Meditation, one key aspect of our life which lot of people tend to just ignore or not pay attention to......
A lot of people ask me what should we exactly do in Meditation, my only one answer to them is, You do not do anything, Meditation is nothing but bringing stillness.
Stillness within your Mind, thoughts, emotions. Again here stillness does not mean suppress. When I say stillness it purely means just quieting yourself.
For a beginner, let's see, how can you start this Journey
Most of us Meditate for inner peace, relaxation, calmer emotions and for a healthy body, while a few Meditate with a very strong focus on spiritual advancement. But with whatever intention you meditate when your practice is regular with attention then you will get an experience of super-consciousness. And once you get the taste of your super-conscious it is like never looking back.
There are ample ways of Meditation, you can just select what suits you the best and go ahead with the practice. It is good to keep one practice and follow it for longer duration for better results rather that trying out some new form everyday.
If one is not sure about how to start with the Meditation practice, one can first get into a Passive Meditation, and then slowly progress towards Active Meditation.
In Passive Meditation you just settle down with your Mind, Body and Emotions by sitting in a calm posture for around 15 to 20 minutes or for a minimum of 10 minutes. In this time the Ego Mind gets quiet down, there is a state of surrendering. You do not do anything here, if there are thoughts passing you let them pass, the only thing you do is do not hold on to them.
Over a period of time you will see the thoughts getting lesser and lesser.
And from there you can slowly take the shift to the Active Meditation, where the true journey of Inwardness begins. Active Meditation helps the mind to create an Internal shift, It can be a guided meditation, or repeating a Mantra, listening to some esoteric tones or focusing on the breadth, the active meditation brings your focus in a proactive manner to stimulate the Alpha brain waves activity in the Brain.
The benefits of an active meditation is that you can bring your focus just on one thing which helps slow down the brain waves.
If you are into regular meditation, active and passive forms will not matter to you as you would have already mastered the art of stillness.
There are ample of ways to progress spiritually, I will not only say spiritually but also in every aspect of your being. Meditation is one of those ways and a powerful one. Meditation is the only practice where the focus is inwards, whereas all the other spiritual practices takes your focus outwards.
For a Good Meditation practice you need to set certain rules for yourself.
- Dedicate a place for meditation. It builds up energy over a period of time in that space.
- Dedicate a fix time in a day for meditation. This brings in discipline in your practice.
- Genuinely get the desire to meditate. It should not become just one another routine for the day.
- Meditate with no expectations. This is one of the biggest mistake people make. People think if they meditate, all their problems will end, which is not the case. With Meditation practices you will learn how to deal with your problems effectively and not take a toll on your life.
Do a Meditation practice for a period of 40 days and observe the effect it has on you and your relationships.
As such Meditation should be a way of life and not a time bound activity, but to start with one should first come to the stage of complete surrender. Once that happens you can be in a Meditative state for 24 hours of the day with whatever activity you are doing.
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the advice in the post is great!
very useful info because very few people understand what meditation is even if they try to practice it
that's a great himanity problem - people try to do something without understanding the essence of things
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Great advice. I’ve been meditating for several years and it’s the hardest yet most rewarding thing to do. Hard because your mind always tries to demand attention.
That's great to hear @kp138. I enjoy my practices and look forward to any available time to do it.
Meditation is the best medication for any type of problem-related to the body. When the meditation topic comes people are highly confused how to start with meditation. A well-written article that details clearly about meditation. Of course, it is not very easy to start off with meditation. A strong determination will be necessary.
For people who have good control over mind, it will take around 20 mins to reach the perfect state of meditation. For others, it may take several minutes. But with good practice and consistency, people can easily reach the good state of meditation. The feeling that meditation gives can only be experienced, it can never be expressed.
Very well said Bala, yes to start it takes an effort, cause to sit doing nothing is the most difficult task but when you get the flavour of it you never want to stop
Thanks for enlightening us. :)
I am a bit confused though. My understanding is that one should try active meditations first before moving to passive. This is because sitting becomes easier after you remove blocks from the body with active meditations; otherwise there's a lot of disturbance within.
oh, yes, it's right
even when I try not to think about something and just catch the wave of my calmness, it's rather hard to do t because the outer world and the flow of thoughts don't let me to turn off, and the meditation becomes a struggle for inner silence...-(
Never try to not think, because then all the more you will be flooded with thoughts. If the thoughts come to your mind let them pass with an overriding thought, does this hold any importance for me right now, the answer will always be No, so then say Ok I deal will this later n let the thought pass. As you keep passing the thoughts with every practice you will see them getting lesser and lesser
yes, maybe it's my mistake!
i have read about the practice of "black dot" when a person just sits and looks in the wall where there is a black dot (in imagination, not a real one), and he is looking and looking...thinking only about tis very dot.
Stopping of inner dialog - this practice is called in such a way, we need to stop our thoughts and learn to think only about the dot
it's veeeeery hard but many people say when you are able to do it - you're almost on the top
but I like your theory more) in the beginning it's really easier
Yes my dear, there are lot of ways, and there is nothing as right or wrong its about what suits you best you go ahead with that.
What you are saying removing blocks is the passive form of meditation. Passive form allows you to relax and surrender whereas active then helps you reflect. Unless you dont surrender yourself completly you will always be in a state of delusion.
Right! Must admit I have more to say on this one, but will it help you or me?
Meditation is all about taking it easy, so arguing about meditation and disturbing the peace could be funny indeed! :D
Thank you for bringing more content like this to Steemit! Meditation is a wonderful thing; it has been a daily practice for many years; decades, even. It;s great for your health and peace of mind, and just a great way to center and ground yourself in an otherwise really busy and hectic world.
Bright Blessings!
Thank you @whitelightexpress for expressing it so beautifully. If you are grounded and centred you will see most of your problems are resolved without doing anything much
Really good article about this practice !
I think it can be very helpful for beginners :)
I've started meditating almost every day since a year, and this moment of non-action, just living the moment, focusing on our body that help to refill energy !
Thats great to hear @cryptofrench, I am sure you are seeing good benefits out of your practice.
Of course I'm seeing huge benefits of my practice, it helps me in my everyday life. Especially it helped a lot with my insomnia troubles :D
Awesome, I looooooooove meditation! I hope some people stumble on your post and give it a try :D If more people meditated I think the world would be a better place! =]
Absolutely true @anthonycruddas. I wish more and more people can start practicing to get its benefit and lead to a path of self realization
really a friend, meditation can make us more comfortable and feel free from any problems. This meditation can control the emotions, our minds that may have been busy doing the work. many benefits that we get from meditation. thank you friends for the content you share for us.
Thank you @agusscout for sharing your thoughts. One should make it a part of life just like how you eat your food.
really friend. many things we need to learn in this life. including my friend's meditation.
I have always found the benefits of "doing nothing" a bit "funny" but i like to meditate <3
Well what you think you are doing nothing in that time you are doing miracles for yourself. Why do you want your mind to be always busy and cluttered. Just like yoy sleep and give your body physical rest by doing meditation you give your mind and soul some rest to be rejuvenated again
Meditation really is a powerful thing that can help clear away the clutter.
Thank you @lk666
I'm sorry I don't have much to contribute now, besides what was I to add? You've said it all. All I'll have to say is that meditation isn't a simple as it seems it takes a man to be patient and determined to meditate effectively. Keep up the good work @nainaztengra☺️👍.
Meditation by itself will teach you patience so you need not try hard on that. The only thing you need to do is just quiet your mind and give some space to yourself
Great message! Meditation changed my life. It helped me get sober and out of the spiral of depression.
That's great to hear @blarson77. It is an effective remedy for lot of things in life
Great introduction, followed! I haven’t seen the distinction between passive and active meditations before. My favorite passive is the body scan technique and active is Tai Chi. I’m also writing on meditations, and my followed list is full of the best meditation writers I’ve found. Check out either if the topic interests you. Best!
Thank you @jspots, I sometimes do the Tai Chi practice and get a very good feeling. I will be following your write ups. Thank you for connecting
A most excellent composition! Thank you so much for sharing this! My wife and I teach a meditation class twice a week. We more lean toward the active meditation (sometimes leading from a hypnotic state) before teaching passive meditation techniques, but what a wonderful perspective! Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
Thank you @ophiel for sharing your ways, I guess there is no right or wrong, or any defined way. Its what suits the individual best the person can go ahead with that practice. Taking meditation classes is also great work, you are spreading messages of Love and Peace. Glad you are on this path :-)
Very nice and important to help many - has made an amazing difference in my life, so helpful and stress reducing. Thanks for the post.
Thank you @danielhime
Thanks for sharing this post. There are so many types of meditation , how do you pick the right one for you ? Are you familiar with "Vipassana meditation" ?
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Yes there are many different ways @pluse, you need to try out a couple of them to see what suits you best and you are most comfortable doing it. If you do not feel comfortable then you may need to look at other options, the best is just being by yourself in a quiet corner of your house with some meditation music. In the beginning if you do not feel comfortable sitting for very long you can also lie down and do the practice but or sure sitting is the best posture.
Wonderful post here. I had to thibk about what you said above, about meditation being the only activity we do inward. I was thinking prayer too but I think prayer is also directed outward. Very good information, I will use this. Thanks :)
Thank you @jpclark819 for following. You also observe in prayer your mind tends to keep drifting more often then in meditation.
Understood. I completely agree, been doing that often as of late:)
Awesome rules to keep in check :)
Meditation is one of the most beneficial things a person can do for themselves. I need to get back on a regular schedule!
You've inspired me, thanks ❤️
It would be very helpful for you to put some discipline around it else it will always slip. Once you will get used to it and you see the benefits then it will happen by itself.
Hey, I'm Oatmeal Joey Arnold, and I love meditation.
Great to know that @joeyarnoldvn
Everything is very true, I did not know about the active and passive meditation, very important reading you learn something new every day a hug dear!
I am glad you liked it dear. Hugs 💖
Meditation hs changed my life in many ways. Compassion and love meditation is something I've been doing as of lately and has led me to new discovery in forgiveness. Really cool stuff. Great
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That's so nice to read @sweetscience, I am so glad you have found your path and may you go much more ahead on this path and Angels blessings always be with you
I wish medidation become a class lesson soon ! Humankind needs it.
That would be too good if schools can imbibe it in their curriculum. Though lot of schools have started with a Yoga class which is also very good.
You post an important topic here ... Your post was very good to me ... and waiting for the next post. Thanks.
It's useful information.
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Super good info! I love the ability to meditate. xx
God bless you
keep in peace, most important thing
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I love this post! Meditation is the key for everything. And once you start, you don’t wanna stop.
Bless you!
I could benefit from even passive meditation since I find it so hard to quiet my mind. I'm sure with practice this would become second nature and I'd see some benefits. Thanks for this well thought out post.
Well said friend. Learning or remembering, experiencing the stillness out of which it all springs is the best cure for the insanity of culture's game. Peace friend.
I am a meditation newby and I do a 10 minute meditation in the morning and in the evening.
I do active meditation aka I focus on a picture without thinking about anything else.
I hope that it increases my ability to concentrate as I get easily distracted and because it decreases negative thoughts.
I was meditating while reading this post.
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Regards, beautiful people! What a nice post @nainaztengra, thank you. I follow you and some of the people who commented on this post, because I am a bit new in Steemit, but I am interested in making this kind of post, besides my poems and travel experiences. I really considered that we can heal and help to heal in collective with sacred information and with the main ingredient: Love. I leave you the link of my new post PLANTING OUR MOON, HEALING THE FEMININE ENERGY (RITUAL).
https://steemit.com/blog/@dinaluna/planting-our-moon-healing-the-feminine-energy-ritual
Hope you like it. Blessings, @dinaluna
What a great post that makes Meditation accessible for anyone especially beginners! Great job :)
Namste 🙏 many, many thanks for your wonderful text - everyone can feel that what you say comes from the heart!
Nice write up, good advice