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    The oldest images of meditation date back to 5000-3500 BCE in India, depicting people in seated postures with closed eyes in meditation. The earliest written records come from Hindu traditions in India from around 1500 BCE. Other forms of meditation developed in Taoist China and Buddhist India around the 6th-5th centuries BCE. Some evidence also connects meditative practices to early Judaism. Today, common types of meditation include mindfulness meditation, transcendental meditation, guided meditation, vipassana meditation, chakra meditation, and spiritual meditation.

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    The oldest images of meditation date back to 5000-3500 BCE in India, depicting people in seated postures with closed eyes in meditation. The earliest written records come from Hindu traditions in India from around 1500 BCE. Other forms of meditation developed in Taoist China and Buddhist India around the 6th-5th centuries BCE. Some evidence also connects meditative practices to early Judaism. Today, common types of meditation include mindfulness meditation, transcendental meditation, guided meditation, vipassana meditation, chakra meditation, and spiritual meditation.

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    History of Meditation

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    Chinmay Kumtakar
    The oldest images of meditation date back to 5000-3500 BCE in India, depicting people in seated postures with closed eyes in meditation. The earliest written records come from Hindu traditions in India from around 1500 BCE. Other forms of meditation developed in Taoist China and Buddhist India around the 6th-5th centuries BCE. Some evidence also connects meditative practices to early Judaism. Today, common types of meditation include mindfulness meditation, transcendental meditation, guided meditation, vipassana meditation, chakra meditation, and spiritual meditation.

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    HISTORY OF

    MEDITATION
    -Chinmay
    Kumtakar
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    The oldest documented images of meditation are from India
    and date back to 5000 to 3500 BCE. Wall art paintings depict
    people sitting in meditative-like seated postures with their
    eyes half closed, presumed to be deep in meditation.
    The earliest written records come from Hindu traditions, in
    India, of Vendatism from around 1500 BCE. Vendatism is a
    school of philosophy and is one of the earliest known Indian
    paths for spiritual enlightenment. Other forms of meditation
    are then cited around the 6th and 5th centuries BCE within
    Taoist China and Buddhist India.
    The precise origins are heavily debated, especially around
    Buddhist meditation. Some early written accounts of the
    different states of meditation in Buddhism in India can be
    found in the sutras of the Pali Canon, which dates back to the
    1st century BCE. The Pali Canon is a collection of scriptures
    from the Theravada Buddhist tradition.
    Some evidence has also connected meditative practices with
    Judaism, thought to be inherited from its earlier traditions.
    The Torah (the first five books of the Tanakh, the Hebrew
    Bible) contains a description of the patriarch Isaac going to
    ‘lasuach’ in a field. This term is generally understood as being
    some form of meditation (Kaplan, 1985).

    TYPES OF
    MEDITATION
    1. MINDFULLNESS MEDITATION
    is the basic act of being aware — or mindful — of what you
    are doing in the present moment. For example, you could be
    practicing mindfulness while you are walking your dog,
    brushing your teeth, or washing your dishes.

    2. TRANSENDAL MEDITATION
    Transcendental meditation involves sitting with your eyes
    closed for 20 minutes twice a day repeating a specific and
    personal mantra (or set of words) given to you by a
    Transcendental Meditation teacher. The ultimate goal is to
    transcend or rise above the person's current state of being.

    3. GUIDED MEDITATION
    Guided meditation, which is sometimes also called guided
    imagery or visualization, is a method of meditation in which
    you form mental pictures or situations that you find relaxing.
    This process is typically led by a guide or teacher, hence
    “guided.” It’s often suggested to use as many senses as
    possible, such as smell, sounds, and textures, to evoke
    calmness in your relaxing space.

    4. VIPASSANA MEDITATION
    This meditation technique, also called "Insight Meditation,"
    involves sitting in silence, focusing on the breath and noting
    any and all physical or mental sensations that arise. The idea
    is to find "insight" into the true nature of reality (which
    vipassana teaches is suffering), by examining all aspects of
    your existence. Multiday vipassana retreats are a popular way
    to dive deeper into this practice.

    5. CHAKRA MEDITATION
    This meditation is used to keep the body's seven chakras, or
    energy centers, open, aligned, and fluid. It is based on the idea
    that blocked or unbalanced chakras can cause negative
    physical or mental ailments and that by meditating on them
    we can bring the self back into harmony.

    6. SPIRITUAL MEDITATION
    Spiritual meditation is the mindful practice of believing in and
    connecting to something that is greater, vaster, and deeper
    than the individual self. In this meditation you are trusting that
    there is something bigger out there and that everything
    happens for a reason.
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