I need some meditation music recomandations...

@hunkalove I don't think she means listening to the music, just using it as a sort of aural mantra or to help cover external distractions.

I would agree though that really, meditation needs silence or at worst no more than natural background sounds, not music.

@ArishMell Those "external distractions" are important. Paying attention is what meditation is all about. That includes everything.

@hunkalove Sorry, I don't see how that squares with your first remark, that you can't meditate and listen to music at the same time. I thought meditation means paying attention only to your thoughts, so you don't want anything external.

@ArishMell In Thailand the monks not only meditate in the midst of city sounds like traffic but with a ticking clock to remind them they are running out of time in this life. Your thoughts aren't very important in meditation, or in life. They come and go and are mostly a distraction. Not something to pay much attention to. The last thing I would want tp hear while meditating is music.

@hunkalove I see. I suppose it must be very individual, but I had always understood meditation to want as few external stimuli as possible. Perhaps it depends how well you can focus on your meditative thoughts, and maybe some people do find it easier with soothing music.