Zen Meditation

When somebody ask a Zen monk what do you do in meditation, he replies,

" I do nothing. I just sit empty and that's all I do."
Now I will describe a very interesting and simple meditation.
It is the 'Zen' Meditation. The 'Zen' is the word used in Eastern World (of Tibbet, Japan and
China) for 'Dhyan' or Meditation.
Many great mediators have said about meditation -

"Just be still and know"

This Zen meditation is the methods of Zen monks who just be still and know. If you just sit still &
empty, you will be doing Zen meditation. I will tell you how a lay man can do it.
The main thing is how to be still and empty from inside ?
Zen meditation is the technique which gradually takes us to the state of absolute stillness and
emptiness. However it takes some time to master it. Nevertheless, it is one of the most easiest
and effective meditation technique. Before starting Zen meditation it is essential to understand
some important things about our mind. Our mind (whose physiological counterpart is Brain ) is
consist of two parts- left and right mind (brain). Both these two left and right parts give rise to
different creative urges in us. The left Brain takes care of logic, theology, philosophy, math and
science etc. All the thought process happens in this left Brain. Where as the right mind give rise to
music, art, painting, love & other emotions. The right mind immensely facilitates the process of
meditation. Right mind do not think. It is deeply related to the source of infinite creativity. Here
thoughts does not arise as a thinking process, rather anything happens as an instant flash of
creativity. This part does not think. This part feels. In Zen meditation we'll use our right brain to
make our mind free of thoughts
Sit in the lotus pose (cross legged) keeping your spine straight.
put your hands on each other in your lap.
[sitting in lotus pose with straight spine and touching your hands will ensure that you do
not fall asleep]
Now look at your left hand. just look. Aware of the left part of your body. look at the left hand in an
empty manner. Just look. Don't let any thought to pop up in your mind. look blankly on your left
hand and try to feel the left portion of your body. feel the left part.feel
This very process will activate your right brain. When the right brain activates, it results in
disappearance of thoughts. Your thought will start disappearing [ Slowly after a few session
of practicing this meditation , you will be able to instantly achieve this state of
disappearance of thoughts ]

Now inhale deeply.count one.

Then exhale deeplycount two.
Inhale again deeply.. Count three.
exhale again..deeply.....count four.
Continue this deep breathing and count up to ten..
Now keep inhaling and exhaling after ten11.1213.but make your breathing normal (that
is don't take deep breath. Just continue counting and breathing normally). Don't take deep
breath. just breath in a normal way.
If in between the counting, you forget counting.start again.
Do these inhalation and exhalation for half an hour. Now again inhale and exhale one more time
deeply. your meditation is complete. ??????
Complete ? yes for the first day it is enough. But keep in mind this is the first step
Do the above meditation process for one week. just inhale and exhale for half an hour in lotus
pose after activating your right mind by using the procedure described above. For one week just
do this. ..
After one week
Now make some modification in this meditation. The process will remain the same but now
instead of counting both inhalation and exhalation, just count inhalation. It means fist of all inhale
and exhale deeply while counting up to ten. Then restore normal breathing and count only
inhalation as 11, 12. .... so in. Do this for one week.
Next week
Continue doing this meditation for half an hour daily. But now, stop counting. Just inhale and
exhale inhale..Exhale . Just be aware of inhalation and exhalation. Do it for one week
Next week..
Just sit . Just sit in the lotus pose. Neither count nor inhale or exhale. The breathing will go on
itself. But don't be aware of the inhalation or exhalation. Sit silently. Be aware of the moment. Be
still. You'll be in state of Zen. The state of absolute stillness. The state of just sitting.