Meditation is almost always associated with Spiritual Self Mastery and connecting with your highest self. This can also lead the way to spiritual awakening. What leads many people to practice meditation is that they want to find inner happiness and peace. Meditation can give satisfaction to those people who develop the art.

There are many influences around us that contribute to our lives. These things may affect our moods and attitudes. Especially when we are under a lot of stress, we may not be able to control our actions. However, we can have power over the things that affect us spiritually. We can control the things that affect our lives through meditation and master our desires.

Guide your minds to a higher level and leave your worries behind. Focus on a peaceful scene where there are no anxieties to bother you. Nirvana is in all of us. It is just inside us. We have to find it and call upon it whenever there is a need.

To start meditation, one must practice proper breathing. Lead your body to a slower breathing and now take deeper breaths that are measured and regular. Concentrate your whole being on proper breathing and you will soon feel calm and serene. This is called centering. You are not expected to get this on the first or second try. Some people take months or years before totally perfecting this technique. When you have mastered this breathing technique, you will feel release from stress. It is important to keep trying and move through this process the best you can.

The next step so that you are closer to calmness, is to relax. Breathing is important so that you can get to that level or relaxation that you need in this step. Each time you breathe out; imagine that all your worries and your anxieties are leaving your body as well. Every time you inhale, gently, slowly, think that happiness and joy are entering your body. Concentrate on this joy as it begins to fill you up. After doing this, you will realize that the stress has actually left your body! You will feel much more relaxed!

Meditating every day, even for only a few minutes, will help you attain peace and joy with each session. The longer you practice this; you will observe that you can think more clearly because you have a calm mind and manifestation becomes easier. Meditation equals CHOOSING your thought process, so to practice manifesting may seem uncomplicated. Why? Well now you are controlling what to think about rather than having random or re-occurring negative thoughts. Meditation can and will train your mind for the best possible outcome with practice.

Many Blessing,

Love- Penny Weaver

Penny Weaver, the "Energy Advisor" and author is a certified medium and master/teacher of many healing modalities. Check out her spirit guided messages at her fan page http://facebook.com/spiritualselfmastery