who has tips on how to meditate?

Answer 1

Meditation requires practice. Another fact is meditation is just as essential as sleep. They say you should meditate one minute for each of your years everyday. Focusing is a key. Breathing is another key. Finding a quite spot is important. I suggest finding a book on chakras at the book store so you can learn. Yoga and Hinduism ppl are very good to listen to and learn that art from.

Answer 2

Only one tip I know of that I can share, from my own personal experience!
You will know when you are meditating, because you will no longer be meditating. As a matter of fact the self that you are familiar with, will no longer be there!
There will be a new self. Much like what is called being 'born again'!

Such a wonderful "Truth" in the statement - "Be still and know that, I Am God."

Answer 3

Read a book called, "The Crown of Life", by Kirpal Singh. It may be hard to find, but it is one of the most comprehesive studies on yoga ever written.

Oops! Found it online.

http://www.ruhanisatsangusa.org/col/title.htm

Obviously the author is biased towards the Surat Shabd Yoga of which he was a principle practitioner, thought by many to have been a Satguru or godman. Don't worry about that. Just read his book. It's something else.

Answer 4

A VERY ANCIENT art, practiced at one time by all Christians, is the technique known as lectio divina - a slow, contemplative praying of the Scriptures which enables the Bible, the Word of God, to become a means of union with God. This ancient practice has been kept alive in the Christian monastic tradition, and is one of the precious treasures of Benedictine monastics and oblates. Together with the Liturgy and daily manual labor, time set aside in a special way for lectio divina enables us to discover in our daily life an underlying spiritual rhythm. Within this rhythm we discover an increasing ability to offer more of ourselves and our relationships to the Father, and to accept the embrace that God is continuously extending to us in the person of his Son Jesus Christ.

THE ART of lectio divina begins with cultivating the ability to listen deeply, to hear “with the ear of our hearts” as St. Benedict encourages us in the Prologue to the Rule. When we read the Scriptures we should try to imitate the prophet Elijah. We should allow ourselves to become women and men who are able to listen for the still, small voice of God (I Kings 19:12); the “faint murmuring sound” which is God's word for us, God's voice touching our hearts. This gentle listening is an “atunement” to the presence of God in that special part of God's creation which is the Scriptures.

Answer 5

just keep doing it and you'll see what works for you.