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so, my question to the members of this forum, is have any of you had experience in "teaching" meditative skills to other people? i certainly am no meditation guru, but wholeheartedly believe in it, because i have personally seen the results in my capacity to learn, etc. in addition, i realize there are inherent risks in undertaking such a task...

i settled on the idea of trial with several of my students this semester (those who are interested and suffer from test anxiety), and if there is success, i feel comfortable enough to present "workshops" - 10 to 15 minute presentations in other classes next semester. again, i am no expert and have never done this before, but the motivation and energy is there, and i believe under the right circumstances, with the right people, magical things can and will happen.

any feedback would be greatly appreciated, up to and including links to websites, other information, etc. i know the tm guys have great videos on you-tube with testimonials - but i'm not really trying to teach a "technique" - i believe meditation (quieting the mind) is personal, and therefore, subjective...

hello,

try contacting a meditation group close to you, they will have very skilled meditators for sure who will be interested in the project.
in the law of one they said there is no right way of meditating but there are some basic techniques which are all the same in the different meditation traditions. even ra spoke about them.

the following is a quote from the law of one session 49:
questioner: is it better, or shall i say, does it produce more useable results in meditation to leave the mind, shall i say, as blank as possible; let it run down, so to speak, or is it better to focus in meditation on some object or some thing for concentration?

ra: i am ra. this shall be the last full query of this work time.

each of the two types of meditation is useful for a particular reason. the passive meditation involving the clearing of the mind, the emptying of the mental jumble which is characteristic of mind complex activity among your peoples, is efficacious for those whose goal is to achieve an inner silence as a base from which to listen to the creator. this is an useful and helpful tool and is by far the most generally useful type of meditation as opposed to contemplation or prayer.

the type of meditation which may be called visualization has as its goal not that which is contained in the meditation itself. visualization is the tool of the adept. those who learn to hold visual images in mind are developing an inner concentrative power that can transcend boredom and discomfort. when this ability has become crystallized in an adept the adept may then do polarizing in consciousness without external action which can effect the planetary consciousness. this is the reason for existence of the so-called white magician. only those wishing to pursue the conscious raising of planetary vibration will find visualization to be a particularly satisfying type of meditation.

contemplation or the consideration in a meditative state of an inspiring image or text is extremely useful also among your peoples, and the faculty of will called praying is also of a potentially helpful nature. whether it is indeed an helpful activity depends quite totally upon the intentions and objects of the one who prays. in buddhism there are 2 main meditation methods, samatha and vipassana.
samatha is the thing you probobly need because it's totally focused on concentration. and enables somebody to increase his concentrative power.
there are many guides and practices but i really recommend you to contact a meditation group close to you and ask some advice... check [please email Unknown for the url] for sanghas close to you.

greets,
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