Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Group Meditations and Meditation Techniques

By Andy Bramhill


There's ever increasing number of people who are awakening to the undeniable fact that it is necessary for them to perform some kind of meditation on a day-to-day basis. With such a large amount of different types of mediation everybody wishes to find the right one for them.

Some of the old eastern meditations can be particularly strict and will need a large amount of self-discipline to attain. These meditations were extremely appropriate many years ago but today they don't seem to be as well suited to the majority of people. There are more ways to enter into the state of meditation much quicker and with far less effort. The continuing irony of plenty of the more traditional kinds of meditation is in fact that you have got to spend time thinking about not thinking and trying to not try.

There are a ton of new meditation techniques that may really successfully bring you into that state of meditation which are much better suited to these modern a chaotic times in which we live. Often they will take the from of guided meditations. This is when there is a person dictating the meditation as you go along, be it in a group or from a recording. The meditation s frequently set to a suitable background meditation music. The benefit of these guided meditations is that you don't have to be concerned about entering into the meditative state nor about clearing you mind, you just sit and listen following the gentle directions given to you, This is kind of like a fantasy journey but with many of them you can actually successfully enter into a state of deep meditation without even realising it.

There is one underlying common factor to the old traditional kinds of meditation and the modern ones. All of them eventually will steer you to go inside yourself to a place where you are able to separate yourself from your mind and your thoughts. A place you can just be and be separate from your mind. Once you've seen this and can tell the difference between your yourself and your thoughts then you are well on the way to being able to easily enter into meditation using most methods.

Group meditation is becoming more and more favored in numerous different circles today. There are small groups who meet for a range of reasons from healing circles to yoga classes and even simple support groups. All of them like to start or end their sessions with some sort of a group meditation.

This group meditation can be silent or with calming music in the background. There will often be an individual guiding the meditation and giving directions or aids to making your inner journey.

When meditating in a group environment the sensation of being in that meditative state can be extremely contagious with all members of the group fast becoming inspired and feeling the energy levels of the group rising. This inspiring of one an other helps everybody in the group to quickly enter into a state of meditation swiftly and without effort which can on occasions be really profound.

Group meditation is typically quite a lot shorter than your own private meditation. The effects however are just as strong but as you enter into the meditation faster then you don't really need as much time.

When a group meditation is led, the energy created can also be used to perform certain selfless healing tasks. As an example the group could send positive energy to the healing of the planet or to a situation in a certain country or disaster zone. Small moments like these might not appear like a lot but they can help enormously in raising the planetary vibration of the planet we are living in.

If you've got a group that meets frequently maybe you could gain from trying a group meditation. There are masses of guided meditations available to use online if you're short of material.




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