what cultures meditate?
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Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Taoists, Pagans, Muslims, Hindus.... its pretty universal
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need more info...what kind of music are you looking for? classical, new age, ???
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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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Well, Kazak culture is not very far off.  There is also Inner Mongolia, which is a state of China but is essentially Mongolian in culture.\n\nMongols practice mainly Tibetain Buddhism, so Tibet may not be far off.
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Toilet is a place where people go to relax and meditate.
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3 page article, hope this might help:\nhttp://www.wie.org/j14/tworkov.asp?page=1\n\n\nand this (scroll down to 'america'):\nhttp://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhistworld/to-west.htm
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Visit these place , meditate there and you will find the answer
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Try:\nhttp://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/meditation_practice.html
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Anthropology, with a specific focus on Eastern culture sounds like just the thing for you. You could help promote understanding, I can't think of anything more important than that.
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I stayed at a siddha yoga center for a while and the Monks there were busy most of the time teaching or studying Scripture, they had free time of course,i would see them laughing,talking with others,playing games with the children and a couple of dogs. they also had various supervisory duties. NO beer,vegan diet. NOT interested in tv or movies.
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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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Meditate. Nothing better than that.
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Meditation is a wonderful thing.  \n\nPrayer is always good.
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Meditation... Towards a Stress Free Life \n \n\nMeditation: What it is !!!  \nAn ordinary person may consider meditation as a worship or prayer. But it is not so. Meditation means awareness. Whatever you do with awareness is meditation. "Watching your breath" is meditation; listening to the birds is meditation. As long as these activities are free from any other distraction to the mind, it is effective meditation.\n\nMeditation is not a technique but a way of life. Meditation means 'to join together or to yoke' . It describes a state of consciousness, when the mind is free of scattered thoughts and various patterns . The observer (one who is doing meditation) realizes that all the activity of the mind is reduced to one.\n\nA Tibetan Lama was being monitored on a brain scan machine by a scientist wishing to test physiological functions during deep meditation. The scientist said - "Very good Sir. The machine shows that you are able to go very deep in brain relaxation, and that validates your meditation". "No", said the Lama, "This (pointing to his brain) validates the machine!".\n\nThese days it is commonly understood to mean some form of spiritual practice where one sits down with eyes closed and empties the mind to attain inner peace, relaxation or even an experience of God. Some people use the term as "my gardening is my meditation" or for jogging or art or music, hence creating confusion or misunderstanding.\n\nThe word meditation, is derived from two Latin words : meditari(to think, to dwell upon, to exercise the mind) and mederi (to heal). Its Sanskrit derivation 'medha' means wisdom.\n\nMany years ago meditation was considered something just not meant for modern people, but now it has become very popular with all types of people. Published scientific and medical evidence has proved its benefits, but it still needs to be much understood.\n\nTraditionally, the classical yoga texts, describe that to attain true states of meditation one must go through several stages. After the necessary preparation of personal and social code, physical position, breath control, and relaxation come the more advanced stages of concentration, contemplation, and then ultimately absorption. But that does not mean that one must perfect any one stage before moving onto the next. The Integral yoga approach is simultaneous application of a little of all stages together.\n\nCommonly today, people can mean any one of these stages when they refer to the term meditation. Some schools only teach concentration techniques, some relaxation, and others teach free form contemplative activities like just sitting and awaiting absorption. Some call it meditation without giving credence to yoga for fear of being branded 'eastern'. But yoga is not something eastern or western as it is universal in its approach and application.\n\nWith regular practice of a balanced series of techniques, the energy of the body and mind can be liberated and the quality of consciousness can be expanded. This is not a subjective claim but is now being investigated by the scientists and being shown by an empirical fact.
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Many very traditional groups of Indians people won't share their very spiritual practices. The best way to find out about things of that nature is to find an actual Mayan Indian and hope they are willing to share their knowledge.
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Guided Meditation. \n\n.
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The most prevalent forms are the Mahayana Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.  This has been popularized by the Dalai Lama.  The next is Zen Buddhism which came to us from Japan and is popular because Japanese buddhists have immigrated throughout the US and shared their beliefs with other Americans.