As an atheist that practices tasawuf inspired meditation(muraqaba) I have that takfur(ponder) is the best type of meditation. It is a type of meditation that involves deep pondering that traditionally involved pondering on the Qur'an. Obviously I am no Muslim and instead ponder upon philosophy and science.

I meditate deeply on issues and use this as a way of constructing logical thinking and observations of actions and thought. I do this so I can deeply think upon matters and address them.

What are typical thoughts that are released during meditation for others?

...Mew

I'm sitting on a beach, listening to the waves, and staring at the clouds. There are some beautiful women around me and they're not trying to start a fight with me or whining in my ear. I'm eating a massive hamburger and french fries. I also have resurrected Christopher Hitchens and George Carlin, and we're hanging out, drinking a few beers. There's a T.V. floating over the ocean, with the world's most intense, physical american football game ever, being played on it. Oh yeah, and there's no religious zealots proselytizing, spewing their delusional beliefs, and shouting their precious hate speech, while calling everyone a "sinner", that walks by. Sounds like an enjoyable meditation to me.

(August 21, 2014 at 1:14 am)Eel_LahjicK Wrote: I'm sitting on a beach, listening to the waves, and staring at the clouds. There are some beautiful women around me and they're not trying to start a fight with me or whining in my ear. I'm eating a massive hamburger and french fries. I also have resurrected Christopher Hitchens and George Carlin, and we're hanging out, drinking a few beers. There's a T.V. floating over the ocean, with the world's most intense, physical american football game ever, being played on it. Oh yeah, and there's no religious zealots proselytizing, spewing their delusional beliefs, and shouting their precious hate speech, while calling everyone a "sinner", that walks by. Sounds like an enjoyable meditation to me.

Atheist heaven pretty much. We all share the same dreams obviously

...Meow

'Where the hell are my trousers?'

Boru

(August 21, 2014 at 12:27 am)PhiloTech Wrote: As an atheist that practices tasawuf inspired meditation(muraqaba) I have that takfur(ponder) is the best type of meditation. It is a type of meditation that involves deep pondering that traditionally involved pondering on the Qur'an. Obviously I am no Muslim and instead ponder upon philosophy and science.

I meditate deeply on issues and use this as a way of constructing logical thinking and observations of actions and thought. I do this so I can deeply think upon matters and address them.

What are typical thoughts that are released during meditation for others?

...Mew

Personally I find thinking deeply to be dangerous, I usually end up thinking about the inevitability of death and the complex way time works which is totally inconceivable to my brain then I usually get depressed and prefare to distract myself with my life that's directly infront of me.

When I've meditated, I've dun so picturing the sun. Well the sun as I know it as an orb of round, slightly light, light with a field of blackness. When I do this I find that every physical irritation I could not possibly have know before becomes manifest.

I try to ignore these as the want of meditation but they seem to elevate in insistence that I notice them. So I reset and repeat the process, focusing on my breath and the sun in my mind's eye.

It never fails that there is an itch, discomfort of the seat, my one foot is more angular then the other, just typing it is making my itch. So I'm probably to stupid or to body attached or whatever to meditate properly.

I tried it tons in my youth and still try it today but still start scratching or adjusting or just plain getting up and going for a walk. I find walking more meditative then meditating.

I've never taken the conscious effort to meditate before. Does spacing out count?

Well , personally , when I meditate these tentacles come out of my head and pick things up and explore. The tentacles seem to be taking over. Help!

"Meditation" is a woo word. All you are doing is deliberately talking steps to calm yourself and relax. There are many ways to do that without assigning it a woo word. Sitting in a steam room or hot tub, laying on the beach taking a nap, sitting in a field with your eyes closed feeling a cool spring breeze. I all is a way of relaxing.

(August 21, 2014 at 7:35 am)Brian37 Wrote: "Meditation" is a woo word. All you are doing is deliberately talking steps to calm yourself and relax. There are many ways to do that without assigning it a woo word. Sitting in a steam room or hot tub, laying on the beach taking a nap, sitting in a field with your eyes closed feeling a cool spring breeze. I all is a way of relaxing.

If that's the case then I find watching tv relaxing. If that honestly counts as meditation then I'm super winning at it! It's a no input medium!