The last post was about the purpose and benefit of sleep. There is another similar topic that requires a bit of explanation in the context of sleep: Meditation.
Meditation is different than sleep. While sleep occurs as an unconscious process, meditation is a fully conscious process. Meditation is not a formal part of the Life Construct (as is sleep), as it serves an entirely different purpose. Even though meditation is not an integral part of the Life Construct, it is something that was contemplated and provided for.
Simply, meditation is a state of relaxation and clearing that allows for the full sensory abilities of an incarnate Soul to be used. I mentioned in an earlier post that there are a number of “other” senses besides hearing, touch, taste, smell, and vision. Other senses that most people are not aware of include:
– Proprioception – the sense that deals with how your brain understands where your body is in space;
– Equilibrioception – a sense of balance;
– Kinaesthesia – A sense of movement;
– Thermoception – A sense of whether our environment is too hot or too cold;
– Nociception – The ability to feel pain;
– Chronoception – How we sense the passing of time;
– Electroception – The ability to feel electrical fields around us;
– Magnetoreception – The ability to sense a magnetic field.
Are there other senses? Yes, but they are not present or necessary on Terra (even though they are available to humans located elsewhere).
So why have a discussion about all of the various senses that are generally available, in the context of meditation? Because all of them are available to you when you meditate, even though many Souls are not aware of these. And in many cases, the use of these senses will require practice, most often while meditating. All of these “additional” senses are available for one to use, even though they generally are available at a higher vibrational level. And it is these higher vibrational levels that are “reachable” through meditation; when the body is in a relaxed state, and the activities that occur around us daily (specifically, the processing of the information from these activities) are allowed to be filtered (out) to a much greater extent, we will naturally begin to gravitate to a vibration Energy level that more approximates the vibrational level of our higher Soul. It requires that we eliminate or significantly reduce any of the additional (and in many cases superfluous) thoughts that exist in our own processing space within our mind. This is required largely because the reception of many of these other sensory abilities, while being at significantly lower energy levels than those we are used to, are also generally at a higher vibrational level. It is at this higher state of vibrational Energy that we sense these additional inputs.
So why during meditation but not sleep? It is really a question of training. In some species, for instance, electroception (the ability to sense an electric field) is used by fish to sense some predators; if this was an ability that was only available while in a state of sleep, the fish would likely die from the predator. Each of these “other” senses we can train ourselves to use, in art for self protection, in part as an aid in sensing prey (or predators), and in part as a function of being able to sense all of those Energies that exist around us on a daily basis. There is an argument to be made that we have “lost” these senses because they are no longer relevant to our daily needs, or for protection. But that does not necessarily mean that they no longer serve a rational purpose in our lives. As an example, if we were to get lost in the mountains, and we have the ability to meditate, we could find our approximate location by sensing our elevation (through magnetoreception), we could sense how long we have been lost (through chronoreception), we could sense any power lines around us (through electroreception), and we may be able to sense how far we are from a large structure (again through magnetoreception, sensing the magnetic field of the structure). If these were only available during sleep, there is a good chance that we would forget the information, since the information provided during sleep is not generally retained in short term memory. But if sense while in a meditative state, where lucidity is present, we can not only remember the information, but we could also interact with the information in real time to refine it.
I can provide a couple of examples. In early human history, people went out into the oceans in very small craft – canoes included, with no real aids to navigation like we have today (like a compass, or a gyroscope to sense movements, or even a clock to measure time). Yet in nearly all cases, they were able to navigate hundreds of miles to a remote island. To them, it was an inherent ability; they may not have understood how they were able to sense the information they needed, but they were well aware of how to process the information that they could only perceive. In my own case, I am well aware when I travel under a high power line, even with eyes closed; I have the ability to sense the electromagnetic fields emanating from the power lines. When I mentioned this to a friend, he asked if I was also able to sense radar – he was aware of individuals who could sense the presence of radar systems. All of this can be enabled through the effective use of meditation, particularly as a means to relax and be “at one” with all of those Energies around you.