1) What is the longest period of time you have meditated?

2) Under what stress & tiredness conditions do you meditate the best?

3) How do you start in your meditation?

4) What is your ultimate goal, what are you achieving in your meditation?

For me:
1Not even over an hour
2It depends what I'm going for, I get some pretty intense CEV's when I'm tired
3I start by creating a horizon between two black planes, then I either keep my mind unoccupied, or I paint on the canvas -> sometimes I go for 'bliss'
4Ultimate goal is to come out of the meditation feeling better than I did going in, however I never focus on that, I only focus on what I'm thinking about.

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Good question, IJC, I keep forgetting to recharge, so that was good reminder.

1) About an hour and a half
2) Ideally, not too stressed, but tired from a full day, starting to meditate around 10-11pm.
3) Controlled breathing for 2-3 minutes, then similar to your description of the empty canvas.
4) Typically I'm going for clarity. I want to be able to open my eyes, and see a different world from the one I entered in from. Also, fluidity of thoughts, as that is usually the most difficult part for me, the conditioning of the mind to be operational without constantly spitting out thoughts.

IJesusChrist schreef:1) What is the longest period of time you have meditated?

2) Under what stress & tiredness conditions do you meditate the best?

3) How do you start in your meditation?

4) What is your ultimate goal, what are you achieving in your meditation?

i meditated once for roughly an hr and a half while tripping. i felt compelled.

other than that, anywhere from 15-20+ minutes (for an energy boosting meditation), any longer and my eyes feel tired afterwards, too deep a relaxation for the purpose of coming out energized. i keep it short generally if i want an energy burst (just long enough to detach yourself from stresses and actually calm down for a moment [comfortable time frames here, no time limit really]), but if im looking to dive into lower mental states, then i tend to do it before bed, or simply later in the evening, when my energy is permanently winding down for the day. i should note that the time frames for sinking into this latter type of meditation are also erratic, but generally take much less time. i am much more easily able to reach a hypnagogic state while tired for sure, usually within a minute. havent had much experience trying hypnagogic states right after waking up, but i hear that is a very good time as well. idk, i dont always focus on hypnagogia either. depending on what im trying to achieve, the meditation can carry a very energetic and rapid pace, or a very slow and methodical one, not that meditating should be polar either, it could be entirely devoid of emotion(which i find good for introspection), or be as simple as having a word as your theme/mantra/symbol, such as clarity, efficiency, power, speed, (imagine these as their related concepts, not the actual word itself), but emotional concepts are good to focus on too, especially during stressful periods in your life, just dont blind yourself with that light, because it can do damage, and its often harder to recognise (denial/dissociation). you've got about a billion practical uses for meditation. now its time to get creative

1. probably around 6 hours with short breaks every hour and a half.
2. healthy, awake and relaxed.
3. first I exercise, walk around, do some chi kung, and then I´m already in that state of peace and just let it be.
4. I just enjoy it nowadays, I don´t really see any other point, although there are other benefits.

@ chi kung/qi gong. i've found martial arts to be a brilliant way to ease into the proper mind frame, especially after an intense workout followed by a short rest period. i tend to meditate very effortlessly after that "runners high" feeling. but on a broader scale, i was using skateboarding to clear my mind and relieve stress back in the day, before i even knew about meditation, like 8 or so... so long as your full atention is focused...

1 15 to 20 minutes sitting over an hour Walking
2 When outside sitting in the sand or grass, or walking in the forest or along the beach.
3 the best way for me is by doing walking meditation first. And then do sitting meditation.
4 To calm the mind.


I don't consider myself a serious and/or traditional meditation practitioner.

magickmumu schreef:I don't consider myself a serious and/or traditional meditation practitioner.

"...so long as your full attention..."

IJesusChrist schreef:1) What is the longest period of time you have meditated?

2) Under what stress & tiredness conditions do you meditate the best?

3) How do you start in your meditation?

4) What is your ultimate goal, what are you achieving in your meditation

1: Around 2 and a half hours.

2: B4 bed after a long day, not too tired, but almost ready for sleep.

3: I imagine my body as a floor and my thoughts as dusst on this floor, then i sweep the floor clean over and over again, till the dost dosent swirl from the wind of the broom back onto the floor. and i sometimes count my breaths then start over again at 10. In 1, out 2.. ext, till ten. Then back to one. It helps train the mind to concentrate.

4: Usually to reflect on the days activities for about half the time, then to relax and empty my mind completly for the last half, b4 falling asleep in bed. When you sleep, your body goes into recovery mode, when you meditate its like recovery mode for your mind.