why iam asked this question, some days back my friend asked me sleeping is equal to meditation . is it right or wrong. so i think but i don't got answer to this question.
2006-10-09 04:34:58 · 6 answers · asked by manohar_vajrala 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
When asleep, we have no control, and don't know what is happening.
Mediation is a way to learn to control the mind - in fact exactly the opposite of sleep.
By controlling the mind, we are able to quieten it, and stop in jumping around like a monkey.
First we teach the mind to concentrate, and the we quieten it.
Here is a good way to start.
Sit in a comfortable position, with a straight spine, and the eyes either closed, or out of focus.
This is a good one to teach our mind to concentrate, called the twenty-four second meditation. It involves picturing numbers made up of dots as shown on large digital displays. We commence by picturing the digits 24. When we can clearly visualise each dot which makes each of the two digits two and four, then we move to 23, and 22. The concentration on the dots helps to eliminate other thoughts from the mind, and with a little practice over a few days, we are able to move from 24 down through all the digits to 0. If another thought enters our mind during this process, then we must start again. This is why it takes a few days before we are able to succeed Once we can succeed then we are achieving an alpha state of mind, which is relaxed, and free of the linear thought process. This is the state of mind required for deep meditation, which we discuss later.
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2006-10-11 18:06:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
THE NOTION THAT MEDITATION AND SLEEP ARE THE SAME CAME AS A JOLT TO ME.I AM A MEDITATING PERSON AND PEOPLE THINK LIKE THIS,MY GOD! LISTEN,THESE TWO ARE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT.MEDITATION,WHEN I DO IT,I CONCENTRATE ON A JAPAM OR CHANTING AND I AM CAPABLE OF DEEP CONCENTRATION AND LESSENED BLOOD PRESSURE.THERE NEED NOT BE RELIGIOUS CHANTING IF YOU DO NOT OR CANNOT PURSUE IT.IT CAN BE ANY PURE PICTURE EVEN.SEE THE CALM IT BRINGS YOU.YES,YOUR FRIEND MUST HAVE EQUALLED IT TO MEDITATION ONLY BECAUSE,IN MEDITATING,WE FORGET EVERYTHING AND SOMETIMES DEEP OBLIVION OF OUR SURROUNDINGS SET IN AND VISIONS NOT EVEN WE HAVE SEEN IN ACTUAL WORLD COMES TO OUR MINDS EYE LIKE A DREAM.BUT I HOPE THE FRIEND DID NOT MEAN ANY OTHER HARM .
2006-10-09 04:45:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you are meditating, you are still awake but in a relaxed state of mind and body. You know what's happening around. As for sleeping, every part of our body is at rest and our level of consciousness is in slumber too.
2006-10-09 04:41:03 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In meditation, one is still in a conscious state, unlike sleeping.
2006-10-09 04:39:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In meditation, the person is conscious of the things around him but he tries to ignore them by focusing on a mantra/person/object/scenic view, in sleeping, the person is unaware of his sorroundings especially if he is in deep sleep or REM stage of sleep.
2006-10-09 04:38:59 · answer #5 · answered by maconsolviaa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thoughts of the sleep means scarcity of thoughts of the state of mind during sleep. The thoughts, which deals with this information, is called dream-thoughts of the sleep . The thoughts that provides knowledge about the absence of ordinary thoughts during sleep is dream-thoughts of the sleep . Deep dream-thoughts of the sleep also stands for dreamless sleep. It is due to the preponderance of those attributes in the state of mind, which leads to the absence of ordinary thoughts during sleep. Thus, the thoughts that is experienced during sleep or the thoughts that is experienced about dreams is called dream-thoughts of the sleep . The thoughts of the state of mind, which are felt during dreams, constitute dream-thoughts of the sleep of the state of mind. The thoughts about dreams, which arises during sleep and of which we become unaware on waking but feel having dreams about them is also, called dream-thoughts of the sleep . When a man is in a state of dream-thoughts of the sleep , his false thoughts of the wisdom of education , verbal thoughts of conceived idea and thoughts of the memory of the hidden impression becomes sleeping and his alertness of what is happening around him and of the material world becomes very scant. The knowledge about scarcity of this alertness is deep dream-thoughts of the sleep .
Deep dream-thoughts of the sleep is temporary Samadhi (spiritua
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2006-10-09 05:58:58 · answer #6 · answered by veerabhadrasarma m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋