By Kenneth Ng, www.soulcentre.org
SoulCentre
Certified Meditation Teacher
16th May 2018
16th May 2018
Our minds are super
machines that don’t quite rest! Once we are awake from our sleep, thousands of
thoughts, both positive and negative, start flooding our mind, like a tsunami
throughout the day. No wonder then, that the meditation masters refer to our mind
as the ‘Monkey Mind’, that’s constantly restless, agitated and frequently
exhausted too!
Thus training the mind to
be peaceful and positive becomes very important. The question is, ‘how?’
Personally, meditation is the way to go for me, as it transforms the mind,
making it clear, positive and liberated.
I am a trained counsellor and an avid blogger, who writes articles about
positive living and life musings (talesofthepomegranates.wordpress.com). I
believe that mastering one’s mind, through meditation and mindfulness
practices, is an important ingredient to living life positively. However, before
I started learning, I had a misconception that meditation was a religious
practice, and since I am not a religious person, when I wanted to
learn meditation, I decided on SoulCentre after searching extensively online,
as it seems to be reliable and reputable.
True enough, SoulCentre did
not disappoint me. The lessons were fun, engaging and captivating. My teacher
Vikas Malkani, made every lesson (and in fact every moment) inspirational.
Vikas let us learn and experience his teaching and lessons in our own way and
was always there to answer our most difficult questions about life.
There
were so many 'ah-ha' moments in his lessons and the wisdom Vikas taught became
my reminders or even anchors in my life now. And as for Vikas, he is huge! He
is full of compassion for his students and his BIG smile can comfort you in the
most amazing way! (http://www.soulcentre.org/founders-details)
The more I learnt and practiced meditation, the more I came to realise that it has been grossly misunderstood. Meditation is simply a scientific and systematic practice to tame one’s mind. Meditation is a form of mind exercise, and the way to a positive and liberated mind. It should be seen as a practice tool. And when practice is anchored to wisdom, our minds become calmer, more positive and liberated. With that, we make decisions more soundly and confidently and become healthier individuals as well.
I have been practicing
meditation for more than a year now and I am already experiencing the many benefits
– happier, more positive thoughts, better sleep, a greater confidence and a
more complete awareness and sense of self.
Being
inspired by Vikas, I completed my training to become certified as a Meditation
Teacher with SoulCentre.
Meditation has certainly given me
a renewed appreciation of life. If you want to learn what true meditation is, and enjoy its many
benefits, connect with me at:
Kenneth Ng
talesofthepomegranates.wordpress.com
