I have always found meditation sort of mistifying and fascinating in that you can do things like achieve a higher state of mind, highten sences, achieve better over all well being and health; and unique things like go days without having to sleep with the exception of meditating maybe a couple of hours a night.

So I have ADD right, I mean its bad, and seems to slowly get worse. I have a straight shot, one track mind. If I was reading a book and got really into it and someone tried to talk to me, I'd probably continue reading not comprehending a single sentence and completely block out the person at the same time, leaving me frustrated and feeling kinda dumb because I didn't get either the book or the person so I have to repeat both. Well I was wondering if anyone here is into meditation could let me in on a way to highten my state of mind in such ways like being able to remember/memorize things more clearly and perceptively, comprehension of strong accents, various things like that. I don't have time to go to books a million so this is pretty much my best option is to maybe find an answer through you fine people.

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hi ganja...


you are on the path...

iloveyou

the key to meditation is to understand what meditation is...

meditation = watching the mind

meditation has nothing to do with sitting..

BUT.. sitting is a great method to begin...

watch the mind...

reacting to a thought or outside elements is NOT meditating

Meditating is becoming aware of awareness itself...

Sitting 2 times a day for 20 minutes is a fantastic place to start

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Watching the mind... quickly you will see this is the most difficult task ever given to you... it requires NOTHING except unrelenting pursiut...


You will see that it is nearly impossible to DO nothing...

the activity of doing nothing is the most powerful act man can DO...

the energy and power that flows through a man that has silenced his mind is unfathomable...

Stillness... sitting, non reaction, watching the mind.... watching YOUR breath is also one of the aspects of begining MIND WATCHING


as you watch your mind.. your thoughts will slow down. this may take a few weeks..

Eventually you will notice gaps of silence open up in between your thoughts....

THIS is STILNESS... the more you meditate the longer these gaps will become...


Eventually you will be able to shift your awareness from your mind to your body..

At this point you will have the revelation that few people get beyond... the revelation THAT you are NOT your mind... you are not your thoughts...

At this moment many people turn to religion in rder to get understanding of WHAT happened...

iloveyou

if you are very serious ABOUT this,

you should look at Buddhist Meditation in the Theravada tradition

This is the way.. the way to awaken ONE SELF!

iloveyou

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if u meditate on a regular basis ull def be able to concentrate better. im not exactly sure what ur hoping for, but after u get into it, its almost impossible to not improve ur ability to perceive and react with ur surroundings.

generally, i only meditate once a day and ive gained alot over the past few months. i have a hard time falling asleep most nights, so i take advantage of this. instead of tossing around thinking about shit, i lay flat on my back and do my best to not reflect on anything. as gnowm said, this is really difficult to get a hang of at first. difficult but fun, at least to me. ive always considered myself a stubborn intellectual individual and i finally found a way of challenging myself.

to meditate, just concentrate on nothing. completely turn off whatever inner monologue normally guides u threw ur day. close ur eyes or find a comfortable way to sit or lay if it helps. maybe covering ur eyes may help. i found it essential for the longest time to have my surroundings silent, as to not interfere with my concentration (my concentrating on not concentrating, lol)

not only will meditation help ur physical and mental reactions, it can effect ur perception in a positive way. if ur even the slightest bit neurotic, u may have a hard time accepting the world in an unbiased way. after meditating, (simply disconnecting from reality) u may find urself with the strength to act exactly how u think u should. hesitation and self-judgment can be made completely useless, so living in the present is completely natural.

meditation is not hard, u dont need to read anymore than what Gnowm and i have posted to get up and do it right now. if u want more structured guidelines, there are traditions that have been around for centuries (millennia?) that folks have used successfully. note that meditation is a product of Eastern philosophies, so there are cultural distortions that may prove some traditions less helpful than a self-made discipline.

keep ur mind flexible, i hope u find what ur looking for

ive heard stories of buddhist monks sleeping while sitting with spoons in their hands. they sit with crossed legs, and the very moment they fall asleep, their spoon is dropped and the sound of it hitting the floor awakens them. supposedly, they can go for a really long time doing this. and ive seen a tv program showing the same guys drying their cold, wet clothes by laying the cloth over their bodys and raising their body temp thru concentration. u could actually see steam coming off their bodies.

you can never be anything but what you all ready are. you are telling yourself that you aren't good enough. your body doen't appreciate shit like that. meditation can only make it worse. anyone who says different is doing so for their own benefit. for more info, google "U.G. Krishnamurti" (not to be confused with Jiddu). maybe you can take a speed reading course.

meditation can help u see what u are. many folks need stability. to completely disconnect and remove urself from what u think u are allows u to see what u really are by contrast. besides, accepting what u are and refusing to better urself keeps u from living life to its fullest.

on the largest scale, we are all one. we are all part of the universe. the mathematics of infinity does not discriminate between nothingness and existence. naturally, we all do have individual identity, but we also share the fact that we are all nothing.

that is the dumbest thing i've ever heard. who told you that?

personal experience, im not preaching shit i dont know. whats the dumb part, that meditation can be helpful or the way i described the universe? both?

both are facts, irrefutable truths. im guessing ur just being sarcastic or trying to be difficult, but if u want to argue im down. im always interested in debating stuff.

proQ, you're completely right. I think meditation is the key to keeping track of your true self in a world where your identity is constantly being challenged.

also, we are nothing in the grand scheme of things. Our entire existence is like a single cell on our bodies. It's just a decimal of the whole, meaning everything until it means nothing at all. indisposable until it's disposed. At the same time our world IS everything and it does matter becuase it's all we know and will ever have.

and garden, the path is an awesome place to explore and travel

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Mr. Ganja..

Watch your mind..

Don't react...



iloveyou

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