Some people may contend that there are many more methods of meditation other than Silent, Guided, Sound, or Chanting. And they may add that there is jogging meditation, walking meditation, gardening meditation, eating meditation, painting meditation, and even driving meditation. However, as a meditation instructor I will venture out and say that these types of activities labeled 'meditation' serve a better purpose in the 'living in the moment' or 'awareness or mindful' categories. Such as:
• Jogging Awareness or Mindful Jogging
• Walking Awareness or Mindful Walking
• Gardening Awareness or Mindful Gardening
• Eating Awareness or Mindful Eating
• Painting Awareness or Mindful Painting
• Driving Awareness or Mindful Driving
There are fantastic rewards in performing these activities when you're 'living in the moment' and with 'awareness or mindfulness'. It is also a proven fact that people who engage in activities such as these with awareness or mindfulness do find greater fulfillment in their lives. Interestingly enough, 'awareness or mindfulness' may very well be attributed to some type of 'spiritual experience' or 'spiritual expansion', as some of my colleagues may say. Believing that awareness or mindfulness is a spiritual attribute, it would make sense that people who are 'living in the moment' or are experiencing life with 'awareness or mindfulness' are actually enjoying the fruits of their spiritual connection to their Higher Self. So, what does it take for someone to live in the moment? It takes awareness or mindfulness.
Can we honestly say that the methods of meditation whether Silent, Guided, Sound, or Chanting are in the same category of spiritual attributes such as awareness? These methods of meditation are spiritual energy channels, while awareness, mindfulness, and living in the moment are spiritual attributes. The confusion may be due to the fact that both attributes and channels may lead you into the same path; and that is the path to a spiritual experience that nurtures your inner being.
In a thought-provoking manner, this may be the 'which came first' conundrum, the awareness or mindfulness that lead to a spiritual experience or the spiritual experience that led to awareness or mindfulness? Only you can answer that because there is no right or wrong answer, there are only benefits that you can live with and enjoy.
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