Day 1. Centering the mind.

We take our body for granted all the time.  When we are sick, weak and helpless, we prayed for speedy recovery.  We even promised to ourself to exercise, quit junk food and adopt healthier diet.  Most of the time, when we got better, we eventually forgotten these promises.  Often commitments of our work, studies and other indulgences take priority over care for our mind, body and soul.

Without physical fitness and healthy functioning organs, our mental state would eventually suffer too.  Meditation can be a quick check of the health of our mind, body and soul (MBS).  It like going to the gym to workout our body.  If we come out of the gym feeling terrible, its an indication of out lack of physical fitness.  If we come out of meditation session feeling disturbed by the mental noises, it's an indication of the lack of mental fitness.  A good mental state motivates us to eat right, do exercises and have a vibrant social activity.

If you have never meditated before, you probably would want to understand more and ask questions from what you heard about meditation.  The problem is, many people spent too much time learning about meditation  rather than trying to do it.  The only way to learn to ride a skate board is to get on the board and learn as you practice.  The same for learning to ride a bicycle.  Nobody learns to ride a bicycle by reading a manual.  The rest of this book will reveal many aspects of meditation that would help you to gain your own “balance and riding that skate board”.  But we need to start doing it.

Let’s begin with our first session to center our mind.  This is the foundation for all meditations to come.