I like very much this simple but powerful meditation. I learnt it from the book "Sensei of Shambala" and since that time I try to practice it every day. It helps me to develop divine Love in myself. It's the best meditation I ever tried!


You can read this book for free at http://schambala.org

Extract from the book of Anastasia Novykh «Sensei»:

«This spiritual practice is called a Lotus Flower. It consists of the following. You imagine that you plant a seed of a lotus inside, to the regions of a solar plexus.. And this small seed grows due to the power of Love generated by your positive thoughts. Thus controlling a growth of this flower you get rid artificially of negative thoughts that constantly turn over in your head.

-         Why, do we really all the time think of negative things? Ruslan asked.

-         Of course, - Sensei answered Just follow your thoughts carefully. People share a lot of time to visualization of different conflict situations, negative memories of the past, they imagine as they quarrel, prove something, deceive someone or hit back, they think of their illnesses, material deprivations and so on. It means they always keep a lot of negative thoughts in their mind.

And by doing this practice you intentionally under your internal control get rid of all these negative thoughts. And the more positive image will you keep in your mind, the quicker growth of this seed of Love will you get. In the beginning you imagine that a seed starts growing, and a small stalk appears. It grows further, leaves cover the stalk, then comes a small flower bud. And finally getting more and more of the power of Love the bud blossoms out into a Lotus. The Lotus Flower is at first golden but on growing on­ it becomes dazzling white.

- And how much time does it take it to grow out? I asked.

- Actually it depends on you. Some people need years, the others - just months, or days, or even seconds. All depends on your desire, whether you will make your efforts. It is necessary not only to grow out this flower, but also to support it all the time by the power of your Love so that it would not fade or die. This constant feeling of growth is to be held by you at the level of subconsciousness or, to say it more precisely, at the level of a controllable ­ remote ­ consciousness. The more you give Love to this little flower, cherish it in your mind, take care of it, protect it from surrounding negative ­influence, the more it grows. This flower is generated by the energy of Love, I emphasize, by the internal energy of Love. And the more you feel Love towards the whole world, to all the people and to your surrounding, the bigger the flower becomes. And if you start to get angry the flower becomes weak, if you break in strong anger the flower fades and becomes ill. Then it is necessary to make maximum of efforts in order to restore it. It is some kind of a control.

Thus, when this flower blossoms and starts to increase in size, it starts to emit vibrations instead of the smell, the so-called leptons or gravitons, call them as you like, that is, the energy of Love. You feel moving petals of this flower that bring vibrations to all your body, to all the space around you, irradiating Love and Harmony to the world.

-         And is it somehow felt at the physical level? Eugene asked.

-         Yes. The Lotus can be felt as though the regions of a solar plexus are burning, spreading heat. That is, these feelings arise in the regions of a solar plexus where, as legends say, our soul is hidden. These regions start getting warmer and warmer. The main sense of all of this is that wherever you are, with whomever you are or whatever you do or think, you should always feel this heat, heat that warms not only your body but you soul. This internal concentration of Love is located in the flower. Finally, the more you take care of it, glorify this Love, the more you feel that this flower expands, surrounds tightly your body with its petals and that you stands inside of the huge Lotus.

And then it comes to a very important point. When you reach the stage when Lotus petals surround you from all the sides, you feel two flowers. One is inside under your heart that warms all the time by the feeling of internal Love. Another one, the bigger, like the astral shell of this flower that surrounds you and, on the one hand, it irradiates the vibration of Love to the world and, on the other hand, it protects yourself from the negative influence of other people. Thus works the cause-effect law. To put it by the language of physics, there is a wave effect. To say it briefly, you irradiate waves of the good intensifying them manifold and creating thus a graceful wave field. This wave field is felt all the time by you and is supported by your heart and soul of Love, meanwhile impacts positively not only yourself but also the surrounding world.

What happens due to the everyday practice. First, you always control your thoughts, learn to concentrate yourself on positive things. Therefore you are not automatically able to wish bad things to anybody or to be bad. This practice should be done every day and every second. And this is for the whole life. It is some kind of distraction method as nobody can fight negative thoughts by force. Love cannot be compelled. Therefore you should distract your attention. If a negative or undesirable thought comes, you concentrate on your flower, you start to give your Love to it, that is, your forget all the negative things artificially. Or your switch your attention to something else, to something  positive. But you feel the flower all the time: going to bed, getting up, at night, during the day, whatever you do when studying, working, doing sports etc. You feel how Love flares up, how currents of Love are moving in your chest and are filling all your body. How this flower starts heating inside, with some special warmth, the divine warmth of Love. And the more you give, the bigger is Love inside. Constantly irradiating this Love, you perceive people already from the position of Love. That is, second, what is very important you tune up yourself to the frequency of the good.

And the good means success, luck, health. It means everything! You start feeling happier and that has a positive impact on your mind. And CNS (central nervous system) is the main regulator of the vital activity. Therefore, first of all, this practice improves your health. Besides, your life becomes smoother as you start finding reconciliation with everybody. Nobody wants to quarrel with you, you are welcome everywhere. You will not have any big problems. Why? Because even if some troubles happen in your life, as life is life, you start perceiving them in a completely different way than just ordinary people. Because you have already a new vision of the life that helps you to find the most optimal decision well adjusted to the situation. Because the Wisdom of life awakens in you, you start feeling yourself a Man, you come to understanding who is the God, that the God is an everywhere substance, and not just a fantasy of a few idiots. You start feeling the divine presence in yourself and strengthen this power by your positive thoughts and feelings. You will never feel alone in this world anymore as the God is in you and with you, you feel His real presence. There is an expression If you are in Love, you are in the God, and the God is in you as the God is Love. Also it is very important that you start feeling the aura of the flower which is inside and outside of you.