1. Religion & Spirituality

What Type of Meditation is Right For You?

You wouldn't think so, but there are as many types of meditation as there are types of people. Whatever form you happen to use, when you use it, you make it yours.
  1. Transcendental Meditation (4)
  2. Vipassana (1)
  3. Zen Meditation (9)

Sewing Can Be Healing and Meditative

Sewing can be a form of meditation if you approach it right.

Biblical Meditation

This form of meditation consists of reflective thinking or contemplation, usually on a specific subject to discern its meaning.

Buddhist Meditation

The purpose of Buddhist meditation is to become liberated from delusion and put an end to both ignorance and craving.

Catholic Meditation

The Catholic Catechism states that meditation engages thought, imagination, emotion, and desire.

Christian Meditation

God leads many people to contemplative prayer without any prior knowledge of discursive meditation.

Taoist Meditation

Taoist Meditation methods are gentle and natural, balancing a person's energies.

Technology Induced Meditation

New on the scene, this form of "instant" meditation uses 'mind machine" brain wave entrainment technologies.

Transcendental Meditation

It is one of the most popular and documented meditation techniques now on the face of the earth.

Transmission Meditation

This is a fairly new type of meditation on the scene. Groups work with the Masters of the Spiritual Hierarchy.

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