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Title: ??(meditation)??I


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  • Anyone, anywhere, in any lifestyle, can practice
    it.

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What is the mind?
  • It is the general name given to the totality of
    our conscious and unconscious experiences.
  • Mind is not a physical thing that has thoughts
    and feelings it is those very experience.
  • The mind can be divided into sense consciousness?
    sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch? and
    mental consciousness ( intellectual process,
    feelings and emotions, memory and dreams.

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  • Meditation means, literally, to become
    familiar. It is an activity of the mental
    consciousness. It involves one part of the mind
    observing, analyzing and dealing with the rest of
    the mind.

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  • Meditation is not simply a matter of sitting in a
    particular posture or breathing a particular way
    it is a state of mind.
  • Meditation practice is not limited to certain
    people. There are different methods practiced in
    different cultures, and they all share the same
    basic elements, experiences, problems, and
    potential in life.

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  • There are many meditation techniques but all can
    be included under two headings stabilizing and
    analytical.

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Preliminary understandings
  • 1. Practice regularly.
  • 2. Set a pleasant meditation place.
  • 3. Choosing an appropriate practice.
  • 4. Short sessions.
  • 5. Be relaxed but alert.
  • 6. No expectations.

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  • 7. The need for an experienced teacher.
  • 8. Dont advertise!

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How to start a session?
  • 1. Sit
  • (Legs, Arms, Back, Eyes, Jaw, Tongue, Head.)
  • 2. Motivate
  • Why do you want to meditate?
  • What do you hope to achieve?
  • (short term, intermediate, and long term.)

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  • 3. Meditate
  • 4. Dedicate

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Common Problems
  • 1. Mental excitement
  • 2. Sleepiness
  • 3. Physical discomfort
  • 4. Strange image and sensations
  • 5. Discouragement

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Breathing Meditations
  • The principal mental activity used here is
    mindfulness.
  • The object of concentration is our own breath.

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  • Choose one of the following methods of
    practicing
  • 1. Focus on the sensation at the tip of the
    nostrils as the breath enters and leave your
    body.
  • 2. Use the method just described, but focus
    instead on the rising and falling of the
    abdomen with each inhalation and exhalation.

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  • Thank you.
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