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Formal practice is usually one of the most important aspects of meditation for beginners. As you get more advanced, there is more room for play (although it is useful to approach all practice with a playful attitude).
These tips will help you create or modify your practice to enjoy more success with meditation.
Formal Practice Tip 1: Moving Meditation. If you are comfortable with standing (or if you just can not stand sitting meditation), you can play with moving meditation. This is the same principle taken one step further. Once you can really still your mind during moving meditation... you will be on the verge of being able to keep your mind still at all times... while you move about your day to day life. Once you can easily still and quiet your mind during your formal standing practice, you can begin to do the same with moving.
Formal Practice Tip 2: Mantra Meditation. When you are comfortable with silent meditation (or if silent meditation drives you crazy), you can play with mantras. I am personally not the biggest fan of mantras. I have noticed much more benefit from silent sitting... but this might just be me. I do occasionally play with them... just to see. "Om Mani Padme Hum" works fine, and so does the simple "Om". Anything can work as a mantra (although specific mantras may have specific benefits). If you use a mantra in a language you understand (or if you just understand the meaning of the mantra), you want to repeat the mantra at the same pace enough times to forget what it means... Again, the same principle applies. You want to become quiet and focused with the most simple of activities... and then you can add complexity a little bit at a time.
Formal Practice Tip 3: K.I.S.S. principle. Keep It Simple and Sweet (or Keep It Simple, Stupid... it you are not trying to be polite) It is a lot of fun to play around with a variety of meditations, but it is key that you learn to pour your focus into a single object. Switching from meditation to meditation is a bit too much like standard entertainment... monkey mind (or wild horse mind)... it encourages distraction and a general lack of focus. Make sure you get some ability with silent stillness before standing or moving to mantras.
Formal Practice Tip 4: Find a local meditation group!... And attend regularly. Any city (even some very small ones) will house at least one meditation group or class. Usually you can choose from several options. Find a place that matches your interests. Much of what I teach comes from a Vipassana - Mindfulness approach, but I have studied and enjoyed several different approaches, and you can take any approach you like... most approaches start out with a certain degree of mindfulness anyway. I see mindfulness as a basic that should be continually practiced along your path, regardless of what other exercises or drills you adopt. The real value of a class comes from the gentle social encouragement to be consistent. We are likely to experience some degree of "peer pressure" no matter what we do... so we might as well find a way to use that peer pressure that encourages us along our path.
Formal Practice Tip 5: Attend a Retreat! There are a real variety of retreats out there now. Pick one and go! Give yourself a day or several days to practice as much as you like. Everything that applies for attending a class applies doubly for attending a retreat. There is a very interesting group dynamic that can take place at classes but is more likely at retreats... you can really much more easily begin to tap into a special kind of connection and oneness... and when you have that much time to spend cultivating consciousness, you can really achieve some deep and powerful states... and once you get there, it is easier to bring a little bit of that state back with you into your daily practice and your daily life!
Use these tips to help you in your practice of meditation... and you will begin to enjoy much more powerful meditations that will begin to filter peace, power, and happiness into the rest of your being.
Benjamin Langley has been studying meditation, self-hypnosis, energy work, and other healing methods for over 15 years. He has taken the time to study, practice, and integrate these methods, and he has written over 400 articles on these subjects, as well as numerous podcasts and videos that can be found on his site and others.
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Are There Special Mantras For Meditation?
Mantras have influenced thinking about meditation for a long time. That's not surprising: mantras are a time tested tool, helping people grow spiritually for thousands of years.
But given the broad ignorance in the West about mantras and the wide variety of ways mantras are approached by meditation teachers, novice meditators (and some veterans, too!) will confront a confusing mix of information about how to use them in their own meditation practice.
There are three main ways to think about mantras, and how they work:
1) Energetic - the actual sound of the mantra resonates in some way with the spiritual energy of the universe and our subtle bodies. The effect of such resonance is largely independent of the meditator's understanding of the mantra, or their mental involvement in reciting it. In this model, mantra are delivered to humanity through revelation. They can't just be made up.
2) Religious - in this view,the mantra initiates some level of contact with spiritual beings or the Absolute. From this perspective, mantra may be revelatory (as with the first point of view) or they can be drawn from spiritual tradition. In either case, the meditator needs to be mentally engaged in the effort to reach for, or open themselves to, the supramundane.
3) Mechanical/psychological - here, there is no preternatural context within which mantra reside. The impact of any repeated word or sound is simply to promote a particular psycholgical effect; usually, this effect is one of relaxation. "The Relaxation Response", by Dr. Herbert Benson, is a good presentation of this mechanistic view.
So the answer to the question, "are there special mantra for meditation?" very much depends on which model you subscribe to. If you are in the mechanistic camp (the third model listed), the answer is a clear "no". Any sound may be used as a point of focus, and will produce the calm state of mind which has so many positive effects.
From the first perspective, the answer is similarly clear, though directly opposing: there are very specific, non-arbitrary sounds which have an effect on the world through their own power. If you want to use mantras for meditation, you need to learn these specific sounds; you may even need to be initiated into the use of your particular mantra.
The second view of using mantras for meditation work is the tricky one. The mantras are not necessarily energetically active, but users typically ascribe a high level of holiness to them; these mantras often include the name of religious figures. A Buddhist example of this could be the well known "Om Mani Padme Hum" - this mantra consists of a 'nick name' for Avalokitashvara (Mani Padme = Jewel Lotus) sandwiched between the symbols 'Om' and 'Hum'. There is some sense that the six syllables have a particular power, but more importantly, the mantra invokes the presence and blessing of Avalokiteshvara. There is a holiness in it, more than a magical spell.
Similarly, Orthodox Christians have been using the Jesus Prayer for centuries: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner." There is no inherent magic in the mere sounds of the prayer, but there is an obvious reverence toward Jesus' name and the short phrase is clearly intent on asking for help rather than promoting a magical effect through simple intonation.
While most meditation instructors will tell you how to think about mantra, I would suggest a simple path to finding your own answer: try them out. If you are inclined to follow the energetic model, learn the mantras for meditation which purportedly create an effect you are looking for in your own life. Make it something easily and objectively discernible: more money, more health, more love - whatever it is, make your goal clear and then meditate with that mantra for weeks or months. And then see; did your life change the way you had hoped?
Do the same with the other two models. Can you discern an expanded openness to spiritual realities when relying on religious mantras for meditation? Or, do you simply feel more relaxed after repeating some random word for twenty minutes?
This exploration, if you want to use mantras for meditation, is extremely important. Without a good answer derived from your OWN experience, you will never have the certainty that you are taking full advantage of this technology. Eventually, you'll drop it. And that would be a shame, because using mantras as part of your meditation practice can be enormously beneficial.
Vigilate,
Christopher Boozell
For more information on Christian meditation check out Christopher Boozell's website: http://www.tantricchristianity.com/lesson_signup.html. You can even sign up for a free mini-course on meditation!
About the Author
A life long student of the world's spiritual traditions, Christopher has explored the great Asian traditions, such as Hinduism, Taoism, and, of course, Buddhism.
After several years of 'book study', he found that a purely academic approach to this religious exploration simply wasn't enough. In 1987 he relocated to Dayton, Ohio in order to work with a living martial and spiritual tradition. There he was lucky enough to be mentored by several fantastic teachers, including noted author and teacher Stephen K Hayes.
After less than two years of intense study, Christopher had become a black belt and was a member of the teaching staff, eventually being granted the rank of Nidan (2nd degree black belt) and partnering in the actual running of the dojo's operation. Currently, he leads occasional meditation sessions through Miami Valley Meditation.
For decades he has been very concerned about the lack of accessibility within the Christian tradition to techniques and strategies with the same level of sophistication as those of Asian believers. This dearth of introspective teaching presents an unnecessary tension for Christians hungry for greater intimacy with the Divine, but uncomfortable turning to other traditions in search of a means to that end.
With the upcoming release of Tantric Christianity, it is his hope that the Christian community can again begin to feel comfortable utilizing easily accessible tools which facilitate a deep and mature relationship with God.
Question to Buddhists: What would be a respectful place to get the Om mani padme hum tattoo?
I've been wanting to get one since quite a while. I would have loved to get one on the nape of my neck but I have a full-back dragon tattoo with a claw there. So I was thinking right forearm (because I know that in Buddhism right is good and left is bad). But now I've decided that there's too little place there (I'm skinny)
Now I want to get a lotus under it. So I was thinking on the upper part of my right boob but I'm not comfortable going 'there' with my artist.
So now I think right upper arm (though there's not much girth there either!)
Does anyone have any more idea for a respectful place on my body that I could get this tattooed? My only other tats are my entire back & one on each ankle.
Thanks so much in advance.
When I talked about getting it on my left book, I didn't mean it in a disrespectful way. I meant for it to be higher up, just over my heart.
If you are really getting it i suggest you do it on a place where u can always see it yourself.
Such as your arm. inner arm.
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