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Best time of day to meditate?
I've been wondering: should you meditate when you're feeling very alert, or when you're a little more relaxed and/or tired so you can more easily fall into a meditative state?
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" You say that you are too busy to meditate. Do you have time to breathe? Meditation is your breath. Why do you have time to breathe but not to meditate? Breathing is something vital to people’s lives. If you see that Dhamma practice is vital to your life, they you will feel that breathing and practicing the Dhamma are equally important."
Blessings.
I also sneak in mini meds during my lunch break at work, or anytime I'm forced to sit and wait for something, like a Dr. Appt... I'm not sitting in any special position for this, but I will start focusing on my breaths.
Anytime you dont want to meditate is a good time to meditate.
and im not a morning person by any means.
I think the reason might be that my brain hasn't fully started yet.
Other than this i would say pretty much any time i have a minute of quiet where i dont have a task to do are all good time, no real difference between them for me.
Actually i find that i cannot not meditate whenever i have a minute.
i forgot what i use to do at those time before i started meditating.
like before falling asleep, waiting in line, five minutes to lay on the couch etc...
If the mind is loose then do concentration meditation.
If both are in balance then practice no meditation.
When no meditation is perfected then proceed to insight meditation.
Sleepiness must be countered depending on where you are at your meditation.
In the early stages one should just get adequate sleep. Or it could be various negative undigested emotions appearing as the subtle aversion of tiredness. Or it could be you've just had a long day.
Thus they say you should meditation in the morning when lucidity and relaxation is high.
Personally I meditation then go to bed. Easy transition. My sleep is more important than meditation at times.
when you code it as relaxation meditation then they use a technique to relax.
relaxation is easy and very simple, yet most people need to be told specifically how and what to relax.
having a wider lens of awareness brings about less strain and allows for relaxing into naked beingness. there are many other techniques as well.
most of us designate a what if or condition to relaxation. i must complete all my work before i relax. or i can only relax when i am at home. using a meditation is working with conditions.
the ideal would be to learn to be in constant relaxation. but that requires significant letting go and probably prajna wisdom.
just some opinions. =]
Mornings are also good for meditation because it sets you up for the day, rather like a nice bowl of porridge for breakfast in the winter
I'm not a morning person at all, so the usual advice to meditate upon waking doesn't work for me. I have a set time each day when I meditate. I think that having that sort of structure works best to make meditation a part of your daily life.
But seriously. I find that very early AM is a very good time. Before the sun comes up and before everyone else gets up. So in other words, don't meditate after you get up, but instead get up extra early so that you can meditate.
Meditation in the evening though is a good way to calm the mind and stresses from the day.
It is a different approach than other forms of meditation.