Types of meditation and how to perform them...

[In Dreams]

Does anyone have any prayers or mantras they would like to share while going into and out of meditation?

would be great!

:p

[Jadde44]

I Do this, you can try it if it works for you.
** You do not have to use Jesus's name, you can use anyone of light and love that resonates with you: Buddha, or who ever you want.

Here it goes:
I "OM" for about a minute or two.

Then I say this prayer:
St. Francis of Assisi Prayer
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury,pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen

"I thank you for giving me this opportunity for being of service, i dedicate this meditation to the light, and the love of the one infinite creator and the service of humanity."
I ask for the highest and best possible contact possible I can receive with the vibration and conscioness of Jesus the christ of unconditional love. I ask that all those in the inner planes who come in the name of Jesus the Christ come and be part of this meditation and circle of seeking and help protect the circle, and those who do not come in the name of Jesus the Christ from the unseen realms may listen to the circle but may not enter. "
"I surround myself in a circle of the light and love of the one infinite creator, I ask that through this meditation I can reach higher states of consciousness, higher levels of awareness, and the light and the love of the one infinite creator so for the service of humanity. "

Then I meditate.....

[efields]

Does anyone have any prayers or mantras they would like to share while going into and out of meditation?

would be great!

:p

I have a few Gems from Tich Nhat Hanah the Bhuddest who has written many books on of which is [please PM for title]


A few miracles of meditation are these 3, two word gems

In Breath

Flower

Out Breath

Fresh

also

In

Solid

Out

Mountain

or

in - Water

out - Reflecting

and Lastly from [please PM]

You Are Safe

Bless us all

gene

[PamelaK]

I think that is the beautiful prayer to be said before we come before our Lord in meditation. It is a prayer of peace but also a prayer of service. Thank you for sharing it.
PamelaK

[JennyM]

Someone turned me on to the Aramaic-to-English version of the "Lord's Prayer". I like it much, much better than the one that most people know (which is apparently translated several times, from Aramaic to Greek to Latin to English):

"O Cosmic Birther of all radiance and vibration!
Soften the ground of our being and carve out a space within us where Your Presence can abide.
Fill us with your creativity so that we may be empowered to bear the fruit of your mission.
Let each of our actions bear fruit in accordance with our desire.
Endow us with the wisdom to produce and share what each being needs to grow and flourish.
Untie the tangled threads of destiny that bind us, as we release others from the entanglement of past mistakes.
Do not let us be seduced by that which would divert us from our true purpose, but illuminate the opportunities of the present moment.
For you are the round and the fruitful vision, the birth-power and fulfillment, as all is gathered and made whole once again."

I like this one, too from http://www.thenazareneway.com/lords_prayer.htm,
translated by Neil Douglas-Klotz in Prayers of the Cosmos:

"O Birther! Father- Mother of the Cosmos
Focus your light within us - make it useful.
Create your reign of unity now-
through our fiery hearts and willing hands
Help us love beyond our ideals
and sprout acts of compassion for all creatures.
Animate the earth within us: we then
feel the Wisdom underneath supporting all.
Untangle the knots within
so that we can mend our hearts' simple ties to each other.
Don't let surface things delude us,
But free us from what holds us back from our true purpose.
Out of you, the astonishing fire,
Returning light and sound to the cosmos.
Amen."

Love,
J

[Dragon_Hacker]

Hello, first of all, I was wondering what and how many different kinds of mediation there are, how to perform them, and what they accomplish. I know that many people here who are new and inexperienced are looking looking for help (myself included), and I feel that meditation is the best place to start. If you could share your knowledge on meditation to make this thread a sort-of "encyclopedia" on meditation, it would be very helpful to everyone here. Thank you...

[btsumm]

Hello, first of all, I was wondering what and how many different kinds of mediation there are, how to perform them, and what they accomplish. I know that many people here who are new and inexperienced are looking looking for help (myself included), and I feel that meditation is the best place to start. If you could share your knowledge on meditation to make this thread a sort-of "encyclopedia" on meditation, it would be very helpful to everyone here. Thank you...

Google, or any other search engine can give you tons of information on meditation. Truly the internet is a wonderful tool to use in knowledge gain. Use your inner self to find a technique that works for you.

Know yourself.

[KassandraLoves]

I find that no matter what I read or how hard i try to meditate in certain ways for certain reason, my will or my CREATING will always get me there, rather than reading about how to do it. I have my most profound experiences when I am not taking others' direction, but just simply believeing that i can do it and that what I am postulating will work WILL.

Since each of us are different, you truly must find your own techniques and methods. Advice is always helpful, but even then, YOU are the one making the decision that "this will work" or "that will work," right? You could try something that thousands of people say works for them, but if you tell yourself the hwole time that it wont work, it usually wont. Get my drift?

You are ultimately the key here. YOU decide what works and what doesnt.

Isnt that beautiful? Being a creator rocks. ;)

[Alloura]

Dragon_Hacker - I too am new to meditation and have found some threads here at DC that have helped me during my meditations, (or somedays - attempts at meditation!):o

One thread, posted just below yours, "prayers & positive affirmations for meditation" had some great ideas.

Try typing "meditation/ meditating" into the search box, or try the quick links button too.

Also, one of the links that David has listed is for LL/Research. They have some really positive ideas on their site for meditating.

I've sort of done what KassandraLoves mentions; reading about different types and going with ideas that feel right. If they didn't work out, I tried something different.

I'm beginning to think meditation is a process... just like progression....:cool:

Love & light

Alloura

[geesenc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsYShlmA7Jo

[KassandraLoves]

yeah! This popped into my head a couple days ago that 11/11 was coming up and "wouldnt it be weird if it were 11/11 @ 11:11?" What a crazy time and date synchro.

I might be down for a mass meditiation during that.

[FIIISH]

Focusing and directing our intent are indeed powerful tools to manifest things.

Having actively campaigned for the Fire The Grid mass meditation, I can attest that these types of coordiated activities can be a wonderful experience for those involved. They can also benefit the planet by raising the collective vibration, if only a little bit, and if only for a little while.

I now believe that living the change that we want to see is the most effective way to manifest the differences desired in the world today.

I think actively making everyday choices and treating our surroundings and those in them the way we would like to be is an even more powerful way to bring about change. Daily prayer could definitely be a part of this.

[clayfield]

The Law of One and Course in Miracles talk about the power of forgiveness of others and one's self. I would like to offer the following mantra which I believe is very powerful in eliminating karma:

I ask to be forgiven and released by all those whom I have hurt or harmed;
I forgive and release all those who have hurt and harmed me;
I forgive and release myself.

Light and Love
Noeline

[clayfield]

The Law of One states that guided visualisation or meditation is the tool of the adept. The following is adapted from an Orin meditation and it is very beautiful.I have recorded the following mediation on my little recorder and play it as a guided meditation to give me focus and inspiration :


Peace Meditation
As you breathe in, imagine you are breathing in light, calling light to yourself./ With the peace that you have, imagine that in front of you is an angel of peace, a being of peace, one who is here to work with you. /
Feel yourself growing even more peaceful, as if the burdens and cares are being lifted from your shoulders./ Your soular angel is with you, the angel of your soul. / You feel yourself, with this peace, attuned to the angelic kingdom /-- the beautiful music, the rare and refined atmosphere, such love, harmony, joy, ease, play. / Waves of this energy are all about you that you can attune to when you are in a state of peace. / You are very magnetic to all the light and the angelic beings. /
And this angel of peace in front of you looks you in the eyes and asks if you are ready to sustain a new level of peace and harmony in your life, /to play with the angels and the beings of light more often. / If you are ready, this being holds in his or her hand a flame of peace, a peace that comforts, that lifts. /
You make take this flame of peace in your hand and bring it into your heart,/ or let it grow large and surround your body, /an emanation from the highest of levels, this flame of peace, from the all that is, from the oneness. / This is the flame that joins where there has been separation. / So let it feel as if all the parts of yourself are coming together into one, unified whole;/ all the places where you have been divided against yourself, in battle with yourself./ You are releasing the inner battle. /
You can put this flame of peace into any area of your life where there has been a sense of disharmony,/ imagining as you do that you are bringing all into harmony with this higher vibration of peace. / So put this flame of peace anywhere you would like. / You might say to yourself, “there is no problem. There is only peace and harmony.”/
From this state of peace you see in front of you your soular angel, the angel of your soul. / This angel is offering you a vibration of peace, an experience of peace that is deeper, more profound, and more palpable, more tangible at every level, from your physical, to your emotional, to your mental. / Begin to feel this resonance of peace as your soular angel works with you to take you to a new state of peace within yourself, now and in the future./
Something at a very core level of your being is being realigned,/ reattuned to an even larger vibration,/ to the Spirit of Peace, a very real entity,/ who holds peace and the potential of peace for every single person and for the planet./ With the help of this angel of peace and your soular angel, and all the beings of light,/ you are being realigned, reattuned, refocused to this vibration of peace that is always available, /so that you do not have to search so hard for it, /so that it will be more immediately available,/ and you can be a conduit for this peace. /
All right, let this begin to happen, let the alignment start taking place. / You might notice it as a feeling of increased harmony, more resonance, a great expansion, deep, deep peace,/ almost as if there is no thought, no need to do./
And let the Spirit of Peace flow through you and out into your environment,/ into the molecules and atoms of your home and your furniture,/ into all the life forms around you./ You as a conduit;/ a conduit of energy where everything exists in its perfect relationship to everything else,/ where you are in harmony with the universe,/ and the rhythm of the universe,/ and the higher beings,/ where manifesting is easy,/ where your peace puts you in the flow of a greater life, /that of the divine Self, of all life./
And let your peace flow into your bodies, first into your physical body; an ease, a peace./ All the atoms, all the cells (in your body) beginning to realign with the Spirit of Peace./ Releasing all the misalignments, all the patterns that have been out of harmony and flow. / Attuning at a cellular level, like antennae on the cells finding a new vibration, /a vibration that is very stable, very harmonious,/ a vibration that brings light and energy, vitality and well being./
Let this energy of peace flow into your emotional body to still the waters and the vibration,/ to free the breath and the breathing,/ to cleanse and purify the adrenals, so you can to face the world with a sense of security,/ a sense of trust, of surrender, of openness, and joy, through your increasing peace. /
This Spirit of Peace, and the angel of peace, and your soular angel, and many other beings of light are working with you at a very profound level (since you have set your intention to reach a new level of peace),/ let this vibration flow into your mental body to release all mental concepts that have kept you bound to the battle, to the fight, to the struggle. / Just feeling these being loosened, like balloons that are let fly away./
All the places where you have been tied to mass beliefs and mass consciousness being freed in this energy, /so that you can believe that it is possible to live all the time in a state of harmony and peace with the universe, yourself, and others./
You begin to harmonize with, to resonate with those thoughts and beliefs that make it easier to sustain this peace./ You know that you deserve peace and harmony, and that you can stay in this state no matter what the energies are around you. / In fact, as you stay in this state of peace, you offer it to everyone around you./
You are being given more consciousness so that you can observe and know instantly when anything has disturbed your peace, when anything might disturb your peace./ You now release any reaction./ You turn away from all temptation to be out of the flow,/ and you are being supported in every way by all the beings of light who are cheering for you, /who want this with you, and Divine Will that wants this for you as well./
Now open the top of your head, just with your imagination, to be a conduit of peace. / From the Spirit of Peace let it flow into you like a river of light, /surrounding you with a beautiful light, a river of qualified, pure, perfect light./ Filling up your aura with its beautiful, organized, snowflake, diamond-like patterns of light that bring the consciousness of peace, and harmony, and well being. /
And sense your aura becoming magnetic and larger and larger as you join together with everyone else who is holding this same intention./ Building a reservoir of peace and the consciousness of peace and harmony within you that you can share with others,/ and an increasing ability to turn away from anything that would take you out of this state of peace. /
You are being strengthened now, realigned, given this beautiful substance of light that carries peace, that has been qualified and imprinted with the patterns of peace from the Spirit of Peace,/ to draw to you all that is magnetic to peace, abundance, well being, joy, harmony, purity, freedom, vision./
So with this light pouring through you and through everyone in the world, in every place that is holding the intention for peace, see a unified field being created, energized by many beings of light. / The more peace you radiate, the more you will bring in./ So begin to radiate this peace to everyone in your life, to all your friends, loved ones, coworkers, clients, and students. / Sense what it feels like to become a radiating center of peace, holding that resonance with the Spirit of Peace. /
And let this circles expand. / What might it feel like to be so powerful, such a conduit of peace that you could hold peace for your city, and that you could actually make a difference. / Your peace is so profound, so stable, that you could make a difference for your city. / Join with all the beings of light and all the people in your city who are also holding this intention. /
Sense the peace that you are creating for the animals and the plants in your city,/ and the interactions between people, and their thought forms, and their emotions./ Look with your inner eyes at all the levels you can work with in this way./
And notice as you do, that you begin to expand into an even larger awareness, that of the beings who are holding peace for your country,/ who are acting as conduits for the Spirit of Peace into everyone who wants this vibration./ Become a part of this group work, and notice how it also enhances your ability to hold and sustain peace in your own life. /
And let this expand you into an awareness of the beings who are holding peace, steadily, stably, and without any wavering for all of humanity, all the planet./ Open up to sense these beings now. / All of you who are in this light, join with them, let us add to their power your peace, the peace of the group./ All that you have ever learned about peace and every moment you have radiated peace, every decision you have made to turn away from disharmony,/ let this be added to the group light that is focusing peace on humanity./
Know that your presence,/ every ounce of energy you add at every level to the contribution of peace,/ is recorded and noted. / Your presence has been felt and noted by all of these beings. /
A conduit is now opened from them to you,/ to have the power to create more peace, more harmony, more flow in your life,/ to be a greater conduit for all of these light patterns that are magnetic to good,/ that put you in the flow, in the synchronicity./ You do not have to work hard,/ you only need to be open to all the opportunity that is being presented to you in every moment,/ like picking the flowers in a field all around you. /
As you resonate with the light of peace, and flow, and harmony,/ look around you as all the opportunities for you in their potential, in their manifest, are as a field of flowers, of beautiful flowers, lotuses beginning to open up in the light of the sun. /
And there is one flower for you to pick, /the gift back to you,/ a flower that you may put in your heart that will unfold as a new vibration of peace within you./

I have others if you are interested that I can send to you.

Love and Light
Noeline

[Vermillion]

I prefer to meditate in silence but i also have a few tracks on my ipod which are theta binaural (spelling?) beats.

Are these recommended? Do they really even help?

I have seen so many audio tracks stating DNA activation, Astral projection Freqs, and really I have always had deep questions about these.

Do these work?

[Berry Chastain]

Dear Vermillion
I don't have any experience with these recording you speak of, but I have found that with consistant meditation, you will automatically switch into theta state. At first I though that I was merely falling asleep during meditation, but the situation was that I was in some state of awareness during that time, processed whatever intentions that I had set and was aware also that I had intended to meditate for X amount of time. I found myself coming totally into consciousness around that paticular time. It is sort of releasing the conscious ego to the higher self and allowing It to do what was intended.

I have listened to some of the hemisync recordings and to give you an answer, they are effective in altering the vibrational state of mind. But it remains your intentions as to what occurs during that time. Don't just expect the sound to direct your purpose, use your power of intention when you are listening to the recordings. Don't give away your power of creation and intention.

[Vermillion]

Thank you for the reply. I have hemisync also and that is what i use. What i tend to do though is just keep my mind completely clear and allow deep meditation to set in.

I meditate almost 3 hours a day, and was wondering if those would even have an effect after that.

You know whats funny, is that i have never even tried to put my intention on leaving my body while listening to these... I think this will be my next venture. I don't know why i have not tried this yet.

Thank you!

[ayadew]

I used Hemi Sync for a while, when I first begun my interest in meditation.
They were a great catalyst for me at that time, really convincing me of that there's much more than physical reality. But they haven't been much more. I stopped using them after a while and worked with quiet meditation and intention instead.

[JT1]

Noeline, thank you for sharing. It is truly a very beautiful meditation.

[pnewcomb]

I've been using a program called [please PM for name] for the past couple years (similar to [please PM]), and it has really helped nurse me into deeper states; partly from the binaural beats, and partly because having the headphones on blocks out all external noises. When I try to meditate without it I really struggle. It's like I've become addicted to having noise in the background. When I don't use it, there are just so many distractions (living in an apartment where there are neighbors, doors slamming, traffic outside, random noises, etc.) I just can't seem to keep my focus on my meditation. I would really like to stop using audio tracks with my meditation, but can't seem to get past the many distractions. Any thoughts on this? Is it just something I need to learn to block out, or do I need to invest in some good earplugs or something similar?

[odiseo]

There are headphones that eliminate all background noises they are very useful if we need silence .

[pnewcomb]

There are headphones that eliminate all background noises they are very useful if we need silence .

odiseo, are you talking about noise cancelling headphones, or are they headphones specially made for white noise production?

[Firewalker]

I used this meditation today with very positive effect,

It is said to be the meditation that allowed Cayce to get into his trances, although it will doubtfully work for anyone else in precisely the same way.

http://www.edgarcayce.org/ps/deep_meditation_J_Van_Auken.html

Of the many meditation techniques available, the best for deep meditation is one that Edgar Cayce taught and used himself. It has been the most successful method that I have found for getting into a truly attuned-to-God state. And the side effects of this method are clearer dreams and more intuitive “knowings.”

The method is simple. Sitting or lying down (if lying down Cayce wanted you to cover your solar plexus with your hands), you use your “imaginative forces” (Cayce’s term) to “see, feel, and know” that you are making your way through three stages of transition:



Wouldn't it be interesting if David Wilcock tried it? !!!

Lol.

Enjoy!

[Sam Womelsdorf]

Hello and thanks to all for sharing their meditation techniques.

Does anyone have experience or insight they could share regarding the Merkabah meditation?

Thanks in advance!