Powerful Meditation Techniques: How to meditate like a Jedi

[r0ckyreed]

Hello guys, I was wondering what are the most powerful meditation techniques that you have used?

I heard of Kriya Yoga, but I searched everywhere and couldn’t find any info on it.

Please let me know what your favorite techniques are. My goal is to become a Buddha without psychedelics. I aim to use contemplation and meditation to get me there. Thank you!

While I am at it, my favorite meditation is listening to sounds as a meditation. Another one that I really love is the Actuality vs concept meditation if looking at my hand for an hour.

Edited October 16, 2020 by r0ckyreed

[Preety_India]

 

Transcendental Meditation. 

[r0ckyreed]

23 minutes ago, Preety_India said:

 

Transcendental Meditation. 

That’s a good one! What mantra do you use? Could you walk me through how you do transcendental meditation?

I use Mooji’s mantra, which is “pure awareness, I am. Pure awareness, I am. Pure awareness, I am. Ohm. (Repeat). 
 

I also use the Jedi Code as my meditation as well.

[Preety_India]

@r0ckyreed

I don't use any mantra. 

What I do is this - 

I sit in a comfortable position. Lotus position. 

A peaceful room or garden. Or woods.

I keep my eyes open. I simply look at the scene in front of my eyes. 

I take a deep breath. Inhale loudly and exhale slowly. Deep full breaths each time. Full focus on the flow of the breath with eyes open. 

Next I look around. I don't react to anything I see. I just let it be as it and I accept its existence and presence. During this the monkey mind starts and I start getting thoughts about anything, any event or incident that might have happened the day before or any random thought. I observe this thought. I don't judge it or conclude it. I simply observe this thought. I let this thought pass without letting affect me. I let the thoughts come and I let them go. 

After some time the frequency of thoughts reduces. I feel calm 

I continue this method for next 20 to 30 minutes. 

And then I return back to my work. 

It leaves me feeling centered and grounded and calm.

Its especially good if I am stressed. 

[nistake]

- Do nothing/resting as awareness meditation

- Self-inquiry

- Contemplation

 

[r0ckyreed]

15 minutes ago, Preety_India said:

@r0ckyreed

I don't use any mantra. 

What I do is this - 

I sit in a comfortable position. Lotus position. 

A peaceful room or garden. Or woods.

I keep my eyes open. I simply look at the scene in front of my eyes. 

I take a deep breath. Inhale loudly and exhale slowly. Deep full breaths each time. Full focus on the flow of the breath with eyes open. 

Next I look around. I don't react to anything I see. I just let it be as it and I accept its existence and presence. During this the monkey mind starts and I start getting thoughts about anything, any event or incident that might have happened the day before or any random thought. I observe this thought. I don't judge it or conclude it. I simply observe this thought. I let this thought pass without letting affect me. I let the thoughts come and I let them go. 

After some time the frequency of thoughts reduces. I feel calm 

I continue this method for next 20 to 30 minutes. 

And then I return back to my work. 

It leaves me feeling centered and grounded and calm.

Its especially good if I am stressed. 

Thanks. Wow. I need to look into transcendental meditation. I thought it was all about mantras and stuff. Thanks for your detailed thoughts.

 

6 minutes ago, nistake said:

- Do nothing/resting as awareness meditation

- Self-inquiry

- Contemplation

 

I tried Do Nothing m, and it’s hard lol. I feel like I am just in monkey mind. I feel like I am wasting time. What I tried to do was just observe my mind. When the monkey comes, I would observe him and just keep observing. 
 

What does your contemplation or self-inquiry practice look like?

[Preety_India]

@r0ckyreed you're welcome. 

[Sempiternity]

Go to Amazon and type in 'Kriya Yoga' and buy a couple of books and do the daily practices.

There is lots of info on this thread : 

 

[nistake]

@r0ckyreed Yeah, if you get grabbed by your monkey-mind too often, then it tends to be frustrating. That's when proper concentration skills come handy. 

I don't practise self-inquiry in a formal way, it's like a constant practise for me. However, I do practise meditation and I like to combine the two. As for contemplation, I use my journal to do so.

If you're interested in these techniques, I strongly recommend Adyashanti's book; The Way Of Liberation. He describes these 3 techniques in a detailed way. It's available for free on his website.

[Michal__]

The key to transcendental meditation, if you want to do it in the CLASSICAL WAY (but without a teacher) is to pick a mantra that holds no meaning to you.

Then count your breaths for a minute or two and begin repeating the mantra.

First in a controlled fashion for short time (minute or two) and then let it repeat itself freely .

If it is repeating by itself then it will slowly begin repeating less and less, which will quiet your mind, and then you will experience self-transcending.

Btw. If a self-transcending technique makes you feel tired, then stop & switch to samatha meditation.

What @Preety_India described above is nice, but try both, to see which gives you transcendental experiences. A self-transcending technique should give you these experiences either on your first try or after a few tries.

Edited October 16, 2020 by Michal__

[r0ckyreed]

8 hours ago, nistake said:

If you're interested in these techniques, I strongly recommend Adyashanti's book; The Way Of Liberation. He describes these 3 techniques in a detailed way. It's available for free on his website

Is this the link you are talking about?

https://www.adyashanti.org/teachings/intro-teachings

[r0ckyreed]

8 hours ago, Michal__ said:

The key to transcendental meditation, if you want to do it in the CLASSICAL WAY (but without a teacher) is to pick a mantra that holds no meaning to you.

Then count your breaths for a minute or two and begin repeating the mantra.

First in a controlled fashion for short time (minute or two) and then let it repeat itself freely .

If it is repeating by itself then it will slowly begin repeating less and less, which will quiet your mind, and then you will experience self-transcending.

Btw. If a self-transcending technique makes you feel tired, then stop & switch to samatha meditation.

What @Preety_India described above is nice, but try both, to see which gives you transcendental experiences. A self-transcending technique should give you these experiences either on your first try or after a few tries.

Awesome! Thank you! What is an example of a mantra that you use that has no meaning to you?

What exactly do you mean by samatha meditation, and how is it different from anapanasati meditation (awareness of breath).

[Rilles]

Strong Determination Sitting

1 hour of not moving a muscle while sitting upright on chair. 
 

Youll be massively conscious and calm after this, believe me, and youll get insights into how restless the ego really is. 

[r0ckyreed]

8 hours ago, nistake said:

If you're interested in these techniques, I strongly recommend Adyashanti's book; The Way Of Liberation. He describes these 3 techniques in a detailed way. It's available for free on his website

Is this the link you are talking about?

https://www.adyashanti.org/teachings/intro-teachings

[r0ckyreed]

25 minutes ago, Rilles said:

Strong Determination Sitting

1 hour of not moving a muscle while sitting upright on chair. 
 

Youll be massively conscious and calm after this, believe me, and youll get insights into how restless the ego really is. 

Damn. That sounds intense. Thanks man!

What do you do when your mind wanders to distract from Not moving a muscle, do you just Do Nothing and observe it, or do you return to breath or mantra, or sounds, or body, etc.?

I am definitely doing to try it.

[Rilles]

28 minutes ago, r0ckyreed said:

Damn. That sounds intense. Thanks man!

What do you do when your mind wanders to distract from Not moving a muscle, do you just Do Nothing and observe it, or do you return to breath or mantra, or sounds, or body, etc.?

I am definitely doing to try it.

Observe the mind making excuses to move or to quit and stand up. 

Oh and I forget, set a timer for an hour, easy mode: Keep the timer in your visual field. Hard mode: Keep the timer hidden until the alarm goes off. 

Btw, Its okay to swallow, sneeze and stuff like that. Just dont move your neck or body. And you can open your eyes if you get sleepy, to go back and forth between open-eye meditation and closed is okay. 

Id suggest starting with 10 minutes, I could barely hack it the first time I tried. Try 10 minutes then 30 then 1 hour. 

Edited October 16, 2020 by Rilles

[r0ckyreed]

7 minutes ago, Rilles said:

Observe the mind making excuses to move or to quit and stand up. 

Oh and I forget, set a timer for an hour, easy mode: Keep the timer in your visual field. Hard mode: Keep the timer hidden until the alarm goes off. 

Btw, Its okay to swallow, sneeze and stuff like that. Just dont move your neck or body. And you can open your eyes if you get sleepy, to go back and forth between open-eye meditation and closed is okay. 

Id suggest starting with 10 minutes, I could barely hack it the first time I tried. Try 10 minutes then 30 then 1 hour. 

Thanks man!  

[Rilles]

5 minutes ago, r0ckyreed said:

Thanks man!  

Your ass will hurt alot after 50 minutes. Just a heads up. 

[Michal__]

1 hour ago, r0ckyreed said:

Awesome! Thank you! What is an example of a mantra that you use that has no meaning to you?

What exactly do you mean by samatha meditation, and how is it different from anapanasati meditation (awareness of breath).

Idk if I can share this kind of links, but search "list of transcendental meditation mantras" and the first link (blogpost blog) has a table they use depending on your age (which is probably unnecessary, but you dont have to come up with a mantra yourself that way).

Concentration meditation, so basically breath meditation, but you should count the breaths in order to make sure you are actually training your concentration and not unknowingly doing something like zazen. I was not familiar with the term "anapanasati", but it is safe to assume it is kind of the same, except slight difference of meaning (one is about developing samadhi, which basically means concentration, the other one is about breath, which develops your concentration too).

[nistake]

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