Meditation - Easy Tools for Success

If you are reading this page, you probably already have read my meditation article. If you'd like to jump straight to the resources, they are at the bottom of this article.

Do you want to learn how to meditate?
Have you tried to meditate but you keep falling asleep?
Or you're not sure you are doing it right?
Do you keep thinking about other things while you are trying to "clear your mind"?

First you need to decide what type of meditation you want to do. There are basically two types of meditation - active and passive. Passive meditation is clearing the mind of all thoughts. You can then allow your "inner voice" or "minds eye" to speak to you. Passive meditation is good for reducing stress, increasing creativity, and just getting in some quiet time.

Active meditation is when you keep your mind active by working on a particular problem in your life or focusing on accomplishing certain goals you have set. Using affirmations while meditating are particularly helpful in this area.

There are many simple techniques to help you meditate. You may have read about them already. They include breathing techniques, repeating mantras, sitting up so you don't fall asleep and visualizing certain objects. These are all good techniques and will help you accomplish reaching that alpha brain wave level necessary for meditation.

However, for a beginner, it can be frustrating, especially if you are not sure that you are reaching the alpha level. There are tools available that can help you. The easiest way to get started is with guided meditation cds. These recordings may have background music or binaural beats designed to help your brain get to the alpha level. Most of them will have a relaxation exercise. These are useful for passive meditation.

A good free guided meditation comes with the free email course from Silva Ultra Mind. You can burn this guided meditation on a CD and listen to it anytime. Read my review and get it here:
Silva Meditation

Another good resource is the downloads at eMusic. This site has a monthly fee signup, but you get 50 free downloads and you can cancel anytime within the first two weeks without paying anything. Once there, check out these choices:
Adagio: Music for Meditation by Peter Davison
Journey Into the Land of Meditation by Christina Drogden - (This has a couple of guided meditations as well as unguided meditations.)

More advanced techniques for active meditation will have subliminal messages and/or auditory affirmations depending upon what goals you would like to accomplish. Some are called self-hypnosis cds but they really are the same as guided meditations. These are helpful in keeping you on track during your meditation. It is very easy to lose your focus when you meditate and have your thoughts drift off to other areas. Concentrating on listening to the cds will help you maintain your focus.

Here's a good meditation hypnosis cd - Master Meditation

A good source of hypnosis cds of all kinds is Hyptalk. They have a wide array of CD's and DVD's.

If you are interested in high tech meditation, you'll want to check out
The Holosync Solution.

And also:
Quantum Mind Power

A fun way to measure your meditation results is by playing The Journey to Wild Divine. This interactive game measures your meditation results by using biofeedback sensors.