How to start to meditate?

There is a lot of different clues in numerous publications concerning meditation. In many cases description of practise of meditation looks more or less like that:

• find a place where nobody disturb you

• sit down in comfortable position with the straight spine (there is many possibilities)

• concentrate on breathing

• meditate everyday at least half an hour, the same time in the morning and in the evening (good theoretical presumption)

Collection of such stipulations is difficult to realise, especially for beginners. They must be very motivated to impose such regime on theirselves. Additional impediment is the fact that “the results of meditation” can be detected after some period of time. So the beginners must be also patience.

If you are going to start to meditate, don’t let these little problems discourage you. You must try and try and once again try! Persistence is very important – fervent meditations for a month are worthless if its aren’t continued. You shouldn’t also expect great results after few meditations. The beginners must have strong motivation to meditation – they must be prepared for some sacrifice e.g. to wake up one hour earlier everyday or to resign next part of its favourite serial.

Strong motivation – it is the key to success. This motivation ensue of consciousness of the purpose of meditation. It is worth to sacrifice, isn’t it? Let’s check it.

What we ate ready to do to earn for bread? Eight hours a day.

What we are ready to do to graduate? Few years of education, exams, stress.

What we ate ready to do to be happy, “enlighten”? Exactly! It’s worth to sacrifice!

Rest of this, positions, methods – those are only technical details. Those details are often useful but its aren’t the most important. The main thing is to concentrate on the purpose of meditation (not on the measures) – it give beginners strength to practise.