Anyone Here Meditate?
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Someone posted this earlier too, and I just watched it all.
If you've got an hour spare, I'd highly recommend it.
If you don't have an hour spare, you should probably watch it even more
Hi! The best book I have found for meditation that won't get you into trouble is by H.Torkom Saraydarian: The Science of Becoming Oneself. When you do the meditations as instructed, you keep yourself safe from the delusions that can happen in some techniques. Another good system is SilvaUltramind--I did that one back in the 70's (before it was ultramind) and was known as Silva Mind Control.
I've been meditating for over 40 years now, and have had many, many spiritual experiences, and taught many people how to meditate, so am happy to help you with any questions you might have. Just know it doesn't matter what religion or beliefs you have--it's all about being in touch with the Truth, which is always found within.
Good luck!
I've been meditating for over 40 years now, and have had many, many spiritual experiences, and taught many people how to meditate, so am happy to help you with any questions you might have. Just know it doesn't matter what religion or beliefs you have--it's all about being in touch with the Truth, which is always found within.
Good luck!
People should check out HoloSync, it's a program that syncs up your two brain lobes through the use of audio. It can drive you crazy for about a week (called upheaval), which is a period of intense anxiety, depression, and other negative psychological effects. However, if you can get through the upheaval, the HoloSync will bring you back to earth as a much more cool, calm, and collected person. I am currently only using the first year and will probably not be moving on since it is a course that can take almost a whole decade to complete. However, it is quite time consuming and I can stand not being completely enlightened.
I hand picked some good Buddha quotes to bump this thread. Love what people shared so far on meditation - I was still the guy Zinn mentioned that thought meditation was blanking your mind for hours. Been learning a bunch about it and gonna pick up these books you guys recommended. (Ayya khemma's Being Nobody, Going Nowhere // H.Torkom Saraydarian: The Science of Becoming Oneself. // 8 Minute Meditation)
I am doing meditation on regular bases, i have done my basic course of "Sudarshan Kriya" from "Art Of Living" by Shri Shri Ravishankar (Guruji). Really its amazing, just google for it and you will find any center running this course in your country.
Basically meditation is a concentration of your mind, one thing at a time. I have been meditating (forced by my parents when I was young.) and experienced many things a mind could do when it was pure and clear. When I didn't meditate, my mind got all fuzzy and not powerful. You find peace when you meditate because you delete all the fuss around you and are able to pay attention to only one thing at a time; e.g. your lung is moving up (inhale), then your lung is moving down (exhale).
Everyone experiences meditating once in a while but doesn't know that they are doing it, such as when you are driving in a slippery road, and you are concentrate on driving. All your eyes are focusing on the street. You are even tuned out of the radio. Or when you are drawing something and you don't notice things surround you. Or you are playing chess with your knee crossed and you didn't even know that you have sleepy legs until you are done playing.
When you first start meditating, you will find that your mind goes wild and thinks about many things at split-second speed (as Turbo mentioned). This is a good sign. Because you actually noticing that this is happening. What you have to do is once you know it is happening, you just say (to yourself) "aha! I caught you!" then go back to focusing one thing at a time. The vocab for this is "mindfulness". That's it. The hard part is not that your mind is going haywire, but you know it is and you still let it go haywire.
Everyone experiences meditating once in a while but doesn't know that they are doing it, such as when you are driving in a slippery road, and you are concentrate on driving. All your eyes are focusing on the street. You are even tuned out of the radio. Or when you are drawing something and you don't notice things surround you. Or you are playing chess with your knee crossed and you didn't even know that you have sleepy legs until you are done playing.
When you first start meditating, you will find that your mind goes wild and thinks about many things at split-second speed (as Turbo mentioned). This is a good sign. Because you actually noticing that this is happening. What you have to do is once you know it is happening, you just say (to yourself) "aha! I caught you!" then go back to focusing one thing at a time. The vocab for this is "mindfulness". That's it. The hard part is not that your mind is going haywire, but you know it is and you still let it go haywire.
Did a 10 day Vipassana (Goenka) retreat ... it was kind of a bootcamp - getting up at 4 a.m. - no communication at all - 2 meals a day and 12 hrs meditation.
It was tough (sometimes) but the single most influential and benefiting experience ever!!! not kidding
Vipassana is said to be the the closest interpretation of Buddha´s writings.
it´s not sectarian - there are no gurus - and the 10 day retreat was free of charge too and is so everywhere around the planet.
It was tough (sometimes) but the single most influential and benefiting experience ever!!! not kidding
Vipassana is said to be the the closest interpretation of Buddha´s writings.
it´s not sectarian - there are no gurus - and the 10 day retreat was free of charge too and is so everywhere around the planet.
Im actually an avid meditator, I meditate every day. I sometimes do chakra meditation and cleanse my chakras or I will do just regular meditation. If anyone ever needs help, feel free to hit me up. meditation not only makes you feel great, but gets you in control of your mind, and if your really good at it, you can open up your third eye and see some stuff that would blow you away.
I tried meditation a while back, and one of my instructors got to talking to me about deep thought. He gave me a card for a company that had several isolation tanks set up on their premises. I checked one out for 45 minutes, and it is amazing.
You have no idea what kind of thinking you can do when you can't see, hear, feel, smell, or taste anything.
You have no idea what kind of thinking you can do when you can't see, hear, feel, smell, or taste anything.
Lapris is dead on. I used to work for a center that was involved in teaching meditation and spiritual healing and I will tell you first hand that learning to sit peacefully and relaxed (required to get the most out of the session) takes as much training and practice as clearing your mind.
You will be finding your zone and all of a sudden your legs falls asleep and you lose it.
Utilization of sound meditation is a great, natural way to free your mind and center you consciousness.
jaja.
The ultramind course is really good. Not only for mediation.
Now, that link belongs to the basic program ultramind program (you
don't get the same training that a graduate gets).:angrysoapbox_sml:The complete seminar (2 days) can be downloaded at ultramindhomeseminar dot com.
> UM Overview
Pros: Is more than a meditation technique. You get trained to develop your god given esp for problem solving etc. And at the end of the second day, you're ready to detect health problems from people you know nothing about and then project healing at a distance. Really awesome. It works like a
charm (they provide a database where you can keep on practicing)
Cons: Everything is distributed in .mp3. A pdf would be fine.
layboy_sml:My 2 Cents.
[resurrecting an old thread]
I've done the 10 Vipassana retreat and it is truely amazing. Recommend it to anyone that can handle it. For me it was a part of my larger practice, but in and of itself it is powerful. But dont overestimate it. Its not 10 days to enlightenment. A month later you'll be your 'self' again.
My meditation is tai chi and 'meditation' associated with the Gurdjieff work. There are no short cuts. Baby steps towards a childlike mind. For the record, I've done Holosync, Buddhist meditation, Hindu 'mantra' meditation and "taoist' chi gong. After years of searching Gurdjieff and Tai Chi are what I recommend for the western mind. Although Tai Chi has been diluted into incoherence.. If the practice involves 'standing' Zhan Zhuang, thats what I am talking about it. Zhan Zhuang is the best meditation I have found, outside the Gurdjieff Work.
I got my meditation cushions from this place. zafu & zabuton cushions, meditation bench, buckwheat zafu cushions, crescent zafu cushions
Books I bought recently but haven't read quite yet.
Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior
Turning the Mind Into an Ally
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Mindfulness in Plain English
Books I bought recently but haven't read quite yet.
Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior
Turning the Mind Into an Ally
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Mindfulness in Plain English
"Mindfulness in plain english"
gooogle it-- by far the best meditation resource I have ever read.. it really goes into explaining the complexities of thought, and how meditation helps. it sure gave me a million Ah-ha! moments where you stop reading and just think about it.
gooogle it-- by far the best meditation resource I have ever read.. it really goes into explaining the complexities of thought, and how meditation helps. it sure gave me a million Ah-ha! moments where you stop reading and just think about it.