How to meditate like a Zen Master

Tips and techniques for meditation

Entries for May, 2007

Have you had a spiritual experience in a labyrinth?

asked: A Labyrinth, not to be confused with a maze, is a medieval meditation tool. Some of the first labyrinths were discovered in Crete. There is only one path…to the center, and the same path to exit so your thoughts can be centered on your purpose and not on getting lost. [...]

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Meditation tips for an insecure guy?

Jeff asked: I have heard that meditation can help the mind quiet down and focus on a goal. I hope this is true because my mind is always going a mile a minute and I’m constantly afraid of screwing up. I’d like to meditate in a way that could help me become more focused and [...]

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how to meditate on scriptures?

Peter B asked: how to meditate the scriptures?.how meditating on scripture
will help you fight Satan?thank you for your valuable answers in advance.
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Signs, Symbols, Synchronicities, Omens, Whisperings, Coincidences, etc. How do they influence your awakening?

Sirius asked: Do you pay attention to these messages, give them import? Do you find them extraneous to your spiritual path? Or are they significant and weighty? Do you notice juxtapositions and anomalies as signposts for your growth? Do you attend to your dreams as indicators of your state of consciousness? [...]

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Has anyone tried the “Natural Stress Relief” meditation technique created by R.Harrison?

Tony asked: I am referring to the “Natural Stress Relief” technique that was created and developed by former teachers of Transcendental Meditation. It is supposed to be comparable to, although not the same as, Transcendental Meditation. It is also much, much less expensive. I would like to know if the results of this form of [...]

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What are some really good sites to learn meditate?

Just call me Qui! asked: Good Sites Please…Thank You
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Why is meditation so uncomfortable? I practice Zen meditation and I avoid doing it.?

morethanagame2000 asked: It’s boring, uncomfortable, painful, difficult.
Yes it does bring rewards, like a greater inner calm and peace. And not to be so pushed around by the sounds and noise of the city, and the busy-ness of everyday life.
Does anyone else find it uncomfortable?
Do you have any advice?
I am still a relative beginner. [...]

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Why are people damaging themselves and also avoiding or rejecting things that could help them like meditation?

BeiYin asked: The benefits of meditation are known: Stress release, relaxation, amplifying one’s view, self knowledge, transforming one’s limitations, opening to intuition & new horizons, etc. but only a small minority are practicing meditation regularly and a part of these because their religion demands it. On the other hand established habits are damaging physical and [...]

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For those who meditate… and focus on “now, and here”?

The Catalyst asked: If you are focusing the feeling, thought, sensation that you are going through right now,
I’m sorry you are making same mistake I have made for long time,
that all thoughts, feelings, and sensations were there 0.01 seconds ago, those are things of past, and you are not in the moment of now.
So…. how [...]

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How do “you” meditate?

Jonny-5 asked: I meditate three times daily for 15 minutes each session. I concentrate on an object ( a leaf lately) until I reach a state of where I feel that time no longer exists.
I am interested to know how you meditate, and how you feel when doing so. Thanks!!!!!!!!
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