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For all those who want detailed instructions on meditation in the form of interactive tutorials, Meditation CDs are the most recommended options. These Meditation CDs apart from providing an interactive interface for learning meditation in audio-visual mode, also fill the need of a physical teacher for meditation. In the busy life of 21st century, it not always possible to learn meditation personally from a guru. However, by using good meditation CDs we can overcome this problem and learn meditation in the comfort of out home. There is an abundance of meditation CDs available in the market. There are guided meditation CDs (which provide guided instructions in audio-visual mode) covering vast amounts of topics. When one has just started meditation, using meditation CDs can help him to a great extent.

Meditation CDs come in varieties of topic often in customized version. For example you can easily find meditation CDs on the topics related to weight loss through meditation, improving memory through meditation, Building self-confidence, finding inner peace, meditation for beginners, meditation for advanced users, meditation for children, women, & old and meditation during illness such as cancer etc. You can also find meditation CDs related to one particular school of meditation such as Zen, Buddhist, Osho’s meditation and Rajyoga Meditation etc.

The prices for meditation CDs also vary depending upon the company who produced them. On big shopping websites such as Amazon.com & Ebay.com, you can find huge discount on various Meditation CDs.

While choosing meditation CDs, you must do a little research in the market by reading various books, reviews and consulting fellow meditators friends to find good meditation CDs. The market is also filled with many useless CDs on meditation. So a pre-check is always important to avoid wastage of time and money. If you can’t find any review or recommendation for a meditation CDs, then I advise you to purchase a CDs which comes with a money-back guarantee. Though I personally feel that meditation is a subject that can not be taught in a time-bound manner and the individual has to work on his own to learn it, having a meditation CD with moneyback guarantee insure us to a useless product.

So the above are the few guidelines which you should follow while purchasing a meditation CD. I hope it’ll help you.

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Instructions for meditation can be imparted in a number of formats. You can find them in text, sounds or videos. On this website, most of the instructions have been provided in text as my only aim is to arouse the interest of general people in meditation, something that can be achieved using written articles also. However, for all of you, who are interested in exploring interactive tutorials on meditation, there are many resources available on internet. Some of the most popular are Youtube.com, Google Videos , Yahoo videos and Metacafe. These four websites are the most popular videos sharing sites on internet. You will find numerous meditation videos there.

How to search for meditation videos : It’s very simple is just like searching for any other thing on net. Just type your relevant search term (Meditation in this case) in the search box and press enter. Within seconds you will get a list of meditation videos available in the website. Simple ! Isn’t it. The following screenshots will be of some help to guide you.

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Question: I was trying to meditate today again. I sat on my bedside and did the deep breathing technique then tried to watch with awareness. Eventually, I felt separated from my body, the body was still there and if I needed to move I could but I just felt distant from the body. Then I was focusing on my mind, I felt my body and mind was going into sleep mode. So I tried to keep as much awareness as possible. It was very difficult at many times I felt like I was going to loose consciousness and just dream. So many images and thoughts were flooding in and I kept watching and watching and trying to not fall into the images and dreams. Every moment I got lost into a thought I would realize hey wait! this is a thought it’s of the mind it’s not real! remember to watch remember to watch. Then all of a sudden I felt a sudden jolt push my eyes to look toward my forehead. A lot of pressure in the head area, and then a very relaxing very open expanding feeling. I felt this weird pressure in my tongue. It forced my tongue to touch the top of my mouth area and it felt really comfortable and relaxing. Then my body started to feel like open space as my whole being was expanding into openess, it felt really nice. Then a thought came in and said do not get lost in experiences remember to just keep watching.

This is where things kind of got confusing. The peaceful feeling was fading away and then I felt lots of layers, and lots of dense thoughts and feelings. It was very difficult for my mind to penetrate and then eventually I just faded out of it and had a feeling I should just come out of meditation or I will just fall asleep and dream.

When I go through this experiences I feel a split:

One side gets really excited and feels like I’m progressing and really enjoys the experiences because it doesn’t know what to expect, it’s like an inner journey into the unknown.

Then there’s another side that wants to control and makes sure I’m doing things “right” so it tries to remind me to watch, and it criticize etc.. It feels like the thoughts of the things I read, like reminders that try to help and say do this and do that.

I’m trying my best to describe; when I go into the “inner” being it just gets really confusing and mucky. Like so many voices, so many thoughts, I don’t even know who the heck I’am.. at times I remember I’m suppose to be the watcher, at other times I think I’m the thought, the voice, the mind, it’s like I’m all over the place and yet I’m not. I’m here one moment then I’m there the next. Things usually get so mucky or hard to penetrate that I just fall asleep from mental exhaustion, or I just get out of that state and go back into waking.

Answer : : Well whatever be the feeling you are facing right now, at least you are on the right path. Such moments will come when you become confused whether to enjoy the experience or just be watchful. This split is also natural. You will be excited on this progress, yet a bit apprehensive of doing things ‘right’. It’s again the nature of the mind which is very subtle and keep arising doubts and confusion in us. My advise to you is not to be very serious and don’t try too hard. Let the progress be natural and gradual. We all have a long way to go. The key to progress is the attitude of ‘witness’. Mind will produce many games like this; but if you keep watching it with a non-attached attitude of witness then soon you will be able to realize your true self.

You says : “at times I remember I’m suppose to be the watcher”

You are not supposed to be a watcher. You are the watcher. You only need to realize this fact. We can realize that thoughts comes, the desires comes, the action comes. However, who makes us realize that they come ? He is already there; the real you. And you don’t need to suppose that. It’s not a belief, it’s a reality.

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Question: Then there is the ego, I get confused between the mind and ego, I feel they are one yet not one at the same time. From what I understand mind and ego are natural but because of conditioning of society the super Ego and unclear mind has developed. Is it as simple as just watching the super ego and unclear mind act? In the act of witness and watching in neutrality letting it do what it does either good or evil, in watching eventually the super ego and unclear mind will dissolve?

Answer : Ego, in it’s purest form, if we see it closely, is nothing but a very basic feeling that we exists. Ego is what we can call a necessary evil just like the force of friction in the Physics. Ego derives all our worldly activities, it inspires the men to reach the moon and beyond. It motivates us to work hard and achieve success. Ego is what make us feel that we are here. However, it also has a negative tendency to flatten and become big in size. It gives people the false belief that they are the most important person on earth. It corrupts brilliant minds to make evil plans of conquering the world, to enter into a blind race of ambition, fame and glory. In short, it can become very dangerous if not controlled through meditation and contemplation.

Even the enlightened persons have ego. But they have the very basic form of ego. Their ego is limited to sustaining the body for it’s worldly needs like eating, drinking etc. This minimum level of ego is necessary to complete once life period on earth. However, their ego is very controlled and minimal. They don’t feel proud on getting enlightenment, they don’t feel any sense of victory. They just understand the truth that all desires are nothing but an act to enhance this ego. For them no desire remains unfilled because in the first place they no desire emanates from their mind . They have achieved a calm state of true self and don’t need any world satisfaction be it fame or fortune.

So a basic form of ego will remain in all of us. It will be necessary for us to survive. What you need to do is to be watchful of game of the ego and the mind. The mind creates thoughts, these thoughts produce desires which in turn strengthen the ego and make it big - a super ego. As your watch this game as a witness, without becoming a part of this game, you’ll be able to control the mind and the ego.

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Question : Are there any techniques or ways in which I can use to help me better understand the mind and not fight it, instead to just understand it watch it and then perhaps eventually it will fix it self?

Answer : There is no technique which can help you if you fight with the mind. Fighting with the mind will only make it more powerful. Try to control the mind forcefully and get ready to fail. Thoughts are food of the mind. And when we become associated with these thoughts, we increase the power of the mind. The only way to control the mind is to be watchful of it’s activity without involving ourselves in it. You need to be a witness of the mind; a witness who observe the mind yet not become one with it. There are many meditation techniques which I have described in the meditation corner. One technique is the ‘Here and Now‘ (which probably you are trying these days) the other technique is Vipassana, the one more is ‘Zen meditation‘.

Mediation is not that difficult my friend. A little bit of practice and a little bit of genuine effort on regular basis - this is all you require. Slowly as you keep practicing it, you’ll start understanding various nuances of the mind and the method to ‘fix’ it. I as a second person can only give you advise to certain extent. Ultimately, we all have to tread our path on our own. The spiritual progress is just like that.

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Question : I find awareness of body and environment is easier compare to awareness of mind. When I try to be aware of the mind, it feels so subtle that I can get lost in it. It’s like when I watch mind it’s like watching a film, a movie, a TV show. Thoughts from the past, future, ideas, etc comes and goes then I get in it, I get identified with the thoughts or I just keep dreaming and thinking and forget I’m watching I’m thinking.

Answer : Yes, awareness of body and environment is easier compare to awareness of the mind. Body and environment are not that subtle. They can be comprehended by our senses easily. But mind is very subtle. It takes sometime to be aware of the mind and to see it as an observer. The best and the fastest way to do this is to spend some time daily on observing the mind in a peaceful place. Try to be alone and make sure that no one disturbed your during your meditation session. This way you keep the external disturbance at the minimum and you only need to work on the inner disturbances of your mind. Slowly you will be start become more and more aware of the mind.

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