How do you meditate (and not just sitting and focusing on your breath)?

Question

There are many different ways to meditate, but how do you meditate? Has it worked for you? What sort of experiences have you had in meditation? Do you tie in religion to your meditation or keep it a purely spiritual experience?

Answer 1

God’s Springboard to Success

Look to advance in three specific areas in 2007
Knowledge of His will
Availability to His purposes
Increased anointing (enablement) of the Holy Spirit

Here is some of our personal availability:
Here I am to worship
Here I am to listen
Here I am to go

Knowing His will, through knowing His Word.

Psalms 1:1-3 “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.”

•Meditation is a lost art in today’s world
•Many Christians shun it, believing it to be eastern mysticism
•Many do not even know what it means to meditate, or know how to

•In psalm 1 we see the man who meditates upon God’s word is blessed
•It is interesting to note what the word says about those who look to the world for their input -- from walking, to standing to sitting
•More and more entrenched and captive to the ungodly notions of the world.
•This is why we are to be transformed by the renewing of our minds

Meditation of God’s word allows it to be imparted in a greater way

Psalm 1 has a promise connected with it

Psalms 1:3 “He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.”

John 15:5,7 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing… 7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.”



Ps 1 also promises that He will prosper in all things
Meditation of God’s Word is a springboard top our prosperity and success
To prosper-- to advance, to make progress, to succeed,

You shall meditate…that you may observe (Joshua 1:8)
You cannot observe what you do not know

•Called to day and night meditation—
•Scripture memorization is a major component
•How helpful in memorization (Not only for Sunday School)
•If we know it, we can meditate anywhere
•If we know it, it can guide our thoughts and actions
•Obedience causes prosperity (Josh 1:8)

Christian Psychologist Gary Collins says that people who meditate are guaranteed to change into a more Christlike person

Psalm 119 has two distinct but connected themes
Knowing God’s Word
Revival

Psalms 119:18 Enlightenment
Psalms 119:24 Counsels us
Psalms 119:27-28 Strengthens Us—in distress, sadness, grief, depression
Psalms 119:35-37 Clarifies our values
Psalms 119:45- Frees Us
Psalms 119:52 Comforts us—Comforts from within because His Word is there
Psalms 119:74,81.147 Gives us Hope—His Word is the basis of our expectation
Psalms 119:98-100 Gives us wisdom c.f James 1:5
Psalms 119:104, Gives Understanding
1 Timothy 4:13-16

It is obvious that we gain something from meditation that we will not gain through quick reading.

How to meditate—
•The word means to muse, to murmur, to growl
•Bible memorization and meditation go hand in hand


1.Read a verse or verses, carefully, slowly
2.What is being said?
3.Who is this directed to?
4.Look at words—what do they mean?
5.Look at phrases—What do they state, imply?
6.How does it apply to my life

Can you see the arrow? (Hint—look to the lower part of the E in Express, and the X)

Even so, the scriptures have many things that take time to discover

Answer 2

Well when I meditate I like to visualize things in my mind. For example meditating an a particular rune or symbol such as a valknot.

Answer 3

When I meditate, I try to achieve a nothingness feeling. I first try to feel everything surrounding me and then I try to feel nothing surrounding me. I actually feel refreshed after a few minutes of meditation.

My answer to your last question is that my meditation is a purely spiritual experience.

Answer 4

I believe the optimum meditation method for different people would be different. That is why they say a realized guru is very important. I would suggest trying different techniques and observe what works best for you.

Personally, I prefer observing my breath combined with observing my mind and coaxing it to still itself. Sometimes I try visual imagery.

But the most important aid to meditation is regular practice.

Answer 5

Well, you could always focus on some particular Scripture, and think about all the possible meanings it could have. Meditation is basically just thinking. You can meditate on a leaf and its function. It all really depends on where your interest travels.

Answer 6

We have a great store in our city that sells all sorts of "spiritual" stuff. They have a good selection of CDs for guided meditation. That is my favourite. I also bought a voice recorder so that I could record some of my own.

I am atheist, so no religion.

Answer 7

My meditation (Christian) consists of contemplative prayer combined with lectio divina, which is sacred scripture reading. It differs from Bible study in that with lectio divina you kind of "read through" the words. To put it another way, you read them intuitively and let them speak to your spirit rather than your mind. Meditation has been one of the best lessons in spritual formation that I have ever learned. I am much closer to Christ since I have started approaching him in such a way.

Answer 8

i meditate usually by doing japa.

i am very ill, and find it harder and harder to sleep let alone meditate. for me i do japa, om mother life force, om goddess of avalon--and i walk around trying to [see]---[life force]. in every object and every animal. like being aware of air,to know you are breathing air, that air is all around me every second of every day.

i guess the Buddhists call it being [mind-full]. to be aware of each second , and to be kind toward others , as fellow humans.

when you have the flue, for example , it very hard to ,[be aware] and that's the test, to keep chanting when some moron in a passing car throws a full beer bottle at your head , and to keep on chanting.

.i didn't make it with that one.

Answer 9

Meditate on a Spritual truth or entity. Focus on that truth let it consume your spirit and all the ramification of that spiritual truth or entity.

Answer 10

I go to someplace quiet, without distractions, open my Bible and read a verse or two. Then I am still, and examine my reflections on what I just read.
And did anyone else notice, the answers to this question that mention the Bible all have thumbs down??? We are just honestly answering a simple question.

Answer 11

www.11meditation.co.nr
in the second half in the page of meditation, there are some information about a light gazing meditation.
you may love it.