Visualisation

Apart from meditation there are exercises for visualization. For example the following one which is a death meditation/visualization. As our society tends to fear or suppress anything that has to do with death, it might seem odd to visualize it instead. However, from my experience life intensifies a lot and feels more real the more we deal with death and everything around it.

Exercise: Imagine having died and now look at your body. Go through the 9 different stages of decomposition. Stay at each stage for a little while, e.g. 30 seconds or longer. Do it as long as it feels right for you.

• 1. The corpse is cold and rigid.
• 2. It is turning blue.
• 3. Cracks appear in the flesh.
• 4. Decomposition sets in in some parts.
• 5. The whole body is in full decomposition.
• 6. The skeleton now appears with some flesh adhering to it in some places.
• 7. Now you have only the skeleton with no flesh on it at all.
• 8. Now, all that exists is a heap of bones.
• 9. The bones are all reduced now to a handful of dust, and you sense the connection with mother earth. You are ONE with mother earth.

This meditation is extremely useful to reconnect with our body and thus, to increase the communication with the body. We become more aware of it and give a lot more attention to its signals. We listen in a more loving and caring way. After having done the exercise above, look e.g. at your hand. Observe how much you appreciate it, how you can feel the aliveness and how you are able to move your hand. We look at our body with a different, loving consciousness.

In order to find out more about meditation techniques there are many books, workshops etc. I recommend to listen to our intuition. It guides us to the people and material that is needed to find whatever is suitable for us.

Some people dedicate their entire life to meditation. Thus, this is a wide range with endless possibilities.