An article I read describing the experiences that long-term practitioners of meditation achieved shocked me! I had to read it several times to be sure I read it correctly. The article reported the results of a study conducted by world-renowned authorities on meditation. I’m sure the results of this study will shock you as well, as they are the total opposite of what I expected and what I think should be expected from a long-term meditation practice. I have to ask, “What are these advanced meditators doing while they are sitting in meditation presumably for hours every day?” You won’t believe your eyes when you read the quote.
This is the quote from an article in Yoga Journal, May-June, 2001, page 174.
Perhaps the most fundamental form of yogic meditation is through becoming a witness or observer. This is a practice which can be part of a meditation but it can also be practiced in day-to-day life. This makes you more mindful and awake in everything you do. Even the most routine things you do like getting ready in the morning and all your grooming can be done mindfully. In this way everything can become meditation.
One of the first aspects of meditation is training the mind to be able to concentrate or focus. Without that the mind drifts or gets bored which leads a person to doze off or sleep.