Analytical Meditation – having a bloody good think!

Let’s take this precious human birth. This is one of the four mind changes: it is one of the reasons, motivations or reminders of why we want to traverse the path to enlightenment.

Analytical meditation is not thinking thinking: it’s meditational thinking. There is a pause after the arising of every thought, which expands the mind rather than limiting it.

The following is an example of the process of analytical meditation…bloody good mental algorithms! Something comes to mind. There is a pause. Something else arises. It’s a series of sequential thoughts and reflections.

“So what’s so good about this human birth? We seem to be born into a heap of problems…
well, animals have even more problems…they can’t read, communicate, or understand their true nature…so that’s a plus…and this body is very adaptable…and it has a reasoning mind! It has a precious reasoning mind…!

“So? Being in this precious human body and mind, we have the potential to become enlightened, just like the Buddha…who must have had the same thoughts as we do now…!

“We have a mind that can become enlightened…how? Hm…we have a mind?…who’s we?…I have a mind. I am aware of having a mind….! Is that it?… But I cannot seem to do anything with this awareness. It’s just aware…is that what I am?…Just this awareness?….!…..!…. . . . . with the potential of expressing, or radiating this pure nature?

“So is every other human the same? They must be…more or less….if I think of all the infinite creatures there are in the universe, how fortunate we are to be human!…We have been other things…?

“Is this why we can empathise and have compassion?!

“If we appreciate this human existence and its potential…we could become enlightened…so what am I doing most of the time with this precious human existence?…Just mucking around…when I could become enlightened…it’s not impossible…it’s not a million miles away!!! Enlightened is what we are.. . . . .”

Bloody good, don’t you think?!;-)

NB Sometimes, we may find it difficult to meditate, and we don’t fancy chanting: I find intense analytical meditation produces an energy that wakes me up. It arouses a passion and focuses the mind. After all, we’re not vegetables!