Meditation - the Eknath Eswaran way!

Hi all readers,
    We all know that meditation is good for us. We have all tried it at some point or the other. Some of us have had tremendous success and continue to meditate everyday; some of us had success, but do not find the time to meditate or dropped it along the way in the hustle bustle of daily life; some of us could not keep our eyes closed even for a few minutes. But, the fact remains that meditation is good for our health.
  
   If you're one of those people who would like to meditate, but find it difficult to do so, try the Eknath Eswaran way of meditating. Dear H bought his book on meditation couple of years back. You can see excerpts on passage meditation from his book and learn to meditate or choose to buy his book Meditation: Commonsense Directions for an Uncommon Life. A simple eight-point program guiding us to alter our way of life. The eight point program is as below.

1. Passage meditation
2. Repetition of a mantram
3. Slowing down
4. One-pointed attention
5. Training the senses
6. Putting others first
7. Spiritual fellowship
8. Spiritual reading

   Written in a very simple and lucid style, it is such a pleasure to read. Some books on meditation could be too heavy and leave us drained, but this is not so. I just love the third and fourth chapters. I keep going back to this book when I'm troubled. Do try it and let me know if it has made your spiritual learning better.

Happy meditating!