Meditation is the sh*t (srs) (no hippy) (strong informative thread)

[Candice_B]

tried this a couple times brahs and it didn't work...wat do

What did you try?

Remember meditation = breathing+ brainwaves+ intent. And so much more.


Meditation is a tool. What do you want to achieve or how do you want to use it.

[Harry815]

tried this a couple times brahs and it didn't work...wat do

Brah it can take months to see results from meditation. It's a life-long investment.

[Harry815]

some of u brahs might find this vid useful, disclaimer: I haven't listened to it all the way thru yet so not sure if good or not

[youtube]Y1RdEVXWXbU[youtube]

Would you recommend guided meditation for beginners? Or is it easy to learn on your own just by focusing on your breath by being aware of your inhales and exhales?

[AlainnNeart]

*forget to breathe while triggering ASMR crew

[OGmuffDiver]

dabbled a bit in binaural audio meditation, probably wouldn't be bad to experiment with again. Subbed

[MinisterOfLust]

Would you recommend guided meditation for beginners? Or is it easy to learn on your own just by focusing on your breath by being aware of your inhales and exhales?

I would recommend a guided meditation without music or any of that brainwave crap. So basically a soothing voice guiding you would be the key.

[Candice_B]

dabbled a bit in binaural audio meditation, probably wouldn't be bad to experiment with again. Subbed

I think the best meditation is done in isolation or in nature. Remember electronics put off emfs. So yea hinaural beats might make you feel a lil different, but nothing could come as close as sitting on a beach listening and absorbing the rhythmic waves or being in pure isolation eyes closed and just breathing and letting the mind unfold. This is what a lot of monks do their whole life.

[Candice_B]

Meditation bump.


Thursday mantra



Mantra for Jupiter | Guru Mantra | बृहस्पत / गुरु मंत्र




To propitiate, please and get better result of the Jupiter (Guru or Jupiter) in its dasha period, you may adopt the following:



1.Brihaspati Ekakshari Beej Mantra: Om Brim Brihaspatye Namah
2.Brihaspati Vedic Mantra: Om Brihaspate ati yadaryo arhaadyum dwi bhati kratu majjneshu, yad deed yach chhavsrit prajaat tadasmaasu dravinam dhehi chitram.
3.Brihaspati Tantrik Mantra: Om Gram Grim Graum Sah Brihaspatye Namah
4.Chant Brihaspati Stotram sitting before Banana plant on Thursday as mentioned in the Skand Puran.
5.Chant Stotra mentioned in Vishnudharmottara.
6.Chant Gurvashtottar Shatnaamaavali.
7.Chant Brihaspati Kavach.
8.Brihaspati Namaskar Mantra: Om Devaanaam Cha risheenaam Cha Gurum Kaanchana Sannibham, Buddhibhootam Trilokesham Tham Namaami Brihaspatheem.
9.Do 16000 times Japa of the Guru beeja mantra 'Om Gram Greem Groum Sah Gurave Namah' in 40 days.
10.Do Puja of Brihaspati Deva with Kesar, Sandal and yellow flowers and keep fasting on Thrusday. Donate Safforan, Turmeric or sugar on Thursday.
11.Recite Guru stotra -'Devanam cha rishinam cha Gurum kaanchan SannibhaamBuddhi bhutam Trilokesham tam namaami Brihaspatim.'




दान एवं स्नान





दान : पीला वस्त्र शक्कर, घोडा या लकड़ी का खिलौना घोडा, कहने की दाल, पीले पुष्प, हल्दी, ताजे फल, सफ़ेद सरसों, लावन, स्वर्णपात्र, बृहस्पति यांद्त्र, कांस्य, पुखराज तथा दक्षिणा - इन सबका कान ब्रिहस्पतिवर के दिन प्रातः काल सुयोग्य ब्रह्मण को करने से बृहस्पत का अशुभ प्रभाव दूर होता है.





स्नान : सफ़ेद सरसों, चमेली के फूल, गुलर, भय्दंती, मुलहठी, शक्कर, नमक, हल्दी, सोने का तुष और शहद मिश्रित जल से ब्रिहस्पतिवर को स्नान करने से बृहस्पति देव के अशुभ प्रभाव एवं पीड़ा से मुक्ति मिलती है



Replace Om with Aum or AAAA-UUUU-MMMM as ohm or om is basically void.

[SpicyCurrie]

Whenever I meditate I always "think" of my breathing.. Like I replicate the noise in my head lmao


Is this normal or am I not to the point of complete silence?

[Candice_B]

Whenever I meditate I always "think" of my breathing.. Like I replicate the noise in my head lmao


Is this normal or am I not to the point of complete silence?

http://www.swamij.com/index-yoga-med...-practices.htm

[SpicyCurrie]

http://www.swamij.com/index-yoga-med...-practices.htm

Literally have no idea what to read on that link

Don't understand most of it either

[Candice_B]

Literally have no idea what to read on that link

Don't understand most of it either

http://www.swamij.com/relaxation.htm

http://www.swamij.com/Meditations.htm#onlinebreathing

http://www.swamij.com/yoga-nidra.htm


Just look around because its a good index of techniques

[BakersChoice]

Whenever I meditate I always "think" of my breathing.. Like I replicate the noise in my head lmao


Is this normal or am I not to the point of complete silence?

Sounds pretty normal to me man, everyone has their own technique that works for them. If I meditate long enough my head feels like it swells up like a balloon and it's almost as if my nose becomes insanely small, it's really weird. Everyone has their own thing when they meditate I think lol

[Reecebrah]

Feeling the blood pulsate in certain parts of my body then my whole body helps.
I used to start with my feet and bring it up to my third eye.
It's as though you're focusing solely on your life force that relaxes.

It's difficult as hell but I've managed it on a few occasions. Even felt myself being pulled from my body.

I lucid dream also.

[STAYDENCH]

Absolutely been awful at mediating, slipped off. Going to dry to do 15 min everyday when I wake up. You can't mediate after a night of drinking though, really is detrimental.

[shrike9]

http://ascendexistence.com/running-a...rugs-you-need/

[Techriding101]

some of u brahs might find this vid useful, disclaimer: I haven't listened to it all the way thru yet so not sure if good or not



http://youtu.be/Y1RdEVXWXbU

when does this ******* stop talking about what the video is going to be and when does the meditation actually start

first 15 minutes sounds like a bunch of self help bullchit already


edit - starts at the 30min mark

[ObeseFat]

I've been meditating everyday for about a month now. It really changes the way you react to stressful stimulus, and makes you a whole lot comfortable and calm all the way round. It kind of takes you out of your animal brain, and allows you to "observe" your life, if you know what I mean.

I just read an article in Scientific American, and it basically states that meditating alters the structure of your brain. The parts of your brain responsible for stress reactions are seen as non-reactive, and the grey matter in those parts of the brain actually lose volume, while the parts of your brain responsible for mindfulness become larger. It also showed that telomeres are more active in experienced mediators, which could have implications in cell regeneration and aging.

[BakersChoice]

^ I heard the grey matter part before but not everything else you posted, that's really interesting!

[BtrLteThnNvr]

Does anyone buy into the concept of never leaving your place of meditation?

I think I get it, but can only stay in a deeply serene state of mind if I have a reasonably non stressful day....

If it's a busy day at work, I'll still be less stressed if I meditated in the morning, but there's no way I can stay in that state all day.

[Candice_B]

Does anyone buy into the concept of never leaving your place of meditation?

I think I get it, but can only stay in a deeply serene state of mind if I have a reasonably non stressful day....

If it's a busy day at work, I'll still be less stressed if I meditated in the morning, but there's no way I can stay in that state all day.

Yeah that's called void meditation. You basically focus on the task at hand and don't worry about what if's or anything outside. It takes some practice because the mind has a mind of it's own. But like anything in life, the more you do it the better....

[hickorysmoked1]

Looking for some help in body relaxation. It's my forehead. For some reason, no matter how much I try to relax my face muscles, my forehead gets tingly and my brows furrow by themselves and it gets very uncomfortable. The brows tense up even more and stay like that for a good few hours until I forget about trying to relax my face. Any insight as to why this happens?

[Lucretius]

If anyone's looking for an intro to meditation, I recommend headspace.com. Some good guided meditations to get you started there.

[Candice_B]

Looking for some help in body relaxation. It's my forehead. For some reason, no matter how much I try to relax my face muscles, my forehead gets tingly and my brows furrow by themselves and it gets very uncomfortable. The brows tense up even more and stay like that for a good few hours until I forget about trying to relax my face. Any insight as to why this happens?

Are you overstressed or have overactive nerves? Do you use stims? Maybe look into diet and activities or anything that could be causing the tension.

[hickorysmoked1]

Are you overstressed or have overactive nerves? Do you use stims? Maybe look into diet and activities or anything that could be causing the tension.

Yea, I think I'm always overstressed. I'm pretty much a worry wort (sp). The thing is, it happens even when I have an extremely clean diet, and no, I don't use stims. I guess its just overactive nerves. Very annoying when I'm trying to relax and my forehead/eyebrows refuse to cooperate.

[Candice_B]

Full moons coming...

[Nole92]

YEAH! IN for this!

Going to try this EVERY morning now and doing some research now, I need this sh!t.

[LurkingBrah]

Anyone have any advice for avoiding yawning while meditating? It's like it's stuck in my head subconsciously now and I really struggle to stop yawning throughout whenever I'm doing it.

[Lucretius]

Anyone have any advice for avoiding yawning while meditating? It's like it's stuck in my head subconsciously now and I really struggle to stop yawning throughout whenever I'm doing it.

Another reason I like guided meditations. Can't count how many times I'll be drifting off when suddenly the guy on the recording calls me out on it.

[MinisterOfLust]

Anyone have any advice for avoiding yawning while meditating? It's like it's stuck in my head subconsciously now and I really struggle to stop yawning throughout whenever I'm doing it.

Don't do it when you are tired. Don't do it in the dark. Always keep your eyes upward or looking upward while eyes are close. Many people make the mistakes by looking down and that is telling your brain to go to sleep.