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How Often Do You Meditate?
How Often Do You Meditate?
Daily - less than 1 hour [ 32 ] ** [31.07%]
Daily - more than 1 hour [ 11 ] ** [10.68%]
Daily - more than 3 hours [ 6 ] ** [5.83%]
Few times a week - less than 3 hours [ 21 ] ** [20.39%]
Few times a week - more than 3 hours [ 4 ] ** [3.88%]
At least once a month [ 6 ] ** [5.83%]
Occasionally [ 20 ] ** [19.42%]
Never meditate [ 3 ] ** [2.91%]
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post Jan 12 2006, 11:38 AM
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And for what purpose/s do you meditate for?


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post Jul 2 2007, 12:56 AM
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I like hardly ever meditate, it's like I'm not motivated to do it.
I get so bored not thinking about anything.
That nothingness really gets to me and then I start thinking. (Which completely defeats the purpose)
Like.
I would be concentrating on my breath.
And then I'd think about breath mints.
And then I'd think about kissing.
And then I'd think about sex.
And it's like I have to start all over again.
Like.
I'd think about a blank canvas:all white:plain.
Then I'd think about race relations.
Then I'll close my eyes and just look at the darkness.
Then I'll start thinking about how pretty the sky is.
It's extremely difficult to shut down your thoughts.
So I rarely force myself to do it although I am aware that I need to do it more to actually start to be good at it.




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post Jul 3 2007, 07:51 AM
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QUOTE(Sarena @ Jul 1 2007, 10:56 PM) *

It's extremely difficult to shut down your thoughts.


Well... it's more discipline than anything else. Discipline in a relaxed state rather than a forced one. My biggest problem is the difficulty in getting music out of my head so that I can meditate. I typically have a cranial jutebox thing going on most of the time and it's pretty disruptive when trying to meditate. If I don't have the music going in my head I can calm my mind and "shut down my thoughts." This is what I do to clear my thoughts of even the music, and I'm sure you can use it to clear your thoughts too: I cross my legs in meditation, close my eyes, and say "AHHHHHHHH" for a full breath as long as I can without forcing it. It may sound funny at first, but the constant droning serves as white noise that disrupts regular thinking, and in my case, helps drown out the music after a few minutes.

Once you quiet your thoughts initially, slowly stop the chanting and try to hold the quietness in your mind for as long as you can. If you start thinking about anything, and I mean ANYTHING, even about the darkness behind your eyelids, begin chanting again, slowly increasing the volume. After a couple of minutes, slowly work the chant out of your meditation and repeat.

Once you get good at quieting your mind, 20 minutes can seem like 20 seconds.


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| Kinjo   How Often Do You Meditate?   Jan 12 2006, 11:38 AM
Prudence   For myself.(i am doing this only five-ten minutes ...   Jan 12 2006, 03:18 PM
Radiant Star   I put occasionally because it really depends on wh...   Jan 12 2006, 04:33 PM
Anu   I do it to centre myself, get clarity and to relax...   Jan 13 2006, 05:56 AM
thief_and_a_liar   I have to regain control over my thoughts and emo...   Jan 13 2006, 07:39 AM
daev   I usually meditate every night before I go to bed ...   Jan 13 2006, 12:07 PM
| Kinjo   I meditate for a few times a week - more than 3 ho...   Jan 13 2006, 12:32 PM
moonburn   I enter into a sort of contemplative devotional st...   Feb 3 2006, 04:27 PM
Praxis   I recently have been meditating for increasing con...   Mar 3 2006, 04:00 PM
Hitman_Chris   I do it for many purposes, suck as taking in energ...   Mar 4 2006, 08:15 PM
Radiant Star   I have a meditation that is straight from ancient ...   Mar 5 2006, 04:36 AM
ZenMusic   many years ago. I was a Buddhist monk.. spent 2 ye...   Sep 14 2006, 08:10 PM
Aunt Clair   I meditate to heal , reduce stress and gain spirit...   Mar 7 2006, 08:52 AM
moonlit   I do it to calm myself down, for spiritual knowled...   Mar 19 2006, 08:43 PM
Acid09   I try hard to maintain a daily routine meditation....   Mar 21 2006, 03:37 PM
Goibniu   At the end of the day I do a 20 minute meditation ...   Mar 21 2006, 07:23 PM
Sage of the ages   i meditate for about 10 hours. most of it is for t...   May 17 2006, 01:50 PM
SangueDiNapoli   I never meditate. lol. Working out is my meditatio...   May 17 2006, 03:55 PM
Vesna   I meditate to Clear my mind and to center myself. ...   May 17 2006, 05:07 PM
MasterVerro   Melez, Kinjo! Currently I meditate for a few ...   May 19 2006, 12:32 PM
Sojrn   My daily meditation session starts with practicing...   May 26 2006, 01:14 PM
Angalor   Depends on when I have my coffee :D. Just kidding...   May 27 2006, 04:43 PM
Badue   to be honest, about 2 ou 3 times on the week i sti...   May 30 2006, 12:43 PM
Vagrant Dreamer   I meditate daily, sometimes for more than three ho...   Jul 14 2006, 01:18 AM
Goibniu   I should mention that the Chinese have claimed tha...   Jul 14 2006, 07:12 PM
Vagrant Dreamer   I should mention that the Chinese have claimed tha...   Jul 14 2006, 08:13 PM
Ilmatar   I usually meditate when i am faced with a difficul...   Sep 5 2006, 05:45 PM
Colonel   5-10 minutes at a time, 5-10 times a day. 5-10 mi...   Sep 6 2006, 04:29 AM
OsirisLaysSlain   At least a hour over the course of the day. Genera...   Sep 14 2006, 11:02 PM
pnkwitchie   I mostly meditate when I am in an extremely stress...   Sep 16 2006, 10:43 AM
Vagrant Dreamer   I mostly meditate when I am in an extremely stress...   Sep 16 2006, 12:51 PM
LitzB   I meditate to work with my mediumship successfully...   Oct 25 2006, 01:11 PM
Theft   I tend to have a busy schedule, so I don't alw...   Nov 1 2006, 12:45 AM
Equinox   I meditate every morning when I awake and every ni...   Nov 2 2006, 09:04 AM
Masery   I meditate briefly each day when I need to calm my...   Nov 5 2006, 02:39 PM
DeathStalker   I meditate to improve my spiritual and astral sens...   Dec 7 2006, 03:25 AM
Enochian   I meditate so that i may wipe clean the nonsense p...   Dec 7 2006, 11:40 AM
Gopendra   I do meditation to find peace on my being,ballance...   Dec 29 2006, 03:10 AM
Arkayne Magii   And for what purpose/s do you meditate for? I usu...   Jan 1 2007, 05:07 PM
WyrdScience   The choice that wasn't up there: Sporadically ...   Jan 2 2007, 08:30 AM
redhand   I meditate about 20 to 30 min. a day. To clear and...   Jan 9 2007, 06:51 PM
Aleph   I typically meditate a few times per week. In the ...   Apr 13 2007, 10:15 PM
Ra Hoor Khuit   Constantly by focusing the mind towards inquiries ...   Apr 15 2007, 05:08 AM
Redwing   My Job allows for about 5 hours of walking meditat...   May 15 2007, 07:09 PM
Star   I only just started Zazen, for the purpose of doin...   May 24 2007, 01:49 PM
Slayden   I'm working on opening up some of my Chakras, ...   Jul 2 2007, 12:21 AM
Bloodfire   I Meditate only to Relieve Stress when things are ...   Jul 18 2007, 02:45 PM
saiph   A few times a week,for the sake of chillin'.   Jul 19 2007, 07:47 AM

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