For those who meditate… and focus on “now, and here”?
May.04, 2007 in
Meditation questions
The Catalyst asked:
If you are focusing the feeling, thought, sensation that you are going through right now,
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 can we truely meditate and stay in the moment of now?
Question posted courtesy of: Caffeinated Content
May 4th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
The answer is in that prayer…
Jesus Christ, I accept your invitation and come to you with all my sins, problems and dependence. I turn from all bad person to you, Jesus. I put my trust completely on you. You are the son of the living God. I believe from whole heart what I confess now with my words: You are my saviour, my man and my God. You died for me on the cross. I thank you that you have accepted me as your child and that You forgave me. I am open for your Holy Spirit and want to follow from now on you all days of my life. I trust you and leave myself to your guidance. In Jesus Namen! Amen!
May 7th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
I’m no pro but…I count my breath and look for the void.
May 9th, 2007 at 9:07 am
I focus my attention 0.01 seconds into the future.
That takes care of the time discrepancy.
May 11th, 2007 at 10:39 am
It takes time to culture “the Now.” Get good instruction on how to Meditate in an effortless way, and meditate regularly. In time you will have what you are after.
Also keep in mind… when the mind becomes active during a spiritual practice, it may simply be an indication that some purification is taking place, so don’t try to resist the thoughts… just easily go back to your practice.
May 12th, 2007 at 8:45 pm
It is difficult, but it can be done. There are no rules though. I mean, if your mind wanders, you just try to refocus it on something like your breathing. It’s always happening in the now. No harm done. Only practice can bring you closer to being in the now.
May 14th, 2007 at 2:43 pm
Well, what you don’t do is zone out. You don’t repeat a phrase over and over again to try to get your brain to stop. All of those things are not biblical and are spiritually dangerous. The proper way to meditate is to find a truth in the word of God and the to think about that truth and how it applies to your life. There are endless applications and so this is one way that God will talk to you in your spirit. The bible is full of God’s words and God’s words are more than just words. The words are living and God will speak to you through them. Meditate on the word of God.
May 15th, 2007 at 1:00 am
By being the one who knows the thoughts, feelings and sensations. : )
May 15th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
By not focusing on feelings, thoughts and sensations at all. They will come and go as the moment of now is always changing. Just focus on being.
May 15th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
Well, this kind of question was asked in the century or so after the death of the Buddha. Precisely how much can take place in a single mind-moment? The result of this and other questions like it was the Abhidhamma. But I’m intrigued to know what kind of answer you expect.
May 17th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
Like you said- not to focus on thoughts. Perceptions are fleeting- don’t hold on to them.
May 20th, 2007 at 9:24 am
Humans almost always have their attention directed outward towards thoughts, people, places, things, etc. The background of awareness is the true Self, and it is almost always ignored. Your true Self deserves to be paid attention to. When a human turns their attention away from thoughts, the body, the world, people, places, things, experiences, etc. and towards their awareness, eventually they will directly experience their true Self.
The ego likes to scatter attention. Scattering attention is one of the ego
May 21st, 2007 at 12:27 pm
So, is all of life a memory? Please tell me in what why have you changed your focus.
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:53 am
A good a way as any is to use the breath as an anchor for the agitated mind
Nothing is forced Just let Your awareness feel the in breath and out breath When thoughts come as they do in the beginning Let them come and let them go being attached to neither
When You do find Yourself engaging these thoughts Don’t give Yourself a hard time Just gently escort the Mind back to the breath It does take a little practise but in time You will see You are able to be like a wheel with only one part in contact with the ground at a time
The past being a fading memory The future hasn’t arrived
Being with the now
Before You begin check first for any discomfort If You do find any tend to it first
Always best to Meditate alone Without exception
May this help
May 26th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
All that is forming is emptying and all that is emptying is forming……….
Great question……..
Cheers Mo