1. What kind of meditation do you practice?
2. What process do you go through while meditating?
3. How did you first learn about meditation?
Thank you very much for your valuable time.
2007-09-05 23:03:09 · 6 answers · asked by yoyoofthemilk 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Buddhist here - who daily practices two types of Meditation:
1) Mindfulness (Insight) Meditation:
*Below is an excellent How To Manuel on Mindfulness (Insight) Meditation:
http://www.budsas.org/ebud/mfneng/mind0.htm
2) Loving-kindness (Loving-friendliness)
Meditation:
*An Excellent How To Manuel on Lovingkindness Meditation is: "Lovingkindness: the Revolutionary Art of Happiness" by: Sharon Salzberg.
An Example of Lovingkindness Meditation:
*Loving-kindness Meditation(spoken quietly):
1. *May I be well, happy and peaceful. May no harm come to me. May no difficulties come to me. May no problems come to me. May I always meet with success. May I also have patience, courage, understanding, and determination to meet and overcome inevitable difficulties, problems, and failures in life.
2. *May my parents and be well, happy and peaceful. May no harm come to them. May no difficulties come to them. May no problems come to them. May they always meet with success.
May they also have patience, courage, understanding, and determination to meet and overcome inevitable difficulties, problems, and failures in life.
3. *May my relatives be well, happy and peaceful. May no harm come to them. May no difficulties come to them. May no problems come to them. May they always meet with success.
May they also have patience, courage, understanding, and determination to meet and overcome inevitable difficulties, problems, and failures in life.
4. *May my teachers be well, happy and peaceful. May no harm come to them. May no difficulties come to them. May no problems come to them. May they always meet with success.
May they also have patience, courage, understanding, and determination to meet and overcome inevitable difficulties, problems, and failures in life.
5. *May my friends be well, happy and peaceful. May no harm come to them. May no difficulties come to them. May no problems come to them. May they always meet with success.
May they also have patience, courage, understanding, and determination to meet and overcome inevitable difficulties, problems, and failures in life.
6. *May all indifferent persons be well, happy and peaceful. May no harm come to them. May no difficulties come to them. May no problems come to them. May they always meet with success.
May they also have patience, courage, understanding, and determination to meet and overcome inevitable difficulties, problems, and failures in life.
7. *May my enemies be well, happy and peaceful. May no harm come to them. May no difficulties come to them. May no problems come to them. May they always meet with success.
May they also have patience, courage, understanding, and determination to meet and overcome inevitable difficulties, problems, and failures in life.
8. *May all living beings be well, happy and peaceful. May no harm come to them. May no difficulties come to them. May no problems come to them. May they always meet with success.
May they also have patience, courage, understanding, and determination to meet and overcome inevitable difficulties, problems, and failures in life.
The practice of Universal Loving-Kindness is recommended for bedtime and just after arising in the morning. It helps you sleep well and prevents nightmares. It also makes it easier to get up in the morning. And Lovingkindness Meditation makes you more loving, friendly and open toward everybody, friend or foe, human or otherwise.
Metta to all.
2007-09-11 14:40:00 · answer #1 · answered by McLeod 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Single point focus, breath awareness, Sponge position (on my back), not following thoughts.
I used to (many years ago) have to count breaths, but now I just put my mind in my stomach or lower back and wait.
The rising energy and feeling seems to release light - golden light, and by the end (40 - 50 mins) I am flooded with it. This is always accompanied by convulsions, sometimes violent, but always controllable.
I first learned of it in an acting class. It was called centering then. Once I got it, I have never let go.
2007-09-12 05:06:46 · answer #2 · answered by smkeller 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have taught myself to meditate since I was 12 years old.I lie down and close my eyes and starting with my feet and going up my body,I tell and feel the parts of my body relax all the way up to my head.I listen to a sound that may be in the room,I clear my mind and think of my made up place,its a room with a big window that looks out over the ocean I sat on a white couch and forget all my negative feelings or troubles and think of how beautiful the ocean is.I don't tell my brain to relax only my head,if I tell my brain to relax I go to sleep.
I have tried other ways,but this always works for me probably because I have been doing it for over 30 years.
(Many blessings)
2007-09-12 02:47:14 · answer #3 · answered by margaret moon 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
first, i must admit to u that by his grace , im a born again practicing xtain.
we meditate every morning by first praying to our haevenly father for 30 or more minutes. then we sit down queitly and study the bible... this one is what we call
2007-09-06 06:28:23 · answer #4 · answered by miraclegft 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like guided meditations. I used them with my son.
)o( Blessed Be!
2007-09-12 09:27:23 · answer #5 · answered by whillow95 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
www.bkwsu.org
2007-09-06 06:10:08 · answer #6 · answered by iforeveryone 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋