How to start meditation for starters
- Now days the process of meditation has become popular in western culture, but technically it dates back a thousand years.
- Meditation technique has been used and still being used in different religion and cultures
- The practice of meditation originated in the ancient Vedic times of India and is described in the ancient Vedic texts.
- The true purpose
of meditation is to connect oneself to one's deep inner Self.
- Techniques which
achieve that goal serve the true purpose of meditation.
- The term
“meditation” is now loosely used to refer to a large number of diverse
techniques.
- These include contemplation, concentration, use of nature sounds such as the ocean, guided meditation, meditative movement exercises such as Yoga and tai chi, qigong, breathing exercises, and Mantra.
- These techniques
work at different levels such as the senses, mind, intellect, and emotions.
- Some techniques
are easy to learn and practice, while others are more difficult and can result
in participants giving up the practice
- Although the
practice has ties to many different religious teachings, meditation is less
about faith and more about altering consciousness, finding awareness, and
achieving peace.
- set of techniques that are used in order to connect with ones deep inner self.
- Meditation, as described in the ancient Vedic texts, is an exercise of consciousness that results in the expansion of consciousness beyond the day-to-day experience of duality. It is an experience of unity, which reduces stress and brings increased creativity and efficiency to the functioning of the inner faculty.
There are several kinds of meditation mainly
1. mindfulness meditation
2. spiritual meditation
3. focused meditation
4. movement meditation
5. mantra meditation
6. transcendental meditation
7. progressive relaxation
8. loving-kindness meditation
9. visualization meditation
To deeply understand the process of
meditation you have to know and understand human from Vedic science perspective.
From the Vedic perspective Human is
made of
1. Physical Body
2. Inner faculty : The working consciousness,
which is constantly changing .
Consists of mind, intellect, ego,
chitta
3. Deep inner self: The non-changing pure
consciousness, which has the quality of unity and witnesses the activity of the
inner faculty.
According
toVedic science, the deep inner Self activates the inner faculty
(working consciousness), which in turn activates the physical body. A feedback
loop is provided by meditation, in which a conscious connection is made with
the deep inner Self.
There is a peace in unity.
Ø stress reduction
Ø decreased anxiety
Ø decreased depression
Ø reduction in pain (both physical and
psychological)
Ø improved memory and increased efficiency
Ø reduced
blood pressure
Ø heart rate
Ø lactate
Ø cortisol and epinephrine
Ø decreased metabolism
Ø breathing pattern
Ø oxygen utilization, and carbon dioxide elimination
and increased melatonin dehydroepiandrosterone
sulfate (DHEA-S)
Ø skin resistance
Ø Relative
blood flow to the brain.
In addition Meditation increases
regional cerebral blood flow in the frontal and anterior cingulated regions of
the brain, increases efficiency in the brain's executive attentional network, and
increases Electroencephalogram(EEG) coherence.
Know I believe you get the idea of meditation and its effect
and how it works. Know let’s see on how to perform meditation step by step.
The following procedure is best used for focused meditation
Step1. Find a quite
place where you won’t get distracted.
Step2. Get into a comfortable position that you can
stay for long time (you can lay in your back if you don’t plan to sleep) and set timer
Step3. Choose an object to focus on - it can be a
specific color, point, image or a word. (Focus with all your effort until it
fills your whole consciousness).
Step4. When Step 3 is
done successfully you will enter into a state of meditation.
Step5. Stop as the
timer rings or beeps.
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Never expect a quick result. Meditation takes
time to take effect.
v Meditation
is not for all some studies show that meditation is not recommended for people with schizophrenia.
Source
(https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-meditation-2795927)
v One study found that meditation often led to
troubling feelings and thoughts that were difficult to manage. Source (https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-meditation-2795927)
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Begin by doing short sessions of
around 5 to 10 minutes a day, and then work your way up progressively to longer
sessions.
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Try meditating at the same time each
day.
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You need to be in a position where you
can sit for several minutes without getting uncomfortable, stiff, or restless.
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Focus on
what you're feeling.
v Don't try to suppress feelings.
Don't expect meditation to solve all of your problems. Instead, treat it like a part of your self-care routine that plays a role in helping you feel better and less stressed.
` Source (https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-meditation-2795927)
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