Well, there are lots of different styles of meditation. It is probably best to do a course first and get aquainted with different systems. Generally beginners find it easier to use guided meditational tapes and also focusing visually on candle flames. Get yourself an egg timer, start it on 5 minutes, then increase the length of your meditation each daily session by 5 minutes until you can do it for an hour without fidgeting.
For myself, I don't have this much time, so I do 4 X 10 minute meditations throughout the day. Each hour, if you stop what you are doing for a minute and cultivate stillness, then you will tend to prolong this effect.
Motorcycle riding and swimming also contain elements of meditation within them (heigtened concentration, breathing, overwhelming focus on technique to the exclusion of other thoughts).
The first realisation you will have is just how much mental pollution there is in the mind.
When doing meditation courses, be aware that some of them are recruiting grounds for certain cults. One course that I can reccomend is run by the Brahmi Kumaris - any payment is by no pressure donations. Sri Chinmoy is another one, also Sri Mataji - all decent courses.  |