So my proposed casual experiment is to determine if one can practice Deity Yoga Meditations with another belief system. No blind studies or any of that, just anecdotal findings. So try the meditation and just let me know if you see a difference in Short term in visuospatial perception. Here is a bit more information.
visuospatial: (per dictionary.org)
Pertaining to perception of the spatial relationships among objects within the field of vision.
Of or relating to visual perception of spatial relationships among objects.
Of, relating to, or being thought processes that involve visual and spatial awareness.
My understanding of the original meditation is that you visualize Buddha in your minds eye with the entourage that might usually accompany him. You see this gathering in great detail and then move to a spiritual place where you become comfortable merging with the Buddha. By accomplishing the merging, you accept the Divine within yourself and carry it into everyday life to guide you.
This feels like a very powerful mediation without any other intentions.
But back to my purposed experiment. Why must it be a meditation for Buddhist only? Can we use it for other faiths? And if so, how successfully?
But how might you envision your Source of Divine? If it is God, then maybe visualize archangels, saints, or prophets. For the Goddess, maybe see Her manifestation with attending pantheon. For Great Spirit, maybe see the nature kingdom divas and spirit guides. As I mentioned in the last post, if your Source is more abstracted without a persona, then bank on that abstraction and create a vision of maybe sound, color, sensations, music, shapes, whatever to support it.
If you would join me, set aside 20 minutes a day to do this meditation. Then go about you days activities. Maybe 2 or 3 hours later review your activities. Are you aware of a change in then s in terms of use of short term memory? For me that would be, did I spend as much time as usual looking for things I have put down, like keys, the reference paper I was just using, etc.
During the day seems most beneficial time to experiment, since the review period is what will give us our "data".
I would be delighted if you would share this proposal with those you feel might be interested. And I look forward to hearing form you and you thoughts and outcome with this little experiment.
Raise your voice to Spirit
With Blessings
KiP
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