How to Meditate Properly: Instructions Before You Begin

Main subjects

AVAlexander VolchekTTTatyana TsvetkovaMeditationMeditation practice and techniquePosture and conditions for meditationThoughts during meditation

Main threads of the conversation

• 00:15No. 1: Can you meditate lying down?
• 03:32No. 2: How much time should you meditate each day?
• 06:50No. 3: Images appear during meditation—what does that mean?
• 10:51No. 4: How is meditation different from ordinary relaxation?
• 13:12No. 5: How do you measure your progress in meditation?
• 15:28No. 6: Can you meditate to music?
• 22:02No. 7: What time of day is best for meditation, and how often?
• 23:41No. 8: How do you calm the mind and switch off the flow of thoughts during meditation?
• 28:59No. 9: How do you build a regular meditation habit and keep from giving up?
• 31:29No. 10: What results does meditation bring, and how long will it take to feel them?
• 33:25No. 11: Are there contraindications? Can meditation be harmful?
• 35:06No. 12: Unusual states and crises during meditation
• 36:49No. 13: Does meditation conflict with religion?

Claims made here

Individual claims identified in the material: who said them, when, and what kind of thought they express. Each timestamp opens that point in the video.

• 00:24

  I told him, “All right, I need to meditate in a particular posture, but there is a catch: you will not be able to put me in it. I cannot sit that way.”

  Alexander Volchekcause

• 00:24

  Throughout my life, I have often heard people say you should meditate only in a particular posture.

  Alexander Volchekprinciple

• 01:07

  Speaking from actual achievements in true perception, I can say there are a great many layers of perception.

  Alexander Volchek

• 08:21

  I did not like working. I always liked simply looking out the window, doing nothing at all, just looking out the window.

  Alexander Volchek

• 11:28

  If we look at it from the standpoint of actually perceiving spiritual spaces, it is exactly like asking how a massage is different from my earning five thousand dollars.

  Alexander Volchekcomparison

• 15:27

  Many people wonder whether music interferes or, on the contrary, helps you get into the right state.

  Tatyana Tsvetkovacausecomparison

• 17:50

  As for music, I can say right away that music—again, I am not going to say never—

  Alexander Volchek

• 18:39

  I am not going to say never, but I will tell you honestly: music cannot add anything to meditative states. It cannot add anything to meditative states.

  Alexander Volchekprinciple

• 24:46

  I guarantee you, no one in the world will ever want to switch off a true flow of thoughts, because that flow is truth pouring into you.

  Alexander Volchekprinciplecause

• 36:21

  But I am talking about true meditation, not meditation to relax, to make money, to put the evil eye on someone, to cast a love spell on someone, or to make my life feel great.

  Alexander Volchekcomparison