is meditation wordshiping something else?

Question

i would love to try it but ..i wnt to know is it wordshiping something else some kind of spirt /?

Answer 1

Many things are called meditation, and many spiritual traditions use meditation techniques.

Many of the most common forms of meditation are simply a practice of paying attention.

Meditation is also often a way of just being very intimate and very honest with your present experience.

It can be very basic; it can be very profound.

It can also entail a type of experience where it's hard to see any difference between being in a state of worship and just being mindfully, open-heartedly present.

So, meditation can be experienced as worship, with a mind and heart open to what is most fundamentally real. Meditation can also just be a kind of relaxation, stepping out from under our daily cares and thoughts, to rest in, for example, the simple sensation of breathing in and out.

Answer 2

meditation is not about worshipping anything at all. It's about quieting your mind to know what a state of inner peace feels like. If you practice it correctly you are just counting your breaths, from zero to 10 and back on down to 0 than back to 10. Over and over to give your mind something to do. After you get used to it, you can try without the counting and just watch your thoughts rather than feel you have to develop each and every thought. Just watch them arise and drift off. Meditation helps with whatever your belief system.

Answer 3

No, you are quieting your mind to know your true self. It doesn't have anything to do with deities even when it was originally taught by the Buddha who is not and never claimed to be a god.
You are alleviating suffering i.e. stress and learning about yourself through silence.
Some people practice silent prayer: when you just sit silently and listen rather than ask God for things. I consider this to be a form of meditation for some religious people.

Answer 4

Existence is made of light and since human beings are part and parcel of existence they constitute the same element. If you can distance yourself from the over-active thoughts and emotions, in due course you can feel yourself as made of light.

In this meditation from Vidnyan Bhairav Tantra, Osho explains in detail how you can experience light in the waking, sleeping and dreaming state.

These are three stages of human life. The sutra asks you to remember yourself as light even while you are dreaming and sleeping. It sounds difficult, but if you can start remembering while you are awake, this rememberance will slowly penetrate in y our sleep.

This is a technique to bring you more into the present, to bring you into the here and now. To make you more conscious, to help create a situation in which you can meet yourself.

Osho says : "Imagine as if in your heart a flame is burning, and your body is nothing but the aura around the flame. Imagine it. Allow it to go deep within your mind, your consciousness."

Stage 1.
Sit with eyes closed, feeling your heart, the area between the armpits. Put your hand on your heart if you like. Feeling your heart as a flame, burning, feeling the warmth, the light. A flame is burning in your heart.

Stage 2.
With total consciousness move in a slow walk, eyes lowered. Sensing an aura of light around the body. Letting the body make any soft movements it wants to while walking.

Stage 3 .
Dance like a flame. Flickering, consuming, warm. Remaining aware that in your heart a flame is burning and your body is light around the flame.

Stage 4.
Lie or sit, taking this flame deep inside as you relax.

Answer 5

No, it does not have to contain anything that would contradict or go against your religious beliefs.

Here is the simple, yet potent, meditation technique that I use with some recommended resources as well. Specific posture does not matter. If you are uncomfortable sitting on the floor, you can sit on a chair with feet flat on the floor.

Since I have medical issues, I do a simple form of secular mindfulness meditation to relieve stress and anxiety. This helps to reduce high blood pressure and the frequency of headaches. It is a practice recommended by my primary licensed physician and is not encumbered by any superstitious nonsense.

I have actually studied a wide variety of religions and paths. Being more musically inclined, I was initially attracted to the practices of Jodo Shinshu (aka Shin Buddhism) and Nichiren Buddhism - with the combination of chanting a rhythmic phrase (Nembutsu or Odaimoku) and/or sutra recitation to a visual object (a scroll of Amida or a Gohonzon). This is a more active form of meditation as compared to the silent form (see below for that). So I decided to create a nonsectarian alternative in that vein. One practice that I find helpful in the vein of the Way of Oneness (the realization of interdependence) is to chant “Be One, Be Peace” in a position of gassho (palms together in front of chest with fingers pointing upward - a traditional gesture of respect) to an object such as a Dharma Wheel or a drawing of enso (a circle) as used in Zen. Five minutes of this every morning before work does wonders for my blood pressure and stress level.

You are more than welcome to use the chant if you think you may find it possibly useful.

I use two forms: “Be One. Be Peace.” for those who prefer a four syllable “mantra” like “Namandabu.” Or “Be One. Be Love. Be Peace.” for those who prefer the pace of a six syllable “mantra” like “Nam(u) Myo-ho Ren-Ge Kyo” or “Na-Mu A-Mi-da Butsu.” People who like (or are drawn) to chant are attracted to the rhythm.

For me, the purpose of any practice is to encourage self-reflection, internalizing this awareness , and wonder/gratitude/awareness of the interdependent forces of the Universe (Dharmakaya - in Shin this is symbolized as Amida Buddha which allows practitioners to perceive these forces as “compassionate” and “caring” thus allowing us to relate to them easier, or as the Gohonzon in Nichiren Buddhism which is a calligraphic representation of the “Ceremony in the Air” from the Lotus Sutra which is also a representation of the interdependent forces of the Universe).

There are a couple of simple techniques for silent meditation as well. You do not have to sit on the floor. You can sit with erect back on a chair. Many people say try for 15 minutes twice a day. I say start with a simpler goal - 5 minutes twice per day. The benefits include stress management and relaxation benefits which help the body, increased mindfulness and focus, and increased energy. The mindfulness can be a benefit to your spiritual life, but meditation also has "non-spiritual" benefits. Here are two easy techniques:

Breathing meditation - 1) Check posture. 2) Close your eyes and relax. 3) Focus on your breath entering and leaving your body. 4) Count breaths mentally one to four. Repeat. 5) Don't fight a wandering mind, but calmly direct it back to task. 6) Sit for a minute afterwards.

"Mantra" technique (choose a personal "calm" word or phrase that you will repeat in your meditation - it can be from your religion or something as simple as "one" or "calm" – I use the nonsectarian “Be One. Be Peace” or “Be One. Be Love. Be Peace.”) - 1) and 2) as above in the Breathing meditation. 3) Listen to your breathing and let it relax you with each breath. 4) Once you are relaxed, mentally "hear" your "calm" word or phrase in your mind. Let it repeat in your mind. 5) Don't fight a wandering mind, but calmly direct it back to task. 6) Sit for a minute afterwards.

That is all there is to these very simple but beneficial meditation techniques. Many people think that something "mystical" should happen during meditation. Most often "nothing" happens and "nothing" should be expected.

Oh yes, and it didn't cost me anything to learn nor were there any "initiations" involved.

Some good resources on "secular" meditation are "The Calm Technique" by Paul Wilson as well as "The Relaxation Response" by Herbert Benson. If you need more formal "assistance" or "training" then I would look into Natural Stress Relief which was founded by former Transcendental Meditation instructors upset at the rising cost and ongoing superstition associated with TM. They charge $47 for their training compared with the $2,500 that TM would charge you.

http://www.naturalstressreliefusa.org/

Answer 6

It depends on what you are focusing on.

The Bible says indeed:
Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners
or sit in the seat of mockers.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and night. (Ps. 1:1-2)

As long as you are focusing on the things of God and not anything else, you are fine.

Answer 7

It's getting to Know your True Self.

Answer 8

meditation is focusing the mind on the god within

http://www.gitananda.org/meditation/meditation-2.html

Answer 9

Only if you direct your heart and worship to someone/something other than God.

Answer 10

No. It's just focussing inward.