Do you meditate? If not why not?

that's the same question i was trying to ask him.. i always meditate.. and i heard the effect of it.. but.. why i don't seem to get any extraordinary power from it.. erm.. weird =)

Meditation will help clear your mind and show you to who you are. At the start when you're trying to focus your mind can get flooded with thoughts the goal of meditation is quiet the mind and track the source for thoughts. Random phrases or events enter your brain who controls this? This is the goal of meditation to give you back control or to show you how much you really have. if you are serious at the start try to meditate half an hour a day and over time when this will be pleasurable and you will find yourself meditating longer naturally. The longest I have meditated for was under 2 hours but for me still significant there is a stage you reach that is pure bliss and nothing where time has seemingly no influence. With practice you will get a taste for meditation the key is to be patient enough for it to develop. Day to day humans have a lot to keep track of many thoughts that must be always present to keep us motivated through meditation you can eliminate these schemata up to the core of your existence if you are courageous enough to stay the course.

keep at it! How often do you meditate and what do you call meditation ie what do you do? do you use a mantra?

First I would ask, how are you meditating? I like the breathing methods. Now I am a beginner so hopefully someone else can come here and help me spread the message but i will share with you my experiences. Meditation has opened my mind to my own my mind, after some practice you begin to learn how thoughts manifest in your brain and that if you feel like you have a noisey brain this is where you should pay attention. Because through meditation you can learn to control your reaction, lower stress and raise self esteem. To meditate you need good posture and too be relaxed. Focus your mind on the tip of your nose where the cold air enters and leaves and just practice slow long breathes through your nose. Whenever your mind wonders focus on your breathing more. To keep your mind from wandering you can try a counting method. Start 1 in out 2 in out 3 in out etc till 10 then start over again. Here you start counting then beging your breathing,. This method helps you focus on your "out" breath if you were to start like this: in out 1 in out 2 in out 3 etc till ten you would focus on your "in" breathe. Practice these until you get an understanding of what feelings you're looking for.. keep practicing i know you will find what you're looking for.

yea see thats the thing i see more then just blobs, i start seeing images, but i guess when i have the time i'll have a go at it again, is there any tips you might be able to give me

Focus on the center of the blobs and out of it you will see a new blob grow.. its kind've like if you are staring 10 ft a head of you and then someone puts a piece a paper right in front of your nose.. keep that vision and look into the middle center and even through the blobs while keeping your focus.. this is where i am at too.. we will have to wait here until someone can enlighten us further.

it sounds like when you meditate your mind is very active.. you should try to quiet it. One thing that shocked me was all of the crazy color blobs that appear if this is also what you were talking about my advice is to stare into the center of the blobs and a new color will engulf it until you reach another level of concentration. Keep at it!