Meditation

Recently I have found myself to be interested slightly in meditation. I've heard that it can help with all sorts of things, not just stress and bad thoughts. It also helps with heart disease, increases your energy, and even reduces pain and strengthens the body's immune system. Wanting to try it out I looked up how to meditate on google, and here's what I found. The following comes from a site called How To Meditate. 

The seven features of Vairochana's posture are:

The legs are crossed in the vajra posture. This helps to reduce thoughts and feelings of desirous attachment.

The right hand is placed in the left hand, palms upwards, with the tips of the thumbs slightly raised and gently touching. The hands are held about four fingers’ width below the navel. This helps us to develop good concentration. The right hand symbolizes method and the left hand symbolizes wisdom – the two together symbolize the union of method and wisdom. The two thumbs at the level of the navel symbolize the blazing of inner fire.

The back is straight but not tense. This helps us to develop and maintain a clear mind, and it allows the subtle energy winds to flow freely.

The lips and teeth are held as usual, but the tongue touches against the back of the upper teeth. This prevents excessive salivation while also preventing our mouth from becoming too dry.

The head is tipped a little forward with the chin slightly tucked in so that the eyes are cast down. This helps prevent mental excitement.

The eyes are neither wide open nor completely closed, but remain half open and gaze down along the line of the nose. If the eyes are wide open we are likely to develop mental excitement and if they are closed we are likely to develop mental sinking.

The shoulders are level and the elbows are held slightly away from the sides to let air circulate.

This was just what I was looking for, a simple way I could try to meditate. I tried it, and except for me not being flexible enough to do the first step they mention, I was able to do all of the other stuff and focus only on my breathing. At this point I'm not even sure that i'm doing it correctly, but it's helping none the less. I have been able to forget about my troubles for a while while I meditate. It's a constructive way to deal with all of the crap going on in my life, while at the same time calming myself down.