WHY IS THE CRYSTAL BALL USED AS THE OBJECT OF MEDITATION IN THE DHAMMAKAYA TECHNIQUE ?
First of all, we donât need to use a crystal ball. Any object of meditation will do as long as you have a positive feeling towards it, or at least a neutral one. Also, the object of meditation should be chosen which does not increase the level of passion, hatred or delusion in your mind. Meditating upon the image of your husband or wife will not make for very good meditation because it will increase your level of passion and this will destroy any degree of calm which you had already attained. By contrast, a flower is a good object of meditation, as is the moon or the sun, because for most people these things arouse a positive feeling. If you can think of nothing better, why not try visualizing the pillow which you use to sleep each night ? The important thing is to bring the object to rest at the centre of the body, because this is where the most successful degree of concentration can be developed. You will find that whatever the object you originally chose, it will turn to become a cr
