what is the method of transcendental meditation?
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I got into that a while back. I was indoctrinated by someone who had me bring some offerings such as an orange, a handkerchief and some other items to a ceremony where he uttered my "magical" word. Mine was "Om". I was to take this magical word and chant it in my mind continuously while I closed my eyes and sat in meditation for around 15 minutes. 2 minutes in the beginning to clear you mind and think of nothing, then repeat the magical word over and over again for the rest of the time. Towards the end, stop for another 2 minutes and think of nothing, then slowly open my eyes. If I'd open too fast, or stop in the middle of my meditation, I usually got a bad headache immediately.\n\nSeems to work for me, but it was definetely not better than praying in Islam.
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For me, and this is just how it works for me, prayer is talking to God. Meditation is listening to God. There are lots of ways to do this. Which one works best for you depends on you, and where your heart is. But a good thing to try might be ... Find a peaceful, quiet place. Just relax. Still your mind, and ... Listen. ;-)
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When one meditates, one clears his/her mind of all thoughts, all images; thus allowing the body and mind to rejuvenate and rest.  Sometimes the state of meditation can be so relaxing that one actually falls asleep.  I believe that there are a few "schools" of thought on how to accomplish this state.  One quite familiar to me is Transcendental Meditation, which you can find classes for by looking through your telephone directory/internet.  The idea here is that you are given a word to concentrate on, which you repeat to yourself in silence, in order to focus yourself away from thoughts and images.  Training consists of approximately 5 classes and then practicing on your own.  The origins of this method come from India.
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Try this meditation-based method:\n\nhttp://www.sahajayoga.org\n\nIt's very effective and classes are free.\n\nYou can find a class near you at:\nhttp://www.sahajayoga.org/worldwidecontacts/country.asp?ID=233\n(scroll down to see centres/contacts in Indiana)
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All these meditation process are useful only till the time you find then useful. Actually a meditation in any form is good. Just dont shell out any money coz there are many cheaters who charge money
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look into mysticism.  Meditative techniques will give you that ablility with practice.
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Apparently some form of holistic approach. Only found two web results for it, and one was here on Yahoo Answers six montsh ago
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if u r looking for a way to relax and releave stress, it's best u do it naturally. i would recommend u against using machines, tapes, pills, or any other artificial means.\n\ninstead, why don't u try yoga, meditation in a park (or any other form of nature close to u...the more "natural" it is, the better!), light strolls on sunny days or even enjoying a good sunset either alone or with company (be sure not to have very TALKATIVE company in that case)? of course, rectifying ur breathing method can also do wonders in meditation. the average Hindu monk breathes inhales and exhales after 15 or so seconds. then he exhales and takes another 10 seconds before taking another breath. as weird of impossible as that may sound to some people, it works wonders not only for ur phychological state, but also helps speed up ur metabolism and perfect ur bodily functions (like digestion and such). \n\nMonks believe that people are born with a specific amount of breathes. according to their beliefs, our life comes to an end once we use up our last breath. so the longer the pause between each breath, the less breaths one will take in total at the end of the day, leaving them with a bigger number of days to live in the long run.\n\nu don't have to believe this theory about breaths, but seriously, breathing slowly CAN help u be calmer! but it might take a while to get used to the change if u r used to breathing short and shallow.\n\nthis is another case where "practise makes perfect". so i wish u the best of luck and happy meditating!
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Meditate. Vipassana Meditation is good.
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Check this out:\n\nhttp://www.yoganewyork.org/meetings01_newyorkcity.html\n\nIt's a meditation-based method and classes are free.
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meditation iz verry effective!!! the best thing to do is go outside where u are only surrounded by nature. kinda lay down and relax. make perfectly sure u are not worried about anything. think about happy things that have happened in your life. sit and do that for atleast 30-60 minutes.
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I suggest that you do yoga, pranayama (breathing technique peculiar to yoga) and meditation. Cool down. Allow things to happen and be a witness. Asking questions, even a child does. But, even a child settles down. It is important that you realize there is no answer for many of our questions in the world. Time is the leveler of all things. Meditate and meditate.
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Meditation is Simple\n\nAs meditation became popular in the West, beginning in the late 1960s and 1970s, and many different meditation approaches were introduced to the West, a lot of misinformation was spread. At Centerpointe, we talk to a lot of people everyday interested in meditation -- some of whom have been meditating off and on for years (unfortunately, a lot of times with little to show for it). The mish-mash of beliefs about meditation, what it is, how it works, and how to identify when you are doing it properly is amazing. Hopefully this article will clear up some of the misconceptions and simplify something that has been overly complicated over the last 30 years.\n\nMeditation is a tool used to gain self-awareness, to help get the mind out of the way so you can more clearly see who you really are. Those who have succeeded in this quest tell us the resulting peace, happiness, and connection to (God, the One, your Self, the Infinite -- pick one) is immeasurably better than the stressed-out and often hopeless existence many people are experiencing.\n\nFrom research done in the 1970s, we learned that all forms of meditation involve the slowing of the electrical brain wave patterns from the normal, everyday beta brain wave pattern to the slower alpha rhythms. Very experienced meditators enjoy short excursions,  lasting a few moments at a time, into the even slower trance-like theta brain wave pattern.\n\nThis slowing of the electrical brain wave patterns in every case is accomplished -- in traditional meditation -- by some kind of focusing, the most popular points of focus being the breath, or a mantra or prayer. Any kind of focusing causes the brain wave patterns to slow.\n\n[Now I know this "brain wave pattern" approach to understanding doesn't sound as romantic as some of the more metaphorical Eastern explanations, but I believe it is more useful (and I don't think it negates the Eastern explanations, either).]\n\nSo what does slowing the brain wave patterns accomplish? Several things. First, it creates an altered state. You become more relaxed. The brain makes endorphins, DHEA (a hormone related to health and well-being and a buffer against stress), human growth hormone, serotonin, and a number of other hormones and neurochemicals related to relaxation, stress release, and well-being. While in this altered state, you may partially or even totally lose contact with the outside world for moments at a time.\n\nSecond, the slower brain wave patterns create electrical fluctuations the brain cannot handle -- the way it is currently structured. To deal with this, the brain creates a new structure that can handle these fluctuations. The two sides of the brain begin to communicate more, leading to whole brain functioning, which includes greater mental abilities, and greater self awareness, resolution of emotional problems, greater balance in the brain, and what most people describe as a greater feeling of connect to everything around them.\n\nNow, you may have meditated, even meditated quite a lot, and had very little of this happen to you. Why is that? It's because it isn't that easy to create the focus required to slow the brain wave patterns and then to hold them at the point where the brain must create the required changes. Most people require several years of practice to get the technique down -- and most people are too impatient to really work at it long enough to do so. Then, it requires practicing this focus for a few hours a day to really create deep changes. So, at best, people experience some relaxation (which is good) but little real transformation.\n\nThen there is the issue of what many people call the "monkey mind." As you focus on your breath or your mantra, you periodically realize you're thinking about something else: what happened before, what will happen later, the noise you just heard, the pain in your leg -- anything but what you intended to focus on. Your mind fig
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Seriously it is meditation, and only meditation. \nMake a black circular spot on a big white sheet of paper and paste it on wall. In any relaxed position, just concentrate on the black spot. You find that you will see nothing else than black. Practise it, you will be successful to control your mind.
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Learn to control your mind.  Learn to stop the internal chatter.\nThe mind should be a tool and not a tyrant.\nSome might call this Zen, some might say use Yoga.  The how you do this is not as important as the doing.
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This is my routine.\n\nUp at 4AM. (I'm old and sleep doesn't flit upon my eyes as it did when I was a baby.)\nAfter bathroom stuff, I do the following:\n\n20 minutes of Hatha Yoga. All kinds of books and visuals on how to do it. Or you join an ashram and get help from a pro until you feel comfortable doing it yourself. I think of this part as jumper cables for my heart.\n\n20 minutes of tai-chi. I use a video for this and follow along. This gets my muscles ratcheted up enough to do my will without bitching about it. (I told you. I'm old. I NEED this.)\n\n20 minutes of deep meditation. I choose a topic, a thought, a feeling, an axiom or an idea. I focus on it. I repeat it in my mind over and over until it becomes self-running. Then I let it run and see where it takes me. Sometimes I use a mantra and see what pops up in the pattern. Sometimes I concentrate on a text from Scripture or a saying from one of the Patristics or St. John of the Cross (my favorite mystic). Or a thought from the Summa Theologica (my favorite "dry" reading). The point is, I do NOT try to steer my mind into a given set of thoughts. I merely introduce a thought and let my mind run with it where it wills. I observe and, being in a relaxed state of consciousness, find myself following that path to conclusions I would never have otherwise reached; usually profound ones. \n\nI find that after this, my morning prayers are easily focused upon and my heart is really in them. \n\nThe day becomes one of joy, even if everything around me goes sour, because I'm in a state of Grace and I know that God can and will handle it if I only let go and let Him.\n\nHope this helps.
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Simply put, transcendantalism is a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material.