how people meditate, i just cannot do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Apsara i wont say its mrditation but for me its way to relax just calm down and relax the best way i know is that when u r in such start just sit back in chair relax close ur eyes try to blank ur mind as much as u can, free of thoughts and after few minutes u will feel relaxed and sure further stages are with patience and practice Take care

Hi apsara, I am here because of you and babyface. Meditation is a personal experience. Therefore, the point where I feel at peace will differ from where you feel at peace. That is the reason you may not find it with every guru. The first thing as a few before me mentioned, forget that you are meditating. And don't think you've to sit in specific posture, and close your eyes, and stuff like that. Nor is it anything related to so many minutes or hours! You can meditate even for a few seconds! Even looking at trees, and birds flying or sun setting is a form of meditation. The object of meditation is to take your mind away from the present issues that are causing a traffic jam in your mind. Once the traffic is resolved, you can resume your journey. So dont think you need to think of anything specific or not think of anything specific. My way of meditating is looking at the trees. It really relaxes me and takes away my mind from what I have on hand. Second way I do is sit in a specific posture take in air - can you feel the cold air touching that upper part of your nostrils, and the lungs expanding like a balloon. Well release it slowly trying to understand which places of your body that air is moving to. Do it more than once in a day, and check whether or not you felt better before and after this effort. If you do, you know what meditation is all about. Thereafter, you can increase the times, if you feel the need for it. Of course, level of satisfaction differs from person to person. And then again, there will be moments when you just break down, before you turn towards meditation to bring you that inner peace.

Meditation means to have one singe thought in a mind. In this you have focus on one thing too much without any worry and stress. Meditation makes mind so calm and relaxed. I think for students meditation is vital for their studies as it improves concentration power. In my view oyu need a good meditation guru to help you out.

When I started meditating I used to keep thinking about my favorite chicken dish and honestly after some time my mind would just relax and think nothing in particular..Now I can concentrate and meditate for an hour and a half at a stretch almost with out breaking into stressful thoughts or letting my mind wonder...The first thing to learn to meditating is to not take it as a serious job and just letting your mind relax..

Hi Aps dear....ha..ha... meditation is not meant for people like us who have so much responsibilties and so much roles to play in life.Very often we have to resort to multitasking, so that our lives and that of oue family and for working women,their jobs all run smoothly and without any hitches.This is no mean task. And if we decide to meditate now ,which demands that we concentrate on one thing at a time then there will surely be mayhem in our whole world and those of our dependents...Juts iamgine dear what will happen if we sit to meditate even for an hour....who will deal with the clothes in the washing machine,the food cooking on the gas stove,hubby will end up searching for things in wrong places and messing up everything,kids will forget to lock the front door,turn off the pcs ,TV etc after use,go out for an outing wearing the wrong kind of clothes.......etc..etc... So let us leave the meditation part to people who can afford to denounce everything,forget their family and search for their inner self(come to think of it...Do I have an inner self....no I have pics of so many loved ones etched in there....and to tear all that away to see the real me doesnt appeal to me..)..So dear I am not keen on meditation either and neither should you be.....

You've got some serious soul searching to do if you can't find your innerself. Meditation is merely an excercise that promotes healthy and intuitve thoughts. You can do it while doing your every day things it helps you to not get as stressed out. It definitely helps you too reach a zen state. The more you practice meditation the more you will get out of it. Just don't laugh at people making claims about spiritual experiences because we all have a spiritual power within all of us. Whether we choose to accept it or not.

You are trying too hard for starters and getting ahead of yourself...Start out by simply sitting in silence and letting your mind go to wherever it needs to which could be nowhere.... OR Start by sitting comfortably and just acknowledging your surroundings..like FEEL the clothes on your skin...FEEL the carpet or floor under your feet and pay attention to what it feels like..LISTEN to all the sounds you can hear..your breathing, cars driving by, a ceiling fan etc etc..

I really don't have an idea, since i haven't tried it. Maybe you are not ready as of now to do it. what my little idea is in order to Medidate, you have to go to a very silent place and think nothing. You just make your mind clear of thinking everything, especially with nature. for the words itself, it is like cleansing your mind. My advice, if you have fields there, go there on the center, sit there and think nothing. Close your eyes and feel the air, and then relax.

Hi, it's the same with me. I remember attending my first yoga class, and trying to follow the instructions given - to meditate. Within 5 minutes, my mind was wandering - thinking about food, going home, shopping and so on. After a few sessions, I gave up!

i cant o it either ... my mind seems to be really buy, it keeps ondering everywhere .. it also moves wild n fast .. and it jumps from one thought to another .. oh ! so difficult ..

I think its about finding inner peace in self.. The better way to do it is to be alone and finding your worth out of deciding to be alone..

meditation is the best mental exercise one can do to get rid of mental agonis. The best way is to keep in a comfortable position and blank the mind and concentrate in beween the eye brows for 20 minits everyday for best results. It helps you in many ways it helps to act fast and correcly most of the time once your decision taking ability improves naturaly you will prosper in life.

Yeah i know what u mean.It all looks ok when u read about it in or when u see those people in their yoga posture. It takes a lot of concentrations and patience too. It was quite hard for me later to allot a regular time due to my busy schedule. You can buy cd or watch youtube videos,im sure there are tutorial videos there that can guide you. Im gonna check it out too.

It is hard especially if you don't have peace of mind.. Better go to a place which is close to nature.. A place where you'll heard nothing but the voices of the birds singing and the wind splashing to the leaves of the trees.. Wew! could you imagine that scene? You can meditate and look at your inner self that easy if you are in that kind of place.. Well that only my opinion..:-)