Meditation slows down the active mind and allows the consciousness to expand into the present. This takes time to learn because we are addicted to thinking. There will be moments when you drop into meditation without working for it. These are moments of total bliss. The bliss is not what you’re aiming for. It’s a symptom.  
     
  There are many good teachers, some attached to a tradition, some not.
Some tell you how to do it online. Here are a few, in no special order:

Vipassana
A Buddhist tradition of simply watching the breathing
www.vipassana.com

Dhiravamsa
A Buddhist monk in the Theravada tradition, who has taught in America and Europe and now teaches in Spain
www.dhiravamsa.com

Transcendental Meditation
Hindu method, using a mantra, made popular by the Maharishi and well organised in the West
www.tm-meditation.co.uk

Theravada
Buddhist tradition which has reached the West through many channels and often combined with western self-help practices.
www.accesstoinsight.org
www.forestsangha.org

Relaxation
A pre-requisite of any spiritual practice, which can lead into meditation. Letting go of tensions in the body can be learned systematically.
www.relax7.com

Sufi
Islam for mystics. Sufi’s knew the technique of watching every breath. They came to meditation through love, poetry, dance.
www.goldensufi.org

Undenominational
You don’t need an organised religion to teach you meditation. There is no need to believe anything or commit to any group.
www.secretstomeditation.com
www.schoolofmeditation.org

Jewish
Mystic branch of Judaism
www.jewishhealing.com

Zen
Japanese form of Buddhism, teaching Zazen, much practised in the West and taught in prisons.
www.zenspace.org

Christian
Meditation has been discovered and rediscovered by Greek Orthodox and Quaker, Roman Catholic and Russian Christianity
www.wccm.org John Main
www.contemplativeoutreach.org
www.friendsinchrist.net Jesus Prayer

 
 
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