Here is another very fine meditation. It 's from kundalini yoga teachers (Ravi Singh and Ana Brett) Raviana.com Meditation of the Month:



Enjoy!

Best place to Meditate is somewhere secret, away from everyone. Find a open field or something. Then just sit there and relax. Clear your mind completly. Just get away from all distractions.

I've found that a lot of people seem to want something to do beyond "just sitting there". So I would like to emphasise that meditation is not an action. It's a state of mind that can be reached, with practice, at any time. It's my personal belief that some athletes know something similar (the Zone, anyone?) that most likely is not a concious change, but a result of being completely focused as well as relaxed during sport - being at ease, and knowing your skill with absolute assurance, as it were.

I can't site anything beyond a limited personal experience, but here goes;
Posture can be anything, though in the beginning, it's easier to sit with eyes closed, to avoid any visual distractions. Blank the mind, and think of a vast darkness, in which nothing survives. Apart from a single flame, steady and unwavering. Flame does not have a wick. This flame is you, it is the universe, it is everything, yet you stand apart from the flame. As thoughts arise, you are aware of them, yet they do not affect you. You take them and gently and carefully feed them to the flame as you would to a carefully tended camp fire. Keep the flame in mind for a while, then let yourself be consumed by it, and open your eyes if you closed them.

I seem to have improved with practice - I can now almost hold it while keeping a simple conversation.

I assume it is merely a method of focusing the mind while "detaching" it from the objective world - as I said, I have no knowledge in the field - but it is definitely relaxing, and as far as I have experimented, physical movements become more "accurate" - perhaps because you are not distracted by random thoughts popping through your mind. (A similar principle to Kenjutsu, Yratorm?)

From what I have read here, this seems to go against the whole point of meditation - it's making a conscious effort - but I enjoy it

This post has been edited by elrohir: Jun 7 2007, 12:31 PM

Doing Meditation is good, therefore do meditation daily twice in the morning and in the evening. Its not only makes your health better, but also increases your mental power. You soon be notice that your memory power increases, you can be able to remember more and more things. Your physical strength too increases.

i do meditation to help myself focus. i also do it so i could rejuvenate myself when i am tired (although sometimes i end up sleeping the night away ). meditation also helps me relieve myself from stress of the day and all the worries i have. i've had positive results, but it took me some time before i could really get into sitting and meditating.

my tips:

1. find a spot in your house that is free of noise. anything that would easily catch your attention wouldn't be helpful in your practice. better if you could lock yourself up in your room so no one would disturb you.
2. set the mood. turn off the lights, or if you don't like it too dark, just put your lamp on dim so when you start your meditation session, you won't be intimidated with too much light. the idea is to make yourself as comfortable as possible. the problem with some people is they forget that this is to help you relax and prepare yourself for the session. you could put on the fan or air conditioning system if you don't want to get it too hot. although make sure your fan or air conditioning system doesn't make too much sound or it will be disturbing especially if you're starting out. i prefer to not use the fan because i want the room to be a bit warm. it helps me loosen up. i know it's ironic to what i've just said before. i only use the ventilation (windows) on my room and let the air come in. i like it more natural.
3. sit or lie down. it's your choice if you want to sit on a corner or lie down on your bed, but it's more advisable to sit down because if you lie down, you have the tendency to sleep during your session. moreover, you have to sit properly so your spine is aligned properly. this is because your system works properly if you're in the right sitting position. moreover, it would be a challenge to you to keep your position properly---this will keep you alert at times. most advocated do the lotus sitting position because this is the best position to get optimal results from. you need not do this---and the regular "cross your legs" sit (we call it "indian sit", indian as in the native american indian, not the people from india)---but you can if you want. but if you can't sit just now, you could try lying down, just make sure you don't make it too comfortable or you'll end up sleeping.
4. close your eyes and focus. this is going to be the challenge in meditation---keeping your focus. there are times that your mind drifts off to something else. for the neophytes, you could just let your mind wander, just let it all out, don't try to force yourself in focusing. when i tried this at first, all the events that happened during the day flashed through my mind and then gets back to my meditation. it's fun and it worked for me. you might want to try it out for yourself.

i guess that's about it. that's all i can share to you. if i remember some more, i'll post it up.

In the Buqi course I did this summer, there were several ways to meditate:

Standing meditation (also known as 'Wuxi-stance'): Put your feet on shoulder width with your toes slightly pointed inwards; bend your knees a bit till they are at the same height of your toes; bow forward till the point 4 fingers under your (umbilical point?) is on the same line with your knees and toes; place your hands at your hips with the palms faced down and try to push your thumb and smallest finger upwards, your middle finger and thumb mouse downwards; pull in your chin but keep your focus at the horizon and stretch the top of the spine (right behind the head); try not to submit to the spontaneous movements; try to empty your mind; your bodyweight must be on the front of your feet

at first your calves will hurt, but that's normal


Lying meditation: lay down on your back with your arms near you and your palms facing the ceiling; push with both the top spine point and the middle of your feet outward and empty your mind.

I had much more effect with the standing meditation, but both work. Really brings peace to your mind.
Also try to open your eyes while not really opening them (hard to explain, but when you're looking at the sun and you do this, you should see a red/orange color, in darkness it should be black), you might see your own eyes for a flash. Also try to look at the 'third eye', the hollow spot between your eyebrows (more or less)

Sitting meditation: can be done on a chair or on the ground
chair: go sit on the edge of your chair and stretch your legs until the knees are at same height as your waist; stretch your back and top of spine to the ceiling; put ur hands on your upper legs with the palms upwards; close ur eyes and empty your mind

ground: sit on ur butt and lay your feet into the opposite upper leg (left foot on right upper leg) so that ur soles point upwards, stretch ur spine and lay your hands as mentioned before

Hope I helped you ^^

This post has been edited by Unstoppable: Aug 31 2007, 04:47 PM

There are several kinds of meditation.
This said, I'll just give a few hints about one that is a good support for them all: quiescence meditation or calm abiding meditation. It's a type of meditation that allows you to develop focused attention. It can go much further, but it starts like that.
Start with very small sessions.
Don't do anything special.
Sit with your spine straight, take a few breaths and focus in your breath for 5 minutes.
If feelings or thoughts arise, just bring your attention back to the breath, gently.
This is a good starting point.
Do it several times a day and find a qualified mediatation teacher to pick up from there.

Meditation is some thing great which eash one has to follow in the daily routeen. The benifits of this is immense. Its just a boon to manking. As the great philosopy and the practice of meditation begin with the civilization of ancient india, the path to attain salvation was considered much more easy through yoga.
Recenly as we see all round the gloab it is taken very seriously and i is being practiced in many house.
Recenly research evidence show that YOGA has the capacity to cure those deadly disease which has no remedi in the present market in medical shops.
After all metalectual purity is far better than taking medicens which has side effects.
A secret the indian mythology belive is that the supernatural powers can be attained by deep Yoga and meditation.
We in slokas the truth is written very clearly.
In yoga breath is said to be the interface between the physical body and the mind. The power of breathing practice to change your state of mind is extremely strong. A breathing practice can last anything from two minutes to half an hour or more.
Enjoy Lol