whats the correct method of meditation?

Question

i have heard meditation helps to increase our patience,

impatience is my first and foremost enemy,,
i really have to do meditation,,
whats the correct method??

Answer 1

Well, there is no exact correct method. Whatever makes you feel calm works. My art teacher has us meditate for 10 minutes every art class to increase concentration and patience. What helps is that he talks to us the whole time in a calming voice:
Close your eyes. You can put your head on the table if you want.
Breath in.
Breath out.
And feel the tension release from your body, imagine it flowing out with your breath.
Breath in.
Breath out.
And feel your jaw and hands unclench, no more worries, no more fear.
Remind yourself how great you are.
Calm down...
Now imagine yourself slowly floating out of your body and up into the air.
You can see yourself down there in the art room, all calm and serene.
Now float up out of the ceiling and imagine you can see the whole campus, all the buildings and the field...
You float towards an island and it's little but big enough, and you float onto the soft sand and the sky's all pink.
Watch the beautiful sunset.
Hear the sound of the waves and the peacefulness of the whole place.
You want to be here forever......

And then: I'm not gonna type it, but we go backwards in reverse. Float back to the campus, back in the art room, and back in our bodies. Then he tells us to rise and feel the tension release.
It's really a calming experience. I felt myself feeling happier and less stressed as the day went on.

So, you can imagine it yourself. Give it a try ;)

Answer 2

Friend, I don't know about "correct method." I don't think that impatience is necessarily an enemy, but maybe it points to you seeking to re learn something about yourself. All my life numerous barbed wire fences ( some I constructed) have surrounded me. Lately I have shared this with a trusted someone, so am learning to snip the wires and climb over the barbs. I'm sure that someone on here will be glad to make meditation recommendations to you. However I tend to set aside words like "correct" and "method." For me life is now a matter of sorting it out whatever is there, and then learning to let go of what was or cannot be. May as well, because its eventually gone with the wind anyhow. Namaste.

Answer 3

There are all kinds, Kedar. You could research "yoga". Many organizations that practice yoga incorporate meditation. The discipline comes from doing it routinely -- like every day at the same time of day for like 15-30-60 minutes.

It's good to clear your head of everything. If a thought enters your head, let it go and just try and empty your head of every thought. Breathing is important. Breath in goodness and exhale all toxins, psychological and otherwise. Sometime people use a mantra -- repeating a syllable, like "om", stretching it out with long exhales.

Taking a yoga class would be a good place to learn. And I think Hindi's must practise some form of meditation as well. Ask where you worship.

Answer 4

The human mind is likened to a mirror, the clearer the mirror, the greater the light it can reflect, but it must face the greatest source of light to reflect in its full potential.

Meditation is like making the mirror concave, semi-parabolic like a satellite dish to focus all of its energies into one well received and concentrated force, the more perfect the focus, and the more time put into any one thought, will increase its effect in your life.

In anything you do, first discern its worth, and then if found worthy concentrate all your mind on it until you are in practice of singular focus that can then expand to encompass from that point for your own sake.

To transcend your sense of self to attain Nirvana/Enlightenment/Being Saved is a little different, for that you must meditate of the essential perfections of the Buddha, Christ, Prophet etc. you are most aware of, and use that as a doorway into the secrets of the unborn, and uncreated, sometimes called Godhead.

You will never surpass the boundaries of meeting the Manifest perfections, and reflecting that light, but those perfections have unlimited degrees.

Focus on one supreme truth, and that will encompass your entire being, and you will become forgetful of self, and serve the all, according to your degree of effort, surpassed by your surrender to the all-perfect reality.

It is an exercise, and we all vary in inherent strength, and training, but the goal is one, therefore do not scatter your energies in confusion and sloth.

God bless.

Answer 5

Meditation is not difficult as we do it all the time, it is really focusing your thoughts on a particular subject, it does however require discipline to do it right.
Meditation can be secular or religious and the best method is to choose a quiet place free from distractions and sit comfortably with your open palms resting on your knees/lap, this is where the discipline comes in in that you have to clear your mind of worries and anxieties etc, some soft background music is helpful too.
Begin your meditation focusing on the subject and allow yourself to drift into it.
For religious meditation it is good to choose something from the life,death or resurrection of Christ.

Answer 6

There are many styles and techniques.

Among the most simple and at the same time very profound is just cultivating an honest awareness of your present experiencing.

A useful way to do this is to have some aspect of the on-going moment to connect with as a kind of reminder to be present. Some people use a repeated phrase (like the Jesus Prayer or Transcendental Meditation [mantra] or the Relaxation Response [just repeating a word like "one"]).

Many people use their breath -- just resting their awareness at a point they notice the breath (nostrils or throat or chest or belly -- Zen often uses the belly). No judgment and no real goal other than just being present and noticing.

Most people quickly "notice," however, that simply "just being present and noticing" isn't so simple. Our minds tend to wander. We get caught up in thinking about something else. That's completely normal. Just go back to the breath, over and over and over.

(Many people feel it helps them to count their breaths, and there can be various particular ways to do that. One is to breathe in and out, and know "one," in and out and know "two," ... up to ten, and then just start over. If you lose count, no big deal, just start with "one" and do it some more.)

Maybe 15-20 minutes to start out, and you can work up to longer periods over time. A regular time of the day and a regular place can be useful. An upright posture -- both relaxed and alert -- is recommended.

Most meditations like this are with eyes closed, but you can do it with your eyes open, too (Zen tends to sit eye-open, gazing downwards at nothing in particular at around a 45 degree angle).

As simple as it is, it can bring a lot of benefits. Noticing, for example, how much of the time our thoughts in our head are just a kind of inconsequential chatter. Learning patience by simply seeing how our minds go, and by returning over and over -- without judging it as a big deal -- to the sensation of breathing.

And here's something not everyone expects. Usually this kind of activity is distinctly relaxing (slowed breathing, slowed heart rate, lowered blood pressure, etc.). But it can also come about that muscles may twitch as you relax and "release." And sometimes, too, especially on intensive meditation retreats, it can be very emotional, as our "hearts" also relax and release emotional material that we hold inside.

Nothing special and utterly profound -- "just being."
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Answer 7

simple
relax breath in retain breath out (str it wt 3 counts on fingers n increase one by obe after every15 days make sure 1 count is 1 sec )
sitting cross-legged and ur hands on ur knees wt thumbs n forefingers touching relax other fingers
send mental to all ur body parts to relax -- now at frst ur mind may be going errand just let go the mind and focus on ur breath (better use some room perfume/ incense sticks )
on constant practise u'll acheve perfect mental poise
but ,mind you takes time -- for me it took 2 yrs to drain my angry nature off me

daily yoga (meditation is a higher wrd) of 15-30 mins will do

Answer 8

Use;- the right mind-set to meditation is a thanks to all- round freedom and fulfillment. a million.Meditation might want to change into deeper and deeper. 2.Temle/church going received't locate Him via prayer on my own. 3.concentration is might want to like a scientist. 4.prepare in complete silece. 5.One want no longer beg, yet ask to, 'instruct Thyself' 6.safeguard the upright posture.

Answer 9

In the Buddha's own words...

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.118.than.html

(The crux is the 16 points).

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.22.0.than.html

(For a broader perspective).

Do not attempt alone. Join a group.

A lot 'comes up', in the process, I think.

Regards,

i. c.

Answer 10

There is no correct method. Just do what feels right to you. I do think you need to be in a quiet, still, serene place.