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I'm trying to help a friend learn to meditate.?
When I ask her to follow her breath all the way down inside herself to her abdomen she says there's nothing down there. This is because I made the mistake of telling her this is where you find bliss. I try to tell her if she goes down there looking for something she'll never find it but unfortunately I have confused her and am having difficulty clarifying it for her as I can't seem to explain it in a way that she can understand. But I find it really cool that she even sees there's nothing down there because that means that she is actually going there. If she can go there that easily if I can just get her to let go of expectation and just let herself be there isn't that where God is found? Can someone explain to me about the stillness, the void, the emptiness that's always being talked about in meditation? Isn't this the same place where she says there is nothing? Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I practice breath and mantra meditation but have very little actual knowledge of the different states of consciousness and other facts of meditation. You guys are wonderful. Thank you so much.
4 Answers
- Ashleigh AnnLv 46 years agoFavourite answer
Honestly, don't even try to teach her. Just tell her the steps. How to breathe, what to focus on, etc. And practice. The rest will come.
- ?Lv 66 years ago
WHAT PEOPLE SAY Meditation takes many forms, a number of which have roots in ancient Eastern religions. “The mind has to be empty to see clearly,” said one writer on the subject. His words reflect the view that emptying the mind while focusing on certain words or images promotes inner peace, mental clarity, and spiritual enlightenment.
WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS The Bible puts a high value on meditation. (1 Timothy 4:15, footnote) The kind of meditation that it encourages, however, does not entail emptying the mind or repeating a certain word or phrase, sometimes called a mantra. Rather, Biblical meditation involves purposeful thinking on wholesome topics, such as God’s qualities, standards, and creations. “I meditate on all your activity; I eagerly ponder over the work of your hands,” prayed a faithful man of God. (Psalm 143:5) He also said: “I remember you while upon my bed; I meditate on you during the watches of the night.”—Psalm 63:6.
- Anonymous6 years ago
Your friend is wrong! Deep inside her abdomen lies her intestines, uterus and ovaries.
This stuff about finding god and bliss in your abdomen in superstitious nonsense.
