What Puts YOU in a Meditative State?

nature...the ocean....listening to the waves kiss the shore........

 

Being in nature. I love going to the mountains to breathe the air in deeply and meditate. Sex can also cause a wonderful meditative trance state.

 

I like chanting
I consider myself lucky that I can chant to whatever deity I like in private
now unlike ever before when the church was about spying, or the state
such freedom and all sorts of flavor of deities to practice, to whom do I wish to qualify

just being poetic, if meaningless,

actually playing loud music and driving fast but not recklessly is a great device for centering me

I am wondering though what you mean by meditation
because as I always am saying there are many forms and goals

now I went back and read the original question, and trance out
pretty much sdrnr

definitely a couple stiff drinks and loud music trances me out better than anything
that's not meditation though, specifically though if you're a tantrik

 

Any kind ofmindful activity, especiallyin a beautiful setting. Creative activity also workswell.

 

light

 

Closing my eyes, opening chakras, finding balance in them, and closing them again...

Imagining a great peaceful place to be, like a beach, a forest, on a boat...

Walking a labyrinth...

Listening to music....

Drumming....

 

Being in the midst of beautiful nature. Seeing highly symmetrical flowers or plants. Watching the stars at night. Solitude and silence.

 

Certain chemical agents are good.

Ambient electronic music is very good.

 

What keeps you from it?

 

Music seems to help a lot.

 

I have this story many times I used to say the same thing We are our own worst enemies and sometimes the people who say they can’t meditate turn out to be really good at it.

Here are a few suggestions for you to try – apologies if they are really obvious!
The mind will never stop –we are not aware of our thought before they arrive so we can’t control them. The best you can do is set up the environment to be as still as possible (energetically)
First choose an optimum time to meditate –not after a meal, not when you’re tired or directly after intense mental/emotional activity.

Ensure your physical body is relaxed – otherwise this can impact what come into the mind. You can probably find your own routine may be a little stretching a couple of yoga poses - 5 minutes can really be beneficial.
As for sitting down you need to be comfortable – however be careful about sitting on something to soft as it will compress while meditating and will put you in a bad posture.
Here are some tips – try them out and ask people who meditate for hours every day.
I place a comforter on the floor(against a wall) - as over time it can become painful on the ankle bones
Roll up a blanket and put a pillow on top for comfort
When you sit on it your pelvis should be raised up – if your knees cannot touch the floor you might want to put a cushion under each one as it will get painful if you don’t.
You might need a pillow in your lower back – to stop you from slouching forward.

As for meditating use the breath to start – it help to slow thing down and provide harmony, when I meditate for many hours on Light and sound energy I keep going back to the breath if the mind gets too disruptive.

Good luck!

 

Anyone who practices a meditation technique, thinks they are meditating or they are in a meditative state. This is all an illusion. There is only one way to reach a state of meditation, you must confront and transform a limitation within yourself, this can be done in many ways, it can be done with a meditation technique, it can be done with a therapy, exercise many different ways, but you must go through the limitation that you're challenging.

 

I like to meditate the most in the dark in bed, that's when I experience magic the most. I like the intoxication of the dark. It doesn't always do a whole lot of good. Sometimes frustration fires burn too deeply.

Drugs really used to trance me but I don't fuck around with the unsustainable anymore. It's illogical to use illegal drugs because the standards in prison are not at all ideal.

Swimming several miles has also been a power source for me in the past. Something about water is about as comforting as anything. It's like flying or space. Very calming after a good long swim.

 

Sex

 

Practicing mindfulness and yoga.

 

Booze.

 

Booze actually makes one more unconscious than aware.

The test of meditation is peace, bliss, clarity of mind and non-reactivity. Boozing dudes seems to be the most reactive people I know. I know of a film producer who shot dead his family under the influence of booze and heavy drinking.

 

The olympics.

 

i have a penchant for shakta kundalini mantras of the hindu tantras but i like some of the tibetan buddhist mantras too like for ratnadakini, kurukulle, and white tara

 

Running outdoors, shadowboxing, martial arts, solitude, being alone in the dark.