What is Spiritual Meditation : Benefits, and How to Practice

“The quality of being concerned with the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things.”

This is how spirituality can be defined so how does spiritual meditation work? Is it the same as others?

Spiritual meditation has been practiced for centuries around the world, in countless cultures. While some people practice meditation for spiritual awakening, others practice the technique to calm their minds and relax their physical bodies.

With meditation, as a relaxation practice, growing in popularity in the Western countries, the need to understand its benefits is too. Many researchers have been focused on studying the psychological benefits of meditation, but some might have overlooked the spiritual benefits of meditation.

But before we get to all that, let’s take a look at what spiritual meditation is, its characteristics, what benefits it can provide, and how to incorporate spiritual meditation into your daily life.

What Is Spiritual Meditation?

Cultures, religions, and traditions around the world use spiritual meditation to connect with their higher power, the divine. In major Eastern cultures and religions such as Hinduism, mantra meditation can be considered a type of spiritual meditation.

For Jewish, it’s Kabbalistic practices while for Buddhism, loving-kindness meditation or metta meditation can be considered a type of spiritual meditation.

Other types of spiritual meditations can include:

• Hindu Japa mala
• Sufi Dhikr
• Theravada Buddhism’s Marananussati Bhavana
• Zen Buddhism’s Zazen meditation
• Shamanistic trance states
• Contemplative prayer in Christianism

Spiritual meditation is a practice that you can use to connect with your God, the Universe, or the Higher power you pray to.

Many believe that this type of meditation focuses on creating a better understanding of spiritual awakening and spiritual connection. Unlike other types of meditation, spiritual meditation is more than just a stress relief practice – it’s also about connecting with your inner self as well as with your higher power.

The Characteristics Of Spiritual Healing Meditation

Spiritual meditation is a unique-to-all experience as it is not confounded over one culture, or religion, however, united by one belief – to connect with something/someone higher to oneself.

The characteristics of spiritual meditation can include:

• Loss of a sense of separateness
• Seeing visions
• Hearing voices
• Feeling a spiritual presence
• Feeling a sense of spiritual awakening

Of course, these are general characteristics but an individual experience can vary depending on their connection. If you do or don’t “feel” anything, remember that spiritual connection cannot be forced. In any type of meditation, the more you force, the harder it will be to achieve.

Also, avoid comparing your experience to that of others because each experience of spiritual awakening or connecting can be different as our personalities are different.

The Benefits Of Spiritual Meditation

1. Spiritual Benefits

Spiritual meditation benefits can include spiritual benefits such as:

• Having a balanced sense of being
• Achieving inner peace
• Having less reactivity
• Experiencing a sense of inner bliss
• Experiencing a strong sense of who you are – spiritually
• Experiencing a loss of stress
• Experiencing an increase in creativity
• Having a strong sense of belonging
• Increased self-esteem, self-trust, and self-acceptance
• Having a clear purpose in life
• Having a strong mind-body connection
• Experiencing a more mindful state in life

Of course, these benefits of spiritual meditation cannot be achieved in one go. Regular practice and belief will help.

2. Health Benefits

Spiritual meditation benefits can include health benefits such as:

• Reduction is substance use
• Decreased symptoms of depression
• Decreased symptoms of anxiety
• Decreased symptoms of stress
• Better pain management
• Better sleep

By practicing spiritual meditation, one can effectively decrease stress and increase awareness of their daily life. When you stop worrying about things or stop stressing – the emotions that keep you up at night – you may automatically experience a healthy change in your sleep.

How To Incorporate Spiritual Meditation?

Guided meditation is a great way to incorporate spiritual meditation into your life, especially if you’re a beginner at spiritual meditation.

Here’s how you can start spiritual meditation (for beginners):

1. Find a comfortable space and position to enter spiritual meditation. Spiritual meditation can put you to sleep so make sure the position and place you pick are not too comfortable either.

2. Close your eyes and quietly focus on clearing your mind of errant thoughts or stress. Place your right hand over your heart and your left hand over your abdomen.

3. Take deep breaths and focus on them. Let your breaths guide you into a meditative state. Feel the inhales and exhales, the sensations your breathing is creating.

4. Once you’re comfortable and breathing naturally, visualize a white light in the center of your forehead. Visualize the brightness of the light, the temperature, etc. This light is your center that will guide you towards your higher power.

Tip: You can use a prayer or chant to maintain your focus and calmness as you practice spiritual meditation.

5. As you become comfortable with this bright light, allow yourself to feel connected to your higher power or your divine. You can picture yourself in a green landscape or sitting in a lotus position alongside a riverbank. Explore as much as you want.

6. When you feel connected and relaxed, you can slowly come back to your physical body. Gently wiggle your toes and fingers, gently reacquaint yourself with your surroundings, and sensations of your body.

7. When you’re feeling relaxed, slowly open your eyes and end your spiritual meditation practice with a prayer, an affirmation, a mantra, or anything that helps you connect with your divine.

Once you’re done, you can use journaling to record your experiences, thoughts, or feelings. Remember, after finishing the spiritual meditation, drink lots of water.

Is there a time to practice spiritual meditation?

You can meditate anytime you feel but experts suggest that morning and evening are the best to practice spiritual meditation. During these hours of the day, your body is more open to establishing a connection. During the afternoon, most of our thoughts are consumed by the stress of the workday so it may not be as relaxing as morning or evening.

However, if you feel your best and relaxed during the afternoon, then you can go ahead and meditate. It all depends on doing what is comfortable and what feels relaxing.

Wrap Up

Spiritual meditation is a process that’s rooted deep in centuries of culture, traditions, and religious practices. A practice such as spiritual meditation is easy to practice but requires dedication, lots of practice, and regularity to achieve the desired results.

If you’re looking to establish a deeper internal connection with your divine power, then spiritual meditation is the way to go. Not only it can bring inner peace and stillness, but this practice of spiritual awakening can also help you stay in the present moment, relieve your worries, and give a clear understanding of life’s purpose.

 I hope this article on the power of spiritual meditation can help you learn how to incorporate spiritual meditation into your life. For more, you can connect with us at info@calmsage.com or DM us on social media.

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