How hard is it to get good at meditation, and what's it like once you do reach a proficient level?!
Question: How hard is it to get good at meditation, and what's it like once you do reach a proficient level.?
I live a really stressful life so i decided to take up meditation - the mindfulness of breathing. I only started a few days ago so im pretty crp at it, but im determined to get good. I have a few questions. If you could shed some light on each of them, id be grateful.
1. How long, on an average scale, would it take to get reasonably proficient at it.? ( i have a busy mind and i find it hard to concentrate on bearthing alone. Howeve, i hope that it will pass with practice.)
2. Once you do reach that level, what is the meditation experience like.? Do you see things, feel things, or anything.?
3. Can you do it more than once a day.? I was thinking of doing it once at night and once in the morn, until I get good at it. Then maybe bring it down to one good session a day.
4. DOES IT WORK :)
Thanks very much to those you give some valuable input.
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1. How long, on an average scale, would it take to get reasonably proficient at it.? ( i have a busy mind and i find it hard to concentrate on bearthing alone. Howeve, i hope that it will pass with practice.)
2. Once you do reach that level, what is the meditation experience like.? Do you see things, feel things, or anything.?
3. Can you do it more than once a day.? I was thinking of doing it once at night and once in the morn, until I get good at it. Then maybe bring it down to one good session a day.
4. DOES IT WORK :)
Thanks very much to those you give some valuable input.
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Answers:
It seems you're missing the point of meditation. You want to get "good" at it. It's not a hockey game. There's no competition. You will know when you're able to accept you, your body, mind, emotions, and everything else.
There's no one to rate you on your performance.
Meditation can be done any time of day, as often as you like. Actually, the idea is to be meditative ALL the time.
The goal of meditation is to see things, feel things; the point is to BE. I know this is a hard concept to understand, and even harder to describe. Meditation is not a "goal" per se. The idea is to accept Life, the Universe, and Everything as it is, without judgement; to be alive. The most important thing in meditation is to be "in the moment" - the past is gone, the future doesn't exist, there is only NOW. That is the real goal of meditation.
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There's no one to rate you on your performance.
Meditation can be done any time of day, as often as you like. Actually, the idea is to be meditative ALL the time.
The goal of meditation is to see things, feel things; the point is to BE. I know this is a hard concept to understand, and even harder to describe. Meditation is not a "goal" per se. The idea is to accept Life, the Universe, and Everything as it is, without judgement; to be alive. The most important thing in meditation is to be "in the moment" - the past is gone, the future doesn't exist, there is only NOW. That is the real goal of meditation.
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1. maybe a month, it took me about 6 because i would only do it once in a while.
2. Personally I feel serenity.
3. I think some meditation gurus have said once before bed to bring on restful undisturbed sleep, and once after waking so that you may start your day fully renewed.
4. I do it to relieve stress, so for me yeah it works. For you it may be different.Health Question & Answer
2. Personally I feel serenity.
3. I think some meditation gurus have said once before bed to bring on restful undisturbed sleep, and once after waking so that you may start your day fully renewed.
4. I do it to relieve stress, so for me yeah it works. For you it may be different.Health Question & Answer