meditation is a journey of consciousness right.
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Well, I guess there are different practices with different contents and purposes.\n\nHere's the one I've been doing for the past 14 years and I can warlmy recommend:\n\nhttp://www.sahajayoga.com.au/level_1/meditation.shtml\n\nGood luck and may u find what u r seeking for!
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There is a technique called Lucid Dreaming.
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The Breathe of God, The Word of God, The Path of God.
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life = to live and experience
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Maybe you should try meditation, the type of meditation that opens your mind to new thought.
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Exercise. meditation, cognitive therapy are my ways/
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meditation for a short period in the morning should help you with concentration throughout the day.
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I was taught to sit in a comfortable crosslegged posture with a straight spine (Head, neck and trunk straight, sitting on a cushion if necessary..). Then to observe the breath flowing deeply and evenly with full exhalations, eliminating all pauses and jerks in the breath. \n\nThen the trick was to observe the flow of your thoughts and be aware that you are not the thoughts but merely an observer. These techniques should enable the meditator to quiet the mind and reach a deeper state.\n\nSome like to concentrate on the syllable "so" on the inhalation and "hum" on the exhalation at the point between the eyebrows. Be careful not to be too swept away by your thoughts. Always remind yourself "I am not the thoughts" and return to being the observer.\n\nI hope this is helpful, Goodluck!
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I felt more intune with my spiritual side and more at peace.
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Well, no because Reiki is a healing technique and meditation is about self introspection. That would be like asking if someone who emmerses themselves in their studies to become a doctor has fallen into some sort of physician's cult. Sometimes people will retreat from the world and emerse themselves into meditation or certain studies, but only to learn and discover things about themselves. Like when I was going through some health issues awhile back, I retreated from the world because I was depressed. I did a lot of meditation. But the reason I did that was because *that* is how I heal myself emotionally. I came out of it after a year happier and healthier than I was.\n\nDon't worry too much about your cousin. When you see him/her - is (s)he depressed? She might be working out a problem. If not, chances are (s)he will come out of this on his/her own. That doesn't mean she will stop meditating or practicing Reiki. It's just that when she emmerses herself like this, chances are (s)he needs this time for him/herself right now to solve a problem or find what (s)he's looking for.
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That is, in fact, the whole purpose of life: to realize our true nature (enlightenment).  Realizing this is becoming the Buddha.  This is the same exact experience in all religions and no religion: christianity has it with Meister Eckhart and St John of the Cross, Sufism has it with Rumi, etc.
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1. Strictly speaking, for a human being there is no other practice than this practice. There is no other way of life than this way of life. Zen practice is the direct expression of our true nature. Shunryu Suzuki-roshi (1905-71) \n\n2. The formless body of complete illumination of the nature of awareness; Don't use knowledge and views, misconstruing far and near. If thoughts vary, you're blind to the profound essence; If the mind differs, you're not close to the path. When feelings discriminate myriad things, they submerge the present situation; When consciousness perceives many aspects, you lose the original reality. If you can understand clearly from such sayings, Clearly you're the man of before, without any concern. Sozan Honjaku [Ts'ao-shan Pen-chi] (840-901) \n\n3. Just avoid seeking from others, Or you will be far estranged from yourself. I now go on alone; I meet Him everywhere - He is now just I, but I now am not He: One must understand in this way In order to unite with thusness. Tozan Ryokai [Tung-shan Liang-chieh] (807-869) \n\n4. Fellow learners! To achieve Buddhahood there is no need for cultivation. Just carry on an ordinary task without any attachments. Release your bowels and water, wear your clothes, eat your meals. When you are tired, lie down. The fool will laugh at you, but the wise man will understand. Rinzai [Lin-chi I-hsuan] (?-866)\n\n5. In the universe there is not a spot of land as small as a mustard seed where I have not sacrificed my life or have not buried my bones. Sakyamuni Buddha (c. 563-483 B.C.) \n\n6. Even when then bamboos are growing thick, they do not obstruct the running stream. \n\n7. The Perfect Way knows no difficulties Except that it refuses to make preferences; Only when freed from hate and love, It reveals itself fully and without disguise; A tenth of an inch's difference, And heaven and earth are set apart; If you wish to see it before your own eyes, Have no fixed thoughts either for or against it. \n\n8.  I asked God for strength, that I might achieve, I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey ... I asked for health, that I might do greater things, I was given infirmity, that I might do better things ... I asked for riches, that I might be happy, I was given poverty, that I might be wise ... I asked for power, that I might have the praise of men, I was given weakness, that I might feel the need of God ... I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life, I was given life, that I might enjoy all things ... I got nothing that I asked for, but everything I had hoped for. Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers were answered. I am among all men, most richly blessed - Anonymous\n\n9. Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." (Matthew 5:38-39)\n\n10. If you judge people, you have no time to love them - Mother Teresa \n\n11. First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. Mahatma Gandhi \n\n12. The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. Hellen Keller \n\n13.  My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher. Socrates\n\n14. Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools. Napoleon Bonaparte\n\n15. That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. \nNeil Armstrong \n\n16. History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man. Percy Bysshe Shelley\n\n17. Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours. Yogi Berra\n\n18.  A gentleman is one who never strikes a woman without provocation. H L Mencken \n\n19. Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will. Jawaharlal Nehru\n\n20. I
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If you can think of it as more of a state of mind - an enlightenment - that is so peaceful and beautiful that it goes beyond the meaning that any word could capture alone you might understand it more. It is the goal of Buddhists - to reach nirvana - to have that enlightenment. It is a freedom, the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness enlightenment, a place of complete bliss and delight and peace. Some believe there is a place like this - a perfect "heaven".. where everything is peaceful and beautiful - something beyond the comprehensible or known.\n\nHere is exactly what you want to know and how it is used specifically in Buddhism and how it relates to Buddhism. It sounds like you want to understand this so read the whole story, the history and everything at this link. It is very interesting.\n\nhttp://www.acay.com.au/~silkroad/buddha/p_nirvana_frames.htm\n\nIn Buddhism, the goal is to break free of Nirvana is the most misunderstood term in Buddhism.\n\nThose in the West recognise the term as meaning Heaven, or a Heaven on Earth, or perhaps a famous rock band.\n\nThe Buddha described Nirvana as the ultimate goal, and he reached that state during his enlightenment. At this point, he chose to teach others so that they might also experience this realisation, and so when he died, forty-five years later, he then passed through pari nirvana, meaning completed nirvana.\n\nNirvana literally means extinguishing or unbinding. The implication is that it is freedom from what ever binds you, from the burning passion of desire, jealousy, and ignorance. Once these are totally overcome, a state of bliss is achieved, and there is no longer the need the cycle of birth and death. All karmic debts are settled.\n\nThe Buddha refused to be drawn on what occurred then, but implied that it was beyond word and without boundaries. Certainly, he saw it in a much different state than our current existence, and not a simple parallel to the process of individual rebirth.\n\nAnother site describes it simpler - but the one above and the site above is how it relates and is interpreted in Buddhism which is what you really want to understand.\n \nIt is literally "extinction" and/or "extinguishing" (ie, of the passions) is a mode of being that is free from mind-contaminants (Kilesa) such as lust, anger or craving. It is thus a state of great inner peace and contentment - the end of suffering, or Dukkha. The Buddha in the Dhammapada says of Nirvana that it is 'the highest happiness'. This is not the transitory, sense-based happiness of everyday life, but rather an enduring, transcendental happiness integral to the calmness attained through enlightenment.\n\n\nThe Buddha describes the abiding in nirvana as 'deathlessness' (Pali: amata or amaravati) or 'the unconditioned' and as the highest spiritual attainment, the natural result that accrues to one who lives a life of virtuous conduct in accordance with Dharma. Such a life (called Brahmacarya in India) dissolves the causes for future becoming (Skt, Karma; Pali, Kamma) that otherwise keep beings forever wandering through realms of desire and form (samsara).\n\nmore info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana
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Hello again Lu...\n\nMeditation is okay, but what you really need to learn, is post-meditation & pre-meditation techniques...\n\nWhat I mean is, you need to find ways to relax all the time, not just for an hour a day!
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Meditation is enormously powerful.\n\nI'm not sure this is what most teachers have in mind, but...
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meditation and self belive is the two words is tthe two word s by which u can rule the world forget ur prob and meditate for 15 min daily and never ever lay on ur knees in life \n u will achieve wat u want in ur life
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MEDITATION I.\n\nOF THE THINGS OF WHICH WE MAY DOUBT.\n\n\n1. SEVERAL years have now elapsed since I first became aware that I had accepted, even from my youth, many false opinions for true, and that consequently what I afterward based on such principles was highly doubtful; and from that time I was convinced of the necessity of undertaking once in my life to rid myself of all the opinions I had adopted, and of commencing anew the work of building from the foundation, if I desired to establish a firm and abiding superstructure in the sciences. But as this enterprise appeared to me to be one of great magnitude, I waited until I had attained an age so mature as to leave me no hope that at any stage of life more advanced I should be better able to execute my design. On this account, I have delayed so long that I should henceforth consider I was doing wrong were I still to consume in deliberation any of the time that now remains for action. To-day, then, since I have opportunely freed my mind from all cares [and am happily disturbed by no passions], and since I am in the secure possession of leisure in a peaceable retirement, I will at length apply myself earnestly and freely to the general overthrow of all my former opinions.[L][F]\n\n2. But, to this end, it will not be necessary for me to show that the wholeof these are false--a point, perhaps, which I shall never reach; but as even now my reason convinces me that I ought not the less carefully to withhold belief from what is not entirely certain and indubitable, than from what is manifestly false, it will be sufficient to justify the rejection of the whole if I shall find in each some ground for doubt. Nor for this purpose will it be necessary even to deal with each belief individually, which would be truly an endless labor; but, as the removal from below of the foundation necessarily involves the downfall of the whole edifice, I will at once approach the criticism of the principles on which all my former beliefs rested.[L][F]\n\n3. All that I have, up to this moment, accepted as possessed of the highest truth and certainty, I received either from or through the senses. I observed, however, that these sometimes misled us; and it is the part of prudence not to place absolute confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.[L][F]\n\n4. But it may be said, perhaps, that, although the senses occasionally mislead us respecting minute objects, and such as are so far removed from us as to be beyond the reach of close observation, there are yet many other of their informations (presentations), of the truth of which it is manifestly impossible to doubt; as for example, that I am in this place, seated by the fire, clothed in a winter dressing gown, that I hold in my hands this piece of paper, with other intimations of the same nature. But how could I deny that I possess these hands and this body, and withal escape being classed with persons in a state of insanity, whose brains are so disordered and clouded by dark bilious vapors as to cause them pertinaciously to assert that they are monarchs when they are in the greatest poverty; or clothed [in gold] and purple when destitute of any covering; or that their head is made of clay, their body of glass, or that they are gourds? I should certainly be not less insane than they, were I to regulate my procedure according to examples so extravagant.[L][F]\n\n5. Though this be true, I must nevertheless here consider that I am a man, and that, consequently, I am in the habit of sleeping, and representing to myself in dreams those same things, or even sometimes others less probable, which the insane think are presented to them in their waking moments. How often have I dreamt that I was in these familiar circumstances, that I was dressed, and occupied this place by the fire, when I was lying undressed in bed? At the present moment, however, I certainly look upon this paper with eyes wide awake; the head which I now move is not asleep; I e