- "Distance from emotion? No Bruce-kun...The aim of meditation is not to escape feeling. The aim is not to push emotion underground. You meditate to bear witness to your emotions without judgement. Only by knowing them can you avoid succumbing to them in ways that might hurt you or cause harm to others. Do not block off parts of yourself, Bruce-kun. We are all human. We are made of darkness and light. Let yourself be full."
- ― Matsuda (DC Comics)
- "All living creatures can only feel the energy of nature by ceasing physical motion and mental instincts, focusing on harmonizing the mind with the flow of nature and absorb its power into our bodies."
- ― Fukasaku describing Senjutsu meditation (Naruto)
- "Meditate. It can make you way stronger, more focused even heal your wounds faster."
- ― Stick (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
The ability to train one's mind to induce a mode of consciousness in order to realize some benefit. Variation of Training Regimen.
Also Called[]
- Meditative Hibernation
- Mental Meditation
- Spiritual Concentration/Hibernation
Fiction-Specific Terms[]
- Reverie (AD&D)
Capabilities[]
Users can enter or have achieved oneness with their spiritual essence and mind, making them able to develop a high-level consciousness over bodily processes and reduce stress and pain on the body. The user can manifest and create new abilities as well as enhance their current ones. One can also detach oneself from worldly concerns, achieve spiritual enlightenment, and gain control of all of their abilities.
Applications[]
- Ability Learning/Self-Power Bestowal/Superpower Creation: Manifest or develop abilities in intense concentration.
- Ancestral Evocation: Call on the spirits of one's ancestor whether they be living or dead.
- Astral Bridging: Unify the material/astral worlds through one's own spiritual and physical body.
- Breathing Empowerment: Meditative controlled breathing can strengthen the constitution.
- Clear Mind: Erase all mental limitations and boundaries.
- Descendant Evocation: Call on the descendants of oneself.
- Dreamscape: Gain self-awareness and control over one's dreams.
- Environmental Unity: Unify body & soul with the surroundings.
- Higher Consciousness: Through constant metaphysical concentration, users can unlock a higher state of being within oneself.
- Inner Balance: Maintain the balance within oneself.
- Inner Power: Gain access to incredible hidden power.
- Inner Sight: Gain control of the rumored third eye.
- Image Training: Train oneself through mental pacing.
- Inner Balance: Maintain the balance within oneself.
- Inner Reading: Read one's own status, detecting such things as one's potential powers/skills, stats, level, overall health, flaws, etc.
- Life-Force Manipulation: Gain and develop control over one's life energy.
- Aura Manipulation: Control spiritual aspect of one's life force.
- Chi Manipulation: Control physical aspect of one's life force.
- Life-Force Healing: Heal one's injuries with meditative control of one's life energy.
- Limiter Removal: Remove any limitation that may affect one's goals.
- Mediumship: Perceive and communicate with spirits.
- Nature Unity: Be at one with nature.
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural Mind: Meditation improves and strengthens the mind.
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural Recovery Speed: Meditation quickens recovery time.
- Power Bond: Form a bond with one's own power.
- Power Regulation: Control and stabilize one's powers.
- Replenishment: Restore one's strength and stamina.
- Self-Power Augmentation: Increase one's power to new heights.
- Self Supremacy: Be in complete control of oneself.
- Body Supremacy: Intune one's mind and body harmoniously achieving better physical control.
- Maximum Concentration Capacity: Utilize 100% of one's concentration.
- Self-Sustenance: Have no need for bodily necessities.
- Mindshifting: Gain full control of your mind.
- State of Mind: Enter the serene state of mind.
- Pain Suppression: Neutralize the sensitivity of pain.
- Tranquil State: Remain calm in any situation.
- Tranquil Emotions: Gain greater control of personal emotions.
- Body Supremacy: Intune one's mind and body harmoniously achieving better physical control.
- Spiritual Force Manipulation: Awaken and enhance one's own spiritual powers.
- Trance Manipulation: Enter into an entranced state.
- Unity: Be at one with everything.
Techniques[]
- Apprehension Immunity
- Enlightenment
- Meditation Empowerment
- Meditative Floating
- Regulation
- Spiritual Elevation
- Subtle Body Manipulation
Variations[]
Associations[]
- Ascended
- Astral Manipulation
- Aura Manipulation
- Body Meridian Manipulation
- Chi Manipulation
- Enhanced Brain Capacity
- Extrasensory Perception
- Focused Activity
- Indomitable Will
- Intuitive Aptitude
- Levitation
- Life-Force Manipulation
- Morality Manipulation
- Mysticism
- Neuro-Psychic Manipulation
- Psionics/Omni-Psionics/Absolute Psionics
- Psychological Mastery
- Strong Soul
- Supernatural Detection
- True-Self Recognition
- Yogic Arts
Limitations[]
- May require absolute concentration.
- May require a strong mind.
- May take many years of practice.
- The mind must be completely clear.
- May be vulnerable to both physical and/or spiritual influences.
- Forceful interruption of this state may damage the user.
Known Users[]
See Also: Lotus Position, Levitating Lotus Position.
Anime/Manga/Manhwa/Manhua[]
- Various Characters (Battle Through the Heavens)
- Various Characters (The Breaker)
- Zommari Rureaux (Bleach)
- Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach)
- Hyuk Woon Sung (Chronicles Of Heavenly Demon/Heavenly Demon Reborn)
- Various Characters (Dragon Ball series)
- Tien Shinhan
- Son Goku
- Piccolo
- Dabura
- Jiren
- Jin Ja Gang (Poison Dragon: The Legend of an Asura)
- Miroku (InuYasha)
- Various Characters (Legend of the Northern Blade)
- Kyou Kai (Kingdom)
- Kyou Rei (Kingdom)
- Makoto Misumi (Moon-Led Journey Across Another World); via Zen Archery Exercise
- Toki (Fist of the North Star)
- Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)
- Various Characters (Murim Login)
- Seolhwi (Murim RPG Simulation)
- Hagoromo Otsutsuki (Naruto)
- Users of Senjutsu (Naruto/Boruto: Naruto Next Generation)
- Naruto Uzumaki
- Enlightened (Reikenzen)
- Cheongmyeong (Return of the Blossoming Blade)
- Various Characters (Return of the Mad Demon)
- Lee Kwang-Jin (Governor, Lee Kangjin)
- Various Characters (Wolyaverse)
Cartoons/Comics[]
- Moss the Sloth (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Avatars (Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra)
- Aang
- Korra
- Guru Pathik (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10)
- Val Armorr/Karate Kid (DC Comics)
- O-Sensei (DC Comics)
- Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC Comics)
- Raven (DC Comics/Teen Titans)
- Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman (DC Comics)
- Kong Kenen/New Super-Man (DC Comics)
- Kyle (Fanboy and Chumchum)
- Grigori Rasputin (Hellboy/BPRD)
- Che Heart (Ordeal)
- Several Kung Fu Masters (Kung Fu Panda)
- Master Oogway
- Po
- Master Yao
- Eric Brooks/Blade (Marvel Comics)
- Matthew Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
- Jean Grey (Marvel Comics)
- Psylocke (Marvel Comics)
- Scarlet Witch (Marvel Comics)
- Wiccan (Marvel Comics)
- The Mandarin (Marvel Comics)
- James Logan Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
- Jack (Samurai Jack)
- Lizard Monks (Samurai Jack); via studying the Pool of Convergence
- Tan Zang (Samurai Jack)
- Ninja Turtles (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Rafiki (The Lion King)
- Shirley the Loon (Tiny Toon Adventures)
- Miyamoto Usagi (Usagi Yojimbo)
- Colin King/Ninjak (Valiant Entertainment)
- Master Fung (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Omi (Xiaolin Showdown)
RPGs[]
- Elves (AD&D); via Reverie
- Githzerai (Planescape)
Live Television/Movies[]
- Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Daniel "Oz" Osbourne (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Stick (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Iron Fist (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Bruce Banner/Hulk (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Vulcans (Star Trek)
- Jedi and Sith (Star Wars)
Video Games[]
- Asura (Asura's Wrath)
- Jade (Beyond Good & Evil)
- Yoga Cookie (Cookie Run)
- Poo (Earthbound)
- Samurai (Final Fantasy XI)
- Jean (God Hand)
- Meditation Energy Monsters (Kaiju Combat)
- Master Yi (League of Legends)
- Chakron (Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story)
- Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden series)
- Pokemon who can use "Meditate" (Pokémon)
- The Panda King (Sly Cooper series)
- Dhalsim (Street Fighter)
Gallery[]
Anime/Manga/Manhwa/Manhua[]
Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach) performs Sword Zen, meditating in order to communicate with his Zanpakutō Spirit.
After surviving her vicious duel with Hou Ken and nearly dying after saving Shin's life with a Forbidden Technique, Kyou Kai (Kingdom) regularly mediated in order to rebuild and repair her damaged chi pathways and body's meridian system.
Tanjiro Kamado (Kimetsu no Yaiba) practicing Ānāpānasati breathing meditation to master Total Concentrated Breathing.
Gyomei Himejima (Kimetsu no Yaiba) has mastered Zen meditation to the point of entering the Mushin state while carrying tree logs and squatting on fire.
Hagoromo Ootsutsuki (Naruto) had practiced Meditation since youth to master Senjutsu and in his later years for spiritual development.
Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto) underwent Senjutsu meditation to harness the energy of nature itself and infused it into his body.
In later years, Jugo (Naruto) learnt to control his Sage Transformation sporadic and involuntary surges of rage through meditating
To hone his mind and spirit as a part of his kenjutsu training, Roronoa Zoro (One Piece) is adept in Zen Meditation gaining strong spiritual abilities ranging from…
…sensing the evil and cursed nature of things such as from his Kitetsu III…
…awakened the "Breath of all Things", a Wano concept, which allows him to control his sword's cutting prowess…
…and generate the aura of various mythical beings and animals in his attacks, the most notable being the six-armed and three-headed Asura.
Most Pokemon such as Meditite (Pokémon) are able to meditate in order to awaken their true power and increase their attack status.
Jeok Cheongang (Murim Login) meditating and cultivating his ki into the Five Ring Harmonization, the highest form of cultivation for experience martial arts masters.
Seolhwi (Murim RPG Simulation) enhancing his health and ability to gather qi in meditative training.
Ikki Kurogane (Rakudai Kishi Eiyutan) frequently meditate to improve his mind and body, gaining incredible insight and mastery of over his own physiological constitution.
Cartoons/Comics[]
Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10 series) meditating while using her Mana in order to perform astral projection, telepathy, and be in balance with the cosmos.
Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC Comics) practices various forms of meditation techniques to train his mind and heal his body...
... including mastering the most advanced meditation of Tummo, meditating on ice bare without flinching...
...on a nightly basis, during bed time he could meditate into a deep sleep hibernation lasting a maximum of three hours to recover more stamina and energy than what is normal.
To cope with the desolation and boredom in prison, Bane (DC Comics) became a self-taught master of meditation, being able to enter a state of mental hibernation that could last for years.
...and later practices Torquasm-Rao, a Kryptonian meditation technique that allows him to tap into his instincts and astral project.
With herself stating it, Raven (Teen Titans) has to meditate every day to keep her powers and emotions in check.
Kenen Kong/New Super-Man (DC Comics) can use his meditative abilities to bridge the realms of six paths to the physical plane.
Doctor Strange (Marvel Comics) meditate to train his mind and spirit to improve his magic abilities.
Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) meditating to control his chi.
Master Yao's (Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness) contained secrets of kung fu that could be used for wrongdoing, Yao eventually took up a lifetime of meditation alone with no contact to the outside world, and soon became known as the keeper of the Five Mystic Kung Fu Secrets.
Live Television/Movies[]
Iron Fist (Marvel Cinematic Universe) is a meditation expert who replenishes his life force and calms his mind with meditation.
Bruce Banner (Marvel Cinematic Universe) meditating to control his anger, and thus the Hulk.
Stick (Marvel Cinematic Universe) could restore his physical vitality and heal his injuries faster through regular meditation.
Video Games[]
Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden) is a master of meditation, he practices intense meditation to attain a strong connection to mystical arts such as Ninpo.
The Panda King (Sly Cooper series) is able to place himself in meditative hibernation for an extensive period of time without the need for food, water, or sleep.
Various Jedi Masters (Star Wars) such as Shaak Ti participate in multiple forms of meditation in order to gain a better connection to The Force as well as to control their emotions.
Bastila Shan (Star Wars: The Old Republic) using Battle Meditation, a Force ability that considerably boosted the morale, stamina, and overall battle prowess of an individual's allies while simultaneously reducing the opposition's combat-effectiveness by eroding their will to fight.
Interestingly the Sith (Star Wars) meditate not for peace nor tranquility, but to concentrate their anger, fear and hatred into a pure point of ruthlessness within themselves.