Meditation is a practice in which an individual trains the mind or induces a mode of consciousness, either to realize some benefit or as an end in itself.
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Why the period of early morning (brahma muhurta or amrut wela) important?
Why the period of early morning (brahma muhurta or amrut wela) important for meditation? And what is that period (approx. from hhmm AM to hhmm AM)? (I know the twilight period for sandhya vandanam. But here I am talking about amrut wela).
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How to meditate lying down
I use to meditate properly in a sitting posture, But recently my physical health got worse and it restricts me from sitting for a long time. hence I started meditating lying down, But I have observed that it is difficult to maintain concentration in…
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How to hear Anahata sound during meditation?
Anahata sound hearing in mediation? How is the sound? Is it OM kara? Anybody heard the sound during meditation with mantra?
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How can I stop thoughts when meditating?
How do I stop thoughts when meditating ?
Meditating (on breath, etc) itself is a thought and I want to be occupied with it, however, I find myself constantly humming a song or thinking about the next thing I want to do after meditation. Even though…
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How to identify the different stages of experience in meditation?
In meditation when you see different color what does it mean? is everybody seeing the color?
Upanishad says that a light like lighting, white blazing light should engulf the person who meditates and his/her surrounding,
But in mediation only blue…
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What is meditation?
What is considered as meditation?
Is it only thinking of god in peaceful mind?
Or is it staying of thinking nothing or empty minded (this is mostly difficult)?
Because we even know that god Shiva also stay in long mediation. So he can't be praying…
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How to master Sri Vidya Sadhana
What practices shall be followed to master Sri Vidya Sadhana?
What does each mantra of Sri Vidya Sadhana mean? I've taken Sri Vidya Deeksha from a Guru, I want to understand the meaning of each mantra, to have the emotion while I recite the matra.
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Does leaving negative thoughts do any harm to us?
In meditation, we are said to leave the negative thoughts and not to react to them.
When I do meditation, I keep getting some negative thoughts some of which I don't react to. But there are some thoughts which I feel, when not reacted to, put me in…
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How do I meditate using Hindu scriptures?
How do I meditate using Hindu scriptures?
Do I need anything?
Where do I start?
What do I learn?
I already read Shani mahatmya daily, and I have found it very beneficial.
Hence now I'm looking for more improvements in my practice
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How should I do Tratak meditation myself safely at home? Does it have any side effects?
How should I practice Tratak meditation safely at home without a guru? What are its side effects if not done properly?
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Auditory sense detachment
"The turtle can draw in its legs. The seer can draw in his senses."
(Bhagavad Gita)
When meditating, most people find it difficult to withdraw from noises around us. Noises prevent us from concentrating on the Atman. Most of us have found it…
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How do I do meditation?
Can anybody help me with meditation? I tried the sitting posture and concentrating on my breath. But in my mind I get lot of inner chatting.
Please suggest me some way to do it correctly.
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How can one meditate?
Whenever i try to meditate, my mind wanders in all directions. Random things happen, i feel like that I'm lucid dreaming. I'm just wondering if it is normal to happen or we can control it? Is there any proper way to meditate at one point?
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What does "vinyasa" mean?
Since my childhood my grandmother taught me that the meaning of Vinyasa means to see everything less complicated. My grandma pass away 6 months ago, and i want to make a tattoo that reminds me how she was and what she taught me, and i always found…
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Ancient hindu Meditation books
Ancient books list?
Thank you in advance. I am in search of meditation books.
A list of them please help
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