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Hi!    I am interested in learning how to meditate and have been for some time.    In your writing today, you mentioned the process begins with stilling our minds, sitting upright in a chair, etc.    
Then in the next paragraph you talk about music, etc.  
I still do not get how a person meditates and gets rid of all thoughts.   I would like to have a personal chant and music Pachobel Canon probably, but I don't know where to start.     I do have one book on the subject and the author suggests stating Maranatha over and over again.    I know it means something, I just forget what at the moment.   I have tried and tried using this method, however, I did not find myself particularly stilled.   I kept waiting for something to happen, I guess maybe zone out to another space, however that did not happen.

Perhaps by the end of  your lessons, I will have learned how.   I am going to give it my best.

I would to take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to you for offering this help to myself and the other members of the Mystic Board Forum.

Sincerely
Yvonne/ylm

Anyone can meditate, in fact many scientists are recognizing that we do it all the time, during our mundane tasks of life.  Meditation means: to think upon.  It is not stopping the mind that is the goal, it is the retraining to a quiet place that is important.  Most people can visualize (although recently I ran across someone for whom this is quite difficult) and that is the reason that visualization (to a quiet place) is so important to this quiet time you take for yourself.  If you find you truly cannot visualize, then sound is the next best alternative - chanting and/or mantras of any kind - repetitive thought.

Set yourself apart, use a straight chair, darken the room, play soothing music - this is all suggestions for the atmosphere.  Do what works for you - you are an individual in mind.  Use some standard exercises in quieting the body, so you can forget about it.  (These can be breathing, tense and release of muscles throughout your body, etc.) Again, do what works for you.

In a quieted state (you usually go to alpha consciousness) you need something to focus upon - try placing a peaceful scene from nature - a garden, a mountain, a waterfall, etc. - again what works for you - and return your mind to this scene when it wanders - and it will (Buddhists call this the monkey mind).  We are told we can only concentrate on anything for a split second - but in this altered state we can tend to float to this scene for comfort and peace quite naturally.

When you have accomplished your own quiet place, you can place a symbol (flower in a garden, something that fits your scene) and a seat to invite your own personal guide.  The symbol, used constantly will help you reach the right, highest source consistently.

God bless, J

Hi.    Thank you for your response and information.    Actually, the way you put it, it sounds easy.     I don't mean easy, attainable.    I know that I can get my mind to quiet, I know about breathing and music, so I will put a little package together for myself mentally and get on with it.  

I give your answer a ten out of ten, thank you.

Hi,
You may also want to look into Brain entrainment.  It uses different sound frequencies to produce different states.
You may or may not have heard of Alpha Beta Delta and Theta waves... there are many more.
Try doing a search on a search engine.  You may be able to find some instructional websites and/or free downloads.
Good luck to you and HAPPY MEDITATING!

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