meditation

**potatoman** · 04-07-2007 01:20 AM

does anyone no how toteach self meditation?

**Star Wise** · 04-08-2007 02:56 AM

Hi Potato-Man

Here is an excerpt about meditation from the following website:

http://beyondmeditation.com/content/view/1/60/

With meditation, you are shutting down the conscious part of your brain while staying aware. This allows for data to flow from your subconscious mind, and many things become possible.

The simplest of all meditation techniques is to focus on your breathing. This is done by counting to a number during the in breath, and then counting to that number again during the out breath.

The counting should be done slowly, and to a number you're comfortable with. The goal in this type of meditation isn't to get to high numbers while breathing, just to be aware of your breathing.

For this meditation technique you should be focusing on making your physical body relax, using PMR (progressive muscular relaxation. This means that you start by relaxing your toes on the first breath, your feet and ankles for the next few breaths, moving up the body till you are totally relaxed. At this point, your body will begin to feel numb and you will feel very heavy. If you're familiar with meditation techniques, this is the onset of a trance state.

I often get asked why anyone would want to experience meditation. People have different reasons, and I can only tell you my own. I learned how to meditate to quiet my mind and to stop thinking . Have you ever had a problem you just couldn't stop thinking about?

I used to stay up all night worrying about this and that, keeping myself awake because of my racing thoughts. Meditation to keep your thoughts in check is very important if you want to feel good about yourself. If you keep thinking about your problems and worrying about what to do, you're only making things worse.

Now I'm not saying you should avoid your problems. That would be silly. However, thinking constantly about anything is NOT healthy. The mind needs time to relax in order to process new thoughts and ideas, and meditation can help you achieve this. When you're stressed out, getting a good night's sleep depends on being able to shut down your mind. An overactive mind will not get the rest it needs.

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Basically, Potatoman, you can count to 10, 1 on the in-breath and 1 on the out-breath, and repeat, or not even bother about counting, but just focus your awareness on the breath moving in and out of your nostrils. Besides counting or focusing on the breath, you can simply try emptying your mind. I do this after something upsets me. I take a deep breathe and stare into space, then I "chill out". I just think of nothing, until I feel happier about my situation, and can map out the concrete actions/steps I can take to remedy an un-pleasant situation or a challenge.

There are many types of meditation techniques all with the purpose of relaxing the body and allowing one's Higher Self to connect with the higher thoughts, which might not get much of a "say" (be heard) during our busy waking hours (when reactive thoughts are seething through our minds).

There's lots of info about meditation on the Internet, classes to learn meditation, and instructional CDs and other media.

See the following web page please for a description of some different ways on how to meditate:

http://ezinearticles.com/?Six-Types-...tion&id=152477

I like doing "mindfulness" or "awareness" meditation, say on public transport, where I focus on a corner of the window or a sound, like the train moving, and zero in on only that and ignore everything else. I also like doing the mantra meditation whereby I chant Om Mani Padme Hume, a Tibetan blessing which invokes or connects to the Higher Self. Here is a link to some mantras.

http://jillbormann.com/7.html

I confess that I sometimes say the complete "Hail Mary" prayer as a meditation mantra also, but it's only meditation mantra if you relax your physical body while saying it out loud or in your mind. It won't help you connect to your inner source or higher inspiration if you are tense and nervous bodily.

Ellie from Crystal Links has got some nice guided meditations at the page below:

http://www.crystalinks.com/medmusic.html

**potatoman** · 04-08-2007 06:14 PM

thanks heaps i really appreciate it

**xstrwbrrykissez** · 05-06-2007 07:11 PM

Thank you for that great insight, helped a lot (=

**indigomale** · 10-10-2007 12:33 AM

I like to meditate, preferably in a group setting moreso than alone. I really feel the vibration of others and when meditating together, the amplified level of attunement is overwhelmingly awesome.

I want to share the meditation technique I most frequently use these days that I learned from Lisa Greenburg at The Miracle Center/The One Center in Orange, CA. Lisa runs a psychic development group on Thursday nights at 7pm and has many certifications to include hypnotherapy and reiki.

I'm not sure of the origin of this technique since this is the one she guides us with every week as an opening meditation. I'm only sharing this because many questions on meditation come to my attention.

First, find a quiet or relaxing environment. This is important to allow you to concentrate fully without interruption. Find a comfortable chair or position to sit. Release your tension by placing your hands, arms, feet, and legs in a comfortable position that will allow deep breathing. Now close your eyes and start by taking deep breaths in through your nose and release it out of your mouth.

Now visualize, in your imagination, an orb or ball of light at the base of your spine.
Let it radiate and grow.
It can be any color you want it to be.
Now allow that orb to split into to two orbs.
Let the second orb travel down into the Earth.
It can go down as far as you like.
Now connect the two orbs, the one at the base of your spine and the one in the Earth.
Visualize the connection as roots, pillars, tentacles or whatever feels comfortable or easy for you to imagine.
Allow the Earth's energy to enter your orb stream and into you while allowing your energy to enter your orb stream and into the Earth.

Now go back to orb at the base of your spine.
Allow this orb to slowly rise up your spine and through your neck into your head and out the top of your head.
Visualize this orb above your head, make it any color you want it to be.
Establish a connection between the light of the orb in the Earth to the one above your head.
It can be conical or lightning-like or whatever your imagination creates.
Allow the energy from your head to enter the orb stream and go to the orb above your head while allowing the orb above your head to allow energy into the orb stream and into your head.

With all of the energy flowing from Earth to you and the Divine to you and back, ignite your heart light.
Visualize a dot of light that is located at your heart.
Allow it to grow into an orb that fills your entire body.
Now allow it to grow and radiate beyond your body.

It's time to create a protective layer.
Ask the orb at the top of your head, also known as your higher self, to create a bubble or protective layer around the radiation of your heart light. This will extend as far as you want beyond your body in every angle and in every direction; above and below your body, around all sides of your body.
As this layer forms, tell your higher self who is allowed to penetrate this protection. You can name specific people or types of people. When you finish this list, ask your higher self to not allow anyone/anything else to penetrate your protective layer. This is also known as a light shield.

Now that you've established a connection to the Earth, a connection to the Universe, and ignited your own protection, now imagine a small dot of light in the middle of your head.
This is where your imagination lives.
Allow it to expand to fill your head and ask your higher self for clarity and confidence.

When you're ready, start to wiggle your fingers and toes, arms and legs, then open your eyes. Be careful to not act quickly as it may take few moments more to collect yourself.

This form of meditation will increase your intuitive abilities and allow you to recognize the messages of God/the Divine/the Universe that are specific to you.