The trick is not clearing your mind, but rather having one thought or point of focus that you can continuously return to.
Breath is a great focus for meditation, because it is always there when you're ready.
The mind will move, thoughts will come and go. Whenever you notice that you are focussed on any thought, just gently return your attention to the breath. Just observe it moving in and out.
If you try to clear your mind you will simply frustrate yourself. ';I need to focus'; is also a distraction, a thought, gently return your attention to the breath (or your focus thought, mantra, or object).Tips on Meditation? How do you clear your mind?
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being vegetarian helps me meditate. i like sandalwood too. :)
From the book I have read, there are two things to follow, 1)try to sit in a lotus position or lay down flat in your back with your thumb and middle finger touching, 2) Just listen to your heart beat...feel drowsy? Then it is working.
3) an additional tip... try vibrating your chest by humming the mmmnnnn..... then pause for a couple of minutes then hum it again...mmmmnnn.... listening to the effect it gives, will divert your focus into nothingness... and when your mind resonances...relax and listen to your heart beat. Feel the relaxing effect your heart gives in all your being.... peace!
i go skateboarding. it makes me focus on what i am doing . and it clears my mind.
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Try some guided meditation CD's or tapes.
The best CD I've found so far is Wayne Dyer's Getting In The Gap. It helped me find that ';sweet spot'; quickly and consistently. You can find it on Amazon, Hay House, or order it through your local bookstore.
That is the hardest part for the beginner. I've been meditating for 10 years and I clear my mind simply by taking deep breaths in through the nose, out through the mouth.
If you are a beginner, I'd start out by taking a long, hot bath before meditating. That will usually relax you enough to begin. Once you catch on, being able to clear your mind won't be a problem.
Also, make sure there isn't going to be any kind of outside distraction. Turn off your phone, tv, ceiling fans.. anything that makes noise.
I make sure that I am alone and won't be interrupted. I make myself comfortable, but not so much that I will fall asleep. Then I slowly begin to notice my breathing and regulate it. You can also buy CDs that have soothing sounds on it that may help you.
Focus on the breath. Being conscious of all things at once is the aim. But. Start and End with the breath. They'll become one continuous awareness in time. Start with the breath. Don't break concentration from it. Eventually, you'll expand it from the breath, when you're in the focused rhythm, and you'll be able to feel every part of your body at once while still focusing on breath. Then you'll be able to hear everything around you even the smallest sounds you'd never have heard before. With this, in time, you'll be able to concentrate on your mental thoughts passing, your breath, your body, and the environment all around you. Hold that long enough in one sitting, and you'll begin to explore mental states. It'll be automatic from there.
Desires create thoughts.
So long as you have desires, even the desire for no desires, there is thought.
When you realize desire is futile... there will be stillness.
The best way I find is to actually acknowledge the thoughts, give them their due, and then let them go.
The problem with ';Empty your mind'; is that we get preoccupied with doing it. It's a near impossible task. However, if we just acknowledge the thoughts runninng through our mind and then let them go one by one, the process to stilling yourself becomes easier.
I hope that helps!
a long time ago i met a naturopathic doctor who turn out to be a shaolin Monk who live in china and one of the things he told me was that they make a tea out of the mandarin orange peal to help them focus on a higher state of meditation also fasting or very low calorie diet on the day of meditation at first it mite be difficult but is like a sonic boom built up the speed then the boom and you jump to a another plain of existence
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