LucidAvenger's Meditation Workbook

**Vengeance** · 05-17-2011 09:41 AM

Hi everyone

I already do lots of meditation and I know several techniques, I decided to join this class because I know I have lots to learn. I know quite a bit about the several techniques. To me, meditation means clearing your thoughts and allowing your mind to portray underlining important thoughts. It means enjoying silence and giving yourself time for your own self. I hope to learn more meditation techniques by the end. I am also very good at visualisation so hopefully that will help.

**A_Citrus** · 05-17-2011 04:12 PM

Thanks for joining the class and posting your workbook thread!

Meditation does mean clearing your mind, and in some types of meditation, allowing important thoughts to come to the front. As a result, you gain improved focus, concentration and awareness. In the later lessons, I will be encouraging students to build up a meditation schedule to help them stay on track. I'll also be covering techniques for two types of meditation, and a combined technique which can be helpful for dreaming.

ShockWave.

**Vengeance** · 05-18-2011 04:43 AM

Awesome anything else that I should post for now?

**A_Citrus** · 05-18-2011 04:54 AM

Well there isn't any more homework till the next lesson, but feel free to ask questions in here and I'll try to answer

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ShockWave.

**Vengeance** · 05-18-2011 10:51 PM

Last night I felt extremely upset and agitated with a lot on my mind. When I went to bed I did a basic breathing meditation, I then felt much better and fell asleep easily.

**A_Citrus** · 05-18-2011 11:26 PM

Sorry to hear you were upset

. It's good that the meditation helped you. If you're happy sharing your experience, feel free to post it in the "Your Experiences" thread. Next week I'll be covering void meditation, and also a basic breathing meditation to relax the mind enough for void meditation.

ShockWave.

**Vengeance** · 05-19-2011 02:45 AM

Originally Posted by ShockWave

feel free to post it in the "Your Experiences" thread.
ShockWave.

Okay I will later

Originally Posted by ShockWave

Next week I'll be covering void meditation, and also a basic breathing meditation to relax the mind enough for void meditation.
ShockWave.

Can't wait, I don't know much about void meditation

**Vengeance** · 05-20-2011 03:58 PM

Fell asleep after 5 minutes of meditation last night, because I had a hectic day xD

**A_Citrus** · 05-20-2011 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by LucidAvenger

Fell asleep after 5 minutes of meditation last night, because I had a hectic day xD

Did you fall asleep while doing the meditation? Or did you do the meditation for 5 minutes, then go to sleep?

**Vengeance** · 05-20-2011 07:33 PM

I was like half asleep so I wasn't sure whether I wanted to meditate, so yes I did fall asleep, and when I woke like 5 hours later some avenged Sevenfold song was playing

**A_Citrus** · 05-20-2011 07:48 PM

Ok, if you're sitting with your hands on your legs/knees and your legs crossed, which is the position I sit in while meditating, a good thing to do if you're getting sleepy is to focus on the feeling in your hands, and only focus on the sense of touch you can feel from them touching your legs. If I meditate while I'm really tired, I do this to stop myself from falling asleep.

ShockWave.

**Vengeance** · 05-20-2011 07:59 PM

Ah okay thank you very much

**Vengeance** · 05-21-2011 02:27 PM

Did basic meditation last night before sleep. I just did some breathing exercises, Must I post how it went?

**A_Citrus** · 05-21-2011 03:00 PM

Originally Posted by LucidAvenger

Did basic meditation last night before sleep. I just did some breathing exercises, Must I post how it went?

You don't need to, it's optional. Only post your meditation experiences if you're comfortable with everyone else reading them

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ShockWave.

**Vengeance** · 05-22-2011 08:51 AM

Too tired to meditate last night, so I will do some when I have time during the day.

**Vengeance** · 05-22-2011 06:38 PM

Okay as I said, I would meditate today

I had a great workout session for about an hour. I decided to meditate afterwards. I sat with my back straight and my hands on my legs, and began to let some thoughts surface. I thought that it was a bad idea to meditate after such a hectic workout because my body was still like, shaking from the workout. And the next part was great, I decided to to the relaxation technique where you tense all the main parts of your body one by one then release. After I did this my whole body relaxed. I then started to meditate my mind. I imagined every breath in brought pure white energy into me and every breath outwards removed all negative energy. I did this for about 2 minutes and then I began to imagine that all the thoughts coming up were being placed away in a box. After my mind was fairly clear I began to try count to 20 without my mind wandering and I couldn't do it until about the 5th try. I then had to go, so I opened my eyes and felt completely relaxed.

**A_Citrus** · 05-22-2011 08:21 PM

It sounds like it was great. I've said it before, but meditation doesn't just relax the mind, but also the body. So it's never a bad idea to meditate. Unless...you're about to get run over by a truck... It's good that you kept trying the breathing meditation until you could do it successfully, because by the time you can do it without losing track, your mind is already really relaxed.

ShockWave.

**Vengeance** · 05-23-2011 08:06 PM

Last night did 15 mins basic meditation, nothing special to post about

**Vengeance** · 05-24-2011 03:52 PM

Meditated during a free lesson at school for like 5 minutes then decided to sleep

**A_Citrus** · 05-24-2011 03:59 PM

Originally Posted by LucidAvenger

Meditated during a free lesson at school for like 5 minutes then decided to sleep

It's great to see how much you're practicing meditation already

. Lesson 2 will be posted tomorrow; it's going to cover void meditation in more detail, and the technique for practicing void meditation.

ShockWave.

**Vengeance** · 05-24-2011 04:31 PM

Great I don't know anything about void meditation so i cant wait

**Vengeance** · 05-27-2011 12:15 PM

My internet has been down. And i'm away for the weekend so I wont post 'til Monday. I will have lots of time to do some void meditation though. Will post my experients when I get back

**Vengeance** · 05-31-2011 08:26 AM

Okay, I was sick the whole weekend but I still ahd 3 main Void meditations, must I post them all, one or none?

**A_Citrus** · 05-31-2011 10:02 PM

Originally Posted by LucidAvenger

Okay, I was sick the whole weekend but I still ahd 3 main Void meditations, must I post them all, one or none?

As I said before, you don't have to do all the homework. You can do it all, do none, or do some of it. But the more you do, the better feedback I can give you

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ShockWave.

**Vengeance** · 06-01-2011 10:21 AM

Okay I have done 3 void meditations but they were all fairly similar, so I will post the longest and best one:

I was sick over the weekend so I was in bed most of the time. I lay down in my bed on my back with my arms on my side. I just waited for about a minute until some thoughts came. When they started to come I began to imagine placing them into a box. Because I practice this method so much, they never come back. After they began to come less frequently I started to count as I breathed deeply. Every deep breath in I imagined a clean light filling my body and every deep breath out would clean all bad stuff out. After doing this for about 5 minutes I began to keep breathing deeply without much on my mind. My body became heavy and I got some imagery. When I opened my eyes I felt extremely relaxed.