meditation is a journey of consciousness right.
what is meditation?please tell about meditation.?
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Meditation is getting rid of all the active thoughts in your mind, and relaxing, breathing deeply and slowly, imagining a peaceful place somewhere, and concentrating only on that until you are quite restful. I did a course and it is brilliant. Only thing is you have to make the time to practice it. It works and can make you feel so refreshed. I recommend that you take a course sometime.
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Meditation is the practice of focusing the mind, often formalized into a specific routine. Meditation is usually recognized as a component of Eastern religions, originating in Vedic Hinduism. It encompasses any of a wide variety of spiritual practices which emphasize mental activity or quiescence. Meditation can also be used for personal development in a non-religious context, such as the exercises of Hatha yoga.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditation
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Hi! 30.04.2006
Meditation is the focussed state of the mind.
Unlike the common belief that meditation is practised by sitting in a particular posture, Meditation can be a state in any condition.
Meditation is all about understanding youself – your body and mind and is done by an unseen and never ending energy called as Soul. Essentially a process to achieve something.
Meditation can be for achieving different goals set by individuals. It is the result of an “Urge”.
R. Ramamurthy Iyer
From the writings: “Reverbrations” written by R. Ramamurthy Iyer in memory of my late mother and late wife.
One of the writings, as below:
“The Urge ………..
The urge is the result of desire,
The desire is the result of thought,
The thought is one in the process of thinking.
Nobody knows when thinking started, but
almost everybody knows when the thinking stops.”
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It can lead to a journey of consciousness, but meditation is, very simply: focusing the mind.
From the writings: “Reverbrations” written by R. Ramamurthy Iyer in memory of my late mother and late wife.
One of the writings, as below:
“The Urge ………..
The urge is the result of desire,
The desire is the result of thought,
The thought is one in the process of thinking.
Nobody knows when thinking started, but
almost everybody knows when the thinking stops.”
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Broadly speaking, Buddhist Meditation is an opportunity to relax and lay aside your concerns so that you can allow your mind to see more deeply into the nature of reality. Some people think that Buddhist Meditation is about ‘blanking the mind’ or developing some sort of ‘laser-like’ concentration – but this is far from the case.
Every form of meditation uses some object on which we direct our attention. We can use the sensations of the breath, our emotional connection with ourselves and others, the physical sensations of the body, sounds, visualized images, etc.
Meditation has been shown to have many medical and psychological benefits, such as promoting a sense of wellbeing, boosting the immune system, lowering blood pressure, reducing stress and slowing aging.
http://www.padmaloka.org.uk/meditation.html
http://www.wildmind.org
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Meditation is not just relaxing, rather it is trying to develop a highly concentrated and clear state of mind which one can use for clear analysis, and which can be blissful to be in.
Once we have reached this very advanced state of mind, we can learn what we want very quickly, including transforming our mind and developing deep wisdom and insight. Not only our conscious thoughts can be brought under control, also our emotions and unconsciousness, as they are all based on concepts which can be changed.
In meditation, we try to develop wisdom, learn to observe our own mind, decrease negative mind states and develop positive mind states. To develop wisdom and insight, we need a calm, clear and concentrated mind. To observe our own mind, we need to develop a kind of inner “spy” – a part of our attention that checks our state of mind. To decrease negative mind states we need to understand where they come from and transform them into positive energy with the wisdom developed from observing our own mind. To develop positive mind states, we need to focus away from selfishness and again develop wisdom by observing our own mind.
In order to find the right state of mind for meditation, we need concentration instead of being scattered, and clarity of mind instead of dullness. We need to observe our own thoughts and mind states instead of getting lost in emotions or becoming prejudiced. We need to be honest towards ourselves instead of fooling ourselves and walk away from unpleasant problems. Furthermore, we need to be patient (one does not become a meditation master over night), generate self-acceptance, confidence and enthusiasm to make the mind peaceful.
All these factors need to be in balance: we need to be somewhat relaxed as well as concentrated, we need to avoid both sleepiness and excitement.
http://www.padmaloka.org.uk/meditation.html
http://www.wildmind.org
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Nagendra, the whole aim of meditation is,
1. to calm your mind, and
2. to focus the mind on one thing.
If you sit down and close your eyes you will notice that your mind is jumping from one thought to another. Even though you want to concentrate on your breath you will find other thoughts also coming in between.
In learning to meditate you must first learn to calm your mind. You do this by following every thought that comes into you mind. You must be like a Manager of a Hotel who stands at the entrance and observes the customers coming in. Without getting attached to the thoughts try to observe them. You will find that a thought comes in and that it goes nowhere and another thought follows it – try following that too – with same results. This way you will find that your thoughts gradually subside. Do not try to force out your thoughts.
Of course do not expect results in one or two days. Practise it for at least 40 minutes every day for at least 2 months you find that you have ‘killed’ your train of thoughts. I have practised for 1 1/2 years and still vagrant thoughts come in.
Thereafter start concentrating on your breath. Notice the breath coming in and going out. You should not concentrate only on the tip of your nose. Notice the breath coming in and thereafter your lungs getting filled and then gradually exhaling the breath.
You should be able to get some guidance from the following sites,
1. http://www.dhamma.org/vipassan.htm
2. http://www.meditationexpert.com and click on the free articles on yoga meditation – it includes articles on all types of meditations including hindu,christian and muslim meditation.
http://www.bswa.org/modules/icontent/
They have free book named ‘The Basic Method of Meditation’. Get a print out of it. Follow every word in it. They are golden.
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Well, I guess there are different practices with different contents and purposes.
Here’s the one I’ve been doing for the past 14 years and I can warlmy recommend:
http://www.sahajayoga.com.au/level_1/meditation.shtml
Good luck and may u find what u r seeking for!
http://www.bswa.org/modules/icontent/
They have free book named ‘The Basic Method of Meditation’. Get a print out of it. Follow every word in it. They are golden.
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