Meditation

When I meditate, I like to "travel" to a paradise I created for myself. I always "come in" to the paradise through the same "door" which is in a forest, by a large white rock. To get myself into a trance state, I focus on my senses in the world I've created. For example, I bend down and touch the dirt, imagining the feel and texture of every grain. I imagine the musty smell of the dirt. Then I touch the white rock, "feeling" its cold surface and the cracks in its surface. Then, naturally, I hug a tree, imagining the texture of its bark and the smell of its resin. Then, I make sure to "listen" to the sounds around me. The sounds of birds, water, creatures of the forest, songs that I love that surround me and describe the world I live in.
Then I start running. I know my way through the forest, I recognize every tree on my path, I touch them as I run by and greet them with the love I have for this world of mine. I come across a reflective pool, which has a waterfall at one end. Sometimes I dive into the water, which, for such a small pond, is as deep as the ocean, and I visit the underwater city that i have imagined. Other times I go through the waterfall into a tunnel which leads to an open field with golden grass and flowers. There is one very large and very old tree in the center of this field, which i sometimes will sit under. My spirit guide (black Pegasus) will come and fly me over acres of forest until we come to the ocean, where the stone people live. I will sit on the shoulders of these giant stone people and they will talk to me about life and run me up and down the sandy beach. There is a city to the North that I have not been to yet, but I am looking forward to creating it as I go.

This is a very relaxing form of meditation for me, as it is my vision of "A Perfect World".  I guess I'm just using my skills of imagination to relax me, like a child would do. ^.^