How to meditate : Er. Rohit Sharma

The Soto Zen practitioners do their meditation in front of a wall with open eyes. However, most mediation schools are assuming that the eyes are half-open or closed. The duration and frequency of meditation also vary. There are nuns and monks who bow for a lifetime meditation. However, the broadly accepted duration is 20 or 30 minutes. 

2. Heaviness/ Warmth this is done by feeling your legs and feet getting heavier and warmer by the second. Imagine that it's like wearing lead boots. After that, try to imagine that your central body portion is also getting warm warmer and relaxed. Tell yourself that you're forehead is getting cooler and relaxed. 

This is often considered by many people as a miraculous technique. It is a fact that frustrations, stress, disappointments, anger, and other related negative emotions affects the mind and body adversely. Such negative actions and emotions must be handled effectively. Likewise, set backs must be accepted truly without causing health problems. 

Basically, it focuses on the state of the body, mind, and nature. Meditation experiences are influenced by your reason and understanding of what meditation is all about. The guidelines for meditation are reflecting a philosophy. This philosophy supports belief in oneself and belief in life. Increasing your belief can deepen peace and relaxation. 

It is the main proof of existence because thoughts cannot be entirely separated from a person. In Meditations on First Philosophy, this is called as cogito ergo sum. Therefore, he concluded that he really exists. He based his conclusions on perceiving his body by using his senses, although in the past studies, these are proven unreliable. 

In fact, Buddhist monks still exist today where majority of them live in Europe while others are situated in Europe, United States and other parts of the world. People who do Buddhist meditation have been found that they worked more efficiently and have that somewhat "extra glow" or that extra energy.