We all know a term such as meditation.Moreover, each person, without being aware of it, may be in a state of meditation for a while. For example, this is a period when we are on something very focused, or when the heart for a few moments freezes at a trembling moment. All this is a kind of meditation.
But for a person who specifically would like tolearn to meditate, it is important to understand what is meditation, and why it is needed, what are the techniques and how to do it right. This will be discussed in the article.
What is meditation?
So, meditation is a special technique of concentrationand relaxation at the same time. A state where thoughts are directed to one goal or the mind is cleansed of thoughts completely. It depends on the technique used and its purposes. Of course, this is spiritual work on oneself. Many people consider meditation to be a supernatural process, because unusual abilities may appear, for example, levitation or reading thoughts. Such cases were recorded long ago, but this fact or fiction, there is no direct evidence.
During meditation, a person turns off his mind,becomes unconscious, and at this moment the body rests without actions or thoughts. Or we set ourselves up for a certain state - happiness, health of the spiritual and bodily, inner joy and much more, channel our thought in one direction and concentrate on it. Agree, it is quite often that we are disturbed by the mind and various aggravating thoughts.
Science says that meditation is a process,in which, due to special respiratory techniques, the effects in the cerebral cortex are slowed down. When a person does meditation, the entire body relaxes, the mind "swims" and the brain gets into a state between sleep and reality. At such times, different new feelings and emotions may arise. Of course, scientists deny the supernatural nature of this process, since all phenomena are explained by slowed-down brain work, a half-sleep state.
Why you need meditation
Many people who practice meditation useher with the goal of bringing her consciousness into equilibrium, the return of inner harmony. Meditation helps in mastering various practices, as well as some martial arts.
In other words, if a person is disturbed by something,he is worried about some life situation or problem, he is stressed for one reason or another, then meditation will be an excellent way to deal with these personality-frustrating factors. This will help to calm down and relax, moreover, respiratory technology will also be useful to the body.
If we again talk about the scientific point of view onmeditation, this is probably one of the easiest ways to learn how to manage your psycho-physiological state, emotions, restrain anger and other negative emotions, let go and do not keep evil, strengthen your creativity and work efficiency.
A Brief History of Meditation
Meditation takes its history from ancient timesand can be traced in parallel with religion. In past centuries, people used chants, repeating the same words and other means to communicate with the gods.
The first mention of this process appeared in India around the 15th century BC in the tradition of Hindu Vedantism. It is the Vedas that describe the technique of meditation.
Later, in the period from 6th to 5th century BC,there are other forms of meditation (in Indian Buddhism and Chinese Taoism). In the 20s BC, there are records of the religious philosopher Philo of Alexandria, which describes the "spiritual exercises", which are in concentration and attention. Three centuries later, the techniques of meditation are developed by the philosopher Plotinus (one of the first philosophers of Ancient Greece).
Buddhist scriptures say that the IndianBuddhist meditation is a kind of step towards liberation. Religion is spreading in China, where references to the use of meditation go to the Zen school (100 BC).
The spread of meditation from India beganthanks to the movement of caravans on the Silk Road, which linked East Asia and the Mediterranean. This process became more and more popular, and more and more people accepted this practice.
Позднее, в 60-х годах 20 столетия, медитация spread in the West and became the object of study of science, during which it was possible to find out exactly how it affects the body and what processes occur or, on the contrary, do not occur in a state of meditative trance.
Today, meditation techniques are used in psychotherapy as a means of neutralizing negative emotions, stresses and developing positive thinking and inner peace.
Osho Meditation
Chandra Mohan Rajnish, or Osho, is an Indian philosopher who authored over 140 different meditation techniques. It was Osho who developed the techniques of not only sedentary meditations, but also mobile ones.
The main purpose of Osho's meditation is to set the mind inside and make yourself an empty vessel; get rid of your ego while gaining enlightenment. Osho believed that in order to get to his soul, you need the ability to shut off the mind, because the main obstacle in life for a person is himself. The main paradox of the teachings of Osho - "emptying a person is filled."
You can not call a specific technique "the bestmeditation". Everyone chooses for himself what he likes. Some people like static meditations more than others - dynamic ones. It is important to find the technique in which it is possible to achieve the main goals of meditation - harmony. Here are a few Osho meditation techniques: Vipassana, Osho and Kundalini dynamic meditation.
These are just a few examples of variedmeditation techniques of this guru. Osho Meditation, as the philosopher himself and supporters of his teachings believed, helps to find inner harmony, peace and joy, the ability to be yourself.
Vipassana technique
This type of meditation should take place in absolute silence. It is necessary to find a convenient place where you can sit for 45-60 minutes, and conduct meditation every day in the same place and at the same time.
Vipassana is not practiced for the purpose of concentration. This technique is characterized by relaxation. The back should be flat, eyes closed, you need to breathe naturally and listen to your breathing.
Dynamic meditation
As already noted, meditation can bemobile and lively. That is, it is not necessary to take a comfortable posture and stay in it for a long period. For people who cannot meditate motionless, dynamic meditation will do. The energy that comes out at the moment of the second stage allows the body to relax and free itself from unnecessary stress.
Performed within an hour in 5 stages.Eyes should be closed or tied with a bandage. Meditate on this technique is better on an empty stomach in comfortable clothes. Time can be monitored using a timer. If it is impossible to make noise in the room, let it be body meditation, and the mantra can be pronounced mentally.
The first stage lasts 10 minutes. You need to breathe through the nose and deeply, concentration on the exhale.
The second stage is also 10 minutes.It is necessary to give an output of energy - to jump, shout, shake, dance, sing, laugh, move with the whole body. You need to be "crazy", not to connect the mind in this process. Just move.
At the third stage, for 10 minutes, you must jump with your hands up and repeat the mantra “Hu! Hoo! Hu! Landing on the whole foot.
The fourth stage lasts 15 minutes.It is necessary to stand still in the position in which you were at the moment of the signal. You just need to be in this state, do not cough, do not sneeze, do not speak, stand still.
The last, fifth stage also lasts 15 minutes. It is necessary to dance and rejoice, be filled with happiness, expressing gratitude to everything.
Kundalini Technique
Meditation, which is performed at sunset for an hour. Its first three stages are performed to the music, and the last - in silence.
In the first stage, it is necessary to begin shaking the whole body in a standing position for 15 minutes. You need to shake, preparing the internal energy to release.
In the second stage, you need to start dancing arbitrarily for 15 minutes. Dance can be anything: you can jump, run, move as your body wants.
At the third stage it is necessary to stand stillmotionless for 15 minutes, feeling what is going on outside and inside. You have freed yourself from the energy, the large flow of it, and now just contemplate how something new flows in your veins. Feel this state.
At the fourth stage, it is necessary to take a prone position and lie down with no closed motion (15 minutes).
Meditation cleaning
Если вы часто испытываете моральное истощение, stress and anxiety prevent you from thinking soberly and working efficiently, then special meditation will help to clear yourself. Purification takes place on a spiritual level. That is, we clear our minds of all the "garbage" and negatives that have accumulated there and burden us.
This technique is described in the book “Sensei” by Anastasia.New and easy to implement. So, the starting position is standing, legs should be set shoulder-width apart. Hands are located at the level of the abdomen, touching with spread fingers - big to big, pointing to the index, etc. This is necessary to close the circle in which energy moves, it is in spiritual terms, and in physical terms this contact has a positive effect on the brain due to the large number of nerve endings on the fingertips. Next, you need to relax and clear your head of thoughts. Watch your breathing, it will help.
After achieving complete relaxation you needImagine yourself a jug whose source of water is the soul. Imagine that water fills the entire body, and, reaching the edges of the vessel, pours out through the top of the body, leaving the ground.
Together with this water all negative thoughts flow away,anxiety, inner cleansing occurs. If you conduct this meditation on a daily basis, a person will learn to control his thoughts, keeping them in “clean and tidy”.
Everyone would like to secure goodfuture, attract success. Purifying meditation can be used for this. Creating a successful future in this case will be based on the fact that a person has known himself, recognized his true desires and was cleansed of all obstacles and negative thoughts that could interfere with the process of working on himself and his future.
Meditation technique to attract a loved one for men
Above it was said that you can not meditateonly for the purpose of purification. There is also concentration meditation, and one of its sub-types is meditation on a person. This type of meditation involves bringing love into your life, approaching, or even calling for happiness in your life.
In Hinduism, there is an ancient mantra - "Klim".According to records, this mantra is able to create the attraction that brings love into a person’s life. More often this mantra is used by men to attract the love of a woman.
Such a mantra changes the vibrations of your energy.To begin meditation, you need to take a comfortable position, calm down and focus on the sounds of the mantra. Repeating a mantra, it is necessary to pronounce it correctly, the sound “and” should be drawn out. And during the repetitions, listen to the sounds of the mantra. Repeat order:
- repeat 6 times the mantra "Klim" on the exhale, at this point you need to focus on the spinal chakra;
- repeat the mantra 6 more times, but the focus is already on the navel chakra;
- 6 repetitions on the solar plexus chakra;
- 6 repetitions on the heart chakra;
- 6 repetitions, throat chakra;
- The third eye chakra, 6 repetitions of the mantra;
- crown chakra, 6 repetitions;
- once for the chakra of the right eye, once for the left eye;
- once for each of the hemispheres of the brain;
- once for each ear;
- once for each nostril;
- and one repetition, concentrating on the chakras of the mouth and tongue.
Thus, the mantra will have to resonate throughout the body.
Further in the evening you will need to write the mantra "Klim" 108 times or more. The more times you write, the stronger the effect will be. While writing a mantra, also repeat it to yourself or out loud.
Meditation technique to attract a loved one for women
Meditation attracting a loved one andhappy events for women is to imagine yourself in a comfortable, heavenly place, among the flowers or on the beach. You must be relaxed and present the sounds of the surf, the sound of the waves, the pleasant sand and the sun.
Представьте, что из вас исходят лучи энергии.This is the energy of love that you are willing to give and receive. Then you need to imagine that a person is approaching you. It is not necessary to focus a particular image, perhaps it’s just a silhouette. It is necessary to feel the exchange of energies and the opening of the soul. The point is to remove the blocks and fears not to meet your love.
You may not be aware that thisprevents happiness. It is meditation that helps one to clear oneself of doubts and direct one’s energy to happiness and love. Happy events and love will begin to come into your life as soon as you are fully revealed in your readiness to accept these events. It is very important. Meditation to attract happiness, a loved one to your life, success will not have a special technique that eliminates mistakes. If a person is not ready to accept even small joys with gratitude, since he simply could not consider them, then he is not ready for happiness either.
Meditation is the way to self-knowledge,self-improvement, spiritual development. In this case, the saying “material thoughts” is fair. The best meditation is the one that is performed with an understanding of the essence of this process. We must wholeheartedly believe that love will come, as long as you are ready for this.
