Saturday, 6 January 2007

The non-religious meditation


Acem- meditation is based on an age-old method that is understood and interpreted in the light of western psychology. It does not require any particular religios bealif from the user. It is neutral as far as belief system goes.
The method in itself is simple: the repetition of a meditation sound in the mind triggers a relaxation response. For this to work effectively the neutrality of the sound and how one interprets what is happening in the mind is important. So this neutrality is actually an important condition for meditation to be effective.
However this does not mean that the meditation person cannot him or herself be religious. It just means that meditation itself should not be interpreted within a religious context.

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