For what I've read. There's not a single practice of meditation that turns out to be "the right one" since it depends on various factors and the intention that you have while doing it.( Please correct me if I'm wrong, I'm new to occultism and I would greatly appreciate some guidance.) Someone shared this article with me:
I've been trying it for 4 days now, twice a day. My question is, is there any other method that might make easier the "body scan" part? Or is it just that I'm lacking practice on the matter? Thank you so much for reading, any help or guidance y'all can give me on this would be very much appreciated. Have a nice day!
I teach Hindu tantric meditation using mantras, energy centers, etc. based on lineage teachings, and yes it's true there are many valid kinds of meditation. A simple "body scan" practice is one form of pratyahara in yoga meditation, i.e. of relaxing the sense organs to make it easier to focus on one thing at a time. Here is a basic outline of the instructions I typed up previously. There are also more-detailed instructions on tantric meditation and other tantric practices in my book, "The Left-Hand Path of Tantra: Ancient Rites of Occult Power and Sexual Alchemy."
Basic Steps to Meditation:
1. Posture: Assume a seated meditation posture of your choice, on a chair or on a cushion so that your hips are higher than your knees. Sit with a tall spine, back of the neck is long, shoulders are relaxed. Eyes can be closed or slightly open. Tongue can be placed with the tip behind the teeth or on the roof of the mouth. Hands rest on the thighs.
2. Breath: Feel your abdomen slowly expand and relax with each inhale and exhale. Ideally the breath should be conditioned to habitually remain quiet, deep (moving down into the abdomen), smooth, with even inhale/exhale, and with little or no pause between breaths by attending to these qualities for a few minutes each day.
3. Relaxation: As you continue to breath, slowly scan your entire body from the crown of your head to your toes, relaxing each muscle as you scan it. Then scan again in reverse from toes to head.
4. Concentration: Choose something to focus on that is spiritually uplifting, such as the touch of the breath at the nostrils, a candle flame, a deity image, a mantra (spoken aloud or repeated silently), or an energy center in the body. Rest your awareness on that object while you breath deeply. Whenever you get distracted, simply notice that has happened and gently bring your awareness back to its resting place.
5. Integration: Before closing the meditation, take a few minutes to sit with open eyes and soft unfocused gaze, and open your awareness up to sensations in your body and mind and environment — not pushing any negative sensation away, nor clinging to any pleasant sensation, nor ignoring any part of your experience.
