how to meditate?

Question

i would like to learn to meditate. i have only seen in the movies how some buddhist sit and think. but i have no idea what they think. you could send me also a link

Answer 1

A meditative place is actually a place of not thinking, of just being present and enjoying being in your body and feeling your energies and those around you, so learning how to really do this is much more important than learning how to think or what to think.

A good way is to have a nice, plump cusion to sit on. If you sit on a chair, you're more likely to fall asleep. Sitting on the floor takes a certain amount of attention to not just fall over. Set your timer for about 15 minutes, that's plenty for a beginner and as many days as you can, at least a couple a week.

Sit with your back straight and place your hands loosely in your lap. Close your eyes and quietly count from 0 to 10. Then count back down to 0 (9, 10, 9). When you get back to 0, count back up to 10 and back down to 0 again. Do this until the timer goes off. That will give your mind something to occupy itself with. After you get the hang of not making mistakes with the counting, try and just sit there quietly and watch your thoughts. Just watch them go by, don't "develop" them, just notice them and not pay any attention. Don't try and ignore them, just don't put attention on them when they arise.

That should get you to a place where your conscoiusness shifts into a feeling place, not unlike the way you feel when you just wake up from a very deep sleep. Now, don't rush into activity, don't get on your cell phone and yack it up to someone about how you just meditated :-) Try and move slowly now and keep that meditative place you just got to as long as you can in activity. With practice (years) you will be able to be in that place all day.

Answer 2

There are a lot of different types of meditation. Zen is a more common type in america. That is where you sit with your true self by silencing your mind of all thoughts and feel your breath and all of the little things that we normally dont feel when we are caught up in our ego. Well that would be the first stages the later stages are based on that but go a little further each step. So at first (the way i have been taught) sit in a comfortable position(you can look up meditation posture online) the as you breath count your breaths
in-out (1) in-out (2) until you get to ten then count backwards. the benifit comes from when you have a thought (which will happen) you just notice the thought and let it pass by without attaching to it. After you practice that you will get better at not attaching to bad feelings and ideas or any ideas at all (which is much more of a benifit then it sounds) in your day to day life

Answer 3

We all (well, many of us) meditate to an extent...

...when you're driving in your car by yourself...and you let your mind wonder a little, for example, is a form of meditation.

OR when your reading an article in a news paper or magazine and then stop to let the thoughts wonder in your mind.

The trick to meditation is not allowing other thoughts to interfere with the singular thought you are trying to consider. (Ex. If you are meditating about peace... don't start thinking about reses pieces)... but you would concider war, and politics, in terms of attaining peace. Or you might concider religious phillosophy and psychology in terms of attaining mental peace.

The really difficult thing about meditation is that you must read and gain information, theory, data, and phillosophy from other sources besides yourself...so that you can consider them for yourself.

If you have no or little information in your mind, then you have nothing to meditate with.

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1saintofGod is completely correct... about meditating on religion or sermons. The same thing is true with science, psychology, buddhism, etc.

Answer 4

You do what us old folk use to say; you chew the cud. You take the Word or God and/or sermon you heard and let it go over and over in your mind and you research what you hear and/or read of the word of God and let the Spirit of God help you understand what you are reading and sink into you subconscious. This is basically what meditation is regarding the Word of God. Now any other religion, I can't help you there.

Answer 5

www.buddhanet.net For starters it's about focus on the breath and calming the mind, then later, analytical meditation might get tossed in if you're in that type of Buddhism.

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Answer 6

Good luck! Meditation will help give you mental discipline! Also be relaxed.

Answer 7

this is a place to start with basics on a lot of different meditation techniques:

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

good luck!

Answer 8

Sit(in a quite room), breath, think good positive thoughts(good energy) and relax!

It is really that simple.

Answer 9

When preparing to study, you lay out such things as your Bible, whatever publications you plan to use, a pencil or pen, and perhaps a notebook. But do you also prepare your heart? The Bible tells us that Ezra “prepared his heart to consult the law of Jehovah and to do it and to teach in Israel regulation and justice.” (Ezra 7:10) What does such heart preparation involve?

Prayer enables us to approach the study of God’s Word with the proper attitude. We want our heart, our inmost self, to be receptive to the instruction that Jehovah gives us. At the beginning of each study session, petition Jehovah for the help of his spirit. (Luke 11:13) Ask him to help you understand the meaning of what you will study, how it relates to his purpose, how it can help you to discern between good and bad, how you should apply his principles in your life, and how the material affects your relationship with him. (Prov. 9:10) As you study, “keep on asking God” for wisdom. (Jas. 1:5) Honestly evaluate yourself in the light of what you learn as you seek Jehovah’s help in getting rid of erroneous thoughts or hurtful desires. Always “respond to Jehovah with thanksgiving” for the things he reveals. (Ps. 147:7) This prayerful approach to study leads to intimacy with Jehovah, since it enables us to respond to him as he speaks to us through his Word.—Ps. 145:18.

Such receptiveness differentiates Jehovah’s people from other students. Among those who lack godly devotion, it is fashionable to doubt and challenge what is written. But that is not our attitude. We trust Jehovah. (Prov. 3:5-7) If we do not understand something, we do not presumptuously conclude that it must be in error. While searching and digging for the answers, we wait on Jehovah. (Mic. 7:7) Like Ezra, we have the goal of acting on and teaching what we learn. With this inclination of heart, we are in line to reap rich rewards from our study.

Answer 10

This is How I meditate!!!

1.Each morning upon rising, and each evening before sleeping, give thanks for the life within you and for all life, for the good things that Wakan Tanka ---Creator has given you and for the opportunity to grow a little more each day. Consider your thoughts and actions of the past day and seek for the courage and strength to be a better person. Seek for the things that will benefit others (everyone).
2.Show Respect. Respect means “To feel or show honor or esteem for someone or something; to consider the well being of, or to treat someone or something with deference or courtesy.” Showing respect is a basic law of life.
o-Treat every person from the tiniest child to the oldest elder with respect at all times.
o-Special respect should be given to Elders, Parents, Teachers, and Community Leaders.
o-No person should be made to feel “put down” by you; avoid hurting other hearts as you would avoid a deadly poison.
o-Touch nothing that belongs to someone else (especially Sacred Objects) without permission, or an understanding between you.
o-Respect the privacy of every person, never intrude on a person’s quiet moment or personal space.
o-Never walk between people that are conversing.
o-Never interrupt people who are conversing.
o-Speak in a soft voice, especially when you are in the presence of Elders, strangers or others to whom special respect is due.
o-Do not speak unless invited to do so at gatherings where Elders are present (except to ask what is expected of you, should you be in doubt).
o-Never speak about others in a negative way, whether they are present or not.
o-Treat the earth and all of her aspects as your mother. Show deep respect for the mineral world, the plant world, and the animal world. Do nothing to pollute our Mother, rise up with wisdom to defend her.
o-Show deep respect for the beliefs and religion of others.
o-Listen with courtesy to what others say, even if you feel that what they are saying is worthless. Listen with your heart.
3.Respect the wisdom of the people in council. Once you give an idea to a council meeting it no longer belongs to you. It belongs to the people. Respect demands that you listen intently to the ideas of others in council and that you do not insist that your idea prevail. Indeed you should freely support the ideas of others if they are true and good, even if those ideas are quite different from the ones you have contributed. The clash of ideas brings forth the Spark of Truth. Once a council has decided something in unity, respect demands that no one speak secretly against what has been decided. If the council has made an error, that error will become apparent to everyone in its own time.
4.Be truthful at all times, and under all conditions.
5.Always treat your guests with honor and consideration. Give of your best food, your best blankets, the best part of your house, and your best service to your guests.
6.The hurt of one is the hurt of all, the honor of one is the honor of all.
7.Receive strangers and outsiders with a loving heart and as members of the human family.
8.All the races and tribes in the world are like the different colored flowers of one meadow. All are beautiful. As children of the Wakan Tanka---Creator they must all be respected.
9.To serve others, to be of some use to family, community, nation, and the world is one of the main purposes for which human beings have been created. Do not fill yourself with your own affairs and forget your most important talks. True happiness comes only to those who dedicate their lives to the service of others.
10.Observe moderation and balance in all things.
11.Know those things that lead to your well-being, and those things that lead to your destruction.
12.Listen to and follow the guidance given to your heart. Expect guidance to come in many forms; in prayer, in dreams, in times of quiet solitude, and in the words and deeds of wise Elders and friends.







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