(05-23-2011, 07:29 AM)3DMonkey Wrote: What does meditation do? Is it not simply a relaxation technique?

(05-23-2011, 07:29 AM)3DMonkey Wrote: What does meditation do?

Quote:...However, meditation is much more than entering the silence, for there can be a silence of mind which simply indicates boredom. Silences within the space/time world may not offer anything except a quick exit into sleep. However, silence is a key that opens the door into time/space. Silence is the transit between the world of the mind and the world of consciousness.

The mind of space/time is handy and useful for many things within your outer world. It is not useful for becoming more aware of one’s own deeper nature. It is not a good tool with which to investigate the world of spirit. People will often think of the mind and of consciousness as one and the same thing. However, we would differentiate between them. The mind is a space/time mechanism, whereas consciousness is a time/space phenomenon.

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We suggest that one avoids sleep when in meditation for the simple reason that sleep ends the meditation. The sleep state or states, we should say, are in and of themselves useful and we may speak upon those, if you wish. However, the practice of meditation is only useful when the entity meditating remains conscious. For once one’s consciousness is taken away there is no will to meditate or a person who is meditating. That set of intentions and activities vanishes upon the onset of the sleep state.

Quote:Lol, honestly, I can fall asleep sitting up.

(05-23-2011, 08:56 PM)abridgetoofar Wrote: Yes, it sounds like you are always meditating!

But, again to be nitpicky, Q'uo in that session points out the difference between silent meditation and contemplative meditation. I think a balance between the two is the best formula for knowing one's self.

Plus, we can look at the science behind silent or mantra meditation. Lowering your brain frequency to alpha, theta, or even delta waves, allows you to enter a state in which the neural pathways in your brain can "rewire" themselves, ultimately creating more pathways between the two sides of the brain. Supposedly, having these pathways allows us to process things in a fuller sense. And deeper, more frequent meditation will allow us to function in our everyday lives in a more balanced meditative state.

(05-23-2011, 11:23 PM)Oceania Wrote: i always contemplate in a sort of hazy state, but that's autism.

(05-31-2011, 06:19 PM)Oceania Wrote: i've never grasped meditation. can we have one definition of it?

(05-31-2011, 06:44 PM)3DMonkey Wrote:

(05-31-2011, 06:19 PM)Oceania Wrote: i've never grasped meditation. can we have one definition of it?

Ever find yourself staring at nothing in particular with a hazy glaze. That's it. Or lying in bed thinking about a pain in your back. That's it. Or eating your favorite dish and savoring the flavor. That's it.

(05-17-2011, 01:47 PM)Gemini Wolf Wrote: Last night and today the energies have been exceptionally strong to me. I'm not sure if it's the Field pushing more, or the 4d energies. But I constantly feel them pushing against my heart and solar plexus chakras.

I also feel what I can best liken to be DNA changes. My whole body feels like it's undergoing some transfomration. It's a little uncomfortable as my muscles and body are aching, and I have this constant force on me that feels like I'm under water.

But I do feel much more balanced than before. Just got to get through some of these growing pains.

Are others feeling physical sensations from the energies? Any physical discomfort?

I actually do enjoy the sensations a bit, as it lets me know something is working. When the sensations tend to dissipate, I tend to miss them.

(07-23-2011, 10:10 AM)Pickle Wrote: I have had a couple of bursts of energy, or what I call energy gifts, that identified as kundalini and evolved my DNA a little bit.

It made my brain go into hyperdrive, but I found that I was able to misinterpret things slightly if I did not double check the info that came into my head. So now I am in the habit of having a group of people double check any info that blows through my head.

(07-23-2011, 01:33 PM)Gemini Wolf Wrote: I think it's more than kundalini (as that comes through the root), and Creator's energy comes through the crown, and they meet in the middle at the heart.

(07-26-2011, 09:07 PM)SomaticDreams Wrote: I do have slight ticks, twitches, and other strange occurrences during the day, but I don't know if I should attribute them to the electrical body or the physical. They manifest as 'touches' upon the skin, and the feeling of bugs crawling over me. I usually look now when the sensation occurs and nothing is there, yet I still feel it. It's pretty interesting to notice.