What is the
Best
Time to Meditate?
It is important to understand that "meditation" is
simply being
aware
of what is happening both within and around us. So ultimately, this is
just a natural part of everything we do, twenty-four hours a day.
Learning the "knack" or "watching" what is going on rather than being
immersed in it can take awhile. And meditation methods are designed to
help you first learn that knack, and then allow the watcher to become
strong enough to become part of your everyday life. So the comments
below refer to the methods that can help you with this process.
Some methods are designed to be most effective when done at a certain
time of the day. For example, Osho Dynamic Meditation is an
energy-activating method best first thing in the morning. Similarly,
Osho Kundalini is designed for the end of the day, to shake off
accumulated tensions. Osho Nataraj and Osho Nadabrahma can be done at
any time.
If you choose to use the Art of Listening approach using the recorded
Osho Talks, then the recommended time is 7 p.m. each evening.
What's important is that you find what method works best for you, given
your particular lifestyle. If you are doing a method that requires you
set aside a certain time of your day, try to keep that time only for
your meditation. Then it becomes as much a part of your natural rhythm
as cleaning your teeth or having your breakfast.
Where...
Many meditative techniques, such as watching the breath, can be
practice anywhere at any time. For the Osho active methods you need a
room where you will be undisturbed and can move freely. For Dynamic
meditation, having the option to make as much noise as you want is
helpful but not absolutely needed.
What to Wear
You'll feel more comfortable in loose clothing that does not restrict
the flowing of your energy in any way.
Minimizing
Disturbances
Make sure you're not disturbed. It might be valuable to distinguish
between noise outside the door, which is only to be watched, and cannot
be a disturbance, and say, the phone going, or people coming in the
room, which is different. There is a thought form that mediation has to
take place in "quiet place" which is not what Osho is saying, which is
to watch everything, inside and out.
Posture
You can read about particular postures needed for a specific technique
in its individual description. In a sitting method, such as Osho
Nadabrahma, or for methods that have a sitting stage, as does Osho
Kundalini, you'll find it easier to be alert and aware if your spine is
erect, because then you are assisted by gravitation. You can sit on a
chair if that is better for you than sitting on the floor. In any
lying-down stage, such as the last stage of Osho Kundalini, if you lie
on your back rather than your side, there is less chance of falling
asleep!
Over all, what's important is that you are comfortable, so that the
body is relaxed.
Psychological
Preparation
It is important that you don't meditate with some goal or desire or any
expectation. The whole secret is to allow the process to unfold.
Wanting something to happen is the surest way to prevent it happening.
Just be content to enjoy the time of meditation in itself, for itself.
Results will come, but only if you're not demanding that they do.
Create a climate of receptivity, openness and relaxation.
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