Meditation and body
Question
When you meditate in the Self, do the body itself transforms? By Self I mean meditating beyond thoughts as an observer in awareness. Or should you start with more physical techniques? WHat method is better? SOme schools say start with postures and breath and then mind and others say start with mind and then breath will calm down.
Answer
1. Yes. The body gets purified and revitalized when one merges consciousness into the Atman (self) in meditation.
2. One can start as an observer, observing the thoughts when one starts to meditate without getting involved. As this process becomes firm, even the awareness of observing will eventually merge into pure consciousness and one loses all awareness of external phenomena. Then starts meditation.
ॐ तत् सत्
(That Supreme being is the absolute truth)