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How do you know a meditation technique is good or not?

On the 7th of January I was asked "what are the techniques of meditation" and responded to that on the blog. The natural next question to follow from that was asked...which was "How do you know a meditation technique is good or not?"

It's hard to know this answer if you are new to meditation. How would you know anyway if you've never tried it out long enough. Hopefully this can help shed some light on the topic.

Whatever meditation technique you choose should make sense to you. You should understand it thoroughly. A clear intellectual understanding is essential to make progress. How can you practice something well if you don't understand it, right?

So make sure the technique you choose makes sense to you. It's clear, practical and systematic. Its practicality allows you to develop your meditation skills slowly in your consistent practice of it.

If you don't understand something about the meditation technique then ask questions about it. Understanding is essential. And whoever is teaching you this should be able to answer your questions logically and if they can't then they should be able to direct you to a resource that can.

Hope this helps.

If you have questions on meditation please feel free to reach out to me. You can do so by sending your questions to me on email at info(at)vedicodyssey.com.

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