Thread: ~How to clear your mind~

Hey. I just wanted to share a personal technique I use to clear my mind. This should work well with meditating, WILDs, and auto-suggestion.

Have you ever wanted to think of NOTHING? Well, this is how I do it:


Location:

The best place to do this is somewhere very quiet. VERY quiet. You should be comfortable, and there should be no interruptions. Once you are in a good, quiet, relaxing place, move on to the next step.

All of these chants correspond with your breathing... keep that in mind.

Before you start, your mind is probably rushing with thought, internal dialog or even songs that you have stuck in your head.

1. Start by thinking "Inhale" when your breathe in, and "Exhale" when you breathe out. This should eventually drown out most of what is in your head. Do this until the only thing you hear in your head is "Inhale" and "Exhale". Whenever a stray thought pops into your head, imagine shooting it out of your head, but don't let this distract you too much.

2. Next, bring it down to "In" and "Out", and chant that for a while. If ANY thoughts come back into your head and won't leave, go back to step one. If you have done this for a while, and you have no stray thoughts, move on to step 3.

3. Now bring it down to just "Breathe". You should be totally relaxed now, and be thinking NOTHING but "Breathe". Do this until you're sure your mind is clear of everything execpt "Breathe". Once this has been accomplished, move to step 4.

4. This is unfortunetly the hardest step. Continue what you are doing, but get rid of "Breathe". That's right-you should be thinking of NOTHING now.

Congratulations, you are now ready to meditate with optimal results. If at anytime execpt step 1 you think of something besides what you are supposed to be thinking of, go up a step until it stops.

This whole process can take anywhere from 5 minutes to and hour, so be patient! But the better you get at it, the easier it will be.

Thanks for reading!!

nice method

I'm going to try this as a preliminary step for thought control, thanks for posting!

I think your steps complicated the entire process.

All you have to do is take deep abdominal breaths while focusing on your Dan Tien. Tilt your chin down slightly and gently close your eyes. All you have to do is focus on your breath.

Thanks guys! I hope it works out!

grasshoppa- that method has never worked for me, the method I use slowly takes you down to thinking of nothing, instead of all at once.

Originally Posted by grasshoppa

I think your steps complicated the entire process.

All you have to do is take deep abdominal breaths while focusing on your Dan Tien. Tilt your chin down slightly and gently close your eyes. All you have to do is focus on your breath.

wow give the guy a break, he was telling us the method he finds to be more effective, there is nothing wrong with that.

to be honest, his method sounds awsome and simple.

Originally Posted by slash112

wow give the guy a break, he was telling us the method he finds to be more effective, there is nothing wrong with that.

to be honest, his method sounds awsome and simple.

I wasn't trying to be insulting. I'm sorry that's how you interpreted it.

nice method. ill try this tonight

Originally Posted by slash112

wow give the guy a break, he was telling us the method he finds to be more effective, there is nothing wrong with that.

to be honest, his method sounds awsome and simple.

I prefer girl

If you try this, please post your results!

I have chronic pain in my back that often takes me out of deep meditation, are there any mantras you would suggest that would help me clear this while i'm progressing in my trance?

Originally Posted by grasshoppa

I think your steps complicated the entire process.

All you have to do is take deep abdominal breaths while focusing on your Dan Tien. Tilt your chin down slightly and gently close your eyes. All you have to do is focus on your breath.

All you have to do is break the technique down.

Do step one for a week or two, etc...

Your technique is something that will be way too difficult for beginners.

nice..this should really help...thanx for posting this

No problem! It's something I kinda made up when I was younger to try to think of nothing. That's how bored I was when I was little!

Please post your results!