How To Meditate

Inner Peace Fellowship Meditation (IPF Meditation) comes from the Vedic tradition of India, which is over 3,000 years old. IPF Meditation uses the same Sanskit mantras that yogis in India have been using and refining for thousands of years. IPF Meditation is very easy to learn, and you can get many valuable benefits from practicing it. Millions of people in 235 countries and jurisdictions have used these meditation instructions.

You learn to meditate by meditating. The silence and stillness you experience in meditation and the increased happiness and diminished stress you experience outside meditation are so attractive and welcomed that you naturally teach yourself how to go deeper into that silence and stillness each time you meditate.

Your First Meditation

To begin meditating, find a slot bonus 100 place where you can sit comfortably and quietly. Then close your eyes and do nothing for a minute or so. Thoughts may come during that time, and that is okay. Then start the audio below and play your mantra** at a whisper. Each time you hear your mantra, say it quietly inside without moving your tongue or lips. After one minute the audio will fade to silence. Then continue saying your mantra quietly inside for four more minutes. If thoughts come during that time, gently return to saying your mantra quietly inside. The audio will tell you when four minutes is over. Follow this instruction for your first meditation only. After your first meditation, follow the instructions in the Daily Practice of Meditation section below.

Daily Practice of Meditation

Meditate every morning and every evening for 15-30 minutes. Use your mantra in Your First Meditation above. It is best to meditate before you eat. Try to meditate in a quiet place but if you do not have a quiet place to meditate that is okay. Noise is not a barrier to meditating.

Sit quietly, close your eyes, and do nothing for a minute or so. Thoughts will come and that is okay. It is natural to have thoughts during meditation. After a minute or so, in the same natural way that thoughts come, and without moving your tongue or lips, quietly inside start saying your mantra. Slowly repeat your mantra until you are done meditating. When thoughts come, gently return to saying your mantra. When you finish meditating, lay down and rest for 4-5 minutes.

At times you may be saying your mantra unclearly, and that is okay. At times you may not be saying your mantra at all, and instead your mantra may be a sense or a feeling of your mantra, and that is okay. At times all thoughts and your mantra may disappear and you may simply be aware, and that is okay.

You may go to sleep during meditation, and that is okay. When you wake up after being asleep, meditate for a few more minutes and then lay down and rest for 4-5 minutes.

Common Mistakes

Do not TRY to meditate. Trying to meditate is the biggest mistake people make. During meditation, just do nothing. It is very important to do absolutely nothing during meditation.

The benefits of meditation come from meditating regularly. The benefits come naturally over time, and there is nothing you can do to MAKE those benefits come. So avoid looking for particular experiences or signs of progress or failure with your meditation because that will block you from getting the benefits of meditation.

Meditation can make you happier, it can make you feel more at ease and calmer, and it can help you get along better with others. You may notice those changes soon, or you may meditate for six months before you notice any changes. So just get in the habit of meditating regularly twice every day, and then be patient. Getting in the habit of meditating regularly is very important. And if you stop meditating, just start back meditating again.

Expanding Your Mantra

(DO NOT expand your mantra until you have been meditating regularly for the times specified below. If you jump ahead and expand your mantra before the times specified below, or if you have not been meditating regularly twice a day, you will not get the benefits from expanding your mantra.)

After you have been meditating regularly twice a day for six months, start using this mantra. Play the mantra at a whisper.

After you have been meditating regularly twice a day for one year, start using this instruction during meditation also:

Until now your mantra has been coming from your head, or from nowhere in particular. From now on during meditation, gently shift your attention so that the mantra comes from your chest. To help center your mantra in your chest, occasionally notice your breathing there.

After you have been meditating regularly twice a day for eighteen months, start using this mantra. Play the mantra at a whisper.

Advanced Inner Peace Fellowship Meditation

Inner Peace Fellowship Meditation is probably the most effective meditation available today. We also provide Advanced Inner Peace Fellowship Meditation, which is even more powerful.

After you have been meditating regularly twice a day for 2 years, you will then be eligible to start Advanced Inner Peace Fellowship Meditation. The instructions for Advanced Inner Peace Meditation are at the bottom of this page.

Side Effects and Cautions

There are side effects to meditating. Immediately after meditating you can be more vulnerable to suggestions and outside influences. So avoid making decisions or taking on things of importance immediately after meditating.

If you find that sitting quietly is difficult for you, stop meditating. Instead try walking in nature, doing yoga, or exercising to relax.

If you find that meditating is disturbing, upsetting, or disquieting for you, stop meditating and do not meditate any more.

Finally, meditation is not for solving serious emotional or psychiatric problems. So if you think you might have such problems, do not try to fix them by meditating but instead get professional help.

Frequently Asked Questions

Question: “Where does Inner Peace Fellowship Meditation come from?”

Inner Peace Fellowship Meditation (IPF Meditation) comes from the Vedic tradition of India, which is over 3,000 years old. Since then meditation has been handed down freely from generation to generation. Meditation is taught as a responsibility, and for the joy of helping others without expecting anything in return.

The mantras of IPF Meditation are in the Sanskrit language that was spoken 3,000 years ago. Yogis in India have been using these same mantras in meditation since then.

Vedic tradition is about expanding bliss, joy and happiness in life. It is a tradition that understands how the intelligence of nature works, and how to align life with that intelligence so that you are happy and healthy. It is a tradition that knows how to decrease stress in life.

“What are the benefits of meditating regularly?”

Scientists have studied meditation and found that meditating regularly can decrease stress, increase inner peace and improve relationships. Our experience confirms those findings. We have enjoyed those benefits and many others from meditating. Those benefits arose naturally and spontaneously in our lives the longer we meditated on a regular basis.