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And for what purpose/s do you meditate for?

And for what purpose/s do you meditate for?

I have to regain control over my thoughts and emotions quite frequently throughout a day. They are like undisciplined children making mischief every time I look away. Thoughts may occupy time with meaningless associations or ripple in memories which have no meaningful application in the present or future moment. Emotions then will either aid the thoughts amplifying their nonsense, or they will make me feel more low or more happy than I asked for by themselves. Yes, I believe now that emotions can take over on their own and in turn control the thoughts as well. But when I meditate I always take control over the thoughts, and from there issue commands to the emotions.

Clearing my mind and centering myself I always do through meditation before ritual or divination. So the banishing part I deal with directly instead of making a ritual out of it. (The effect is not necessary the exact same however, since I do zero visualizations when I meditate this way.)

Else I can meditate simply because I am bored and have nothing better do to. It is relaxing in itself. Waiting for something, perhaps.

edit:
And of course, when I have problems falling asleep, I can just meditate until I black out.
Also, to achieve lucid dreaming or astral projection, I do it through meditation.

Meditation is of course not one technique, but several... how many? I dare not guess.

edit2:
Hell, the list goes on:
Coping with Stress
Denying Spirits influence over my mind
Denying anything influence over my mind
Healing

I bet I can come up with a lot more, but now I have to deny this post more attention.

This post has been edited by thief_and_a_liar: Jan 13 2006, 09:44 AM