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I've gotten into the habit lately of meditating at night.

Meditating at night

In most schools meditation is taught that one should

meditate in the early morning hours before dawn.

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In fact I’ve read of several serious meditation

practitioners who like to practice at 3 AM.

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Then there's the rest of us.

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We who have to live in the confines of normal society, who

worked the proto-typical 9to5 job, who had a family to take

care of and other responsibilities that come with modern life.

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3 AM is a pretty tough time to get up in the middle of all of

that and discipline yourself to do your meditation practice.

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That's why I have started the practice of meditating at night.

Meditating at night

For me my mornings are hectic. There are three young children

to wake and feed and dress. Then we have to get them off

school and by that time I already have to be on my way to work.

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So my efforts at practicing meditation on the morning

were haphazard and as a result I would often get

frustrated. Meditating at night

Here's the key: the time and date you choose to meditate is

far less important than just finding a time to sit at all.

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So, rather than getting frustrated because you've missed another morning

meditation, try meditating at night.

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For me the nighttime is something mystical, something magical. The kids are down for sleep, my house is quiet, and I

find myself contemplative.Meditating at night

It doesn't work for everyone. There's no one

size fits all method for everyone to adopt in

regards to meditation. Meditating at night

If there were, you wouldn't have all these different schools of thought that

teach meditation. There'd only be one.

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But since we humans are so very different all around the world, there is no real wrong

way or wrong time to meditate in my mind.

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I find myself silently chanting mantras when I'm standing

in line at the bank or

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I actually turn off the radio on my ride to work just to take in the silence and disenchanting

in the obscurity of my automobile.

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So if you find yourself reading a book or studying a specific

school of meditation that says practice must be only this way and no way else,

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put down the book immediately, close your eyes and listen to your heart has to weather watcher reading

this true wisdom or not.Meditating at night

In most cases you'll find that it feels untrue, as did I and that's why I have no issue with meditating at night.

Meditating at night