[Help] Is meditation a full on ritual?

[lumineth Realm Lord]

Like to do you do the whole thing when you meditate?
Do you where your ritual robes or outfit?
Do you cast a circle?
Do you light incense and candles?
Do you do meditations along side other operations?
Do you do meditations outside of ritual work?
Do you repeat a meditation in the same setting?
If you do meditations separate from other operations, when do you do them?

 

[HoldAll]

No. I sit down, I close my eyes, I empty my mind. That's all.

However, you can add any ritual you like to your meditation. I used to do the LBRP before a session but it made no difference, so I stopped.

 

[Morell]

Eh, why not? If drinking tea can be ritual, if morning exercise can be ritual, why not meditation?

I like to make such semi-rituals...

 

[AlfrunGrima]

Like to do you do the whole thing when you meditate?
Do you where your ritual robes or outfit?
Do you cast a circle?
Do you light incense and candles?
Do you do meditations along side other operations?
Do you do meditations outside of ritual work?
Do you repeat a meditation in the same setting?
If you do meditations separate from other operations, when do you do them?

If you can envision things you can do a complete ritual just sitting in your chair with closed eyes. I don't do everything in that way, but the magic worked anyway and meditation was good when doing that..... I had periods where I added circle casting, burning incense and candles, robes and so on. And I had periods where I was in my old pyjama's with still tangled hair and with in the background the smell of coffee and only the sound of the first blackbird of the day. I still can't choose which one is best.

But for the most meditations I just sit down and close my eyes. Or I do it when cleaning houses or working in the garden. --> working with an empty mind or working with the focus on just one thought, sigil or mantra. I even don't need complete silence anymore for that.

 

[Audiolog Edu]

Like to do you do the whole thing when you meditate?
Do you where your ritual robes or outfit?
Do you cast a circle?
Do you light incense and candles?
Do you do meditations along side other operations?
Do you do meditations outside of ritual work?
Do you repeat a meditation in the same setting?
If you do meditations separate from other operations, when do you do them?

In a curriculum I am following there is a meditation that requires banishing profane energies, magic robe and magic ring, a candle, a chair to sit on, and that is about it, I suppose to do that meditation once a week, and if I would like to add incense stick is up to me, I do like it but is not necessary.

Also I was following Quareia curriculum and it is said that some times during meditation spirits can see your energy, so is good to banish maybe before meditation and cast a circle.

 

[Accipeveldare]

Like to do you do the whole thing when you meditate?
Do you where your ritual robes or outfit?
Do you cast a circle?
Do you light incense and candles?
Do you do meditations along side other operations?
Do you do meditations outside of ritual work?
Do you repeat a meditation in the same setting?
If you do meditations separate from other operations, when do you do them?

You do whatever is most effective for entering the state of conciousness you require for your particular situation