The Meditation You’re Already Practising Without Knowing It
In the modern world, the idea of meditation is often associated with crossed legs, closed eyes, and intentional stillness. It’s seen as a formal practice, one that must be mastered through discipline and devotion. But what if meditation isn’t always something we do deliberately? What if it’s something we fall into, naturally without scripts, rituals, or effort?
This is where the concept of INM – Intuitive Non-contemplative Meditation comes in.
At its core, INM is a spontaneous act of being present without deliberately trying to be. It is the subtle experience of entering a meditative state not through concentration or contemplation, but by simply sinking into awareness. You don’t analyze your thoughts or try to silence them. You don’t seek spiritual insight or chase transcendence. Instead, you rest in the moment, as it is.
This happens more often than you might think.
Have you ever stood at the edge of a quiet lake, watching the ripples and losing track of time? Or found yourself mesmerized by a birdsong at dawn? Or felt completely absorbed while painting, cooking, or tending to a garden? These moments being effortless, silent, and expansive are all forms of non-contemplative meditation. You’re not trying to meditate. You just are. The presence comes uninvited, but unmistakable. It is meditation without the meditator
The beauty of this kind of meditation is that it doesn’t require a teacher, a tradition, or a technique. It’s intuitive, because it arises naturally from your inner rhythm. It’s non-contemplative, because it doesn’t rely on thought or intention. And it’s meditation, because it draws you into stillness, unity, and awareness beyond the mind’s chatter.
This approach may not carry the visible structure of classical methods, but its spiritual potency is no less profound. In fact, it might be closer to your original self, untouched by dogma, expectation, or effort.
Why Is This Relevant to Everyone?
So many people dismiss meditation because they believe they aren’t “spiritual enough,” “calm enough,” or “disciplined enough.” But INM proves that presence is democratic. It’s available to all – child or elder, seeker or skeptic. No one needs credentials to experience it.
By recognizing the moments where you have already tasted this silent nectar, you begin to see that meditation isn’t a foreign concept because it’s drilled in the repertoire of your beingness. With this awareness, these spontaneous meditations become more frequent, more conscious, more cherished.
To embrace it you don’t need to chase it. But you can cultivate a sensitivity to it.
Begin by trusting silence not as a void, but as a living presence, honouring still moments even if brief or unplanned, and letting go of analysis, and entering into pure observation.
It’s not about emptying your mind. It’s about resting in what already is, without judgment, and without direction.
INM is not a technique. It is a gentle reminder that the soul knows how to be still even when the mind doesn’t. When you stop trying to meditate and simply let yourself be, you find that you’ve been meditating all along without knowing its name.
Something to mull over!
AK