Meditation is the key to understanding true love
Meditation helps us to live less in expectation, and more in the present moment. It is a path of confidence that helps each person individually, as we don’t need anyone to give us validation. If you are or are looking to be in a relationship, this practice can not only greatly enhance its quality, but also build a strong foundation for the couple.
Meditation allows us to welcome someone in our life while not betting everything on that person. Waiting for a partner to make us happy is not the way. We must be self-sufficient and comfortable with being alone in order to be a good lover. If this is not the case, we either scare the person away or create a relationship on a co-dependent, unhealthy ground.
Your communication will also benefit immensely from a regular meditation practice. It will be easier for you to tell him or her what you think without creating unnecessary conflicts. You will view your relationship as a mirror, and a sacred opportunity for healing and growth.
Meditation Helps Create Security & Stability in your relationship
A relationship built by people who are well-grounded in the reality of life and whose spirit of openness continues to grow with practice builds a solid foundation for a couple. In other words, the practice of meditation in a couple will allow you to give a new balance to your love life. Meditation allows you to grow and expand both individually and together. It will help you to find your own space in the common journey you and your partner are creating. As you practice, you will develop confidence in yourself and in your beloved.
Meditation allows you to grow and expand both individually and together. It will help you to find your own space in the common journey you and your partner are creating. As you practice, you will develop confidence in yourself and in your beloved.
As your ego steps aside, you will naturally develop your capacity for empathy, compassion and genuine listening. You will be better able to view your relationship from a higher perspective to become aware that your partner has his own life and that he is not a projection of your expectations of him or her.
Meditation Is The Most Important Pillar Of Tantra
You have probably already heard of the discipline of Tantra. Western practices emphasize the sexual practices related to Tantra since this is the notion that appeals most in this field. However, sexuality is only a secondary element of Tantra. Tantra is an ancient discipline that allows for the development of greater self-acceptance and flexibility in response to life’s events, just like meditation. It aims at the development of consciousness and vitality: the more we are aware of the way we think, breathe, and react, the more we give ourselves the opportunity to increase our true expression. The more consciousness and vitality come together, the closer we get to the experience of non-duality.
Non-duality is the understanding of the notion of the whole, of the non-separation between one state of being and another, one thought and another, one person and another. And the way to achieve this is through meditation. The application of tantra is therefore first turned towards the observation of oneself, but the work does not stop at one’s own person. Its application leads to a more global and, above all, more conscious intimacy. This one requires a total opening to oneself but also to the other.
Through meditation, Tantra invites us to slow down and feel in each caress, each look, the Love from which we come. To recognize in ourselves and in the other the energy of life itself. Through the practice of meditation as a couple, you could discover new facets of your intimacy with your partner as you become more and more present.
Don’t Compare Yourself To Your Partner
Each person’s evolution on the path of meditation is unique and cannot be compared to the progress of someone else, nor should it be. The ego likes to compare itself and too often tends to prove that it is better than others – or at least is not left behind. Luckily, the practice of meditation aims, among other things, to tone down and re-orientate the ego. It is an essential exercise because the ego often takes up too much mental space and leaves little room for the appreciation of silence and the present moment.
Don’t Expect Anything From Your Partner
It is possible that as you begin to practice meditation with your partner, you will not only develop expectations of your own journey but his or her as well. This may especially be the case if you expect the practice to ease tensions in your relationship. This is a trap that you should avoid falling into. In fact, this would be even detrimental to your own practice because you would have lost sight of the very principle of meditation: don’t expect anything, just welcome what is here and now.
So make sure that the practice you do together never becomes an occasion for blaming and finger-pointing. Take a step back regularly to remind yourself that each of you is following your own path. Don’t expect any quick fixes in yourself or your partner: just learn to surrender to the process and enjoy the connection that meditation builds up between the two of you.
Trust The Process And Practice Surrender
Remember that there is nothing to expect from your practice and that of your partner. With time, and if each of you practices diligently and consistently, your relationship will become more and more fluid and harmonious. However, allow these changes to happen gradually and subtly. Above all, keep in mind that these changes will not necessarily take the same form for both of you, nor the same amount of time to settle in each of you.
As you can see, the effects of meditation on our relationships with others are undeniable. So don’t hesitate to take your zafus out with your partner, create a space dedicated to your practice and enjoy the benefits of couples meditation together.
Follow Yogilab for more information about meditation and other ways in which its practice can make your life better.
Meditation is the key to understanding true love
Meditation helps us to live less in expectation, and more in the present moment. It is a path of confidence that helps each person individually, as we don’t need anyone to give us validation. If you are or are looking to be in a relationship, this practice can not only greatly enhance its quality, but also build a strong foundation for the couple.
Meditation allows us to welcome someone in our life while not betting everything on that person. Waiting for a partner to make us happy is not the way. We must be self-sufficient and comfortable with being alone in order to be a good lover. If this is not the case, we either scare the person away or create a relationship on a co-dependent, unhealthy ground.
Your communication will also benefit immensely from a regular meditation practice. It will be easier for you to tell him or her what you think without creating unnecessary conflicts. You will view your relationship as a mirror, and a sacred opportunity for healing and growth.
Meditation helps create security and stability in your relationship
A relationship built by people who are well-grounded in the reality of life and whose spirit of openness continues to grow with practice builds a solid foundation for a couple. In other words, the practice of meditation in a couple will allow you to give a new balance to your love life.
Meditation allows you to grow and expand both individually and together. It will help you to find your own space in the common journey you and your partner are creating. As you practice, you will develop confidence in yourself and in your beloved.
As your ego steps aside, you will naturally develop your capacity for empathy, compassion and genuine listening. You will be better able to view your relationship from a higher perspective to become aware that your partner has his own life and that he is not a projection of your expectations of him or her.
Meditation is the most important pillar of tantra
You have probably already heard of the discipline of Tantra. Western practices emphasize the sexual practices related to Tantra since this is the notion that appeals most in this field. However, sexuality is only a secondary element of Tantra.
Tantra is an ancient discipline that allows for the development of greater self-acceptance and flexibility in response to life’s events, just like meditation. It aims at the development of consciousness and vitality: the more we are aware of the way we think, breathe, and react, the more we give ourselves the opportunity to increase our true expression. The more consciousness and vitality come together, the closer we get to the experience of non-duality.
Non-duality is the understanding of the notion of the whole, of the non-separation between one state of being and another, one thought and another, one person and another. And the way to achieve this is through meditation. The application of tantra is therefore first turned towards the observation of oneself, but the work does not stop at one’s own person. Its application leads to a more global and, above all, more conscious intimacy. This one requires a total opening to oneself but also to the other.
Through meditation, Tantra invites us to slow down and feel in each caress, each look, the Love from which we come. To recognize in ourselves and in the other the energy of life itself. Through the practice of meditation as a couple, you could discover new facets of your intimacy with your partner as you become more and more present.
Don’t compare yourself to your partner
Each person’s evolution on the path of meditation is unique and cannot be compared to the progress of someone else, nor should it be. The ego likes to compare itself and too often tends to prove that it is better than others – or at least is not left behind.
Luckily, the practice of meditation aims, among other things, to tone down and reorientate the ego. It is an essential exercise because the ego often takes up too much mental space and leaves little room for the appreciation of silence and the present moment.
Don’t expect anything from your partner
It is possible that as you begin to practice meditation with your partner, you will not only develop expectations of your own journey but his or her as well. This may especially be the case if you expect the practice to ease tensions in your relationship.
This is a trap that you should avoid falling into. In fact, this would be even detrimental to your own practice because you would have lost sight of the very principle of meditation: don’t expect anything, just welcome what is here and now.
So make sure that the practice you do together never becomes an occasion for blaming and finger-pointing. Take a step back regularly to remind yourself that each of you is following your own path. Don’t expect any quick fixes in yourself or your partner: just learn to surrender to the process and enjoy the connection that meditation builds up between the two of you.
Trust the process and practice surrender
Remember that there is nothing to expect from your practice and that of your partner. With time, and if each of you practices diligently and consistently, your relationship will become more and more fluid and harmonious. However, allow these changes to happen gradually and subtly. Above all, keep in mind that these changes will not necessarily take the same form for both of you, nor the same amount of time to settle in each of you.
Follow Yogilab for more information about meditation and other ways in which its practice can make your life better.
