end up like a dog chasing after its own tail. As mentioned earlier, you might not be in the capacity to know whether you are learning something useful or just learning a similar skill over and over again which might be a waste of time. This is the same as when an accounting student took his 1st job as an accounts assistant. If 20 years later he is still an accounts assistant, we can safely say he gain little experiences as all that he is capable of doing is the accounts assistant job. On the other hand if he has progress to become an accountant, he has made steady progress from accounts assistant to accounts supervisor, accounts executive, assistant accountant and finally being an accountant. He would have to upgrade his knowledge by attending professional accountancy courses. You cannot be an accountant without being an associate member of a recognised professional accountancy body such as the Chartered Accountants of England and Wales, Malaysian Institute of Accountants and etc. There is no way an accounts assistant can be a financial controller but the accountant might be able to in due time. The accounts assistant knowledge and experiences are repeated over and over again resulting in him remaining stagnant. Similarly if a Chi Kung or Yoga student were to learn the same type of moves over and over again, there will be not much progress for him or her unless and until he/she learn to improvise on the moves by way of breath control and etc. If the student were to learn from a good master, he/she will progress faster.

All form of meditation involves conditioning of the mind. Meditation is the process of self discovery and self interaction with our inner self. This process can enhance us mentally and physically. Basically to meditate, we only need to find a quiet place. Relax and let go of all thoughts. Close your eyes and be really relaxed. You can sit on the floor with your legs crossed in a lotus or half lotus style. You can even sit in a chair. The point is to be relaxed. You can start by concentrating on your breath. You inhale slowly and fill your lung with air. Let your thought and consciousness follow the breath. Then you exhale slowly still following your breathing. Do this for about 15 minutes every day and you will find how refreshing it is. In Buddhism there is also the concentration on the candle light. At this point it is advisable for you to seek a master to guide you. There are many Buddhist temples, Yoga centers, Taoist centers, Martial Art centers and etc conducting meditation courses for beginners. I have gone through the master program more than 20 years ago but even I went back to redo the master program from scratch. If you think too highly of yourself and refuse to learn the basic, you will not be able to learn anything with a poor foundation.

In more advance Buddhist esoteric, Taoist and Indian Yoga meditation, we focus our energy at the seven energy centers (chakra) in our body. The seven chakras are located at 1) the base of the spine -mooladhara (beside the anus), 2) three inches above the sex organ (tan tien), 3) naval, 4) heart (middle of the chest or middle tan tien), 5) throat, 6) third eye -agna (the area between the eye brows and the middle of the fore head) and 7) the top portion of the head -thuriyam (the crown / Baihui). Their eight chakra is an imaginary chakra located about 1 foot above the crown chakra. There are other books that does not have the Tan Tien which is replace by the solar plexus. From my personal experience, I can feel the back of the spine, tan tien, naval, spleen, heart, throat, beginning of eye brows and crown very powerfully. It is not a speculation as I have them working perfectly. When activated the energy at the nerve centre (chakras) will move in a whirl fan like movement. According to yoga, each centre serves a certain function. If meditation is not taught by a qualified master/guru we might encounter lots of potentially damaging effects such as going crazy and hallucination. Therefore I will not go into details as there are lots of things to learn. If wrongly activated you might regret ever delving in meditation as it can give you nose bleeding, migraine and fever. Some people have actually gone crazy. Beginner should never try to do meditation on your own as it can be hazardous to your mental and physical health. You must have a good master to train you. If you persisted on training on your own, you might regret ever delving in meditation. About 20 years ago, I enrolled for some mind control program. After that I continued to train on my own. Later I took up Yoga lessons from a visiting Swami. When the Swami left and I continued to train alone, I begin to have had nose bleeding and migraine almost every day. I took herbal medicine and young coconut water almost every day but could not control the burning sensation especially in my head and the nose bleeding. Nothing seems to work. I even try to seek advice from another Yoga Center and ask my seniors for help but all was in vain. Later I became a disciple of a Buddhist master who managed to help me control the energy. Since then I do not have nose bleeding unless I am involved in very strenuous sports. Please refer to my article "Practical Problems Arising from Meditation". You can watch my video on YouTube Aura Expansion (Close Up Version) and Aura Expansion to see how chakras energies and qi look like.


Beside the chakras or energy centers, there are also some chi routes that require to be opened especially if you are doing Taoist meditation and aim for longevity. You will need to open the Ren Mai and the Tu Mai and the 8 extra meridians around them. This will either increase your appetite due to better flow of chi or because your diaphragm is filled with chi, you do not feel hungry at all even if you do not eat. In esoteric Buddhism, there are also another three energy route beside the seven chakras before you can obtain Samadhi (the blissful state). They are the left and right channels and the centre channel. Before you reach that state, you must have noticed a change around the neck like a collar bone (with a rounded neck). When your chi is full you have less need for food, when your sperm (ching) is full you have less urge for sex and finally if your life force (shen) is full, there is less need to sleep.

The next step is visualization involving imagination. Visualization should not be undertaken without the help of a trained master who have undertook the same path before and understand the dangers involved. It can caused a person to be mentally unstable. When a person really believe he is a god, he is a god at that very moment and can do many seemingly impossible acts. It is what happened when a person is in a trance. The person in the trance is being control by another entity or at least that is what it seemed. If we really believe we are communicating with another entity, it will be impossible for others to convince otherwise. I have actually witnessed many masters/students of paranormal sciences showing off their abilities. Some master can even passed on some specific abilities like chanting or speaking in an "alien" language only understood by the master alone by just doing some simple rites such as asking the adept to drink charmed water and eating blessed beetle leave. Even the person speaking the language does not know what he/she is mumbling about. I am confident that it is something from their heart. It should be something about what the other disciples have done or said from that particular disciple's perspective/heart. It is probably sort of a CIA/FBI report. Many time the master would be able to ask you about things which you thought was not known to him. In advance yoga meditation, we learn about aura expansion (watch my video Aura Expansion in Youtube) introspection, thoughts expansion, astral travel, nine planets meditation and etc. This is just an indication for those interested on what is available. Each system has their own emphasis and methods which are not exactly the same. I would like to think them as complementary systems instead. You can visit the SKY (Simplified Kundalini Yoga) sites in India or Singapore for more details.

In ancient civilizations, the epitome of most skills end with meditations. In martial arts for instance, you have physical training to equip you with physical skill such as Karate, Kung Fu , Tae Kwon Do and etc (as in Bruce Lee / Jacky Chan/ Jet Li). The cultivation of internal energy (Nei Kung) as in Tai Chi Kung Fu style and Chi Kung (Tai Chi 18 style Chi Kung, Ta Mo Chi Kung, Wo Toh Shaolin Chi Kung, Wu Mei Iron Shirt, Goldern Bell and several types of Chi Kung) where there is a mixture of physical and breathing exercises to cultivate internal energy. Masters of Tai Chi and Chi Kung are known to be able to absorb normally fatal blows without any injury to themselves and at times they can deflect the blow back to the attacker causing fatal injuries to the attacker. The next logical step is to learn to control the mind through meditations. Master James Chee of Shaolin Wu Chu Chuan Australia, demonstrate to his students how he can stop them in their track (temporary disabling them with his chi) by using his wu xing rou yi kung.


In Yoga there are exercises and meditation techniques for the students. The Guru /Master/ Sifu will initiate or activate the area between the eyebrows (activation of the third eye) of the disciples. He will also explained to the students and try to clear any doubt that arise either in group or individually. The initiation is the first of many processes to open the "third eye" (the area between your eye brows and the center of your forehead). Only when it is fully open/ activated can you have accurate 6th sense and see things differently. Of course some people would like to point out that intuitions and extra sensory perception depend on each individual. Some people are born with some special abilities. They will take to paranormal sciences like a duckling starting to learn how to swim. While others might have to go through strenuous mental training to be able to go far in paranormal sciences. Just as our fingers can never be of the same length as each finger serve a different purpose to provide us with a good grip and holding abilities. Each of us are different in some way to make us unique to enable us to serve different purposes and destinies. Confucius said "Out of a group of three person walking there must be a master for me". What Confucius meant was that there must be something we can learn from each others. One person might be good in martial art, another might be good in his studies while another might be good at computers. Therefore if we remain humble and egoless, no matter how smart we already are, there must still be something we can learn from others. Some people might not be bright and below average in most things but certainly there is something he will be better at. Just as the blind cannot see and therefore have to rely on his sense of hearing making it more sensitive than normal people. Ultimately, it is always the "smart and intelligent" people who get into all sort of trouble because they think they are smarter than others and fall easily into traps laid by the street smart con people.

Even if your third eye has been activated, it does not necessary mean you can actually see anything more than the ordinary people. Most people cannot even see energy. For the benefit of those not into advance level meditation, the third eye is the area between the beginning of the eye brows and the middle of the forehead. In many people we might be able to see some markings as proof of having learn meditation or that their chakras have been activated (sometimes inadvertently). Even with the activation of the third eye through initiation by the master, the adept cannot see anything more than the ordinary. Various techniques have been deviced to enhance the abilities of the adept. The first sign of the adept can see things is normally through seeing energies coming from our hands and body. It is believe that in order for us to see through the third eye, we will need a len. The len need to be build by various yogic and tantric methods such as eyes exercises, breathing exercises and meditations. There are many books on the opening of the third eye. Some books mentioned about being able to see the purple colour. Of course there are many other colours such as blue , red, green, gold and black. There is also mention of throat frictions such as that in certain Chi Kung exercises. Ultimately, those who really want to go far in religion and meta physics should learn to curb their ego, pride and has lesser things to say as they are mindful of all their actions and karma. They will have to do introspection to be one with the inner self. This will make them more "god like" (Brahmin) or a perfect vehicle for achieving Buddha-hood. Here the adept will learn to expand his aura and mind to the universe.

In Taoist Yoga , the adept will also take charmed water and paper regularly to enhanced their abilities. These charmed water and papers have been charmed by the master and can help the student get the desired result faster. It really all depend upon the master. The student can do automatic writing, healings and wizardry once they have mastered the process. Some can even go into a trance invoking some "gods" or spirits. These people can communicate with spirits and deities.

In Yoga , there are some people who can do astral travel or out of body experience, There are people known to be buried alive for weeks in India and were still alive when they were dug out. Some Yoga master can use their hair or teeth to pull heavy objects like the Mighty Subramaniam who managed to pulled a Boeing 747. Chi Kung Masters are known to be able to withstand heavy weights being stacked on them or being run over by a double deckers bus. Grand Master Anthony Wee of Chi Dynamics was able to let a 9 ton double deckers bus move over him. Martial art exponents are known to be injured or even killed by a 3 ton vehicle. Then there is Master James Chee who is a son of Chee Kim Thong founder of Shaolin Wu Chu Chuan Malaysia, who is able to use chi to stop a person in his track, injures a person with his chi and etc. It looks like magic but it is all about the manipulation of chi /bio magnetism. Meditation is a method of gathering chi /bio magnetism and manipulate it with our mind. Those with lots of chi or bio-magnetism within them or around them can do healing. The extend of their ability lies on how much knowledge they have of various healing methods such as acupressure, acupuncture, traditional Chinese Medicine System, Ayuthveda and etc. For those interested to learn more on healings do click on the relevant topics below.

In most eastern philosophies such as Yoga and Taoism, there are methods of longevity such as the transmutation of sexual energy to spiritual energy. Many western books on meditation and positive thinkings such as "Think and Grow Rich" and "Centering" have also mention this subject. Yogist and Taoist Yoga also have their method of transmuting sexual energy (life force (prana / ching)) into spiritual (shen) energy. One should have sex in a control manner befitting someone intending to be a master. In Taoism, there is the transmutation of Ching (sperm) into Chi (Bio-magnetism); Chi into Shen (spirit) and Shen into life force (prana). Under the Simplified Kundalini Yoga system, there is Kaya Kalpa Yoga to help you stay younger and etc. If you are interested in Simplified Kundalini Yoga (SKY) do click on the link to SKY Malaysia on the right hand side to have some ideas of what SKY is about. Of course you can visit the World Community Service Centre (www.vethathiri.org)from the link provided.


CONCLUSION

In life, sooner or later we will find things are never so clear cut as one plus one equals two. All of us are born with different abilities and inborn talents. We grow up under different conditions, circumstances and choose different path in life. The only things that are certain are growing older, sickness and death. Maybe death is only a prelude to another journey such as the caterpillar morphed into a butterfly. Many will weep unwittingly at the passing of the caterpillar. If they are able to realized that the caterpillar has become a butterfly, they will instead rejoice on the demise of the caterpillar. Similarly we are not sure what exactly happens upon death. We would definitely rejoiced if our loved ones has evolved into something better like an angel. All sentient beings have their own destinies and serve different purposes in life. Some are meant to be stepping stones for others, some have to step on others, some decide not to and some sacrifice themselves for others. On the surface it would seems that the one who use others as stepping stone will be successful but life is full of surprises and sometimes the one being step on becomes the winner when somehow the person on top drop down unexpectedly.


If you have encountered some difficulties in meditation, perhaps I might be able to help. If you want to know more on any of the above topics covered, do feel free to contact me.