Do you meditate?

Do you make an effort to meditate regularly? If so how many times a week and how do you make sure that you get that time to yourself (especially mums and dads with young children)?

Do you have set meditations for set days or do you go with the flow so to speak?

I am really making an effort to meditate regularly as I found it really helped my development in spiritual matters, and was wondering if and how others find the time, and peace to manage it....

I meditate at least once a day.
More if I want to talk to angels.guides/ascended masters.
Sometimes I am called to do so.
Love mia

So how do you manage with commitments like having your grandchildren to stay?

We have a poll about this but - what time of day do you prefer to meditate, and how do you recieve your calling to meditate?

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The g'kids who stay with me are in their teens and understand.
Well they all understand me lol
My job is in split shifts, so I am home inbetween, usually for an hour.
I don't have a specific time to med.
I just light a candle, put some music on and sit.
Could be 10am, 2pm, 7pm whenever.
I have no preference.

I feel the call to med by just wanting to and cannot rest til I have.
L ove mia xx

Thanks,

So do you use any guided or visual meditations? or do you just empty your mind and drift to the music and light?

During your meditations that you have been called to - do you always recieve message from the angels/ascended masters - and how do you remember and record them?

If to many questions - I am sorry xxx

No worries about questions lol
I have been drawn here for a reason and I am waiting to find if it's for my benefit or someone elses, so I go with the flow lol

I sit and drift, waiting for pictures or thoughts to come to me.
As they come I describe what I see and hear to myself I find I remember it better.
If nothing comes to me, I take myself to my place in the woods and wait for my guide, unicorn and faery to arrive, then I follow where they take me.
I get bored with the guided med CD'S, they too slow.

When I feel called, its usually cos I have to do a 'soul rescue'
Love mia xx

I've tried meditiation but I tend to find it quite hard to focus, especially if I'm happy. It's easier if I'm stressed and feeling down.
I have ADHD.....does anyone else here have ADHD or have experience of people meditating who have ADHD?
I think it could be really good for me to do but it's difficult to shut off a brain like mine!

that is an interesting question hun - I will have a look around and see what I can find - thanks for asking xx

Thanks

I found this site - you might be interested in -

http://www.additudemag.com/

it is all about ADD/ADHD mentions meditation as a helpful tool and even has its own forums. Let me know if you like it xx

I thought that you may want to know what transcendental meditation was - so heres something I found for you:

Which is of course only one opinion..


Transcendental Meditation is a copyrighted form of meditation bought to the West by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and enjoys a widespread following partly inspired by its popularity amongst celebrities such as the Beatles. Transcendental Meditation or ‘TM’ may also particularly appeal to Westerners for its ease of practice requiring no adoption of difficult formal positions and no mastery of breathing techniques.
Throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (or simply ‘Maharisihi‘) took it upon himself to spread his vision of meditation throughout the world through the promotion of his own writings and the translation of others works. TM has since spread throughout the world with, reportedly, approximately 6 million having followed the movements teachings since its inception.

Practicing TM

Practitioners of TM are given a mantra to recite and are initiated in the specific nature of meditation to be practiced at the end of their formal week long training. This and other forms of information are imparted to the practitioner at TM training centres and must not be, the student is taught, passed on to anyone else. This agreement is said to be legally binding in most cases, although it is backed up by spiritual reasoning.

The exact nature of TM is unknown except for initiates, although some persons who have been initiated into the TM group have since imparted their experiences through the media and on the internet. Problematically, this leads to a position in which it is difficult to judge the effectiveness of TM against other forms of meditation and other practices aimed toward developing mindfulness.


TM has come under fire for its ‘cultish’ aspects, particularly in its call for secrecy and its high expense, for what is the teaching of a very basic meditation technique. Defenders, however, may point to the vast amount of research in the U.S. that points to the efficacy of TM in reducing stress and combating the symptoms of many illnesses. This again, however, could be countered by the argument that many forms of meditation have been proven to be effective in addressing stress and illness, whilst very few of them demand large sums of money in order for them to be mastered or make their participants swear a vow of secrecy. The popularity of TM amongst stars such as the Beatles and film Director David Lynch, who has written books about the positive effects of TM on his personal creativity, is enough to credit this form of meditation with worth. However, it is worth considering that TM, like other forms of spirituality that require its adherents to pay money for knowledge (such as the Church of Scientology), is liable to appeal to time starved and status hungry celebrities. In an open criticism of TM the Beatles, once open adherents of and visitors to the Maharisihi, wrote ’Instant Karma’, pointing to the shallowness of spiritual whish offer instant Enlightenment at a price.
At best, TM is credited with making an altered state of consciousness easy to achieve through, apparently enabling one to access a fundamental and universal energy field. At worst it is, like any form of meditation, alleged to have a bad effect on those already experiencing severe mental health problems, exhibit cult like tendencies and charge extortionate amounts of money for its services. Not being able to personally experience, or divulge the secrets of TM, without becoming an initiate does make it difficult to firstly expound its procedures and secondly praise or condemn its practices. Those wishing to find put more about TM are welcome to explore it further, but it is worth considering alongside other options that may appear more convenient financially and more open in their procedures. As there is currently no school of TM in the U.K, however, you may find that the decision has been made for you!

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Helen wrote:I found this site - you might be interested in -

http://www.additudemag.com/

it is all about ADD/ADHD mentions meditation as a helpful tool and even has its own forums. Let me know if you like it xx

Oh I get emails from that site and I do read em and go to the site now and again, I've never seen the stuff about meditation on there tho, I'll check it out as soon as I have time, thanks!

I meditate several times a day.
whenever there is a spare moment. I catch public transport so thats a great time to do it, and as I get into bed at night.
but whenever I'm not actively involved in something (and sometimes when I am )

Am trying to motivate myself to do some more Transcendental, and Transpersonal meditations, but my shamanic journey work is taking priority at the moment

Back when I applied meditation to my craft, I would feel what I'm supposing is a similar tingling to what you are describing, but when I focus my mind during any magical act or meditation, I would feel this energetic respond because what I'm doing is building up energy. I'm not prone to seizures or have ever had one, so I don't really fear this bodily response. So while I don't know if it's "normal" for everyone to feel that, as far as I can tell it has never been harmful or produced harmful mental or bodily reactions in me.

The dizzy feeling is also a common reaction that people give when they say they are "coming down" from a meditation session, it's almost eupohoric, I think it's because you are reestabilishing a mental focus to your surroundings instead of the one focus in your meditation session. But once again, find out for sure if you are worried.

And different people react to meditation differently. Ever played "Light as a feather, stiff as a board". That is technically a form of meditation, given the nature of the game. But once again, find out for yourself, with a medical professional if you are worried or think it detrimental. It will give you peace of mind if they tell you it's fine, and if it's not fine, thenyou know to stop