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I'm always at peace for atleast 10 minutes, but everyday, I end up crying for someone...I cannot find a way to release all the thoughts from my brain...Whats the greatest form of meditation can revive my peace? I've tried the silent meditation, and one I had read from a book on Cat Magick. I need to find it, since I miss it....But it did somewhat calm me down. Does anyone know any other meditation secrets or advice?


Gwendolyn

Wow. Thank you. I more into the relaxation kind of meditation though. ^_^;;; But I should try that, it may just work for me. It seems a rather interesting way to handle things.

I can say from a Buddhist point of view that the point of meditation is not to empty your mind or escape from every day life. It's the exact opposite. It is sitting still and letting thoughts come and go without hooking yourself on them and making judgments on them. For example, if you start worrying about your friends and deciding how they should've handled the situation that happened the other day, and then start imagining what you should've said, and imagining what you will say next time you see them- suddenly you realize 15 minutes have passed and you weren't there. Meditation is about being present, noticing your thoughts, and letting them pass by without getting hooked.

That's not to say that meditation is a bad time to think about something traumatic happening in your life. If your loved grandparent has just died, you could use meditation to sit with that feeling of grief and just experience it. Meditation in this way is also a tool for being present in reality and experiencing joy or grief, without escaping reality or hiding from your fears.

Besides the benefit of being rested and relaxed, you'll also become aware of some of your habitual thinking. I noticed when I used to meditate that when I talk to people that sometimes what I say is based on my emotional reactions, and was able to stop myself before I said something that I logically did not really believe.

My advice would be to sit in a quiet place where you won't be disturbed, preferably on a pillow on the ground or a chair if you have back problems. Sit up straight, but not so rigid that you're focusing all your attention on your posture. Simply listen to yourself breath, and notice the feeling of your breath entering and leaving your nostrils. When a thought arises, label it "thought" and let it drift away. This is to be a peaceful gesture, not one in which as soon as you find yourself thinking you push it out. Just let them drift away. Do this 5 minutes a day, and slowly increase it to whatever time you feel comfortable with.

If you just want to release yourself from stress, then I suggest listening to music. Really loudly. Especially ambient music like Eluvium and Evan Bartholomew; it's very peaceful, ethereal and absorbing, often entrancing. I do it once every other day for at least 30 minutes and it completely relieves me of stress and anxiety. It's made me a very mellow person.