Meditation - 2: This knol is dedicated to the pure consciousness of the super knoller Prof. Narayana Rao K.V.S.S.

The key to pure consciousness - an emotional baggage free brain; the true goal of meditation.
When the experiences in early life are positive the brain/mind moves on to the nest/comforter/next level. When the experiences are negative they create memories that are consciously forgotten but the associated fears, pains, angers and all negative emotions linger on for the rest of our life. The brain/mind gets partly stuck to the earlier age level. These stuck negative emotions create a self image that continues to cloak the real self even in later life. The self image blocks the actualization of the true self. Meditation is an effort to connect to the real self and even become our real self (which is supposed to be) - our pure consciousness.

For the spiritual it is a way to seek the connection with the realm of pure consciousness; to ultimately seek Nirvana. For the main stream mind sciences meditation is the art of relaxing and unwinding the emotional and physical mind after all the mental turmoil of the day. Meditation is a way to improve the very nature and quality of the mind. Naturally meditation's focus is the mind. The brain is hardly mentioned yet the process of consciousness comes through the brain. It is the brain that projects the mind, the self and the very sense of being. The quality of consciousness depends on the quality of the mind; and the quality of the mind depends on the emotional and physical quality of the brain. Thus if one wants to experience and seek connection with the highest quality humanly possible consciousness one must develop ones brain to the highest level emotionally and develop it into top shape physically. All mind power comes from the brain that is developed to its highest potential.

The clearer the goals of meditation the more chances of success. By making the goal of meditation a means to improving the emotional and physical purity/quality of the brain we can ensure a healthier brain. This will result in a healthier mind. And a healthier mind will process/project a higher/purer quality consciousness. Just as it is a lot easier to realize your financial dreams from a PhD level it is a lot easier to realize top quality consciousness from a super mature, +2 brain/mind.

Each human being is a unique masterpiece of nature waiting to be actualized. This masterpiece has to be shaped by the nurturing environment of the womb and the loving upbringing of early childhood. As an American you most likely had a healthy upbringing but your parents shaped your personality by putting in your brain a belief that you are the best. As a result you grew up with a trophy self image. Your consciousness resolves around this bottom line trophy self image. Thus your life is a struggle to prove to your self that you indeed are the best. Pure consciousness is selfless. Your trophy self image blocks you from feeling the true selfless being that we all are. As a result your true self is restless as the real you feels trapped and helpless. So you take up meditation to feel relaxed. Yet this relaxation is not deep enough because the real problem; the root problem of your self living under the yoke of your self image is still there year in and year out. Of course over time real life experiences grind down the self image and the real you gradually emerges. But usually it is too late because this is a very slow process and it happens by old age. Just as they say wisdom comes by old age.

The first step you must take is to understand the true context of your own brain/mind collective – your self image. However just realizing your self image will not make it go away. You have to remove from your brain the forces that generate your self image. Please read my knols and other related knols.