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There are at least two schools of thought about this type of experience.
Some schools, such as various Native American traditions, will assign various meanings to different images: wolf, eagle, Shiva, etc.
Other schools, such as Zen Buddhism, will suggest that all images, thoughts, ideas, and feelings even are simply "mind stuff." They are things that float through the mind as you sit and bring awareness to your inner world.
Since in these schools meditation is all about awareness, about the witness, about the process of watching itself and being present to what is, whatever it is, no meaning is attached to the images. One simply watches: "aha, Shiva has appeared. Now he is gone. Now my mind is trying to figure out what this means. Is it good? Is it bad?" And so forth.
In Zen, one is simply concerned with noticing whatsoever is happening inside, because it is the *awareness* that is significant. The awareness brings light into one's life, brings godliness into one's life, brings delight.
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Why is shiva pictured in deep meditation?
My intuition tells me Shiva is pictured in deep meditation because the Hindu leaders want people to recognize the importance of meditation. The promise of Shiva and Buddha and Mahavira is that if you go into meditation, you too will be able to attain to a high level of consciousness, just like we did.
What is the meaning of shivanshu?
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How long as meditation been a thing?
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Is Shiva a religion of Christianity Judaism Islam Hinduism or Buddhism?
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What is the meaning of girish?
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Chandrashekhar name meaning?
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What is meaning for the name naresh?
Naresh means 'Nar'+'Esh' = 'Man'+'Shiva' 'Lord Shiva in the form of a Man' which means'Lord of Mankind'
In The Marshes of Glynn movement is a means of?
meditation
What does simranjeet mean?
simranjeet means meditation
