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04-26-2005, 21:55 #1Senior Member
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Meditation?
Can anyone give me any tips on meditating efficiently?
I have heard that with your eyes closed, you should count backwards...10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0...9, 8, 7,..etc.A guitar usually won't cut your fingers off when you put it back in the case.
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Buy the book, "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind," by Shunryu Suzuki.
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04-27-2005, 09:11 #3Moderator
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I found this book useful, but getting a teacher is your best bet....
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books
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Dr Andrew Weil has an audio records called "Breathing". Excellent place to start.
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As you probably know, the 'meditation' is sort of umbrella term for several activities - if it is correct to use word like activity about meditation
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05-12-2005, 10:40 #6Newbie
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If you are interested in the more esoteric aspects of meditation such as attaining lesser and greater kan and li, the works of Dr. Glenn Morris will be useful for those with open minds. As well as master Mantak Chia's books. Good luck on your path.
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I believe I've heard of him before.
Originally Posted by Sgathak
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05-15-2005, 02:36 #8Member
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something simple you can do is
1 inhale-hold it and say 3 three times
2 exhale
3 inhale-hold it and say 2 three times
repeat until you reach zero and you can start higher than three
i think its useful to do when meditating or doing yoga, stretching etc.Last edited by J4d3; 05-15-2005 at 02:37. Reason: numbered incorrectly
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