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DEEP MEDITATION

DEEP MEDITATION

Historically meditation was only used in the East, but over the last century it has been embraced by the West. Shamans practiced mind consciousness which allowed them to enter into an altered state of awareness, they felt wisdom could be gained from deep meditation and they believed they journeyed to the spirit world. Shamans often meditated to bring about an altered state of awareness before any hands on healing was conducted. Many of them used a mantra to aid concentration, a mantra was thought to protect the mind, a mantra in essence is a sound repeated, a word such as Om is spoken over and over until the sound resonates all around. The mantra helps to stabilise the mind and can actually be a precursor to meditation or be used while you sit, as a meditation. You close your eyes, regulate your breathing and repeat the word over and over, I mention Om because it is used universally.