2006-07-28 00:03:26 · 5 answers · asked by kari 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
Kari, the whole aim of meditation is,
1. to calm your mind, and
2. to focus the mind on one thing.
The mind of a normal person is like an uncontrolled monkey jumping from one thought to another. To process all these thoughts a lot of body energy is used. Thus if your mind cease to process thoughts you will be saving a lot of body energy which can be used to cure a lot of ailments in your body. That is why a person who continues to meditate regularly even gets a nice body complexion.
If you sit down and close your eyes you will notice that your mind is jumping from one thought to another. Even though you want to concentrate on your breath you will find other thoughts also coming in between.
In learning to meditate you must first learn to calm your mind. You do this by following every thought that comes into you mind. You must be like a Manager of a Hotel who stands at the entrance and observes the customers coming in. Without getting attached to the thoughts try to observe them. You will find that a thought comes in and that it goes nowhere and another thought follows it - try following that too - with same results. This way you will find that your thoughts gradually subside. Do not try to force out your thoughts.
Of course do not expect results in one or two days. Practise it for at least 40 minutes every day for at least 2 months you find that you have 'killed' your train of thoughts. I have practised for 1 1/2 years and still vagrant thoughts come in.
Thereafter start concentrating on your breath. Notice the breath coming in and going out. You should not concentrate only on the tip of your nose. Notice the breath coming in and thereafter your lungs getting filled and then gradually exhaling the breath.
After you finish that for the day start to think of a person or several persons whom you hate most. Having those people in mind start to think in a compassionate manner "may he be healthy, may he be happy, may he go up in life, may he live long". Keep on doing this for about 10 minutes a day for a few months you will find that you do not get angry even when you have to get angry.
You should be able to get some guidance from the following sites,
1. http://www.dhamma.org/vipassan.htm
2. http://www.meditationexpert.com/ and click on the free articles on yoga meditation - it includes articles on all types of meditations including christian and muslim meditation.
2006-07-29 02:29:20 · answer #1 · answered by donp 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Altered state of consciousnes. Meditation is not a verb. In the state of meditation you feel more present at the moment. Your mind is there, your body is there. You feel them, but don't get carried away with them. You are aware. It's not about focusing your mind, it's about letting it go. In the state you feel very much alive. Speaking from my own experience. Probably only tasted the very surface of the topic.
Best book about meditation I've read is Osho's Meditation. But I guess different sources of information work differently for different kind of people. Good luck with your search.
2006-07-28 07:26:06 · answer #2 · answered by BonAqua Identity 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
meditation is were you think deeply on a subject. you ask yourself questions about the material you just read.
2006-07-28 09:46:06 · answer #3 · answered by newpersonality 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
meditation is you sit still for a few minutes doing nothing except thinking about yourself
to learn to see what ourself can be/do
what is inside us? what do you beleive?
find yourself. your true self and then you will know what are your capabilities
2006-07-28 07:11:01 · answer #4 · answered by mysticar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
searching for inner truth
2006-07-28 07:06:54 · answer #5 · answered by 42 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋