Intro. Meditation

In Buddhism, meditation means to be aware. There are many things around us that we cannot see and hear because we are not "spiritually" aware. I am a Zen Practitioner, I don't just sit and meditate, I can meditate anywhere and anytime. To meditate is do what you are doing NOW. There are sitting meditation that is called "ZaZen", but that you can add visualization and by using breathing technique by balancing the chakras. But once you're awaken or enlighten, all chakras will balance automatically.

In Zen Buddhism, the most common meditation is breath counting meditation and being aware what you are doing now. By doing so, you can enter into a spiritual world, you have now attain Nirvana, you can now see the future and the past. You will be in fully inner peace.

In Vajrayna Buddhism, there are a lot of different types of meditation. The most common ones are chanting Om Mani Padme Hum, it can increase your spiritual energy, getting rid of your bad karma and it also heals you. All Tibetan monks and lamas chant that.

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May you all gain good health, use mediation for good use, if not Karma will come and haunt you...

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Quite a few of my various forms of meditation comes fromVajrayna Buddhism , though my intial meditation practice came from Zen buhdism and what i initially practiced was Zazen =)

Experience

In some meditration it is requested you to request for whatever comes to you. Like one meditation I will teach you all is of dealing with another person. This meditation is to break barriers between your friendship and intmancy.

Or to experience on one of your sense's as well. I love these types because they can make you feel so greatful for things you have.

Each meditation will contain more or one technique may it be of experience or of Focus or Visualizing and thinking. Meditation is great and must be done with consitancy perfered.

But you must learn to use meditation to better yourself. Before meditating always set a motive.

before meditating I often suggest someone speaking tothemselves outloud or not about what they wish to accomplish with the meditation

Example

"I wish to do the Tara meditation to get over my fears of Losing love ones."

Why meditate?

Why do this? Is a question many have asked me before. Many do it due to their culture. other do it for the multple benefits. These benefits include your phsyical, mental, emotional, psychological and spiritual through meditation.

Meditation has the potential to easy your suffering and help create a better life. if the question comes up is it really necessary to meditate on? The answer is always YES!

Meditate for a better health.

Just meditation dealing with your breath can lower your blood pressure, slow your heart rate and ease your aniexty. Meditation as an addjunct to traditional or alternative medical treatment, can help heal you of illnesses such as cancer or heart diesease. It can help manage pain and prevent illnesses by helping you stay phsyically balanced and healthy. It creates contenment peace and joy, which helps you in your state of mind and turns to promote longevity.

~Meditate to sharpen your mind~
Alot of meditations are used for sharpening your mind and stabilizing your mind to enhance meditations for healing, self development and spiritual realization. These new skills you learn can be used in your physical world with work and family.

~Meditate for awareness~
We have so much stuff that we do and see it may be hard for some of us to actually pay attention. ADD(Attention Decfit Disorder) is becoming more common in this period. Is it due to the harsh speeds of influences we are forced into? But anyways Mindfulness Meditation often helps us become aware of our body and Mind. And always live in the present and enjoy it.

This thread has been very helpful.Thank you :)

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It is good as well to meditate to help with stress or emotional issues. Such as Anger. It is always good to meditate on your emotions see the patterns. This will help with stress, jealousy and even more emotional issues. Including depression. Having mental peace and less emotional reactivity is always a good benifet from meditating.

If you have issues and coannot overcome them it is always good to seek proffessional help. Meditation can help speed yoru recovery. Meditate to enhance your therapy. This can go from addications to unresolved grief and childhood issues. Meditation is the best Companion in self recovery.

Meditation to transform and trancended. This can help when materlistic world is bogging you down. Perhaps meditatie on the meaning of life. Your destiny, the sacredness of rreality. And anything else. Meditate if you what an enlighten mind.

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By: SueLearning Moderator / Knowledgeable
Oct 17, 2010

Link for Beginners
http://www.how-to-meditate.org/index.php