Chi-Meditation Experience

           On February 16, our philosophy class participated in a meditation procedure conducted by a Chinese-yoga master translated in English for almost the entire class period. We all sat on top of our desks following every suggestion the master had to say. During a part of this experience, I was completely immobile, hands placed palms up like I was holding a sphere, eyes closed, and embarked on a journey within my conscious. The suggestions he offered us were difficult to understand, and tiredness and uneasiness of my body made such a long story interrupted constantly. The uncertainty of whether placing my hands up or eyes closed for this long created anxiety and anxiousness to move around or stretch, but the interesting part was, the master told us to imagine we were moving, mobile in every part of our body; thinking we were but not enacting. Not only did this create tension and  anger of how much he wanted me to do this, I looked around that almost all the class had given up on this meditation, so slowly cooling my grip, and realizing this meditation was a failure except for a few people still participating, I quietly withheld and waited until the presentation ended. In conclusion, this chi-meditation was a unique experience at first when true concentration was reached not realizing how much time was passing. Time was infinite and it felt like time stood still realizing this will never end. While my eyes were closed, I concentrated and created visual pictures of everything going on in my life and focused only on my conscious rather than everything around me. A part of me was concentrated, and the other part wanted to move around, and sadly, I was not able to keep this up for too long.