1) Is it normal to have lows after you've experienced a "high"?
2) What is the longest in between "highs" you've experienced?
3) Is it possible to never ever again achieve the next "high"? Just curious; I know achieving a "high" is not the purpose of meditation. :)
4) I'm finding it hard to make time for meditation (I usually do a 30-40 minute one), can anybody share their motivations or time management in handling this? I don't know too many practitioners and the few that I do have the same problems. One practioner cut his down to 15 minutes per day to manage his time, but I find that hard for a 'beginner' like me.
Am just frustrated with my meditation lately.
2006-09-19 23:19:56 · 5 answers · asked by Guppy Fish 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
You have not indicated what type of Meditation that you are cultivating. Actually there are no highs or lows in meditation.
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.
Anapana or concentration on the breath is the best form of meditation.
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 nearly 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.
I get up early in the morning and do my meditation. I found that this is the best time because your mind and body are well relaxed at this time and as all the others are asleeep there are no disturbances.
As mentioned above if you can successfully get rid of the 'mental chatter' you will feel a fantastic relaxation in your mind. Thereafter when you start concentrating on your breath it will be a beautiful feeling.
2006-09-21 16:10:45 · answer #1 · answered by donp 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Meditation is merely deep thinking. There are not any non secular connotations approximately it. Meditation is a manner for clearing the recommendations so which you would be able to concentration on a particular component greater actually and devoid of distractions. (so which you will desire to do it in a position it incredibly is relaxing and not packed with noise) there are a number of tactics of meditation, so once you have an interest, you will desire to do study on the diverse tactics and notice if any artwork for you. purely a heads up, it takes quite some prepare and merely simply by fact one approach would not artwork one time does not advise it won't artwork ever. you will desire to adhere with it. i've got not heard of any "unfavorable" stories bobbing up from meditation.
2016-12-15 11:00:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am Celtic, and I meditate as part of my religious study.. I do it to learn about myself.. I dont really expierience a 'high' or 'low' but I can advise u on time management.. if u get time during yer lunch time at work or school, use that time to meditate.. when I was in school, I used to meditate fer my entire lunch hour, and it helped a great deal to help me relieve the stress of my peers.. all ye need to do is find the time when ye normally sit around.. turn off the television and use that time..
2006-09-19 23:34:10 · answer #3 · answered by Nick R 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
actually to get a high is very much the goal of meditation,
its just from all the substance abuse we have somewhat
of a taboo against getting high.
but a natural high is what makes life worthwhile. what you
need is a breakthrough, and its not always a matter
of how much time you could put into it--it has an intuitive element,
sometimes its when you have the right guidance
from the right person,or when you live your life in a particular
rhythm with the world it'll come naturally
2006-09-19 23:32:08 · answer #4 · answered by enigma q 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ohhhhhhhmmmmm.
2006-09-19 23:21:52 · answer #5 · answered by MonsterMash 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋