Why do you need a calm place for meditation?

Mediation is the process of spending time with thyself understanding more about our own spirit and its connection with the body. Various meditation practitioners will be giving different definitions for meditation. For a good knowledge seeking person all the definitions that are being given will be more comfortable and they will not get into debates but instead choose one method from that and start practicing it. But one can choose any method to meditate but the actual success relies on their consistency towards mediation. Many people know the importance of meditation and what feel it gives us. The only problem is making about body sit and do it. It all comes with practice. Okay, let's leave that part aside and focus on the topic that we have currently taken about meditation. Choosing a right place for meditation is very important. It is said that Buddha attained his spiritual realization only under a Bodhi tree. Now don't immediately go and sit under Bodhi tree and see if you are getting spiritual realization or not. It can definitely happen but it needs a good practice.

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Choosing the right place

Place plays a vital role in doing any task. Whatever task we do in our life needs a good place to get the right significance out of it. The same rule applies to even meditation as well. It has to be done in the right place because there are some places in this world which are fully filled with the pure form of cosmic energies and vibrations. Meditating in one such place can give us the effectiveness of doing meditation. Maybe that is the reason why Buddha chose Bodhi tree as his best suitable place to meditate.

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Why choose a calm place?

The next obvious question in our mind is why we should be choosing a calm place. For a normal person to attain the meditation state, it takes about 25 - 60 minutes. The numbers may not be the same for every meditator and in every situation. Sometimes it can be lesser and sometimes it will take lots of time. In an ideal scenario, it is said that calm place will be free from all the distractions and it can be very helpful in being a good place for meditation. For a person with spiritual seeking, it is important to first get rid of all the unnecessary thoughts. If the place is fully filled with lots of noise and disturbances, it makes take lots of time for the meditator to calm down their mind and reach the state of meditation. That is the reason why it is said that choosing a calm place can be of greater help during meditation. When talking about the calm place, it is also acceptable to choose a place that has lots of sounds from nature. That will not be a disturbance for a meditating mind. It is believed that natural sounds like bird chippering sound, sounds of flowing water and the sounds of beach waves are very good for a meditating mind.