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Bella wrote: HEY GUYS!
IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION AFTER READING THROUGH SOME OF THE POSTS HERE THAT MANY BEGINNERS DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HOW TO MEDITATE OR EVEN WHAT IT MEANS TO DO SO. :o :think:

SO...SUPER ILEANA TO THE RESCUE!!! :superman:

THE VERY FIRST THING THAT YOU NEED TO DO IS TO FORGET ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE ON TV
AND IN MOVIES.
MEDITATION IS NOT ABOUT CLEARING YOUR MIND OF ALL THOUGHTS. :frankenstein:
THAT DEFIES THE VERY LOGIC OF HOW THE BRAIN WORKS! :thumbup:
THE BRAIN IS A CONSTANT COMPUTER!
YOU CAN'T JUST GO AROUND NOT THINKING, OR ELSE YOU'D BE "BRAINDEAD", QUITE LITERALLY SO! :baghead:

MEDITATION IS ABOUT THINKING THE KINDS OF THOUGHTS THAT WILL RAISE YOUR OWN
CONSCIOUSNESS TO THE DESIRED LEVEL OF AWARENESS, MANIFESTATION ABILITY, AND
CONNECTION TO DIVINE SOURCE ENERGY THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO FUNCTION AS A HAPPY
AND WELL-BALANCED SPIRITUAL BEING WHILE LIVING A HUMAN EXISTENCE. :cloud9: :flower:

WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY DEFINES THE WORD "MEDITATE" AS:

Main Entry: med·i·tate
Pronunciation: \ˈme-də-ˌtāt\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): med·i·tat·ed; med·i·tat·ing
Etymology: Latin meditatus, past participle of meditari, frequentative of medēri to remedy — more at medical
Date: 1560
intransitive verb
1 to engage in contemplation or reflection
2 to engage in mental exercise (as concentration on one's breathing or repetition of a mantra) for the purpose of reaching a heightened level of spiritual awareness
transitive verb
1 to focus one's thoughts on reflect on or ponder over
2 to plan or project in the mind intend, purpose
synonyms see ponder

SO YOU SEE, SAYING THAT YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO MEDITATE IS LIKE SAYING THAT YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO BREATHE, :silly: WITH BOTH OF THESE THINGS BEING SOMETHING THAT WE AS LIVING BEINGS, DO NATURALLY AS PART OF OUR DAILY SURVIVAL PROCESS.

DID YOU KNOW!
MEDITATION IS ABOUT THINKING, RELAXED BREATHING, AND THE WILLPOWER OF YOUR PROJECTED THOUGHTS!
AND YOU CAN THINK ON LITERALLY ANYTHING!

TRY IT OUT!
IMAGINE MEETING A FAERY IN AN ENCHANTED FOREST OR SITTING ON A MOUNTAIN TOP DURING SUNRISE AND TAKING IN THE FRESH AIR AND THE VIEW!
(WHAT DO YOU SEE WHILE THERE? THINK ABOUT THE DETAILS!
IT'S YOUR FANTASY WORLD SO IMAGINE IT AS YOU'D LIKE IT TO BE! :wizard:
CAN YOU FEEL THE ENERGIES?)

TAKE DEEP BREATHES IN AND OUT THROUGH YOUR NOSE, FILLING YOUR LUNGS COMPLETELY WITH AIR EACH TIME YOU INHALE AND RELEASING FULLY AS YOU EXHALE.

RELAX YOUR BREATHING, UTILISING THE LOWER PART OF YOUR ABDOMEN AS YOU EXHALE, WHILE DRAGGING OUT THE WORD "OM" SO THAT IT VIBRATES ON YOUR LIPS, AND SO THAT YOUR BREATHE BECOMES SLOWED AS IT DOES DURING SLEEP.
CHECK IT OUT! YOU JUST MEDITATED! :ohyeah:
IT REALLY IS JUST THAT EASY!

THERE ARE AN INFINITE NUMBER OF MEDITATIONS OUT THERE, BUT THIS IS JUST SOMETHING SIMPLE TO GET YOU STARTED.

ENJOY! :GROUPHUG:

Wonderful post! Well said!!!

You make it look pretty easy. Thx

Thank You! I thought I was too full of thoughts to ever do it right lol

This deserves a 2018 BUMP

Thanks

I recently came across a yogi on youtube..he says we are all breathing incorrectly when meditating. You breath through your nose, hold it for 4 counts and breathe out through your nose to the count of 8. I have found this to be much easier for me.