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How to meditate properly?
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Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to properly meditate? Or perhaps it can just be explained in a post?

Thanks in advance!
Matt


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Re: How to meditate properly? [Re: Syle]
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Get comfortable in a sitting position.

Concentrate on your breath. Try counting 1 in, 2 out, 3 in, 4 out, etc.

Every time your mind starts to stray, go back to the sensation of the air going into your nose, and coming back out.


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Re: How to meditate properly? [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
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also helps to switch the pattern from In ---> out, to concentrating on Out ----> in

when I was younger i used to meditate without knowing it (didnt know what meditation was yet) by closing my eyes and focusing on what I saw... for instance, when you close your eyes, you don't see black... you see nothing. by the time you truly see "nothing" you will be meditating.


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Re: How to meditate properly? [Re: Syle]
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its all in my sig :wink:

you just have to sit down, close your eyes, and breath. focus on the sensation of the breath, nothing else. some find that counting breaths helps, but i never really bothered with that, just focus on the sensation of air passing in and out of your nose.

your mind will wander, probably within a few seconds you will have started thinking about something. that's ok, just go back to the breath and concentrate on it. your mind will keep wandering again and again at first, but this is normal. each time you realise you're thinking about something, just stop and go back to the breath.

with practice, you'll find you can spend a considerable amount of time just feeling the air pass in and out, not thinking about anything else at all. when you reach that stage, come back and ask for more advice.

i started learning to meditate from this book:
http://www.vipassana.com/meditation/mindfulness_in_plain_english.php
its excellent. not just in telling you what to do, but in telling you what the point of what you're doing is.

learning to meditate takes a lot of practice and even more patience, but its just a matter of sitting down and trying, over and over. good luck!


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"Gently return to the simple physical sensation of the breath. Then do it again, and again, and again. Somewhere in this process, you will come face-to-face with the sudden and shocking realization that you are completely crazy. Your mind is a shrieking, gibbering madhouse on wheels." - ven. henepola gunaratana

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Re: How to meditate properly? [Re: Syle]
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a good way to clear the mind is to visualize a white piece of paper or an egg


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Re: How to meditate properly? [Re: quiver]
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if you are going to count your breathing, do it on the in or out, not both.

and if your mind starts to wonder concentrate on the tip of your nose, or 2 inches in front of it. another place is to concentrate 2 inches inside your belly button.


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Re: How to meditate properly? [Re: bobjones]
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it seems everyone has their own method. I would actually suggest finding your own personal way to practice.


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Re: How to meditate properly? [Re: kotik]
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check out: http://www.mintwoodzendo.org/zazen_basics.htm

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