How to Meditate - Part 1

[MegaSouthparklover]

Thanks

[rock100010000]

i am training myself to lucid dream

[theunknowncove]

@rock100010000 I'll tell you one of the biggest keys for lucid dreaming. Every night when you lay down to go to sleep, tell yourself out loud, tonight I'm going to lucid dream, I am going to be aware of the fact that I am dreaming. Really confirm this in your mind. It seems to help me alot.

[TheTriangleOfDestiny]

yea

[SuperGauss100]

i like how he says that yoga phrase and then he says "which SIMPLY means..." and then he starts saying words i have no clue mean. great video by the way

[thecheeseheadify]

if it helps me concentrate i'll do it in the middle of my math exam!!

[UkeGirl100]

So well said, so positive, so easily understood. Very complete. Bravo!

[Rsinghtv]

So all u do is sit straight and breathe slowly?

[EdenConsciousness]

I did passage meditation for years; followed Easwaran's eight-point program religiously. It made me a relatively calm and relatively decent person, which is as much as you can hope to get out of a mind trying to force itself into stillness. But this has nothing to do with enlightenment, nothing to do with clear seeing. I found it unsatisfactory. I recommend checking out the teachings on Advaita/nonduality, especially Nisargadatta Maharaj.

[Janzah]

i wish there were more passages that weren't about g-d.

[deeboiz]

I tried meditation about half an hour a go. I was by no means good at it but it opened my mind so much.

[orangie84]

I was taught think of your brain filled with all its thoughts and worries like a huge room filled with people all shouting at you.The people are thoughts and worries

Meditation is like you deciding to tell each one of those people, to leave until there is no one left and now you get to rest while they are away

Only thoughts can't be completely permanently removed so they have to be let back in. And you come back slowly letting each thought back. or else it is like letting every one in at once

[orangie84]

Your technique is a little different than the one I was taught but it comes together to do the same thing..

I was taught (and I see a lot of people having issues with this very thing) meditation is really for you I mean the one doing it. It is a way to clear the mind and give it a rest.. i know there are other reasons but it is too long to get in to right here.But you left out something very important and that is to come out of it slowly. If you just wake up its like an explosion to the brain

[Yanco888]

@MNagler My Whole being was buzing like every cell was charged and spinning, see other message, starts Wow. Many Many Thanks for all these videos, this was the first time I had good results. Wow Wow Wow.

[Yanco888]

Wow, I had results last night, I had a buzing feeling going on round my hands then my whole body, I could see people at times, that was strange, I had some thoughts still going on, like "who's that" I also started to see a glow of light, I see peels of dim rainbow colours. I was so pleased when I came back to, I think I was meding for about 45mins, but it seemed so quick. Oh but when I went to bed I nearly had outbody thing, I see 2 rays of light cord, I was glowing @ my pelvis, but stuck there.

[ObsidianImages]

And why would you want to stop the thought processes? What is the goal of stopping thought?

[JohnnyRock2000]

Pretty good instruction. Clear guidance of what to do and what to try to avoid. Well done.

[sndd0138]

memorizing a passage that takes longer than 30 mins! I can barely remember a 2-3 minute passage.

[SLUguyMadrid]

Can my Mantra be a song that I have memorized instead? please let me no. thanks :D great video

[sudhir911]

Prof Easwaran is my favourite author. I have bought number of his books. All are very helpful and full of wisdom. My favourite" Conquest of mind", " take your own time".

[Agent3279]

Jesus is comin back soon, come to him before it's too late

[boomac62]

passage meditation is not agianst your fiath, it can be used to mditate on scripture

[Agent3279]

i don't think so... I was myself doing this and i liked this even if it was hard but someday, God talked to me(I won't tell u how, otherwise u'll think i'm crazy)And i saw that i was praying satan doing this and that i was asking God to forgive me. I was troubled but i stopped everything.Now i thought it was good to come and tell it to those who were doing this too.meditation,chiball,power from sky and heaven is same as praying evil spirit.And because you're not praying God, you're praying Satan

[EnccorE]

@Agent3279 you need to get checked in brother. ur a nut.

[Agent3279]

@EnccorE Okay. Sorry, bro, maybe i wasn't clear saying this. I slept and i saw that i was holding a rat and that i was praying God to ask forgivness for praying Satan.(I was doing meditation and chiball) Then i woke. The same day, my mother came to me and told me that she saw that I was holding a rat. Then i told her what i saw too. I was troubled but i just stopped meditation and chiball . And i thought it would be goog to come and to tell it to others.

[Yanco888]

@Agent3279 I would really like to learn more about this, would you be kind and explain more what you mean and any advice, many thanks

[Agent3279]

@Yanco888 Thanks for asking.

It's simple : When you meditate, (kind the same of praying), you're entering in communion with something. And if it's not the Spirit of God, well, guess it's the spirit of the other one. God gave us a way to pray and meditate, Satan inspired another way to meditate and pray

[Yanco888]

@Agent3279 What do you mean by Satan inspired another way to meditate? Many Thanks

[Agent3279]

@Yanco888 Well, brother, as his mission is to distort and mimik everythings God created, He inspired a non biblical way to act. Meditation is ancient from 3000 years, however, the Word of God doesn't teach us to do this and as he likes to spread useless and non biblical teachings to take us far from the word of God, we should not forget that only the Word of God is essential, be blessed

[Yanco888]

@Agent3279 Yes it does, what do you think prayer and visaulisation is!!!

[Agent3279]

@Yanco888 Prayer and *visualisation(visions) are mutual way of talking with God: you pray, and you receive vision from the Lord. Meditation that is described in this video has nothing to do with it: It is breathing's exercices and focusing in one thing that is not God. It is "praying" but not to the Lord. Well, brother, if it's not to the Lord, it is to other spirit that are not from him because no angels of God will receive prayer from us but they send all the glory to God, be blessed

[Yanco888]

@Agent3279 I believe you could be in error about this, All things were made throught Christ, i'm ot scared of shadows of darkenss that light can make.

[Agent3279]

@Yanco888 Sure, brother, everything was made in Christ. However, it was also made for Christ. So everything you do must be for his glory. Otherwise, you're not using it for Him. I am not saying meditation is a sin, but if you meditate, do it about God. If you pray, pray to God. Otherwise, you're not using it for Christ. And if you don't use it for Christ you're giving the glory to another one who is not Christ. Shadows cannot come out from Christ because He's light. It comes out from the devil

[Yanco888]

@Agent3279 I do not share your beliefs, I'm a gnostic.

[BurtBenz]

More than 10 years ago, I found this book by Eknath Easwaran at the local library about meditation. It was so easy to do, I just gave it a serious try, and I succeeded. The passage meditation gave me wings, I felt. The mantram proved to be a true companion. At this time now, seeing this video, I realise that I've made things far too complicated in recent years. This simple meditation works, and I should find a way to get back to it. Thanks for reminding me! Love and Peace, BB

[mdotferg]

i noticed that u mentioned ones ability to focus is a tremendous plus in todays world, and i agree.

the irony in that statement is, how ppl tend to shun those who actually think, hence, the term slow...

i get that sometimes, despite the fact that most ppl think that im smart.. i just thought that was very interesting that u said that

[19ufo47]

Nahhhhmeeyohhohhhrengehkeeyohh­h!!!

[streetblogger]

I have read several of Sri Easwaran's books over these past 25 years, and have been profoundly influenced by them, (particularly his translation and teaching on The Dhammapada; also The Bhagavad Gita).

He was a wonderful man and a wonderful teacher.

Om Namah Shivaya, Peace.

[punkysexer]

you tried to sell me somthing right away. No offense in any way to your works, but i stoped wathcing after that.

[MunnySmart]

It's an informational site, dork.

[pwestify]

@punkysexer You posted this 3 years ago, but felt like I needed to comment on it. Easwaran's website does not cost you a thing to visit. In fact, it has a lot of free material on there that will give you all the necessary tools you need to begin meditation, including all chapters of easwaran's book "meditation"

[freakypurplebrain]

um tks but what are the words you are saying? i couldnt anderstand them

[SRGproduction]

thanks so much u are a huge help god bless you

[14mm2]

thank you very much for this, you have inspired me greatly.

[TimelesTravlr]

Can we visualize the words in our minds?

[MNagler]

You really should not try to do this, rather, attempt to clear the mind of any images.

[XxChannel57xX]

Thank you for this.