How can I meditate myself?
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Try this method:\n\nhttp://www.sahajayoga.org/experienceitnow/default.asp\n\nSee also the answer I gave you to your other question on meditation centres in Nigeria. Getting to a centre will surely improve your experience.\n\nGood luck!
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Dynamic meditation  \n\nThe following is correct and most effective version of  dynamic meditation technique. It has four stages, each lasting ten minutes.  \n\n\nStage #1) Start by standing with your eyes closed and breath deep and fast through your nose for ten minutes. Allow your body to move freely. Jump, sway back and forth, or use any physical motion that helps you pump more oxygen into your lungs.  \n\n\nStage #2) The second ten minute stage is one of catharsis. Let go totally and be spontaneous. You may dance or roll on the ground. For once in your life screaming is allowed and encouraged. You must act out any anger you feel in a safe way, such as beating the earth with your hands. All the suppressed emotions from your subconscious mind are to be released.  \n\n\nStage #3) In the third stage you jump up and down yelling Hoo!, Hoo!, Hoo! continuously for ten minutes. This sounds very silly, and it is funny, but the loud vibration of your voice travels down to your centers of stored energy and pushes that energy upward. When doing this stage it is important to keep your arms loose and in a natural position. Do not hold your arms over your head as that position can be medically dangerous.  \n\n\nStage #4) The fourth 10 minute stage is complete relaxation and quiet. Flop down on your back, get comfortable, and just let go. Be as a dead man, totally surrendered to the cosmos. Enjoy the tremendous energy you have unleashed in the first three stages and become a silent witness to the ocean as it flows into the drop. Become the ocean.  \n\n\n This wonderful technique is intended to grow with the student and change as the student changes. After a few years of practicing the method vigorously the first three stages of the meditation should drop away spontaneously. You then go into the meditation hall, take a few deep breaths, and immediately go deep into the ecstasy of the fourth stage. The method is fluid, health giving, and fun. Those new students who wish to experiment with Rajneesh Dynamic Meditation should read the following  precautionary steps before experimenting with this powerful technique. \n\n\nPrecautions:  Obviously one must practice Dynamic Meditation in a safe location and not near the edge of a cliff or on a hard surface where one might fall and break one's skull. A large room or hall with thick carpeting is good. Outdoors in the early morning on a soft and well tended lawn with group participation is best. Do it on an empty stomach and avoid falling into dangerous objects such as windows. It is allowable to briefly open one's eyes occasionally to maintain your location. Create a safety zone around your dancing and spontaneous body movements. Be courteous to neighbors and delete the screaming if it will be heard by others.\n\nAlmost all Westerners are head oriented and emotionally repressed. For them a chaotic, spontaneous, and emotionally cleansing technique like this is vital for serious progress to be made quickly. The physical benefits of this technique obviate any need for hatha yoga or traditional kundalini yoga methods. \n\nConcentration (Dhayana)\n\nDipankar Khanna\nRSS Feeds| SMS ASTRO to 8888 for latest updates \n\n\nAccording to the renowned German scholar Max Mueller, the study of mental states is unique to India. He also opined that ekagrata or one-pointedness that India spoke of was unknown, and to a large extent, incomprehensible to the Western world. And this viewpoint holds true even today. \n\nDhayana or meditation is a state of concentration or mental activity in which the mind can stay focused on an object chosen for concentration without wavering and without getting distracted. When we are engaged in an activity, which will increase our attention span on `our chosen object of concentration' then we are trying to generate a meditative experience by improving our concentration or attention span. \n\nAccording to the Yoga- Samkhya system of Indian Philosophy, concentration or dhyana
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I just wanted to say that meditation is not something that has helped me personally, I know many of these posters recommend it though. For me, I cannot get my mind to "quiet" enough to meditate, unless I take some of my tranquilizers (I have OCD and GAD along with depression). This is not the "best" solution, but as I'm sure you've experienced, sometimes these negative thoughts and the stress from them are debilitating. \nWhat helps me most (medication aside) is doing something else. I most often have to force myself to do it and it is hard, but throughout whatever the distracting activity is it will get easier. When I'm lucky enough to have the oppurtunity I call a funny friend. Making me laugh always distracts me. Good luck.
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Challenge yourself with new things and couple them with the familiar. Meditatation is good, try it in the woods next time or by a waterfall. Also, think, study and live! Always new experiences.
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Silent meditation is a good path.  Study Vipassina (Insight)Meditation.
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there are many many kinds of meditation. i'm doing pure concentration meditation, designed to quieten and clear the mind so that i can use it to look deeply, to see what's going on in my mind, and develop mindfulness & insgight. its a difficult form of meditation @ the beginning, but it's well worth becoming competent in. it forms an ideal foundation for further practice in the future, and it's also very conducive to a happy, stable life in the present.\nchoose a suitable place in your home where you can practice meditation uninterrupted. it needs to be quiet, not too bright, and out of sight of other people.\nonce you found the spot, find a good firm cushion, so that you can sit cross-legged, having something to cushion your ankle.\nto start, sit down on your cushion, sitting towards the front of it so that your body is sloped very slightly forward. experience will show you the optimum position. fold your legs so that your knees & ankles are touching the floor. the important thing is to have a good straight back & reasonably comfortable legs, so that your pgysicaly energy isn't blocked. place your 2 hands in your lap, palms up, one on top of the other.\nonce sitting there, wriggle a little bit to find an effortlessly comfortable position for your back & arms. you don't want to feel tension anywhere. then you can begin.\ntake a breath, hold it for a moment, then let it out gently. pause for a moment, then take the next breath. again hold it for a moment, and let it out again. do this for 10 breaths. once you've got the rhythmn, start to count your breaths. a breath is a complete cycle-- in, hold, out, hold- and most meditators find it better to count towards the end of a cycle rather than @ the beginning. in other words, you are counting complete breaths. simply count 1 to 10 in this way. when you've reached 10, start again. if your mind wanders and you lost the count, start again from one.\ndo this for 10mins @ a time for a week or so. when you are ready, increase your sitting time to 20mins. you can do it anytime, but most people do it regularly @ the beginning of the day & @ the end of the day.\nthis is all there is to it, and @ first you'll wonder why on earth you are doing it. your mind will wander, you'll probably feel twitchy, and you'll be bored. but persevere. ther's absolutely nothing better than this for calming the mins & opening mental doors that you never knew were there.\nwhat comes after this? once you've got to a stage where you can follow your breaths effortlessly, so that you can say, 10-20mins, and not lose count even once, you'll be ready for the next stage. in this, you start to observe the contents of your mind. you'll still be using the method of following your nreaths, but now, beacause of the concentration you've already developed, you'll be able to add in a new activity. it's not possible to do this until you've gained control of your mind.
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sit down in a quiet place and think about some things that make you happy, and some things that make you stressed out. pick one (or more) of the happy things, and try to do it/see it/listen to it/feel it more often. when you are experiencing whatever it is, really let yourself enjoy it.\n\nthen, think of one of the things that makes you stressed out. think about the way you like it (perfect) and what will happen if it's not perfect. next time you see it not being perfect, take a minute to relax and see if it's really as bad as you think before you change it. this is something you can teach yourself to do. \n\nwith both, start slow and do one at a time- you're not going to change everything overnight.
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instead of seeking some "professional"'s help with hypnosis, why not "hypnotize" y'self for free?  how?\n\nmeditate.  think it's hard?  it is SO not!  sit alone in a quiet room and just relax.  find yourself.  you might feel silly at first, but that's fine--no-one is watching you.  visualize y'self being calm and collected.  even practice talking if you want, but do it slowly and calmly.\n\n(there's more to meditation than just sitting with good posture and chanting "ohhhhhmmmmmmmm"..  it's the mindset y'go in with...  and come out with.  with that in mind, painting can thus become a meditation.. as can dance, jogging, laying down, or to heck with that!  sit with good posture and chant om!  oh, and don't worry if you can't clear your mind y'first time out.  it may take a few sessions to finish flushing out y'brain!)\n\n:)
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Meditation is a wonderful thing.  \n\nPrayer is always good.
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Meditate. It's relaxing and really improves your concentration and mood during the day.
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Meditation is the best answer. Chose a quiet place and start concentrating on your breath, you will be distracted dont worry again concentrate on your breath only on that, i tried this and it worked for me do this daily for 20 mins your charm will back dude............
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Relax, calm yourself down, if you can't sleep do something to take your attention off yourself, anything at all.\n\nRead a book or magazine, listen to some comforting or relaxing music, watch t.v. if you aren't up to the previous 2 activities, but not for 2 long and don't watch anything that is overly stimulating or really intense, just an educational show or the news.\n\nThe key for someone like yourself is to stop thinking about yourself.\n\nJust slow your breathing, stop thinking about all of the bad things in your life, focus on all the good things and people in your life, focus on your goals in life, or things you are interested in, and most of all, be comforted and at peace by reflecting on how much God loves you, even if you don't feel it, believe me, He's there by your side.\n\nPlease read and reflect on this poem about God's presence in all of our lives: http://www.explorelove.co.uk/footprints_sand_poem.htm
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there are many many kinds of meditation. i'm doing pure concentration meditation, designed to quieten and clear the mind so that i can use it to look deeply, to see what's going on in my mind, and develop mindfulness & insgight. its a difficult form of meditation @ the beginning, but it's well worth becoming competent in. it forms an ideal foundation for further practice in the future, and it's also very conducive to a happy, stable life in the present.\nchoose a suitable place in your home where you can practice meditation uninterrupted. it needs to be quiet, not too bright, and out of sight of other people.\nonce you found the spot, find a good firm cushion, so that you can sit cross-legged, having something to cushion your ankle.\nto start, sit down on your cushion, sitting towards the front of it so that your body is sloped very slightly forward. experience will show you the optimum position. fold your legs so that your knees & ankles are touching the floor. the important thing is to have a good straight back & reasonably comfortable legs, so that your pgysicaly energy isn't blocked. place your 2 hands in your lap, palms up, one on top of the other.\nonce sitting there, wriggle a little bit to find an effortlessly comfortable position for your back & arms. you don't want to feel tension anywhere. then you can begin.\ntake a breath, hold it for a moment, then let it out gently. pause for a moment, then take the next breath. again hold it for a moment, and let it out again. do this for 10 breaths. once you've got the rhythmn, start to count your breaths. a breath is a complete cycle-- in, hold, out, hold- and most meditators find it better to count towards the end of a cycle rather than @ the beginning. in other words, you are counting complete breaths. simply count 1 to 10 in this way. when you've reached 10, start again. if your mind wanders and you lost the count, start again from one.\ndo this for 10mins @ a time for a week or so. when you are ready, increase your sitting time to 20mins. you can do it anytime, but most people do it regularly @ the beginning of the day & @ the end of the day.\nthis is all there is to it, and @ first you'll wonder why on earth you are doing it. your mind will wander, you'll probably feel twitchy, and you'll be bored. but persevere. ther's absolutely nothing better than this for calming the mins & opening mental doors that you never knew were there.\nwhat comes after this? once you've got to a stage where you can follow your breaths effortlessly, so that you can say, 10-20mins, and not lose count even once, you'll be ready for the next stage. in this, you start to observe the contents of your mind. you'll still be using the method of following your nreaths, but now, beacause of the concentration you've already developed, you'll be able to add in a new activity. it's not possible to do this until you've gained control of your mind. \n\n2nd stage:\nThis is called "Vipassana" meditation, which means "insight" meditation.  It's a practice where you develop mindfulness of your own mind.  This is the most popular form of meditation among Westerners because it's very practical and really, really helpful.  The main way in which it helps you is to show you what's arising in your mind almost before it arises.  That way you become master of mental states like anger and attachment and so on instead of them becoming master of you, because you never saw them creeping up until they were right there, completely occupying your mind.  Mental states can occupying your mind in the same way an occupying army of soldiers becomes firmly entrenched in the country they've been sent to occupy.  By the time the local people realize what's happened they can't do anything about the occupying force -- they just have to live with the misery.  When a meditator becomes adept at Vipassana meditation, menta
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HAHAHA.  I read this pretty late last night.  I thought you said "medicate."\n\nTo mediTATE, you can check out some of these simple methods:\n\nhttp://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/Meditations/index.html
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meditaition is great, otherwise just take a break from what you are doing for a while.
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Guided Meditation. \n\n.
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Focus less on technique and more on actual practice.  Just sit, lay, or stand, whichever you like, and close your eyes.  Use candles, incense...whatever helps you focus.  Breathe in through your nose, lightly out from your mouth.  Relax, and allow your mind to be still.  \n\nIf you want to be more loving, realize that love only extends; extend love as you explore in meditation, the contents of your still mind; if you want wisdom, keep doing this with regularity, at the same time.  \n\nRead widely, understanding that wisdom is not contained in one, or any, book, but is free, as you are.