sufi meditation

Muraqaba (Sufi meditation) is the name of that contemplation through which man is able to gain the knowledge which is the primordial knowledge of his Ego, Self, or Soul. After gaining that knowledge, any man can gain access to his Ego or Soul.

It appears that the person performing Muraqaba (Sufi meditation) is simply sitting in a pose with his or her eyes closed. However, merely shutting the eyes and assuming a specific pose does not serve the purpose. Muraqaba (Sufi meditation) is in fact an angle of perception through which the person doing the Muraqaba (Sufi meditation) frees himself or herself from outward senses and begins their journey in the inward senses. 

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Every human being, from the time of birth to death spends life in two states. In other words, in the human mind there are two types of conditions that prevail every moment of our life. One of these conditions or state is wakening and the other sleeping or dreaming. In the wakening state, they are trapped in Time and Space while during dreaming they are free from the confines of spatiotemporal limitations. This freedom of Time and Space is sought through Muraqaba (Sufi meditation) by converting the state of sleeping or dreaming into an awakened state. Because during Muraqaba (Sufi meditation), a person goes through the same conditions that he or she goes through while sleeping or dreaming. 

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To enter the unseen world (al-ghayb) or to behold anything beyond Time and Space, we have to first free ourselves from the clutches of spatiotemporal restrictions. This is only possible when the vision that sees Time and Space frees itself from its boundaries. To activate that vision, certain exercises have been created through which even if the human mind is not totally free at least it is able to come close to it. 

from: sufiblog