How to meditate (In case you don't know how)

[Female_Jedi_Master]

All right you all figure I am insane for typing this up but in truth I didn't know how to meditate until I asked someone for help. I think this another reason why people don't meditate. It's simple enough to believe that some just plain don't know how. Heck I was one of the many people and I am not scared to say that.

Anyway back to the subject at hand. In truth meditation is very simple and can be done just about darn well anywhere. Expect doing it at work, or to tune out your mom and dad or boss etc. is a bad idea!

Meditation is done by first getting comfy. Like I said in "Meditation can be FUN!" You may feel comfy laying down, sitting up or even standing. Whatever is best for you do it. Meditation is about relaxing and clearing your mind. If your not comfy your mind will shift focus away from that which really needs to be focused upon. Now that your comfy you may find music might help you relax, some even chant. I find it's best to use meditation music (easily found on the net) or other calming music that helps me. Myself I have a huge list and use it to meditate and sleep with but it helps. You can even use incense to help you relax more.

All right now that your nerves are calmed down. Close your eyes and focus on the music if you have. If not focus on you’re breathing. Feel it, sense it, hear it, and KNOW you are breathing. Now your no doubt laughing but doing this helps you relax. The more you allow yourself to relax the more your mind will open. At first you may still hear things around you but the more you do it the more you will tend to slip into a deep meditation. That will feel like you went asleep for 5 to 10 min and when you open your eyes you may find you were out from anywhere between 1 hour to 8. All depends when you do it.

Now I can see a lot of you saying you have never had deep meditation. Ahh here is something fun for you all to know. If you have ever had a good night sleep were you feel you went to bed and only got 5 min of sleep but found out you got like lets say 8 hours that is a form of deep meditation.

Anyway boys and girls there is no more to say expect "Try it yourself." Once you have please feel free to post whatever you may of senses, saw etc. here. Meditation is good and it does help one learn psi. I have learned my entire gift through meditation and through meditation I have become stronger because then the mind is ready to know that’s when you will now and understand the things around you.

[Female_Jedi_Master]

Alright boys and girls the meditation queen has returned to say something.

Even though meditation can be fun it can be helpful as well. Placing yourself in a meditative trance when bleeding and baddly too, and there no help around will slow the flow of blood. It can also help you calm your nerves or relax you when tense. Meditation is usefully but please do abuse it.

[JediKaren]

yep, never ever abuse you powers for any reason.

[Ries]

Thnx for that. Where ever I have went on a forum asking how to Meditate no-one would tell me. I couldn't practice TK or stuff like that. (I did try practicing it for about a month, but I didn't know how to Meditate, so for because of that it didn't work)

[JediKaren]

You're more than welcomed. It's true though, most sites won't go into how to meditate. A pity.

[samtheman999]

my friend said that if you imagine (just the feeling of going down i.e when your in a lift and it starts to go down.) climbing down a ladder with every out breathe and pause for every in breathe you go into a deeper medatation quicker. any ideas on this?


samtheman999

[Female_Jedi_Master]

samtheman999 said:

my friend said that if you imagine (just the feeling of going down i.e when your in a lift and it starts to go down.) climbing down a ladder with every out breathe and pause for every in breathe you go into a deeper medatation quicker. any ideas on this?


samtheman999

I myself have never heard of this and i have been meditating now for about five years. Yet that doesn't stop me from asking the one person that taught me. Now my idea to that is it could work. Everyone has their own method on how to meditate. I simple shared the one I was taught to this form.

[akashiclibrarian]

I have heard this before, Yes it does work but it is hard to maintain. I much prefer just sitting there and letting everything drift past me. Also there is a passive resistance you have to develop in your mind to stop thoughts annoying you. However when you get deep enough you may hear voices or noises. This is vibrations or random thoughts, or EVEN clairvoyance. But it too can be controlled although i find it harder.
Best of luck,

[firesea]

very good article!!! Your right- not enough sites go into meditation, it is surpirising how many poeple dont no how to medittate! The lift exercise does work but like akashiclibrarianate said its hard to maintain.

[Female_Jedi_Master]

Ummmm NP I use meditation off and on know... seen has work and other things stop me.. but ya glad I could be of some help.

[jedimaster]

I don't find it hard to maintain when you keep this basic thought in your head.....What goes on around you while you meditate is not important because you are doing something good and critical for you own well-being. Also I firmly believe in this thought....It's not how you meditate it's how often you meditate. Meditation is a good grounding tool for our "egos" if we have them as well as a good grounding for our abilites....I mean we know we have thses talents few others exercise but how we go about using them and why should be as important

[danmh]

As far as relaxing goes, may I suggest something? One thing that REALLY works (and also helps you notice if you are tense during anytime of the day) is when you want to just relax (or meditate) is to tense all your muscles in your bosy while holding your breath for about 10 seconds, breath in and hold as your making yourself tense. I mean every muscle, in your face, your stomach, arms, legs, feet, EVERYTHING!!! Hold it all for 10 seconds, then, all at once, let it go after 10 seconds and breath out at the sametime. I tell ya what, I do this before going to sleep, and I just seem to sink into my bed, it feels great! I'm sure this will help you with meditation, as I'm going to try it tonight. I'll post my results!

[odetteangel]

Thanks thats the way I do it music and incense really helps ....I only started a year ago and now go into deep meditations where I thought I was only 15 mins and it was 2 hours....
lovely...

[Electro]

Wow...thanks so much...All other methods don't work for me...

But anyways, why not abuse it? Many people do...I mean abusing meditation? There really is no way to abuse it in my point of view...Unless you like only did it because you needed to gather energy to hurt somebody and you did it for like 3 days straight or something like that. But anyways thanks.

[neobeowolf]

Hey i know this may be a dumb question but is meditation how you charge your body with energy or is there something else you do im trying to get back into training my psionics....also you guys got any tips on starting it