Script Meditation – An Active Meditation Technique
If you have been following up with the topic of ‘Manifestations’ or ‘Law of Attraction’, you will be already aware of the term – ‘Scripting’. When we talk about Scripting in general, we are referring to the Manifestation technique.
Today, we are here to tell you about another variation of scripting which could be applied correctly as an Active Meditation Technique.
First, let us understand the purpose of Meditation and what do we mean by Active Meditation.
Meditation
Meditation is the process to calm our mind and remove all unwanted thoughts from it. According to Law of Attraction, when we have positive thoughts, we attract positive things into our lives. Having negative thoughts attracts negative or unpleasant things and experiences in our physical manifestation. And of course, we do not want any negative or unpleasant things or experiences!
Hence, Meditation is the answer to calm our minds and stop our minds from moving towards the negative train of thoughts. In general, when we Meditate, we will remove the negative thoughts from our mind. We are then left with less time to go back to the negative place and with so much more positive thoughts that we do not stray to the negative thoughts even more.
Different Forms of Meditation
Whenever we think of Meditation, we think of sitting silently in a pose. This is the simple form of meditation or the most famous form of meditation.
In the simplest form of meditation, you need to find a quiet environment and sit there comfortably. You need to close your eyes and then focus on something simple. You can focus on some noise in your surrounding like the sound of the fan or AC, some sentence or word in your mind, some visual in your mind or a random positive thought. You need to keep focusing on the same and ensure that while you are focusing, no other thought enters your mind.
This is however a very difficult task for people like myself. I have thousands of thoughts in my mind running wild, every moment and sever second. These thoughts are not necessarily positive or negative but out of curiosity. It is even more difficult to silence the mind of these curious thoughts. This is where we consider methods of Active Meditation.
Active Meditation is the same as simple form of Meditation in essence and yet different in process. The end result is to come to a place where the mind is free of negative thoughts but instead of driving the negative thoughts away, in Active Meditation, we fill our minds with several positive thoughts. The idea is to make sure to fill our minds with a positive thoughts so much that there is no space available for anything negative.
There are several ways that you can use to practice Active Meditation. For example, working with complex art designs such as Mandala designs. While one is busy working on the design, there is a very less likely chance of getting any negative thought in the mind. Thus even when the creator is exhausted after creating the piece of art, they are left with a very positive feeling.
Similarly, scripting is yet another way.
Scripting for Active Meditation
While the general practice of Scripting for Manifestation is quite difficult to begin with – there are several things one can get wrong if they are just beginning with it; practicing Scripting for Active Meditation is quite simple to start with. Like any other meditation, there is always the challenge of losing focus but we sincerely believe that it takes less effort to get back into focus with this practice than with the more popular ways of meditating.
All you need to get started is a notebook, a pen/pencil and around 10-15 mins time when you could practice this.
Note: The size of the notebook does not matter. Preferably it should have a couple of pages so you can maintain your daily practice in the same notebook. This helps – we will discuss later. Similarly, you could use any pen, pencil or market. The color, the make or the type is not relevant. If you hold any preconceptions about a color or a type of make, adhere to that. Use a pen or a pencil that appeals to you. The color should be soothing to you. For me, personally, I started with a small notepad and then bought myself a 300 page register when I was confident enough that I could and would commit to the practice daily. I use generally a red-colored pen for this is the color that stands out and is most used in manifestations. However, some days I do deviate from the standard red, when I feel like. I do not wish to use black at all in my meditation. On days when I feel sad, I use blue. However, this is all my personal preference. Feel free to come up with something that appeals to you.
Open the first page of the notebook as you begin on Day 1 and think of any positive emotion. You could think of something like ‘Gratitude’ or you could think of something that is more personal. For instance, you could think of ‘Well-Being’ or ‘Health’; or you could think of ‘Travel’ if you love that. If you are not too sure of what you would want to choose, then simply think of a deity you believe in. It need not be a single word and could be something like ‘Dancing in the rain’. We suggest to keep it as short as possible as longer a sentence would be, the more likely it is to cause loss of focus from the practice.
Always remember to choose a positive thought and also it should be relevant and personally appealing to you. For instance, if I am not very good at sports and I decide to choose a emotion emotion like ‘Winning the badminton match’, then the resistance or the loss of focus is going to be considerably higher than the normal.
Note: This is meditation and not manifestation. Over a period of time when you master both, you might want to mix and experiment if that suits you. However, for the time being, avoid choosing any wishes.
Now we have our materials and we have a positive emotion. All is left to do is start. Open a blank page or a new page. Start writing the emotion you had in mind. Write, repeat and repeat until you fill up the page. You can choose to repeat it in one sentence or repeat the thought as a paragraph or start every time in a new line.
It is also not compulsory to write one complete page. You could start with half a page or just 10 repetitions. You could also write 5 pages. No limit. We would however, recommend to do one page at least. That would take around 10-15 minutes for you and that is a good time to practice meditation.
This is not it. We are not doing lines here. So the important part here is – to focus. As you write the word, focus on it. If the word is an emotion, focus on the emotion. If the word is a deity, think about the deity. Else think of the emotion the word inculcates in you.
For instance, if I choose to repeat ‘Ram’ on my page, I love to think of different stories about him. If nothing comes up, I keep starting my how my hand prints the word on the page. I start appreciating how easy it is write the word and how beautiful it looks on the paper. If I am writing about ‘Travel’, I usually write ‘I love to Travel’. In this case, I think of all the places that I have been to and how I felt when I reached there. I think about Airports for I love Airports as they usually represent that I am traveling. I think about all other great cities and locations that I have in my list that I need to travel to. I concentrate on the excitement and the thrill.
This is the only important part. You see, while you take 10-15 minutes of your life writing down something, you are also filling you mind with positive thoughts or neutral thoughts. These will be 10-15 minutes less of negative thoughts. Additionally, this method tends to keep your thoughts aligned for a longer duration as you have been physically writing them as well as thinking them. You have them in front of your eyes as a visual stimulus for more positive thoughts.
The key here is just to maintain focus. Since repetitive writing is a task that can allow your mind to wander, we must be very diligent of the places that our minds choose to wander. For instance, if there is nothing specific I can think of, it is perfect nice to just appreciate the words on the paper or appreciate your handwriting. However, if you have been thinking about traveling and your mind takes you to a place where it fills up with thoughts such as you have a list you can not complete or this lockdown will never let you go or the likewise, then stop.
If ever you find yourself in such a place, stop, take a deep breath and possibly stop writing whatever you were. Think of a new word. Think of a neutral word this time. Feel free to repeat your own name – it is time you appreciate yourself and think of your own well-being.
Recommendations
Like we already mentioned, since this method involves not just your mind but your eyes as well as your hands, the effect stays with us for longer than other practices. Thus, this is a great practice to start your day with or to end your day with. If you start your day with this practice, you will feel the positive impact on you right from the start. And as Law of Attraction would have it, more positive experiences will flow your way throughout the day. If you practice this when you end your day, you get to sleep with a positive mind and wake up with one.
The second recommendation is to practice this daily. Make it a routine for yourself. Yes, it is possible that you might have to skip it on some days or you miss it on other days. However, try to do it as often as possible. A routine can be doing it the first thing before you begin work or the last thing before you sleep. It could also be something you do whenever you feel anxious. Since there are not many things you need or any actions that might attract curious glances, you can do this at the comfort of your home, kitchen, cab, park, restaurant or office.
The third recommendation that we already gave earlier is to have one notebook or ledger or register to practice everyday. This is specially handy on days when you can not think of anything particularly positive to write repeatedly or you are feeling negative. Whenever you have a blue-ink day, just flip the pages in reverse and see some of the wonderful sessions you have have feeling positive. The positive emotions rush back as your read those again and again.
The final recommendation that we would have is to practice it with no disturbances. You could do it while listening to some instrumental music but no words if that distract you. Do not talk to others until to complete this one page. Do not answer calls or emails. Just be with yourself for these minutes and listen to no one but yourself.
Feel free to repeat words on different days. I have several entries with the same deity name repeated. I also have entries with multiple deity names in one page. I have several entries of traveling. To make it more real and personal, I also write – ‘I love mountains’ or ‘I love the weather in London’. This is yours and hence what feels positive to you, is always correct.