MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK

…IS A  SERIES OF SHORT, EASY TO REMEMBER, AND BASIC TIPS ON MEDITATION. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, IS IT HELPFUL?

You’ve got everything that you need to meditate, right here, right now.

People tell me that they can’t meditate for the following reasons:

• They don’t know how.
• They get too distracted.
• They have too many thoughts in their mind.
• They’re not “spiritual.”
• They don’t have the time.

Sorry, none of these excuses work with me. Why not? Let’s see…

How Do You Meditate?

Many people think that to meditate, you have to have some “secret” knowledge or special method.

Since meditation is ultimately about remaining in a state of non-distraction there’s not so much to “do” as there is to “be.” So, if you say that you don’t “know how” to meditate, it’s pretty simple. In fact, you don’t even need to be undistracted to meditate!

Meditation Isn’t About Trying to Rid Your Mind of Thoughts

Some people think that they have to “get rid of their thoughts” in order to meditate. Good luck!

There’s no way that you can push thoughts out of your mind and…that’s not what meditation is about.

Could you imagine how easy it would be to meditate if you didn’t try to get rid of your thoughts? Could you imagine how easy it would be to meditate if you were able to simply sit and meditate while all of your thoughts were allowed to simply come and go?

 Meditation Isn’t Necessarily About Being Spiritual

While most spiritual traditions have contemplative or meditative practices, you don’t have to be spiritual to meditate. All you have to be is…human! All you need is your mind. All you need is your breath. However, through the process of meditation, you may find a “spiritual” connection beyond yourself, you may realize that you’re not as separate from others as you’d believed. And you could call that “spiritual.”

You Don’t Need A Lot of Time to Learn to Meditate

One challenge that I have is around time; time management, time with family, time to relax, and time to meditate. Sound familiar?

If you’re like many people, you’re pretty busy and trying to make time to meditate can be challenging.

Part of the problem with “having time to meditate” might be due to your idea of what you need to do to meditate. Granted, we’ve discussed a lot on this site why you need to have a formal practice. A formal practice gives you the stability and experience to have a solid foundation for your meditation. So, yes, it can take some committed time to learn to meditate.

Here’s the magic; once you’ve learned to be stable in your meditation practice, then anytime is the right time to meditate.

But if you don’t have a lot of time to practice formally, that’s not a reason to avoid learning how to meditate. Start where you are and begin now. Read this post, How to Meditate: Start Where You Are…

Resources for Meditation

So, you want to mediate and don’t know where to start? Or, you’ve already got a meditation practice but would like to learn more? Great!

If you’re new to meditation, I’d suggest downloading the free ebooks available on this site, Can Meditation Change the Way You View Your World? and, How to Work with the Four Distractions to Meditation.

If you’re already meditating, one of the most important things that I try to remember is that there’s always time to meditate and that I can practice anytime and anywhere.

And, if you’d like a tip on the most important thing that you can do in your meditation, then check out this post, How to Meditate – The Most Important Practice…Plus One Great Tip!

This site has tons of tools for learning how to meditate and be compassionate.

I encourage you to look through the HUNDREDS of articles that I’ve written and especially check out my weekly meditation tips and other useful meditation materials provided for your health and well being. Please let me know if you’d like to discuss anything with me, have any questions or need clarification regarding anything that I’ve written about.

Other Great Meditation Resources and Information:

For More Information on How to Meditate

Please view the Related Stuff below for help getting started in your meditation practice! Also don’t forget to download my free e-book, Can Meditation Change the Way that You View Your World? and download the free e-book, How to Work with the Four Distractions to Meditation and get started learning how to deal with some of the major obstacles in meditation.

As always, please feel free to share your comments on meditation and contact me if you’d like to see additional content or other topics for discussion on this site.

Coming up next week: New Scientific Evidence on the Benefits of Meditation