FIND YOUR OWN MEDITATION TECHNIQUE

In recent years, we listen to a lot of people talking about meditation, but what is it and which are its effects?

According to some definitions, it is a state of deep peace that occurs when the mind is calm and silent; according to some others, meditation is a way to transform the mind encouraging concentration, clarity, and positivity.

We can divide the meditation techniques into three categories:

• Focus attention meditation

It is when during the meditation session, all the attention is focused on a single object;

• Open-monitoring meditation

It is when our mind is completely open, considering all the aspects of the experience without judgment or attachment;

• Effortless Presence

It is when the mind has no focus a part itself in a status of total introversion.

 

But which are the most common; the most well-known and, even, the best meditation techniques?

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The first four come from Buddhist tradition:

• Zen Meditation

This seated meditation was born from Buddhism tradition. Usually, it is done staying sat on the floor and with cross legs, with the back completely straight. It can be done focusing on the breath or not using any specific object.

• Vipassana Meditation

As clear seeing, it comes from Buddhist thought too. This meditation is focused on the breath and the sensation of air passing through nose and lips.

• Mindfulness Meditation

It is focused on the present moment, doing attention to the sensation and the emotion.

• Metta Meditation

It encourages the kindness and the good will. Even this kind of meditation is done sitting down, with closed eyes, thinking to a positive feeling about oneself, a friend or someone close to us.

• Mantra Meditation

It has its roots in the Hindu thought. It consists of repeating a syllable or a word usually with no particular meaning to focus the mind.

• Transcendental Meditation

It is a particular of Mantra one because even this uses a mantra and it is practiced for -15 or 20 minutes twice per day, staying sat and with closed eyes.

• Yoga Meditation

It is divided into several types of meditations as, for example, the Chakra Meditation, the Tantra Meditation, and the Third Eye Meditation. It is, however, a “focused” meditation, on a point or on a mantra.

• Self Enquiry Meditation

This tries to answer to one of the big questions of the humanity: who I am? Its goal is the intimate knowledge of oneself.

• Taoist Meditation

It comes from Chinese meditation and wants to help people to live in harmony with nature, encouraging the circulation of the energy.

• Christian Meditation

It is based on the prayer, with the goal of moral purification and deep understanding of the Bible.

All these meditation techniques, even if in different ways, want to help us to drive in a better life, underlining the spirituality and the peace, with oneself and with all the rest of the world.Each one of us can try to find the better way to reach it.