meditation for beginners

Bhaskar -- I see what you mean now! Yes, I understand. And rather than comfort zone, I think I meant in their own mind. Like, how can a teacher be sure what the person is trying to overcome and how their mind can break down these problems? Thinking about it more, I guess that's where the guidance of a wiser teacher would come in. Of course, I also have no idea what goes on in a meditation class, so I don't know how teachers do their teachings.

Chodpa - Awesome medaphor. That really helped put things into place. ^^

PS: malky - What?! I really have no idea what you're saying.

 

Itsy-Bitsy Yoga classes are designed for infants who still measure thier age in months. Organizers claim the class can help a child develop a healthy body, happy confident awareness,and creative spirit.

 

You ask good questions. The thing is the real teachers, the realized masters, have overcome their own minds completely and therefore they have total mental clarity - no longer seeing things through filters. Their insight and understanding is very deep. Such a person can understand the things a student has to deal with simply by looking at them, from scraps of conversations and from sensing their energy. If you try, you can cultivate this ability also. It is simply a matter of being in tune and giving your full attention to the other person. A master is in tune with all things, and therefore has a very very deep understanding.

Go and see for yourself.

I agree 100%.

 

Thank you, I'm just trying to understand.

This makes sense. Thanks for clearing up that confusion. I almost forgot to think about the time masters spend on working on themselves. And what about those people who already can tell how someone is dealing with someone, or if someone is lying - and they are right? Did they do all of this on their own somehow, without meaning to? For example, my friend Katie asked another friend Paul for a cigarette, and he said he didn't have any. She predicted he was lying, and when she walked away, Paul turned to me and said "She's right, I AM lying." So is that the same concept as a master, or just really good inuition?

It's something I would love to try out, but I would need to find a place to go first, which might be hard what with my age, lack of a job (for now) and not knowing where anyplace close would be at all. I'll just look it up on google.

 

It shouldn't be hard, living in Jersey, specially if you aren't too far from NYC. There's any number of free Buddhist and Hindu meets that you could go to. I don't recommend the yoga teachers - go to a monastery/spiritual center. If you're uncomfortable, take a friend.

As far as your friend is concerned: Some people have such intuitive powers of sensing others' energies. It is a gift they are born with. Others are medical intuitives and can diagnose illnesses accurately sometimes without even looking at person. There's all kinds of strange stuff out there....

 

Foos yer doos Malky? Did yi git yer nut calmed doon?

 

Bhaskar, you are wise and have great insight, but xexon is right, you are sounding cranky and that is not the authentic you. It doesn't matter how flip and "disrespectful" our bloke from Scotland might be, the fact that he sought out a meditation forum and posted has got to mean something, even if it was just as a joke. He got the rest of us talking didn't he, and that's all good


And, I respectfully disagree, to an extent -- there is a lot to be learned on the internet, though you are right to suggest that, for a deeper experience, an MP3 is no substitute for a live teacher. But some are not as fortunate as we are to have live teachers available, they need to be more creative and motivated in finding other resources to help them.

 

Make time to meditate. Set aside enough time in your daily routine for meditating. The effects of meditation are most noticeable when you do it regularly and consistently rather than sporadically.
Find or create a quiet, relaxing environment. It's especially important, when you're starting out, to avoid any obstacles to attention. Turn off any TV sets, phone(s) or other noisy appliances. If you play music, make sure it's calm, repetitive and gentle, so as not to break your concentration. Meditating outside can be conducive, as long as you don't sit near a busy roadway or another source of loud noise.
Sit on level ground. Sit on a cushion if the ground is uncomfortable. You don't have to twist your limbs into the lotus position or adopt any unusual postures. The important thing is to keep your back straight, as this will help with breathing later on.

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Meditation is a simple but life-transforming skill that can help you to enhance understanding about yourself and develop your inherent potential. meditation for beginners is often best helped by lying down relaxed as the body can ache or grumble in other meditation positions if you are not used to them. Many beginners meditating, find that a meditation chair can be extremely beneficial in allowing for the focus of introspection and self reflection required of meditation for beginners.