You don’t do much of anything in cosmic energy meditation
– not with your body, anyway. Anyone looking at you will just think you are
sitting down, lying down or just generally being quiet and still.
All of the action goes in inside of your head, using your
imagination or "creative visualization", if you prefer a more grown-up term.
The underlying principle of this type of meditation is that you tap into the
creative life force in the universe. Call it God, call it Zen, call it The Cosmic Paper Clip,
whatever – it's the basic energy that keeps everything moving.
In your mind during cosmic meditation, you plug into this
universal energy and use it to cleanse your innermost self and recharge.
There are many visualizations you can use in cosmic energy
meditation. I think one of the easiest to imagine that you are a tree. Feel your
roots dig down into the earth and absorb all the nutrients and energy you need.
Not only is this energy coming up from your roots and
going up all throughout your leaves, but it is also released into the
atmosphere.
You imagine taking in negative energies (like a tree takes
in carbon dioxide) and transform it into positive energy (like a tree giving off
oxygen.)
You do this
cosmic meditation for as long as you like, or as long as your body will let
you.
Any kind of meditation takes a long while to develop into
any kind of skill. The odds of you being able to meditate on your first try are
astronomical.
You have to build up gradually to what your mind and body
can tolerate. Try not to compare yourself to others. You will learn in your own
rate in your own time, possibly using another technique than anything described
here.
