How do i Meditate?

Answer 1

Control the mind and focus it upon the will, then watch the resulting action. Try different techniques, such as holding an object in your mind, moving your mind inward and outward, turning it from dark to light, anything you can think of. In time your control will get better and you will start to reveal the hidden knowledge from within.

Answer 2

okay, simple vipassana meditation: go to the back yard or someplace you will not be disturbed and can walk in some sort of circle (not a tight little circle but a baseball diamond works fine). Walk in circles BUT every time you lift, move and drop your foot think the words "my left foot is walking...and now my right foot is walking". The words aren't so important but the lack of thinking about what to say mentally IS. Say the same thing every time. Of course, now you'll hit the standard meditation problems of thinking "ooops, got to get back to the line" or "nice rock" or the ever popular "where is my life going". Ultimately you must just keep walking and reciting that line as you move. Give yourself 10 minutes, maybe, the first time. And you're not out for speed, if you find it difficult to maintain speed, slow down.

Answer 3

meditating is teaching your to calm down for short periods of time, It is not an easy task, But here are a few suggestions.
First you need to breath in through your nose and out threw the moth concentrate on that try to clear your mind of all other though just in through the nose out threw the mouth, you need to be in a quiet relaxed setting there you will not be disturbed fore at least 30 minutes.Second there is a technique where you lay in your bed you still do the deep breathing but instead of concentrating on it you concentrate on your toes and feet, you feel them relax then move up to the calf and then the thigh and so ans so on till you reach the top of your head, All the wile you are trying to keep your mind clear of thought, I must tell you it is not easy it takes many months, Your mind is used to running 24-7 and it will not want to give up control that easy, so be patient because the benefits are worth it.

Answer 4

chanting OM is good because it causes an inner vibration that captures the attention and helps focus the mind. to focus on breathing with the use of a mantra is also good. I recommend picking a term or idea that summerizes your goal and then use meditation as a prayerful tool to take you in the direction of your goal, such as to become more loving, peaceful or non-judgemental for example.

Answer 5

Eyes closed. body relax. mind clear of all negatives now meditate. oops there's more pt 2 later.

Answer 6

i take yoga classes, they teach you how to meditate there. Try a jujistu class, martial artists and yoga instructors teach people how to meditate.

Answer 7

*Please Patiently Read Everything.Thx

There are so many more benefits of Insight or Mindfulness Meditation, than relaxing, and calming your spirit and mind, and providing you with peace of mind,

Let's begin with some of the important other benefits of Insight Meditation.
According to Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn Ph.D. and all the research he has done {He also has a meditation clinic in Mass. USA) he states that Insight [mindfulness] meditation, stimulates and enhances the Cognitive areas of the brain, improving the intellect, and one's memory, concentration and focus in life. He states that it also helps us to perceive and see into the true nature of things [meaning]:
helps us to see things, people, situations clearly as they really are - to help us to accurately think, speak, act, and re-act in ways which are wholesome and beneficial to others and also to ourselves. Insight meditation, as most everyone already knows, also calm our mind down (for the human mind is often driven by anxiety), giving us peace of mind, and is a great antidote (cure) for worry, depression, fear, stress, anxiety {including social anxiey disorders {says Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn), etc

Let's briefly discuss what Insight Meditation is. *Please Patiently read this. Thank You.

"In Mindfulness (Insight/Vipassana) Meditation we learn to attentively listen to our own Thoughts, non-judgmentally, without being caught up in them.
*The object of Vipassana practice is to learn to see the Truths of impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, and the selflessness of
phenomena.
*The Pali term for Insight Meditation is Vipassana Bhavana. Bhavana comes from the root bhu, meaning to grow or to become
Bhavana means to cultivate the mind;
mental cultivation.
*Vipassana is derived from two roots being
Passana meaning seeing or perceiving, and
Vi, which is a prefix with a complex set of connotations that can be roughly translated as "in a special way" and also into and through "a special way."
*The whole meaning of the word Vipassana
is looking into something with clarity and
precision, seeing each component as distinct, and piercing all the way through to
perceive the most fundamental reality of that
thing.
**This process leads to insight into the basic reality of whatever is being examined.
Put these words together and Vipassana
Bhavana means the cultivation of the mind toward the aim of seeing in a special way that leads to insight and Full understanding.
As a person practices Vipassana Bhavana [insight meditation] he or she clearly sees things, people, situations as they really are. It enables us to see into the true nature of things, without [what I call, as an R.N.] mental, emotional or spiritual cataracts. Vipassana Bhavana is the means of erradicating all mental, emotional, and spiritual unwholesome, unproductive faculties. Then replacing them with wholesome, productive faculties, which we learn to cultivate on a daily basis.
Loving-kindness Meditation helps us to cultivate wholesome factors, but the benefits of Loving-kindness meditations are not permanent. The benefits of Insight (Vispassana Bhavana) meditation are permanent. Both forms of Meditation:
Vispassana Bhavana, and Samatha {loving-kindness) Meditation must be practiced daily. The more time a person can put into this practice, the more effective it is/the more benefits will be acquired.

Insight meditation has provided me with a
stable peace of mind, and Happiness.
To share something personal with you, the reason, at the beginning I learned [in order to practice] insight meditation was that I had a problem with impatience & anger.
And a loved one said to me, "You will never have peace of mind, or happiness until you learn to control your impatience and anger."
The first book I read, which helped me deal with anger constuctively was "Working With
Anger" By: Thubten Chodron. Taught me how to develop & cultivate Patience. Also
Insight meditation produces Patience within us , which is defined as the ability to remain internally calm, peaceful, and undisturbed in the face of harm and difficulties in life.

Another benefit of Insight Meditation is it also helps us cultivate wholesome communicative skill with others, so as a result it improves our relationships.

Thank You for giving me the opportunity to provide an answer to your question. Hope this has helped a little.

*If you ever become interested in learning Insight Meditation, "with the intent" of daily practicing it, I would highly advice you to read the book: "Mindfulness in
Plain English"
By: Bhavana Henepola Gunaratana.
He has an excellent sequal to this book, called "Eight Steps to Happiness"
which I have also read, it is quite excellent.
But if your interested in Insight{Mindfulness)
Meditation, please definately start out with
"Mindfulness in Plain English"

**If you wish to get started right away, and if money is tight - Buy the book later, and click the sight below, which teaches you the basics of Insight {Mindfulness) Meditation.

http://www.buddhanet.net/insight.htm

Have a Great Weekend.

Answer 8

The story is told of an old ***** slave, who was asked by his master, "John, what do you do in your spare time?" Smiling at his owner, he said, "Massa, ya wanna know whats I do wid my spare time? Wells, sometimes I sits and thinks! And, then, sometimes I jest sits!"
Who can't help but laugh a little at John's response? But, what about our times of meditation? Do we know how to sit and think? Or, do we just sit? Let’s think about our thinking for a few minutes.
In the first book of the Bible, we are told that, "Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and behold, the camels were coming" (Gen. 24:63). The word mediate means to muse and reflect upon.
Mediation was a habit of which the early saints made much of. However in our day, it is almost a lost art. See Psalm 143:5 “I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.” See Luke 1:29; 2:19.
Today, we give no time for meditation, and yet meditation is not something that is optional for the Christian but something that his commanded for the Christian. See I Timothy 4:15.
Meditation upon the Word of God is one of the most important of all the means of grace and growth in spirituality. There can be no true progress in vital and practical godliness without it.
"Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day" (Deut. 32: 46). "Ponder the path of thy feet" (Prov. 4: 26); "Consider your ways" ( Haggai 1:7). "Let these sayings sink down into your ears," (Luke 9: 44), This cannot be done, unless we frequently turned the Word of God over in our minds.
Meditating in God's Law day and night is one of the outstanding marks of the man whom He calls "Blessed," (Psa. 1:1,2). It is a holy art and habit commended in the practice and example of the saints.
Though meditation be a duty and a great moral and spiritual aid, it is practiced by so few. The usual excuse offered by those who neglect it is, ”I am too busy.” However the excuse "I am too busy to engage in regular and spiritual meditation is nothing but a manifestation of deceit of our evil heart. It is not be cause we are short of time, but because we lack a heart for the things of God! "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also" (Matt. 6: 21), and that which most occupies our heart will most engage the mind, for our thoughts always follow our affections.
It is not lack of opportunity, but of delight for the Word and a desire to please God which lies at the root of our failure. David said "0 how love I Thy Law, it is my meditation all the day" (119: 97). David evidenced his love for God's Law by constantly pondering it! Mediation is matter of the will. See Psalm 119:15l
Tonight, I want to use Isaac's field, the place where he meditated, to stress the importance of the lost art of mediation.
In several ways, the field especially relates to, and vividly portrays, meditation.

I. THE SELECTION OF THE FIELD
It must be observed that Isaac did not go through several fields. Neither did he just go to any field. The inspired account tells us that he "went out to meditate in the field," indicating the special nature of the place. No doubt, it was a familiar spot, and perhaps, a favorite place in the life of the young man. It certainly serves to remind us that there are becoming locations for our times of meditation, places that just suit us. This was a particular place.
Isaac's meditation in this carefully chosen place also might suggest that we should be went out with purpose. This was not a purposeless occasion. This was a purposeful place.
We must not overlook the fact that Isaac went to his field "at the eventide," or in the evening hours to meditate. While some will find, with the saintly Richard Baxter, "that the fittest time ... is the evening from the sun setting till twilight," others will pick another special time of the day for their treasured meditation.
Also, each one must find his own procedure for meditation: while sitting, rocking, walking, before reading the Bible, after praying, or a variation of all of these.

II. The PREPARATION OF THE FIELD
Before a field can be useful and productive, it must be prepared for usefulness. First, the trees have to be cut down, the stumps removed, and the brush cleared out. Then, the land must be plowed up and the roots and rocks hauled away. Finally, after harrowing the soil, it can be fertilized and planted. To say the least, preparing a field requires a lot of work, and a whole lot of patience and endurance.
Meditation, in the Biblical sense, isn't an easy task, either. It takes preparation. To mediate we cut down all the timber so that we may view the heavenly. Our preparation removes all the stumps and hindrances from our thinking. Meditation requires one first to clean out all the debris from their heart and prepare the heart for seeds of truth.
See James 1:21.
Mediation is time consuming, and it requires a discipline strongly resisted and resented by the flesh. However, the sweat on the brow of the musing soul is most rewarding.
The result of meditation is bread to the hungry, strength to the weary, and help to the needy. When the harvest is reaped, the clearing of the land, the digging of the soil, and the toiling in the field give way to great joy.
See Psalm 119:62.

III. THE POSSESSION THE FIELD
As we see Isaac in the field in the evening, we dare not ask if this is his field. Certainly, it is his field! Every bit of ground he puts his foot on in the land of Canaan becomes his possession! (see Gen. 13:17). It is his for the claiming!
Likewise, every realm in which we meditate upon becomes our possession. Admittedly, in most of our lives, "there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed" (Josh. 13:1).
Although Isaac was forty years old, he was not married. But, while he meditated in the field, that which had seemed so distant became a reality to him. As he lifted up his eyes, "behold, the camels were coming."
Comparatively, meditation looks beyond the temporal and helps us lay hold of eternal possessions. Holy musing takes the invisible and makes it visible!
This place would be dear to Isaac, forever. Here, he received the divine provision, Rebekah - - his helpmeet, his companion, and his lover. But, more significantly, he became personally aware of the Provider! To say the least, the fringe benefits of meditation is precious.
True meditation will make us more God - conscious individuals!
When a friend remarked on the smallness of the garden-strip in which a famous German philosopher usually meditated, he replied, pointing upwards, "But think of the height of it!" May we be taken upward, heavenward, and God-ward, beyond the time, the place, and the experience of meditation, itself, to possess a renewed relationship with the God who is above all, and over it all!

Conclusion:
Do you practice mediation in your life?

Answer 9

http://www.how-to-meditate.org/

Answer 10

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