the Spiritual Journey of Durga Ma

Durga Ma greeted me for the first time in a rustic cafe in a small town in the Northern California forest. She was dressed in shirt and jeans and wore a pair of old well-worn boots, and she looked for all the world like a modern Western pioneer woman reminiscent of my Montana childhood. I loved her the moment I saw her. Here was no mysterious remote mystic of the Far East whom I had envisioned but a woman of my own age, brimming with humor and fun. She laughed and her eyes twinkled with merriment through lunch and then she escorted me, leading in her old Ford along the highway to the gravel and then dirt roads seven miles into the forest where she had established her Hermitage.

From the Preface to the book by Durga Ma

The results commonly associated with successful meditation practice are Self-awareness, enlightenment, higher consciousness, union with the Divine, liberation, and transformation. However, some of the beneficial side effects may come as a surprise: empowerment, improving the quality of your life, the ability to be effective and achieve your aims, relaxation, healing (mentally, physically, and emotionally), the ability to center your energy in an instant, and improved subtle (psychic) awareness, to name a few.

[In Meditating Naturally] I have presented basic concepts and put a new light on ancient spiritual principles underlying the practice of meditation with the idea that this information can provide you with the foundation for spiritual freedom . . .

Samadhi is the Aim of Meditation

Samadhi is a Sanskrit word. Even trying to understand the word itself, it’s root and its parts (the letters, which are syllables) only gives an impression that creates an assumption in the mind that gets blasted upon actually experiencing it. Samadhi has even been used synonymously with the word “meditation” for this very reason: that’s were it’s going. If you want some ideas aboutsamadhi to chew on, try these:

Samadhi: Union with the Absolute; a uniform state of mind; absorption into Truth/God/the Absolute/the Divine.

There are several stages ofsamadhi. Meditation continues until the final stage ofsamadhi is accomplished. Samadhi performs a purification process for the mind a house-cleaning job you might say, and this has a purpose, too. So what is it, where issamadhi going? Samadhi’s aim is to take you to the highest bliss and eternal happiness (as opposed to the temporal happiness that we’re familiar with).

Not too bad, eh? Is that enough to interest you in going for the gold? If this interests you, you first need learn meditation tofind outwhat meditation really is and how it works and get some meditation guidance so that you can make an informed choice about what you’re going to do with it.

You can start with an easy meditation, or even a meditation audio, and learn meditation as you go. Youll need to determine whether you want to use meditation techniques or if you want to meditate without them, in which case meditation guidance is a must. If you decide you want to go for the gold, just keep going no matter what. Don’t stop.

Meditation is becoming more and more popular with people all across the world. There are online meditation courses, easy meditation sites with meditation for beginners, and just about anything you can think of in the meditation how to department.

This is a wonderful thing. I’m all for it. But with all this, in recent years I have become aware of a few things that are unknown to nearly everyone I’ve met who has been involved with or interested in meditation. Well, more than a couple, but here’s one that stands out at the moment.

Meditation Has an Aim of Its Own

There are all kinds of meditation benefits. Some of these show up right away, some later, and some waaaay down the road after many years of meditating. But what most people don’t realize about meditation is that it has its own aim. It goes somewhere, somewhere it wants to go.

No matter what your reason or motivation for wanting to learn meditation, if meditation continues it’s going to take you to something so amazing you’ll never give it up, and it will keep you hooked until it has served its purpose. At this point it will stop at least in any recognizable form. This is not the same thing as quitting meditation, or running into obstacles, obvious or subtle, or hearing some voice that tells you your done and are now a Master. Meditation quits you. You don’t need it if it’s accomplished its purpose. So what is its purpose?

The purpose of meditation issamadhi. There is no English word or phrase forsamadhi. It has been called Cosmic Consciousness, Enlightenment, Union with God, and more. These translations are OK but they don’t really tell you anything. What is Cosmic Consciousness? What is consciousness? What is enlightenment? What is meant by “union” with God? For that matter, what is God? Words simply do not have the capacity to relate the experience ofsamadhior even the meaning of the word.

In another installment, we’ll talk more about this mysterious samadhi.

Meditate Now and Learn as You Go

Explore the most well known and popular type of meditation from a completely new perspective. Understand the basic principles behind meditation and try some experiments and meditations that are easy to practice and do not require a lot of time.

An Introduction to a Rare and Uncommon Meditation

Durga Ma introduces a rare and uncommon approach to meditation and provides you with the keys to a modified form of this practice. This type of meditation has been hidden from the masses for centuries and given only to a select few close disciples by spiritual masters privy to its existence.

Access your Inherent Power and Determine the Type of Meditation that is Natural for You.

Durga Ma has designed Empowerment Meditation for you to expand your consciousness, access your inherent power, and to give you the opportunity to discover the type of meditation that comes naturally and easily to you.

By practicing this type of meditation you will find meditation easier, more effective and appealing to practice. As a result, you will begin to reap its benefits sooner.

The Secret Meditation of the Ancient Masters

The Spontaneous, Experiential Meditation that Awakens Kundalini Naturally

Surrender Meditation is the original meditation of ancient masters from which meditation techniques were eventually developed through observation. It is Non Technique Meditation at its fullest. The unique feature of this practice is that it allows meditation to occur effortlessly on its own, and Kundalini (the evolutionary force) to awaken naturally and spontaneously.

This type of meditation is not generally known and is traditionally imparted by the spiritual master to a select few devoted disciples after many years. There are valid reasons for this. Today however, the opportunities for taking this initiation have increased to some degree, but often the initiate does not have the necessary information for what follows and the fire goes out, leaving the initiate floundering and confused.

In this Level of your meditation course, Durga Ma shares basic information about Surrender Meditation (shaktipat kundalini meditation) so that you can determine if this meditation is for you and how to go about getting started if you decide that it is.

Eight Steps to Deeper Meditation

In his Yoga Sutras, the ancient sage, Patanjali, describes eight limbs of spiritual practice leading to liberation and the attainment of special powers. Durga Ma presents these teachings in easy to understand installments designed to maximize your meditation and provide you with the means to lead a better and happier life.

Whether you apply these universal teachings to your everyday life and your meditation practice or live in a cave or a monastery, you will have a font of knowledge about life, about yourself, about spirituality and spiritual practice that will upgrade your own life and accelerate your journey to fulfillment.