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Meditation Music – How to Meditate

December 31st, 2011

There are differing opinions on meditation music and if it can actually help you to enter into the state of meditation or if it simply gets in the way.

I believe that this depends a lot on the type of meditation you are doing or to be more specific on which method or technique you will be using to get into the state of meditation.

There are the more strict techniques which are found in the more traditional schools such as zen or to a certain extent the traditional Buddhist meditations. These are not really that suitable for the use of music as the idea is to enforce a sort of nothingness. You have to simply allow any sort of thoughts or distractions appear in your mind and float away without you exploring them or becoming attached to them.

There are a lot of other more modern meditation techniques that simply require you become as relaxed as possible and center yourself. These techniques are really conducive to the use of meditation music.

Guided meditations where there is a voice giving instructions on how to mediate are most often recorded with a calming meditation music in the background. These can be a good way to enter into the meditative state for beginners as you don’t really need to do anything but listen to the voice and the music, follow the instructions and allow yourself to become immersed in the world of fantasy that is being created.

There is a lot of information on the internet on how to meditate but for more information on the music side of it then check out my Meditation Music website below.

By Andy J Penbram
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Should You Listen to Meditation Music When You Meditate?

December 31st, 2011

There are the schools of meditation that say you should not meditate to music, that you should only meditate in silence.

But what if there was music that actually deepened your meditation? That simply by listening to the music, you were able to experience far deeper states of meditation than you would without listening to the music.

So first we have to consider what makes good meditation music.

Any meditation music where there is a drum beat should be thrown out. Because any drum beats or rhythms will keep your heart rate high and this keeps you from moving into the very deep states of relaxation where true meditation takes place.

Another thing to consider is what you are actually listening to. If you are listening to music that is purely synthesized, meaning the actual sounds you hear are made from electronically produced sound waves, then such music can give you a headache and not be conducive to meditation.

Another thing to consider is the meditation state of the musician making the music. If the musician has attained a high state of meditation, then their meditative state will be recorded in the music that you hear.

There are many “brain entrainment” audio programs on the market. These are CDs with what are called “binaural beats.” Binaural beats are two separate electronically produced sine waves, one played in the left channel and one played in the right channel. These two sine wave drones are slightly different in frequency.

The idea behind binaural beats is that they manipulate your brainwaves into slowing down, thus creating a “meditative state.”

Although such programs may do something, my experience is that they are a hindrance to experiencing true states of meditation, not helpful. Plus they are as electronic as you can get.

You would be far better off listening to a chant or a talk either on DVD or Audio CD of an enlightened teacher. By listening to their voice, their own state of enlightenment gets transmitted to you through sound. Although it may not be very musical in nature, meditating to this would deepen your meditation considerably.

But there is meditation music on the market that does induce states of meditation naturally, without electronic sounds and without manipulating your brainwaves. Through special recording equipment, high states of meditation have been recorded and turned into sound. And so when you listen to the music, that same deep blissful state of meditation gets naturally awakened in you.

To read more about this meditation music and very effective but natural sound technology, visit the “Meditation Music” link below.
Listen to Free Samples of Music That Literally
Awakens You into Deep States of Meditation

By Kip Mazuy

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