In this week’s practice, meditation teacher Toby Sola goes through three different types of meditation and explains what is common in all techniques.
Have you ever wondered why there are many different types of meditation, and some of them contradict each other in view, style, or even purpose?
In today’s guidance practice, meditation teacher Toby Sola goes through three common types of meditation. In addition, he explains that the word “meditation” is like the word “game” – and how it is all different in different ways to share the same important purpose.
If you are new to meditation or curious about testing new ways, you will like this week’s practice.
Buffett of a mind -making: 3 different types of meditation
After each paragraph, stop and follow the guided meditation script below. Or listen to audio practice.
As a meditation teacher, I get one of the most common questions that happens like this: Someone told me that meditation was about to focus on your breath, but someone else told me that meditation was about quitting. What gives?
The answer to this question is easy. Word Medical Is like the word Game. There are a wide variety of sports, and some sports also have contradictory principles. For example, in American football, you are not allowed to touch the ball with your hands. But in basketball, you are. At the same time, there is a shared thread that connects all sports. You can say that all sports produce some kind of physical strength, flexibility and skill. Meditation is exactly the same. There are a variety of meditation techniques, and some of them also have contradictory instructions. But all meditation techniques promote the same basic skills of concentration, explanation and balance.
In this meditation, I will give you an immediate visit to three different meditation techniques so you realize what is there.
- To start, lengthen the spinal cord. Relax shoulders and arms. Take your attention to what you are listening to in your environment. You may hear traffic, wind, or people talking nearby. You may just hear the silence. It’s all good. Find your attention to what you are hearing.
- This type of practice is an example of meditation techniques that I call “noting and labeling”. In noting and labeling techniques, you choose one or some of the naturally naturally sensory experiences to focus, and if you engage, just redirect your attention.
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- Next, we are going to deliberately recite and focus on a positive word or phrase. Take a moment to think about a positive word or phrase. Here are some examples. The name of positive emotions can be sympathetic or thankful. The sound like a confirmation can come, I love you, keep walking. Or, or I deserve love. A statement about the change of positive behavior can be something like that, I go to the gym twice a weekOr,, or I go to bed at 10pm. These are just examples. Choose a word or phrase you like. Once you fix a word or phrase, repeat it mentally. Don’t call it loud. Tell yourself in your mind.
- This exercise is an example of meditation techniques that I call “upbringing positive”. In the upbringing of positive ways, you don’t just pay attention to what happens, as we were doing in the first part of this guidance. Instead, you deliberately create positive thoughts or feelings that can be focused on. Keep reading and focusing on your phrase.
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- For the third technique we are going to leave the focus of any kind. Here, you are not turning your attention to anything, but keeping your mind loose and indifferent. If, for any reason, you are aware of the intention of directing your attention, leave this intention. Otherwise, you don’t need to do anything.
- This is an example of a meditation technique family that I call “Auto Focus”. In the methods of autofox, if you are aware of your intention to overcome your attention, you give up that intention. Otherwise, you don’t need to do anything. Your experience may not be comfortable and especially pleasant. It may not be as if you are practicing meditation, but when you just do whatever you are, you are technically.
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- Consider how different, and even contradictory. In the first practice, we chose something to pay attention to, but we did not try to change it. In the second exercise, we created something positive to focus. And in the third exercise, we dropped all the intentions to overcome our attention.
- That’s why I say this word Medical Is like the word Game. Meditation has a million techniques, with many contradictory instructions, but all of them share in the combined thread of three basic mental muscle development: concentration, explanation and balance.
Word Medical Is like the word Game. Meditation has a million techniques, with many contradictory instructions, but all of them share in the combined thread of three basic mental muscle development: concentration, explanation and balance.
- When we wrap up, there is an important way I want to remember you. If you are in meditation, you will probably hear all kinds of guidance. If you listen to the instructions that you have heard before, this is not a problem. Just go along. The teachers are just guiding you in a unique technique that you have not encountered before. And this is not a big deal because all techniques promote the same basic skills. Hopefully, this feeling will allow you to appreciate and learn the various meditation techniques there. Enjoy
