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Meditation Ideas You Can Use

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I want you to know I am not a meditation expert by any stretch of the imagination, mine or yours. I can only speak from my experience, and the mileage of my experience varies according to your understanding. There are many people who teach meditation for a living, probably including your local college who will have more substantial information than this post may contain. This as an overview of my experience with meditation.

Over the years I have been skeptical about most paranormal or mystical concepts unless I have experienced them and can validate them myself. I have had to change my opinions about some things and with other things, they are not worth a second thought. Meditation however is the one of the ‘Real Deals’. Unless one is so rooted in their beliefs, believing nothing exists that cannot be proven scientifically, it is well worth your time and effort to give meditation a try.

The first type of meditation I learned which we all share or used to share is daydreaming. Daydreaming is a powerful free resource. Whether daydreams are confined to our minds or occasionally tap into some other source, I do not know. I do know daydreams tend to slip from the context of Daydreaming and become something else.

We all used to daydream as children. As we grew up daydreaming was relegated to those childish things we put away, or leave behind. Daydreaming in itself does not go away. After we have forgotten we used to daydream, daydreaming comes back to us in new packaging. Sometimes called positive affirmation, perceptive visualization, or other vague name, it is daydreaming. Once the pretty wrapper is taken off and we look closely, we will see the daydreaming we knew as  children in adult form.

A second meditation method I learned was meditating on or against trees. The idea is a tree will trade you energies, refreshing you and taking away your stress. How much energy exchange comes from the tree and how much from the process itself is not clear to me, but there is no better place to relax under when outdoors than a nice shade tree.

I stumbled into a quasi-meditation form that is part of Shamanism. I am not sure if Shamanic Flight could be considered meditation per se, but the process is about the same, only with different focus. Shaman’s use Shamanic Flight to help one or more people in some fashion. Shaman’s do this by being active in two realities at one time. Shamanic Flight is also used for other reasons, but that is a different subject.

One interesting aspect of Shamanic Flight is most people I know have met a ‘Gate Keeper’ who questions their purpose at the beginning of their Shamanic Flight. If the purpose for Shamanic Flight does not satisfy the Gate Keeper, their entrance to another world is denied.

They are kicked out of their semi trance state, waking with an abrupt start. In some instances Shamanic Flight is put on indefinite hold by the Gate Keeper, and you will become spiritually mundane against your wishes.

I came across a most interesting meditation which is uses a word to achieve a meditative state. If you have ever watched a movie where someone is in a sitting posture and repeating the word ‘Ommm’ over and over you are familiar with this type of meditation. While I personally do not think repeating Ommm over and over would work for me, I have experienced very interesting outcomes from using other words that feel right in the moment.

If you want to try a simple type of meditation yourself, start with daydreaming. Ask around  and find someone knowledgeable about meditation. If you do not know anyone, find one or more good written resource(s) to help you. If what you read sounds soft and mushy, find another book or website. Sitting down and successfully meditating cannot usually be done the first try without help. For some, meditation is a tedious painful process to go through before any of those wondrous benefits you hear or read about begin to be realized.

Shamanic Flight deserves the utmost respect, and extreme caution. If you want to explore meditation leave Shamanic Flight alone. Some people in their ignorance have approached Shamanic Flight as a new playground to be explored. Some of them are ever sorry for their lapse in judgement because they did not understand that what they were doing has effects and consequences in this reality.

Personally, I have found each type of meditation produces different effects or responses. Daydreaming opens me up to possibilities, it is fun and relaxing. Resting with my back against a tree, or sitting somewhere that feels special brings me to a white cloud-like space and leaves me both refreshed and relaxed. For a little while the world is repainted in warmth with bright colors, and everything is perfect.

Shamanistic Flight has taken me to places I would never have imagined, and situations I would not have conceived, as I am not that imaginative. I recommend you stay away from Shamanic Flight and leave it to others as it can be harmful to you and your spiritual self.

Meditation while speaking a word is amazing! I am not sure yet where you end up, but in my experience there is someone there to meet you, and they will know an awful lot about you. They have demonstrated to me at least, abilities I have a hard time coming to terms with even though I am/was the recipient of those abilities. The experience is akin to meeting someone who knows everything about you and your life, and they can help you in areas of your life if they so choose.

If you think meditation may be for you, find someone who has experience with meditation and let them teach you what they know. I may be falling off the deep end here, but meditation is a spiritual practice, not a physical practice. With any spiritual practice or undertaking, caution should rule the day. Things of the spirit have a lot in common with high risk sports such as hang gliding, or cave diving.

In the land of the spiritual, practicing thoughtlessness and rash behavior will hurt you both emotionally and physically. Meditation is a somewhat arcane practice in the western world and for good reason. We are generally too into our ego and personal fears to think beyond ourselves. As I once read, and am now passing on, treat everything of the spirit the same as you would standing in a bad part of town on a full moon night. It is better to be a live mouse, than a crippled or dead warrior.

With that disclaimer out of the way, the rewards of meditation are many. Insight, answers, life mysteries explained, the list goes on and on. Give it a try, it may be just what you are looking for and you never knew it, until you tried it.

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Learn How To Meditate

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Do you want to learn to meditate? Have you heard good things about meditation, yet you do not know anyone who actually meditates? If you want to learn how to meditate you have found a good starting point. There are classes, books, and videos out there you can read, rent, or buy, but reading this article and some practice on your own, and you will know almost everything you need to know to meditate.

  1. You have to be in the right mindset to meditate and get anything out of it. This means, don’t be anxious, concerned, nervous, or distracted, or meditation will not be as fruitful as it could be.
  2. You should be fairly rested. If you are overly tired meditation is hard to accomplish.
  3. Find a quiet place where you won’t be disturbed by people, pets, or outside noises. You generally need fifteen to twenty minutes, though perhaps a longer period is better at first because it will take you longer to learn to become comfortable and relax.
  4. Sit down or lay down in a comfortable position. You want to learn what meditation feels like, not struggle with your body’s comfort. Light or darkness does not really matter all that much as you will have your eyes closed. The exception is you do not want light so bright it is distracting even with your eyes closed, or darkness if you find it distracting.
  5. Get comfortable and relax. Check all your body parts, asking each body if it is comfortable and relaxed. This sounds silly, but it is very important because you need to be aware of your body. You body has a voices or voices, and meditation will help you to hear them.
  6. Have patience. It takes time to learn how to meditate because you are not used to doing nothing. Be still, stop thinking, and let your mind be still.
  7. Pretend your mind is a blackboard in a school room. All thoughts you have will be written on the blackboard, or expressed in simple pictures anyone could draw. When a thought or picture is being written on the blackboard, erase it with your mind.

Do not set your expectations very high for the first month or so. You may only manage a few seconds of having your mind quiet. This is the norm, so do not expect more at first. Each time you practice, it will become a little easier to relax and let your mind relax too. Sometimes you may fall asleep, that is okay, it is all part of the learning process. For some it is also a balancing act.

Some people also become frustrated because they feel they are almost there, and then they are startled awake. This happens sometimes, but with more practice, most people can move past this roadblock.

As you become better at relaxing your body and your mind, you will start to enjoy the fun. Your mind will start to take you places, sometimes physical, sometimes not. Relax and enjoy the wandering. Your mind is working on solutions for things you may not even be aware of in your life.

As time goes and you get better at meditating, you may start to hear voices. Pay attention to them. If there are multiple voices, try to separate the different voices. If you hear a single voice, try to understand the words. Sometimes the words are nonsense. Sometimes careful listening will have its rewards. Different people have different ideas about who and what the voices are. For me they are external, and belong to separate complete beings. For others they are parts of themselves.

In a very, very few people, suddenly, and without warning you may find yourself somewhere you have never been before, with someone or something standing in front of you whom you have never seen before. Try not to be startled, and don’t get scared, it is perfectly natural. Remember to breath in and out and do not be afraid to speak to them.

They will understand you when you speak, and they will talk to you. Treat them like you would a stranger, be polite, but not too casual. They usually want to be your friend, and most of them want to help you, but a very few do not. Do not judge them by their looks, as they can look like anything they choose to.

Almost always they wish to help you. Listen to what they have to say. They are usually a literal book of knowledge, and know things you do not know that will help you. You may, if you are lucky, find you have been interacting with them for some time and were not aware of it until now.

For others you find you do not approve of, or you do not like what they have to say about you, or suggest to you, be aggressive. If you do not like what they say, or it sounds harmful to you, tell them to go away and mean it. They will leave.

The younger you are the more difficult this is in the beginning. I think this is because young people have so much uncontrolled energy, they spew it all over the universe without even realizing what they are doing. As you are serious, and if you continue to practice, you will be there before you know it. Good luck!

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