(12-05-2012, 05:57 PM)SomaticDreams Wrote: Yes, I meditate daily.
Meditation in the most basic sense, for those that are wondering, is simply shamata (calm-abiding) meditation. Practicing even for 30 seconds at a time is beneficial. Work your way up to 5 mins, then 10, etc and progressively longer. There are many types of meditation, but the basis of meditation is calm-abiding, it should be practiced often.
Yep, I can relate to this practice. I do the same shamata, combined with sound of silence/just sitting in silence.
(12-07-2012, 09:03 AM)Lycen Wrote: I believe there is none in a sense, it just makes it more impressionable for the ego to respond if something is done differently. Some may do just by sitting in silence others "need", elaborate garments, music, incense, suitable place.. and so on. We are all unique so our needs are different at different times. Choose a way, which you think/feel would work for you!
A quote from L/L Research Transcripts: September 26, 1977
Quote:Man of Earth, open your heart, open your mind and your spirit. Allow the truth of the universe that lies within you to radiate not only within this environment, but throughout the universe. Do not label anything or limit anything. Allow your life to flow freely as it is meant to be. Go within yourself periodically each day in what you would term meditation, and allow the God within you, that essence of the Creator within you, to calm you, to inspire you, and to fulfill your needs. Listen to the silence which you can so easily hear. And within that silence we promise to be all the knowledge of the universe if only you would reach out and accept it.
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A quote from L/L Research Transcripts: October 27, 1977
Quote:Thus, the thing to do is to get comfortable and then to put your concentration on the one thing that is truly keeping you from being contacted consciously; and that is the stilling of the conscious mind. When you are sending you cannot receive. It very simple but it is very difficult.
I thought the underlined part profound as it was/is so simple but it surprised me. I thought I was aware of this, yet when I read it, felt like a fresh breeze.
Duh.. Welcome Mihai!
I paid only attention to the question, amazingly none perceptive I was.
Have a great time here!
Love and light
Thanks, Lycen for the welcome.
Also, I agree with what you have said in 1st paragraph. There is no right way to meditate, it's just what people feel need and attraction to. However, there is to be said that some people might be attracted to a particular practice because of what their ego prefer (elaborated rituals, music, incense, visualizations, blessings, vs the other 'extreme' - simple mindfulness of breathing/body awareness/calm abiding, just sitting in silence type of meditation). Thus it is good to consider an approach of balance between apparent the two.
My two cents.