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Meditation My thoughts on the subject, it's benefits, and a guide to help you achieve the state of meditation. Meditation is an altered state of consciousness and can be used as a technique to clear your mind and relax. It has many benefits and positive aspects to it that are life-altering. The sources I used to pull the benefits and images I refer to are as follows: Lifehacker, HuffingtonPost, FoodMatters, WikiHow My Thoughts A summed-up story regarding my life and explains why I find the idea behind meditation so intriguing: Benefits of Meditation The very purpose of meditation is to work off of the aforementioned basic focal points and to strengthen the use of your mind. Among the thousands of benefits that can be achieved through means of meditation, a few are listed below. Invariably reduces stress (the "silent killer" of society) Increased creativity Better memory (study) Increases compassion The ability to get to know your 'self' (look here for more info) Prevents aging (studies show that it increases the strength of your telomares - protective caps at the end of your chromosomes) Improves focused engagement in music (makes music sound better) Mindfulness, which can be broken down into four subsectionsBody awareness Self-awareness Regulation of emotion Regulation of attention Lowers depression Can increase job performance Increases sleep efficiency Increases immune system Most important out of the benefits (in my opinion) is what your brain waves indicate during and after being in the meditative state. The following is an image which displays the before and after effects on beta brain waves during meditation. As you can see in the picture, the difference in the population of waves is greatly decreased after meditation. This is to say that you had a thousand thoughts running at once, and now your mind is clear and you are able to think more peacefully and clearly. You may be thinking, "well, I was never able to do this even though I tried multiple times", or "it's too foreign to me". I wish there was an easy way I could answer the underlying question behind the statements: How do I begin meditation? The answer to that can not be explained through words - much like how your thought process cannot be fully explained to others through language. You must go and experience this yourself to get a sense of what, exactly, I am referring to. I am here to offer you resources, techniques, my past experiences, and to be your personal guide in being able to do just so. Preparing for meditation When preparing to enter the state of meditation, a few things need to be achieved for maximal performance. They are split into a few different subcategories. Make sure you are alone and not with any other parties. Environment Note: These vary per person, so experiment with different ways until you find what works best for you. In order to attempt to meditate, you need an environment which is calm, quiet, and not bright. This will enable you to focus exclusively on meditation and to avoid outside interruptions. (find somewhere in which you will not be interrupted) The space does not need to be very large, a place to sit comfortably on the floor works perfectly. If your floor is uncomfortable, place a pillow under where you are sitting. Make sure the temperature in the room is comfortable and will not distract you from being too hot or too cold. Turn all of your electronics off! This includes, but is not limited to, phone, TV, etc. Wear comfortable clothes that will not cause any irritation or distraction. They should also coincide with what was said earlier about temperature, meaning do not wear overly warm clothing. I recommend stretching out before meditation as you are going to be in one position for a good amount of time. Postures Unless you are an already seasoned veteran in meditation, sit in an upright position and not laying down. If you are laying on your bed, it's likely that you may drift into sleep. Some of the postures to begin to try are shown through this illustration (source, source): The position I use most often is something similar to #3 (center). The second picture displays the same posture, but from a different angle. Find whatever is most comfortable for you, it doesn't even need to be within one of these pictures. State of Mind Meditation requires a peaceful, relaxed, and calm state of mind. That means you can't just jump straight from playing Battlefield 4 right into meditation. By now, all of your electronics should be off, you should be sitting in a posture that you feel comfortable with, and you feel comfortable with all of the other factors listed above. Relax your body - Whether that means taking a walk, having a cup of tea, or taking a short nap. Focus on your breath - Count your breath, making sure you fully and deeply inhale and exhale. Thoughts - Don't let any negative thoughts distract you. Know that they are there, take note of them, but simply let them pass. If you are still unable to clear your mind after trying the previous techniques, refer to "Guided Meditation" below. Entering the State of Meditation Detailed page / source: here It should be noted that having your eyes closed during meditation is more effective for beginners. Techniques Follow your breathing The most basic and universal of all meditation techniques, breathing meditation is the best method for beginners to enter meditation. Become aware of the rising and falling of your stomach and lungs as you breathe in and out. Do not make a conscious effort to change your breathing patterns, just breathe normally. You will find that when you are thinking about breathing, you are forced to control it. When you are not, it happens to you. The hard and fast worlds that connect these two (what happens to you versus what you choose to do) are arbitrary. (for more see "Guided meditation: Alan Watts" below) Mantra Meditation Meditation through repetition of a mantra is usually used with spiritual meditation, and involves saying a sound, word, or phrase repeatedly until you enter into a state of meditation. You can choose any mantra you wish to use, the most popular mantra is OM (mystic syllable in Sanskrit, sounds like this). Below, I have listed links to some mantras to try. http://www.mayurivaid.com/images/Planetary_Mantras_b.jpg Visualization For visualization meditation, it essentially uses the same concept which I was referring to in my personal story. It is the act of creating a peaceful place in your mind and exploring it, until you reach a state of complete calm. The place can be anywhere you wish - however, it should not be entirely real, it should be unique and personalized for you. That means, don't play out the day that you had yesterday simply because you wish to relive it. This source is extremely helpful: http://www.innerhealthstudio.com/visualization-scripts.html Body Scan Meditation through the body scan method is more for those who are focused on getting a relaxed bodily feeling along with the mental benefits of meditation. Doing a body scan involves focusing on each individual body part in turn and consciously relaxing it. Make sure your eyes are closed, and focus on a body part to start, usually the toes. Focus on whatever sensations you can feel in the body part while making a conscious effort to release any tension you may have. Once the body part you were focusing on is fully relaxed, move on to the next part and repeat the process throughout your whole body. When you have completed the relaxation of each individual body part, focus on your body as a whole and enjoy the sensation of the calm and relaxed feeling you now have. Guided meditation In guided meditation, the speaker attempt to take you directly into a state of meditation through auditory means. There's not much to be said about it, so check out the following videos: I strongly recommend this one, Alan Watt's guided meditation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NonSfWKt_Yc Further meditation practice When you gain experience with meditation, you may want to incorporate a few extra things into your practice. Audio Meditation can also be used with different music and sounds playing while you are meditating. Here are some of my favorite meditation music pieces: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE8n4U_tmuY Extending what you learn from meditation to everyday life What good are all of the mental benefits of meditation if you can't incorporate them into your daily life? Living mindfully is the short-term goal you are trying to accomplish through meditation. There are many ways you can do this, and a few are listed here: In moments of stress, try to take a few seconds to focus solely on your breathing and empty your mind of any negative thoughts or emotions. Practice mindfulness while you eat, becoming aware of the food and of the sensations you experience as you eat. No matter what actions you perform in your day to day life, whether it's sitting at a computer or sweeping the floor, try to become more aware of your body's movements and how you feel in the present moment. Hopefully, after all is said and done, you are able to enter the state of meditation and take something out of it. If mindfulness is achieved, then we are all able to coincide peacefully. Give it a shot, and as I said earlier, I am here for any questions, comments, or thoughts. Namaste and gassho, -@Natsu

Il buy a bond, once pipi stops being a tight ass and pays my money back.

Why wouldn't you just give him the jar file....and why are you using groovy...

That'd be allowed since they're the same age? jokes ily levi

Hey all, It's time for another giveaway, this time it's a $10 OSBot voucher you can use to buy things such as scripts or VIP! This contest is simple, simply respond in this thread with a joke and after 7 days I'll pick a random winner! Rules/tl;dr: Like this thread! (not required) Respond to this thread with your best joke You can make one response a day (24 hours in between) I'll pick a random winner You will only be considered if you had 20 posts or more on February 21, 2014 and you did not post more than once within 24 hours Best of luck all!

I'm back after a 3 day ban! Just getting a few things straight, I wasn't banned for threatening, hacking, or scamming like people have asked me. I was banned for OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE. Moral of the story- Don't tell staff "Fuck off, You piece of shit" I love you all

Congrats everyone who made it! Hopefully one day my script(s) (if I continue) will make it to the SDN! It's good that the scripters are getting recognized because it takes quite a lot of work xD

Still botting strong over here.

2arrogant4me. But seriously, just because something works perfectly fine for you, and a select group of small people you choose to listen to, doesn't mean that there aren't legitimate issues occurring for others. Anyway, keep up the good work, and keep working on fixing randoms and making them perfect, in my opinion, that's the only major flaw with OSBOT at the moment, imperfect random support.

you flipping! jesus! and never put your RS name on the forums... yew logs are 450-460 ea!!1

You are so consistent, I would definitely trust you staying long

Agreed, it's not like we all don't just go on the hub everyday.

I don't even....

As the title states, I need a nice logo for my new free script. Auto Fighter. Must have GoldenGates written on it and anything else that pleases you. I can send $2 over but that's about it, a free logo would be greatly appreciated. Serious posts please, thank you.

If you were bored last night, why not respond to the people in your rooftops thread about bugs and errors and not make us refund multiple people?

Thank You ! dude serious! better change your signature from Aestetic !!

Thank you so much for this

Druidkillah, definitely.

wb babe

Welcome back!

Glad you're back, m8

Trust me I know the feeling....

you skype button is so cute Goodluck on this! ^_^

I'd love to get one, I just don't have something I like enough to get a tattoo...

I already told him if I like it and if the script is really really good yeah I'd buy it. But I am not an easy person to please. I will let you know how it runs when i run it notorious!

Too lazy to click a button? Your kidding.... Sends source code without any written agreement. Logic.

Where'd the old one go??

Bumping twice in a session could be okay with me, so every two hours would be perfect, not sure about everyone else, or the mass bumping that it could cause.

another one (iron knives 40-50 rng)

Wouldn't this be easily bypassable by changing world, if in this bot monitoring world?

Now milo gets his own world? win.

Thanks

Approved, good luck finding your desired account, and be sure to take precautions before going through with the trade (request a PM, use an MM, etc)

Thanks man But I could not have done it without Your help n Your amazing guides like yu put dedication into everything yu do, But ya man thanks to you

No.... you look like a leecher and 1m don't make me laugh. Seriously what's wrong with ppl like this supporting a botnuke on a botting forum.

1) Nice to have, lets be honest with an 18+ Warning it hurts no one and this is a forum, a lot of us like to talk about you know... stuff 2) Bug fixes are #1 3) Good because if we know the person and like them, they could contribute more 4) Staff members should be here for a while, Solstice is doing his job and doing it well but he is new here none the less, People agree on most of the polls it shows what we want 5) The Private server Maldesto posted is a paid advertisement which should only be shown where ads go. He beat our ad-block, I bought vip to lose the ads but maldy is bringing them back not giving me what vip demands/gets Keep em where they belong please and vip and sponsors shouldn't have to see them. 6)Maldy loves locking topics cause he doesn't like them. 2014 will be a great year for osbot I hope we can follow these polls it shows what we really want

I made it lol, n i been questing all day to day to get mith gloves n dt, doing dt tomorrow but here is the progess

1) No. Is this really needed? Like, it's rather pathetic if you NEED to discuss porn with other people. 2) I'd say yes, since OSBot 2 is far from done, and we're stuggling working with what we have now. 3) No, this isn't a popularity contest. 4) No, this is situational of course. 5) In that case, the private servers are paid advertisement, which is why they're being posted by an admin. Just like how there are paid ad banners on the forums + client. 6) Situational again, but the rules can be handled however the mod sees fit, to an extent. Also, u wot m8

We still get updates from it from time to time. But when none of our bots are running into issues, it's generally assumed to be functional. If you've written a script, then you know how users can somehow report issues that don't really exist. Hence, why we only check from time to time and check if it correlates with other findings.

Truth be told, none of the devs read the Errors/Bugs section unless we're directed to because of the insane amount of useless threads in there. Perhaps the day we get a Noob Error section, we can have a clean section to read. Until then, we rely on information directly from scripters.

Don't be a bitch.

Are you sure you haven't contacted an imposter? Can you please show the Skype profile name and how it links to him.

This guy was great for buying a bond off of. he's really nice, legit, and it took no time to get my membership and for a really good price! Thanks dude! I'll be back soon for sure!

den dont leach

You can see why you don't get the rank if one of the requirements is that you're active and you've been gone for months :p

U have 6 posts, ur support or lack thereof doesnt matter. go away, u tho

That doesn't help anything.

added you on skype