Common misconceptions about meditation

[AlfrunGrima]

I am dabbling and reading on the old Wizardforum also. With webarchive.org it is still possible to read things, which is nice! I would like to bring some of those discussions to this 'new' WF forum. We have a lot of people in our community that were not on the old forum, including me. And people who were on the old forum had quite some time for some personal growth. So plenty of room for new discussions. I try to tag these posts every time as #old WF to be able to filter those 'new old posts'.

One of the threads I want to bring back is that about misconceptions about meditation, it is worth while to have this topic again on this 'new' WF too. For new seekers, it is quite a topic. For seasoned practitioners is can be nice to reflect on that.......Add your ideas about misconceptions, add your experiences, add misconceptions I didn't mention in this OP.

Misconceptions about meditation:
***Meditation requires spiritual or religious beliefs.
***I don’t have enough time to meditate.
***It takes years of practice to receive any benefits from meditation.
*** a meditation is only successful when I reached the empty-mind-stage

 

[Morell]

So the name of thread was supposed to be about meditation, not magic...

 

[mag1caljeet]

So the name of thread was supposed to be about meditation, not magic...

they are highly related though...

but I see what you mean.

The only one I can think of is this one:
- Magic is evil/Satanic

 

[Robert Ramsay]

Of course the biggest misconception about magic is that it doesn't exist.

 

[AlfrunGrima]

@Morell Yes I meant meditation, but typed in one or another way magic. I still don't have a clue how it happened because I did read the title several times, like I always do. Sorry for this clumsy action

 

[FireBorn]

Meditation isnt about 'getting' something. If you go into it to get, you will frustrate your own efforts. Only when you let go of all of it, do you 'get' anything. Paradox.

 

[Angelkesfarl]

To clarify the reality of spiritual practice beyond the surface-level misconceptions:

1. The Mechanics of Schools: In the system of Franz Bardon, focus is directed toward the "Accumulation of Elements." In the Golden Dawn, it is the "Invocation of Symbols and Names." However, the Truth is that both are merely tools. The engine is the Divine Breath (Nafas). Without the Spirit (Ruh), these practices remain mere "mental gymnastics."

2. The Act of Creation vs. Composition: Magic is not "Creation from Nothing"—that is a Divine prerogative. Magic is Innovation through Composition. Meditation requires you to see with the "Eye of the Soul" what the physical eyes cannot perceive. While many seek solitude, the Eastern school teaches that true meditation is Khalwa (seclusion) even amidst a crowd. My focus remains on the methods of Polishing the Mirror of the Soul.

3. The Anatomy of Resonance: Chakras are activated through internal contemplations. There is an ancient, authentic Indian school that mandates names like "HUM" as a manifesting spirit and "OM" as a soul in manifestation. This path divides the internal imaginative mind into Seven Celestial Palaces, where your reality manifests within each. There are also forgotten schools that speak of the Seven Spirits of Pentagrammic Letters; they utilize a specific discipline during the Vernal Equinox for their manifestation, claiming mastery over the process.

4. The Sufi Microcosm (The Universal Man): The Sufi schools approach meditation by looking with the eye of truth at who you are. If you truly know yourself, you will understand how to govern the elements and the planets. You will realize that everything said about stars, orbits, and zodiacs exists within you:

Your Bones are the Mountains.

Your Blood is the Rivers.

Your Flesh is the Earth, and your Skin is the Sky.

Your Hair is the Trees, and your Nails are the Rocks.

Your Essence (Fluid) is the Elixir.

Your right nostril is linked to the Sun, the left to the Moon.

Each limb and sensory organ has a celestial correspondence. Whoever manifests through their physical faculties via the traditional path gains control over the Etheric Fluid surrounding the planet in its manifestation, thus allowing them to strike or repel with precision.

Thank you all.