Post by Drynal on Dec 28, 2007 2:32:30 GMT -5
This article will teach you how to keep your mind silent and to be successful in your task or goal.
Before hand:
what is your purpose,task or goal for this meditation.It can basically be any thing,for example when I start my first meditation my main goal was to make a psi ball.
First"Keep distractions away":The first thing you should do is find a place where their is less distractions around, and not much noise.Couple of places where their are not distractions such as your room or a place that is best suit you like your bath room,living room or closet.
Second"Position":The second thing you should do is get into a best position that best suits you such as lotus position,lying down in bed or in a armed chair.Just do whats best for you even if that means standing up for long periods of time.Just find away to get comfortable.
Lying on back
Lotus position
Chair
I recommend you to sit up"spine straight no slouching" if you are in lotus position or in a chair.That is most important it prevents your mind from being
sluggish,mushy or sleepy,you do not want to sleep during meditation.
Third"Breathing":Now we can move on to breathing.Their are many ways to breath during meditation I will teach you two ways.
.o1-Turn your attention to breathing,preferably through the nostrils focus on your breathing as you inhale thought the nostrils feel the sensations of it.Now when you exhale do the same thing as you did when you inhale focus on your breathing when it leaves your nostrils.
.o2-Deep Breathing:I want you to inhale through the nostrils and exhale through the mouth,and you can also count during it saying it in your mind such as inhaling the the nostrils for three counts holding it for two and exhaling it through the mouth for three counts and keep this cycle and you should feel more relaxed.
Fourth:Now that you have your place,your position and breathing going on we can move on to clearing your mind thinking of nothing. Here are some examples I use to clear my mind.
Trash:I call this one "Trash"for a purpose.The first thing I do is visualize a trashcan in my mind then when a thought come a cross my mind during meditation I just drop it in the trashcan every time.Basically what you do in your every day life you throw things away that you don't need.
Bouncing:what I do is see a white board in my mind and visualize the text,images,thoughts ect.. black or the other way around I see a black board and visualize the images,text,thoughts ect... white.The next step is to visualize it all bouncing out of your mind every time some thing come pass,just like a bear trap.When the bear steps its foot into the trap its snaps when the text,thought or what ever passes the white board just bounce it right out of your mind.
Counting:What you do is clear your mind of every thing just relax.Then count from 20 to 1 backwards such as 20,19,18,17,16 ect...,and if you feel that your mind is wondering and thinking of other things focus your attention back to counting from 20 to 0 once again.
Fifth:I would usually recommend people to meditate for 15 minutes,but it is good to meditate for a very long time so that your intent or goal can be much successful.Its like if you are trying to loose weight and you did it for couple mintues and not actually spend time doing it will you actually loose any thing
"No"
Visualizing during meditation"goal,task":It is okay to visualize your goal during meditation it does help,well for me it does because of the simple fact I do what is best for me what I am comfortable with.How I do this is just basically see my self gathering energy until I am filled up.Then move this energy up my body down my arms until it reaches my palms,and form a psi ball and then I keep repeating it until it gets stuck in my head.
Before hand:
what is your purpose,task or goal for this meditation.It can basically be any thing,for example when I start my first meditation my main goal was to make a psi ball.
First"Keep distractions away":The first thing you should do is find a place where their is less distractions around, and not much noise.Couple of places where their are not distractions such as your room or a place that is best suit you like your bath room,living room or closet.
Second"Position":The second thing you should do is get into a best position that best suits you such as lotus position,lying down in bed or in a armed chair.Just do whats best for you even if that means standing up for long periods of time.Just find away to get comfortable.
Lying on back
Lotus position
Chair
I recommend you to sit up"spine straight no slouching" if you are in lotus position or in a chair.That is most important it prevents your mind from being
sluggish,mushy or sleepy,you do not want to sleep during meditation.
Third"Breathing":Now we can move on to breathing.Their are many ways to breath during meditation I will teach you two ways.
.o1-Turn your attention to breathing,preferably through the nostrils focus on your breathing as you inhale thought the nostrils feel the sensations of it.Now when you exhale do the same thing as you did when you inhale focus on your breathing when it leaves your nostrils.
.o2-Deep Breathing:I want you to inhale through the nostrils and exhale through the mouth,and you can also count during it saying it in your mind such as inhaling the the nostrils for three counts holding it for two and exhaling it through the mouth for three counts and keep this cycle and you should feel more relaxed.
Fourth:Now that you have your place,your position and breathing going on we can move on to clearing your mind thinking of nothing. Here are some examples I use to clear my mind.
Trash:I call this one "Trash"for a purpose.The first thing I do is visualize a trashcan in my mind then when a thought come a cross my mind during meditation I just drop it in the trashcan every time.Basically what you do in your every day life you throw things away that you don't need.
Bouncing:what I do is see a white board in my mind and visualize the text,images,thoughts ect.. black or the other way around I see a black board and visualize the images,text,thoughts ect... white.The next step is to visualize it all bouncing out of your mind every time some thing come pass,just like a bear trap.When the bear steps its foot into the trap its snaps when the text,thought or what ever passes the white board just bounce it right out of your mind.
Counting:What you do is clear your mind of every thing just relax.Then count from 20 to 1 backwards such as 20,19,18,17,16 ect...,and if you feel that your mind is wondering and thinking of other things focus your attention back to counting from 20 to 0 once again.
Fifth:I would usually recommend people to meditate for 15 minutes,but it is good to meditate for a very long time so that your intent or goal can be much successful.Its like if you are trying to loose weight and you did it for couple mintues and not actually spend time doing it will you actually loose any thing
"No"Visualizing during meditation"goal,task":It is okay to visualize your goal during meditation it does help,well for me it does because of the simple fact I do what is best for me what I am comfortable with.How I do this is just basically see my self gathering energy until I am filled up.Then move this energy up my body down my arms until it reaches my palms,and form a psi ball and then I keep repeating it until it gets stuck in my head.
