How Do You Meditate?

[TruthSeeker]

Yes, how do you meditate? ;)

I usually meditate sitting down (well, of course).
I like meditating while listening to classical music. My facorite soundtrack for meditation is Fantasia 2000. :)
I prefer to meditate in the middle of a forest, close by a relatively cool river, in the middle of spring or beginning of fall, while hearing to the birds. I also love the smell of moss while I'm meditating. :lol:

How about ya? ;)

[TruthSeeker]

You are really fast, scam... :lol: :rofl: :goodlaugh: :rofl:

[scameter]

I do the second and third one of yours, and if I had others who would do this with me, or the money to do the second one which could be done alone, I would/do meditate practicing swordfighting (especially with samurai weaponry, currently wooden katanas) and archery. The former is a form of meditation considered very valid in Japanese, and even general, Zen Buddhism. :)

[TruthSeeker]

I used to do Xiao Lin sword when I was your age... :)
I loved the dragon and phoenix movements.... B)

[scameter]

Well, mostly because of my lack of partners, I do not know many forms of swordsmanship, except various stances, and even then I do not know their names. I think it would be awesome to use Viking-type swords and duel. :P

[TruthSeeker]

You don't need a partner to fight with a sword. I never did have a partner myself.
When you train, you train alone.

And it's not like I would ever actually use it for fighting! :o LOL! :lol:

I fought swordfighting as a method of meditation. There are many martial arts that are just likethat. Thta's why they are called "arts".

[scameter]

How exactly did you swordfight alone? I mean, I understand acting out the movements and such, but how did you actually practice alone?

[Smurf]

hmm, I meditate when it comes to me... perhaps on the Bus going to school... in bed at night or at a soccer match with screaming fans all around me... sitting down on the jetty fishing, or just walking around the property when they decide to come, it is wonderful and I grasp those moments ture beauty ...

[locomotive]

I don't meditate allot maybe once a week. But when I do kung fu especially in mabu stance it seems I am meditating though I don't really know. My awareness slowly drifts to the correct posture and I stand there forgetting time and my room till the legs start to shake violently and become mush.

traning alone? train the strikes. visualize where you going to strike and strike. hang targets and use a dummy or just a pole.

[TruthSeeker]

How exactly did you swordfight alone? I mean, I understand acting out the movements and such, but how did you actually practice alone?
Well... Xiao Ling sword has a set of movements just like Tai Chi does. And just like Tai Chi, you don't need a partner. And, again, just like Tai Chi, you start the training very slowly. Then as you progress, you can try faster and faster. And also, as you progress, you can try extremely slow, which is harder then faster. :lol:

[lenin32]

My meditation is not an action. It is inaction. I simply let my thoughts lose their momentum on their own.

[Smurf]

but it is an action though, you let your thoughts lose momentum, that is an action on your part

the action of inaction

[locomotive]

it's a different kind of action, yes

[scameter]

To be honest, I would for one prefer to practice with a partner, whether it would follow the rules or not, and would prefer to do archery if I could afford it.

[TruthSeeker]

Yes. We can all agree there is action and inaction. :D

[Smurf]

the action of inaction


My friend does archery too Scam... :unsure:

[scameter]

Oh? I'm not too fond of compound bows or crossbows, though. I would much rather take the more actual route and use what people used to always only use in archery.

[Smurf]

yeah, he uses the compound fancy stuff... I think what you were talking about is better though

and crossbows are banned in Tasmania

[scameter]

Why?

[lenin32]

Can anyone here present their favored method of meditation, followed by an explanation please?

[Kether]

Smurf: crossbows are banned in Tasmania
Scameter: Why?
Perhaps because you can kill people with them? :lol:
I like meditating while listening to classical music. My favorite soundtrack for meditation is Fantasia 2000.
My favourite piece of music is the Aria from the Goldberg Variations. I generally just lie on my back and concentrate on what I consider to be a series of totally and utterly perfect sounds. Meditation, for me, always takes effort; it's never enough to just let my mind wander, because it will inevitably wander onto work - I have to have a single thing to concentrate on: bodily awareness, music, or trying to imagine what it is like to feel absolutely nothing.
Museums, particularly art galleries, always send me into something of a meditative state: surrounded by soft, hushed quietness (except in the Vatican last week :rolleyes: - god), I connect completely with the object in front of me. A stream of beautiful feelings inevitably follows.

[scameter]

Perhaps because you can kill people with them? :lol:

Yes indeed, with much more ease than say guns, compound bows, knives, swords, and the like. :D

I generally just lie on my back and concentrate on what I consider to be a series of totally and utterly perfect sounds.

This may sound odd, well, quite odd, to say, but...for some reason, when you said that....Well, nevermind.

Museums, particularly art galleries, always send me into something of a meditative state

Listening to Queen's song Bohemian Rhapsody, or any of System of a Down's songs, and a couple of Staind's songs do the same to me. :P I also enjoy feeling water. For some reason, it's gentle, mystical nonchalance of perfect form and beauty somehow arouse me.

[WilliamMckeehan]

i meditate. it is for a pretty pointless purpose but i still do it. i have got in to competitive online gaming if u wanna know the game ask :P but before a match i some times meditate to take away the nerviousness and make me more relaxed able to think better. but i still gotta learn how to keep that because once somthing bad happens in the game that might cause me to lose i get nervous again. cant do that :P

but i normaly do it just sitting in my chair or on the floor laying down. <_<

[Thomas Knierim]

William: if u wanna know the game ask...

Tetris? :D :D :D

[CSwriter1]

http://www.medievalrepro.com/Books_and_Videos.html

At this site you will find videos for dueling and the history of armor and swords.

Learning to use a sword was important part of a males education at one time.

[CSwriter1]

Absolutely Tetris is excellent. I love focusing my thoughts on a game.

But ah yes, Spring days come, and urge us to sit in nature and just be there. Spring and fall are wonderful times to be with nature.

I think yoga is a good way to be aware of my body, but find it hard to motivate myself to do it.

I have used tapes and like guided mediations. I am seeking some peaceful music at this time, and am not sure what to buy.

[scameter]

Oooo awesome, thanks my friend. :) Indeed, it was; and in some societies, that counted for women too. For instance, in the Amazon society, women had to cut off their right breast in order to make sure that it didn't hinder their use of a bow. But, indeed, that was part of basic education back then, when chivalry still existed. I wonder what weapon the Native Americans chiefly trained in....probably the bow. :lol:

[MidnightSun]

Indeed, it was; and in some societies, that counted for women too. For instance, in the Amazon society, women had to cut off their right breast in order to make sure that it didn't hinder their use of a bow

I read about it too :)

[scameter]

They would also used to kill baby boys.

[MidnightSun]

But i read there was some boys village distant form them, there they were growing up the boy babies by usually a few old women.

[scameter]

Of course, but they would also ritually kill baby boys.

[MidnightSun]

Well, ritually yes, i agree.

[Smurf]

Perhaps because you can kill people with them?

heh yeah! :D we actually have a thing called "Arms control" in Australia, might not have heard of it in US

ok favourite method... hmm..

anywhere, anytime I can just relax completely block out everything and flow my brain on a single thought.... bliss reigns supreme in the realm of dreams :thumbsup:

[scameter]

So you can't buy any weapons in Australia?

[Smurf]

oh we can, but we have more gun control in Australia... definately more than America I think :unsure: