Concentration Exercises #2

Concentration Exercises #2

After you have practiced Concentration Exercises #1 for a while, it will probably get a little boring. After all, who really wants to sit and stare at a tiny black dot for a long period of time. But the exercise really does serve a purpose and everyone should be able to maintain their concentration for at least 5 minutes before moving on to this exercise.
I promise you this one has a twist to it that you will like!
Once again, you will be concentrating on a photo, but this time, instead of just trying to keep your concentration on the image, you want to to sort of merge with the image.
As you concentrate on the image, start to realize what the petals feel like. Are they smooth or rough, cold or warm, wet or dry. Slowly let the feeling you are getting from the petals cover your whole body, until it feels almost as if you have merged with the petal.
As you continue to concentrate on both the sight and the feel of the petals, slowly allow your vision to switch from looking at the petal to looking out from the petal. See what the remainder of the flower looks like from the vantage point of being one with the petal. Allow your concentration to move around the entire flower, top, bottom and inside.
Know what it feels like to be the flower. Continue to examine the flower from the viewpoint of being a part of the flower until you are satistifed you have seen the entire flower, then pull your concentration out of the flower and return to your normal point of view.
Most people that do this exercise find that when they return to their normal perspective, anywhere from 15 minutes to 1 hour has passed but it seems to them as if only a few minutes have gone by. One final thing that will determine if you are doing this exercise correctly or not is when you are back to your normal perspective, you should feel relax but with plenty of energy. In fact this is actually a great exercise to do mid day when your energy level drops to re-energize yourself.
Do this exercise as often as needed to reach the point where you are staying in the view point of the flower for at least 20 minutes or longer. I then suggest you do it at least a couple of times per month to stay in practice.
So take a few moments to relax, breath deeply and when you are ready, Click Here to view the image and get started.