HOW TO MEDITATE -- GETTING RID OF THOUGHT

[peredhil31]

When I meditate, I prefer following the Hatha Yoga techniques of "mindful meditation".  The goal is to be centered and connected internally to all parts of the mind, accepting non-critically whatever comes to mind.  Instead of stopping thought, it reveals it's many parts and levels an allows a person to live fully in the moment of life they have.  At first, focusing on doing nothing but breathing can be a challenge, allowing thoughts to enter and pass through unrestrained without holding on to them.   With practice, you can be centered and mindful while eating, walking, and doing anything in life.

[Evard]

Being Mindful is a form uh not being a bother to active life style
in good meditation with the sitting quietly accord to not be then
a problem to the role of meditation in basic centered .,. Hatha .

Iyi medita.tion includes a breathing problem with not being able
to say mantara of " quieting the mind and learning to meditate "
as active life style and active meditation are keeping the import
~ant thought to not be a bother {<bod her>} about when you
are busy driving or walking in public ., to not slip in to drowsy.s
nor whimsy while in important active setting such as driving a #
car . . . known as the reason to not slip into meditation and not
come out ., so the mind will be proper accord willing to respond
~.s to the role of peaceful life style ., ., if you don't have not ~*
the quieting of the mind without thought as peaceful theta*beta     how do you meditate .|. a clash of whimsy . Evard

[Qizmo]

Thanks for this! This is going to be very helpful

[symulhaque]

Now I have learned how to meditate. thank you for your helpful post.

[Duchess1964]

It's not a matter of purging your mind, it's more a matter of ridding yourself of destructive or negative thought patterns. &nbsp;When I meditate, I go to what I call my 'happy place'. &nbsp;Usually it's there that I have the company of my animal guide. &nbsp;In this place, in your mind's eye, you can see each situation and present them to your 'minds eye' to either look at, focus on, or rid yourself of. &nbsp;The choice in most mediation is yours and yours alone. &nbsp;Good luck to you.

[spiritalk]

When the brain energy ceases, we are dead. &nbsp;Why would we think we could slow or stop the activity even in meditation? &nbsp;

A definition of meditation is....to think upon. &nbsp;What you are literally doing is training the mind to a specific thought and returning the mind when it wanders to that thought. &nbsp;It can be with breath, it can be with visualization, it can be a mantra or affirmation. &nbsp;But training the mind to a specific thought is what you are doing.

[Duchess1964]

I know I read all the postings,but I must have missed something if someone told them to slow or stop the activity? &nbsp;No one can do that unless they are near death, then perhaps. &nbsp;I've not had the privilege to speak with anyone who has returned from crossing over. &nbsp;Spirit is right, if you slow or stop your brain activity, you die. &nbsp;Meditation is not that ... it's a form of inner control as it were. &nbsp;Enough to take a look at each issue and let your mind in a relaxed state (not the same as slow or dead), help solve the issue at hand.

[symulhaque]

First of all a calm mind is needed to start meditation and its very much necessary.