Why is it said that your knees should be below your waist while sitting and meditating?
I have heard this said a few times but never asked why it is. Why is it important to have your knees below the level of your waist, is it for comfort, or another reason?
I am always told that meditation is meant to teach you how to let go of thoughts, and most guided meditations tell you to let go of thoughts, but what does this actually mean, and how do you actually do it?
Not that you are necessarily dreaming of anything, but just the feeling as if you are in a dream. Everything is sort of slowed down, and you don't really have too many thoughts anymore. Yet everything also feels magnified.
I realize that I tend to force things in life, specifically situations, and this is something that I am trying to stop. But, I am now uncertain as to when I am forcing things compared to when I am initiating things. Doing things, such as approaching people, is not always forcing it, but I'm just having a hard time realizing the difference.
Guided meditations usually instructs you to bring your attention or awareness back to the breath when you notice you are thinking, but what good does that actually do? Why the breath specifically?
This is directed at beginners but also experienced meditators, really to anyone who has noticed changes in their lives that they relate to meditation. I want to know what those changes you notice are.