peacefulwarrior77

Hi guys,

I just wondered how many of you meditate as part of your self-improvement plan?

Which meditation technique has worked the best for you?

I meditate almost every day for 40-60 minutes and it really helps me to stay focused on my work, to deal with the fast paced world that we live in, become a more grounded and calmer person and generally feel a lot happier than I used to feel.

I would be interested to hear your thoughts if you care to share?

What meditation techniques have not worked for you?

Cheers, PW

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theviralguy

I have never tried meditating but it is something I want to look into. It sounds like a great way to relieve my stress.

okeynwoke

surely, this is quite an interesting issue and i am really keen on getting any information that will enlighten me more.

i have read many books not necessarily on the subject but i have periodically come accross the topic.

i am open to discussion and information that any body can offer.

okeynwoke

Buildingfutures

Meditation is a simple thing.

Find a nice quiet spot somewhere, sit down in the way that makes you feel most comfortable. It doesn't have to be like in the movies where you cross your legs and have your arms straight out in a room full on incense.

You just need a nice quiet spot, somewhere where you can hear only whats inside your head.

If you're anything like me, you've got a lot going on. Systematically shut everything down. Turn off whatevers talking inside your head, one worry at a time. Until you can simply be.

Breathe deeply. Put your mind to zero.

Holding something in your hands, possibly something that has great significant meaning to you, gently rubbing your fingers on it can help. Like a favorite baseball or lucky pen.

I cast Runes myself, and having the satin bag in my hands, or my favorite runes helps tremendously.

Just let go of all the earthly worries you have, and relax. Once you've turned off all the worries, ideas will come naturally to you, and they won't be hampered by the noise.

However, that is just my way of doing it. I know some guys who meditate by working out. They work their body to the point where they can only think of the next rep, the next push-up, the next mile, and then, when they stop to relax, their mind is at zero, and allows them to think clearly.

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peacefulwarrior77

It can be quite confusing if you don't know anything about meditation. I think you will find about 700+ meditation techniques available right now. Some are rooted in religion, some have belief systems associated with them.

When I first began meditation, I just wanted to reduce my stress levels, I have tried many different techniques over the past year or so and settled very well with a more modern technique that has been scientifically validated. It works great for me.

One of the best ways I have found which is suitable for beginners is focus meditation. Meaning you simply sit quietly and focus on a candle, your breath or a mantra. You can download free courses online by running a google search for "free meditation course"

Meditation has been a lifesaver to me. I would highly recommend you check it out further

Good luck, PW

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Abigail Beal

I've been meditating daily for more than ten years now and I'm totally hooked on it. I KNOW I feel different when I miss it for a day or a few days -- I'm off kilter.

I sit for an hour and pray, say affirmations and meditate. I start with my prayers and affirmations and end with meditation. I usually meditate for about half an hour, sometimes longer.

If you are a beginner -- start with just ten minutes. It is fine to start with just a little and you'll get all of the wonderful benefits of meditation. You'll sleep better, it has lots of health benefits. Meditators look younger too!

Abby

David

Not as often as I should.. especially when I consider how much good it does me.

I'm an incest survivor. Dissociated, don't remember anything from 1963 to 1968. How does that manifest itself today?

Not near as much as it did, but for past 20 years I've had what they call "Hypo Mania". Meaning I'm usually revved up, I "idle" at 5400 rpm.

Meditation helps quite a bit, but at the same time, it can be a little hard to get myself to want to do it.

Being "hyper" has also led to a predilection to:

• coffee to excess
• substance abuse
• sugar abuse
• addiction substitution

Learning to 'acclimate' myself to meditation, the pro active act of teaching my innards to get accustomed to it has been a challenge.

I'm celebrating my first 100 days consecutive sobriety from Crack, tackling that demon was more important than meditating.

Meditation while using is kinda like 'spinning your wheels'

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peacefulwarrior77

Hi Abby,

You may want to try some form of gratitude technique alongside your others. When you just sit quietly and feel truly grateful for different things in your life, you would be amazed at how great it makes you feel. I play a little music after each meditation session (7 mins) and use this time to do my gratitude work.

Hope that helps, PW

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peacefulwarrior77

David,

It's great that it helps but what makes it hard to do? Is it the technique you use? Your posture? Outside influences or noise? Or something else?

How did you learn to meditate?

PW

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dsanchez

I try to do a little bit of meditation every day, don't have a lot of time for it though.

Meditate about how fortunate I am to live in the U.S. and all the other things I have. Regarding IM, I prefer putting a few things in writing, and meditate around them.

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susansmith

I use to do exercise everyday and also practice meditation. Its very helpful to prevent many chronic diseases. Not only this you will achieve a great concentration power.

Ricky Martin

Always try to make time. When I do life does flow better.

thanks Ricky

whitewindow2009

I dont meditate but i do practice Yoga. I do it everyday for 25 to 30 minutes. I am a regular yoga and gym person and i have to admit that these two activities in my life are the main source of my energy and my strength. The day i miss any of these two, my whole day just cracks down and rumbles into pices. Hence, I dont know much about meditation but I will always promote regular Yoga and regular gym exercises.

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running is my form of meditation. hepls me focus

Evelyn B.

Yoga and meditation are two practices that really have a positive impact on my life. They help me to focus, relieve stress, slow down and get into the moment and out of the chaos of daily life.

As others have mentioned, it's pretty subtle, but I definitely notice the difference in my day and my energy flow when I skip either yoga or meditation. I tend to use a guided meditation, and there are tons available online. I keep some in my ipod all the time so that when I have some spare moments I can go inward for a time and feel renewed and energized.

I recommend both yoga and mediation to anyone looking to find a way to increase their energy and focus. It's just wonderful stuff.

Peace,

Evelyn

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I meditate with Holosync

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Scott Chambers

I attempt to go through my day in my head while meditating every morning. I say attempt, sometimes I miss out.
It does seem to help when I do it though.

I find it really hard to think of nothing though, I always have to picture myself somewhere.

Eben

ive recently started quantum mind power. having tried holosync, immrama insight, soundmind meditation system. quantum works great for me..

bombdiggity

Yes, I do.

And lately something very weird has been happening to me as a result. I'll be sitting there in a completely meditative state, and suddenly a small pressure will start developing in the forefront of my head, in the area between my eyes (where the pineal gland would be). As I continue the meditation, the pressure gets stronger...and stronger...and stronger. Thing is, it's not a bad pressure. It never hurts. I just think it's weird.

Anyone else experience this kind of thing?

John Derrick

Absolutely I do.

Peacefulwarrior, your nick is also the name of one of my favorite movies/book.

Joshua Creighton, Yes, I have had that happen. They say that it is your third eye, and it is a chakra point that is opening. If you want to have fun with it, imaging a funnel is connected to this point and in your mind spin funnel clockwise.

I also experience a feeling of pressure that begins in the area of my third eye and continues around my head, almost like a crown is resting there.

I prefer to "cheat" when I meditate, and I use holosync, hemi-sync, Ultra Meditation or my new friend Brain Ev (which I review on my namesake site johnderrick.com)

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Ray Burke

Meditation Resource. Here is a very good organization that has very good free meditation teaching texts. Not quick reads but very effective over time. Buddha Net.

jcolanzi

I meditate, sometimes do the Middle Pillar, listen to isotronic tones.

I also affirm throughout the day that,

I control my own thoughts and hold them as long as I choose.
I shut out all thoughts that weaken or interfere.
My will is as strong as anyone elses.

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James Schramko

Yes I do.

I make sure I have a moment of stillness where I have no distractions and I focus on breathing in good energy and exhaling tension

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As a martial artist, I have been meditating for quite a while. One thing that I notice is I am able to stay more calm and focused throughout the day when I meditate in the morning.

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SunSpore

I used to meditate when I attend classes but that was years back, think I have to start meditating again.

Mind getting slower and slower....

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I used to meditate every day for 20 mins. I fell out of practice in the last couple of years and I am nowhere near as calm and focused as I used to be. I still meditate every now and then, but I keep forgetting to make it a regular practice (life gets in the way).

I taught myself by setting a stopwatch to 10 mins and sitting down with the intention of clearing my mind. It took about 2 weeks to become easy.

I have since tried other things like mantras and cds, but I think the 10 minute habit was just as effective.

Drizlek

I can tell you from personal experience that during the year and a half I spent doing daily meditation that my outlook on thing changed for the better in many ways.

Since then I have fallen out of practice. The main roadblock I run into is getting so relaxed I fall asleep. Generally it helps of you can sit up with your back against something. That way if you start hunching over and snoozing, your most likely to catch it early.

As for my sound of preference? If I can do it outside without too many dogs in the neighborhood barking that always works. Inside I either prefer white noise or a metronome.

As far as any strange feeling while I meditate...about the best I get is when I am doing a White Light meditation if I focus enough on my hands they actually become very warm to the touch. If I keep it going they actually begin to hurt. Someone explained it to me that after focusing like that you need to "ground" the energy. So that's what I do. The pain goes away.

polleo

I find that when my mind becomes so overcrowded with thoughts, the time has come for a good old meditation session.

It helps to prevent stress by keeping your mind at ease, this also means that you will sleep better. Thats probably why people find it improves their lifestyle............ a good nights sleep is everything

dudemeister

I use a number of CDs to assist me in meditating / relaxing. Paul Scheele of Learning Strategies has some brilliant ones.

RickGueli

Meditation is a passion of mine.

Point-blank: here is what you do... sit down, and AS YOU QUIETEN your mind, worries, past-traumas, prejudices, false self-indentifications, etc. will rise up in your mind... almost semaltaneously, and you will be made to Face them.

DO NOT resist those upheavals or judge them as "good" or "bad". Just let them be. Like anything, those emotions, fears, discomforts, etc. have a "life-cycle" of their own and just as they had been seeded and made to germinate in your being by life's many experiences, so too will they grow to the surface, flower, and then whither and die off on their own WITHOUT your doing anything.

When this happens, the lightness in your being, the bliss, the euphoria that follows is simply undescribable.

With that, "Chi" (Bio-electric Energy) in your body will start to move freely, and you will feel at once stronger, more whole, more abliss, and mentally more functional.

AND i'd wager that it makes you a faaaaar more effective person.

Again, find a quiet place, and then USE THAT SAME PLACE in the coming session. Then just sit down and... come "Face to Face" with yourself. And let whatever happens be "Okay." - Take on the observers' seat, and you can't go wrong

Rick

RickGueli

Then how in the world did you come up with "Johnny Depth"? Haha. Kidding You should try it out sometime. Within a week, and doing meditation correctly, you'll be hooked.

RickGueli

David,

In my experience, the very tendency to want to GET OUT and DO SOMETHING to get away from having to sit down in meditation is in reality just another symptom of not wanting to face ourselves, being that often we are the sum of our past experiences, traumas, beliefs, and so on and, during meditation, we WILL be made to face them again.

It is not easy, but very, very well-worth the end result, as when we learn to face those upheavals on a personal level, WITHOUT judging them or thinking them "bad" or "good" but just pockets of energy that have already served their purposes and whose time has now come to die off and fall away from our "bodies", the liberation you feel is...

... quite something.

Have you looked into the "Bliss Technique"? Haha, i can understand why it might be controversial among some people. It's DAMN effective.

And just on a side-note: since I have meditated, I seem to be attractive women like crazy, without even trying. "Inner Game" indeed

samthor

yes. Meditation is part of training the mind and an exercise in self discipline.
Meditation can be done walking.

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Andrei Rotariu

Yes. On & Off for years. But even when im not "Meditating" i put myself in peaceful 'meditative' states. I began on my own as i have been a spiritualist and wondered about the divine since i was a child.

My meditations exploded when i began using the HBI technique. I kind of stripped away from them for a while simply because i dont like the fact they charge so high for 'knowledege' but simply put from my experience, meditation is the single best thing for growth that any person can do in any place and any where.

Its good to know what you want out of meditation. Simple stress relief, higher knowledge, profound experiences? Then go towards where you gravitate naturally. Me personally i dont stick with any institutes as i believe they can greatly hinder growth. But i do go to them on the occassion to learn and grow.

Chris Lagarde

Centering prayer is what I've done in the past with great results. It's inexpensive to learn. I do recommend you take the course from a qualified teacher. Various churches offer the instruction from time to time.

Unfortunately, I'm now getting back into the meditation habit. I do believe one reason I'm not that attracted to drugs or alcohol is because of my meditation experiences in the past. Meditation really helped me be calm and confident and just a heckava lot more happy.

Why did I fall off my habit? It's easy to skip your practice. Of course you don't notice much change at first. It's only after 3 months have passed and your mind is racing around again that you remember how centered you felt when you regularly meditated.

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honestbizpro

I would like to investigate meditation more in 2009. As far as getting my mind in the groove, productivity wise....for some reason when I excersise or run in place or all over the house I get some of my best ideas then.

I realize that meditation helps you find inner peace.

That state of mind that people get in after a glass of wine and they relax themselves and let go of inhibitions and have fun....if only we had an instant mental button we could push for that.

Richard007

i do yoga and taichi...
sleep also can make we relax

rlnorthcutt

There are many forms of meditation, and many "tricks"

Here is a great meditation that not only helps with calming the mind, but also with bringing more prosperity and wealth into your life (whatever that means to you).

First - be sure that you are breathing properly. Work on breathing slowly and deeply with your abdomen and NOT your chest.

Sit in a comfortable spot where you will be undisturbed for 10-20 minutes or more.

Slow your breathing at a comfortable rate, and make it deeper... this should be done with great ease.

In your mind, imagine that you have a bucket and are in a beautiful natural setting. Nearby is a small pool of golden water, with a rock overhang from which more golden water is slowly dripping.

Catch a drop of the golden water in your bucket... each drop falls with each slow breath. You can catch as many as you like, but 20 is a good number to start with.

As you catch each golden drop, the sound of them hitting the bucket is a mix of water hitting wood...and a gold coin hitting wood.

When you have enough drops, turn around in your mind and stroll over to a nearby tree. This is your prosperity tree. Notice that the leaves of the tree are $100 bills.

Gently pour the golden water over the roots of the tree, and see/hear the golden coins flow out and dissolve into the soil.

Now - for each drop that you gathered, you will pick up $100 bills from the ground... these are the fallen leaves of the tree and are yours to take.

Pick up each bill with each slow, gentle breath... and stack them neatly in your palm. Put 2-3 bills in your pocket. This is your "daily bread" or income for today. You can relax in the knowledge that today your needs will be met.

Take the remaining bills and put them in your pocket. Walk/fly/teleport yourself to your bank, and put these bills into the canister of the drive up banking center. See the canister go up through the tube and into the bank. This is your universal account. Feel how great it is to know that you have this money/energy here when or if you need it, and that it grows each day.

This meditation is not only chock full of prosperity images to program your subconscious, but it also gives your the opportunity to FEEL relaxed and prosperous.

More importantly, it gives your brain something to do while you breathe slowly and deeply. You will notice a subtle change if you can get 50 good, deep easy breaths... and another change somewhere around 100.

Enjoy!

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I do not use any forms of meditation.. but reading this thread has made me re-think that. I might try some of the relaxation techniques that many of you suggested.

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John Derrick

One of the things that makes Meditation a powerful tool is that people can see immediate results.

All your worldly problems melt away.

Of course, the more you do it, the better you will be at calming your mind, and the quicker you will get into the meditative state.

Just be patient the first time you try this. Make you have ample time set aside where you will not be disturbed.

Any by all means... cheat. Use some form of brainwave altering CD (with headphones)....

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I don't meditate in the way most would perceive meditation. I meditate on the things I want. I use the law of attraction to think about already having the money I want to have, already having the traffic I want to have etc. That is how I meditate and I only do it 10 minutes/day max

I don't sit with my legs crossed and thing of nothing. I focus on what I want

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kislany

I do. Mostly guided meditation, sometimes reiki meditation, and PL regression by myself (but that's another story)

steven20

Very much so. Helps me get perspective on what is happening in my life.

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I do it sometimes.

WhosMaverick

Meditation is simply put.... amazing.

Its totally true that when you get into a routine doing med each day you really DO feel the difference for the better.

I notice that if I skip for couple days it "somehow" affects me in a negative way.

I meditate now, without exception for at least a half hour per day. Very busy so I keep it short and sweet because its best to do a bit each and every day than just 3 times per week for an hour each time.

*Highly recommended* if you give give it TIME to start its positive effects.

30 minutes each day - same time.
Focus on your breathing.
Close your eyes.
Let go and relax.

All the best!

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rlnorthcutt

Just a quick note:

Structured meditation is great for keeping the "monkey mind" busy... meanwhile you can focus on breathing and calming yourself.

Keep in mind that the MOST EFFECTIVE form of meditation is experience EMPTINESS... its simple to say and difficult to do.

As you progress, your structured meditation will allow you to have greater and greater moments of "no-thought", and this is really the goal. The word goal is not a good one to use, but it gets the point across.

The reason is that when we are empty, and our mind is silent, then we are full of Divine energy. That moment of peace IS enlightenment. The more Divine energy we can allow, the better everything is... from happiness to money to business to enjoying each moment.

Consider the ancient metaphor:

The mind is the surface of a pond. When it is active and full of ripples, we can only "see" the choppy bits of reflected light. When the mind is peaceful, calm and still, the beautiful moon, stars and scene are clearly visible.

Your mind IS a mirror of the world, and meditation is a way to experience this moment fully and completely.

At the end of it all, we only have this one, eternal moment....

regards,
Ron

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When I asked the buddha how to meditate he said, "Be right here...right now."

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