Thank you Dr. Deepak, for this clarity into the question.Although I have not asked this question but it has helped me learn this difference between which part of meditation can be taught and which part is your own journey. I can only be amazed at how you answer complicated questions with so much clarity. It is too difficult to put such explanations into correct words.

Thank you Dr. Chopra for your insights. I have been practicing standing post meditation for 15 years. It helped me survive four bouts of bone cancer, including two bone marrow transplants, between 1991 and 1996. I practice every day, and I believe it has kept me cancer-free for the last 12-plus years. During my struggles with cancer, I would hold the posture for an hour or more every day. I noticed that during the latter stages of the hour, my awareness would disappear for periods of time and I would reach what the Chinese masters call the place of "thought of no thoughts." Which is a paradox, of course. But if it could be talked about, everyone would've told his brother. Now that I'm older, my knees have deteriorated (karate and football damage) and I can only hold the posture for a half-hour at a time. And I don't reach the place of thought of no thoughts. Which disturbs me, as it's the best place in the universe to be. I'm glad to see meditation being discussed. You can talk alll day about the power of intent. But without meditation, intent is meaningless. It's what Chinese martial artists describe as "flower fist and brocade kick." It means your movements look pretty, but they have no power. I just posted a blog called "The Law of Attraction--'Secret' B.S. That's my take on that idea and the New Age movement in general. The New Age movement takes ancient ideas, grossly oversimplifies them, removes the hard work from them, then markets them to a spiritually-deprived modern world. What happened to books like "Quantum Healing," by Dr. Chopra, which so inspired me to defeat a terminal illness?

Below are a few of my favorite quotes of Deepak

Namaste and Shalom, Meditation is a wonderful subject to discuss. I truly believe that it is the road to humanity's survival and ongoing development versus extinction and continued suffering. What is particularly beautiful about meditation is how many different paths there are. Truly a path for each of us. Rabbi Nachman of Breztlov taught that every person has the capability of learning to meditate. He taught that people should go out into the fields where reeds grow wild. He said this because the Hebrew word for reeds was so close to the Hebrew word for soul. Walking amongst the reeds would stimulate your soul and all you would need to do is listen. This was the first kind of meditation I learned. As I became more open and more receptive the Schechinah gave me my own meditative mantra. As time has gone on my mantra has grown and includes a phrase in Sanskrit as well as two phrases in Hebrew. My path of Tantric Kabbalah is very unique in that it combines sexuality and meditation. They do not have to be done together. The meditation is always sexual because it is about union but no physical action is necessary only an action of the soul. The Divine Union of Tiferet and Schechinah, of the Divine Male and Divine Female Conscious Energies is accomplished through human action at the level of the soul. The great suffering in the world today is the result of Patriarchal Religions removing the Divine Feminine from our consciousness and claiming that the Divine Male energy is all that is needed. Listen to your own soul and the Divine message that comes to you as you open in meditation and listen to other's experiences from their meditation. love and light, Stuart http://stuartmarkberlin.com 805 857 9317