My brother and I were meditating before we were 6 years old, having to stare at the wall and chant.
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I meditate. I've been a meditator since, I think I was doing it unofficially before all my life and then began to formalize it somewhere around 14.
However, I began meditating at about that time and have continued on and off over the years.
My earliest experiences in meditation were in a context of intensive retreats.
God has blessed me with the capacity to meditate even while I am talking.
My mom taught us the Serenity Prayer at a young age.
I first began to read religious books at school, and especially the Bible, when I was eleven years old; and almost immediately commenced a habit of secret prayer.
While you are meditating, if your mind wanders, gently bring it back to the present moment.
That was my childhood. I grew up with the monks, studying Sanskrit and meditating for hours in the morning and hours in the evening, and going once a day to beg for food.
I don't meditate in any formal way, but I often lie in bed or find myself in nature and enter into that state of quiet where I get images, feelings, or melodies.
One thing I do personally started 20 years ago. I started meditating, and I know twice a day I can kind of let everything drop. It's just about being quiet, like drawing back the day, and it allows me to have energy.
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