How to Meditate: Become a Master in 30 Days

Knowing how to meditate is one of the most important skills you learn for managing stress, building willpower and confidence, and for keeping your body in good physical and emotional health. But if you are interested in learning this skill, you probably want to start getting results as soon as possible…how about within 30 days? Believe it or not, this is a sufficient amount of time to become the master provided that you know exactly what steps to follow. This article will provide you with a rock solid plan for learning within just a month how to meditate…

How to Meditate Like a Master Within One Month

Days 1-5

The first five days of the process are going to be spent becoming conscious of the things that you're thinking about. There is really no objective in this stage but to simply to sit on the ground with your legs crossed and pay attention to whatever thoughts randomly spring into your mind. Do not attempt to concentrate on any one of these thoughts or focus your attention on any one thing. Simply observe and become aware of the random thoughts which are coming into your mind. Don’t analyze them or try to repress them, this is the first stage of developing the skill of meditation.

Days 6-10

During the second five days you’re going to be training your mind and body to get into what’s known as the hypnogic state, which is just between sleeping and dreaming. This is a state which is similar to that used during self hypnosis. To accomplish this, lay down on your back and hold one of your arms at a 90° angle with the rest of your body. This way, just before you start dozing to sleep your arm will fall and awaken you. You’ll also continue to observe your thoughts as they come into your mind just as you did during days 1 to 5. During these five days, or shortly after, you might start experiencing something known as “sleep paralysis” when you wake up from sleeping at night.

Although sleep paralysis can be terrifying, it’s important to remember that this is simply your physical body being still asleep while you are conscious and awake. It will usually pass as you progress through the next stages of meditation…

Days 11-20

During days 11-20 of learning how to meditate, you’re going to work on weeding the random thoughts out of your head. To do this, you simply acknowledge a thought out loud that pops into your head like so:

“I’m thinking about checking my email”

“I’m thinking about watering my lawn”

“I’m thinking about what I’m going to say to my boss at the meeting”

As you do this, you’ll find that the thoughts quickly vanish from your consciousness as soon as you acknowledge them. During this stage, you’ll also be lying on your bed with your arm up to keep you from dozing off to sleep. By the end of these 10 days, you’ll be ready for the final stage of meditation…

Days 21-30

During the final ten days of learning how to meditate, you’ll be refining the skill of remaining in the hypnogic state and clearing your mind of any thoughts which might come into it. The only objective during these 10 days is to be in a state of complete calm in mind, body and spirit. If you find any thoughts coming into your mind, simply follow the process of acknowledging them just as you did during days 11 to 20. By the end of this 10 day period, you’ll have mastered the skill of meditation and you’ll have already begun to see the benefits of more sound sleep, lower stress levels, better concentration and more focused willpower.

So start practicing these steps today, and just 30 days from now you’ll have taught yourself the valuable skill of learning how to meditate.

How to Build Self-Confidence Just Being Yourself

Knowing how to build self confidence is something which every person alive can benefit from tremendously. Just think about how much easier it is to make the most of your natural potential when you possess unbreakable self-confidence. It just makes everything in your life so much easier, whether it's in your dating life, your career, the achievement of personal goals or in taking care of your body. Building self-esteem is the perfect way to shake the dust off of your skills and talents and to make sure that they get put to use. So because of this, I've decided to provide this simple strategy for how to build self confidence just by being you.

(This simple philosophy was developed thousands of years ago by the Greeks and is still being used today)

Know Yourself

The first step to learning how to build self confidence just being yourself is getting to know more about who you really are. Most of the time, low self-confidence comes as a result of giving too much weight to other people's opinions and allowing exterior circumstances to determine your self-worth. Start finding ways to turn these distractions off and start getting to know what's really going on inside your head. A great way to do this is writing down your thoughts and asking yourself what's really important to you.

The more you do this, the more you'll find that building self-esteem is a process of self-discovery more than it is a process of trying to become someone else. It’s also a good idea to start studying the science of how your body works, how your mind works and all of the complexities within, this will help you to develop a greater appreciation for who you are and will restore a sense of awe and wonder about yourself.

You’ll also find that the better you understand yourself, the easier it will be for you to follow the second step to building self-esteem.

Control Yourself

The secret of knowing how to build self confidence is really nothing more than learning to control and focus your thoughts and your inner dialogue. This requires self-control, which can only be developed by deliberate training… just as you can develop your muscles by training in the gym. However, the reason many people never develop self-control is because they view it as a restriction on their freedom, but it's nothing of the sort. The more control you have over your thoughts and your actions, the freer you are to use your thoughts and actions to achieve the things you really want in life.

In fact, the better you become at controlling yourself the easier it will be for you to build confidence in your capabilities and make and keep commitments both to yourself and to others. This will help you to take the final step of building self-esteem.

Give Yourself

As you start getting to know yourself better and learn to control yourself, you'll instinctively start looking for a way to use your new sense of confidence to make a contribution to others. This is because the need for contribution is a spiritual need which gives someone a sense of purpose and boosts their understanding of their own value. Think about it, most people who are insecure are also in the habit of withdrawing from others through something known as “self rejection.” But finding a purpose which allows you to make a contribution to other people helps you to get outside of yourself and stop focusing on your own insecurities and hardships.

 The more you practice these three steps, the more you'll become your best self…the person you've always known in your heart that you were. Then, you’ll become an inspiration to others as your life becomes a representation of the principles of how to build self confidence.