- If you’re reading this release your shoulders from your ears, unclench your jaw, and remove your tongue from the roof of your mouth. We physically tend to hold onto stress in least noticeable ways
- I had an extremely emotionally traumatic mushrooms trip with my brother which seemed to have permanently altered me and my emotions 9 months ago. I need your best guidance on how to heal
- Just stop in this moment. Breathe deeply for 4 seconds(inhale peace), now hold for 7 seconds, and then exhale(let go) for 8 seconds������
- I need to learn how to chill
- Meditating in the Rain
- Some thoughts about this Pandemic
- Guys, did i ‘think’ about nothing and have my first successful meditation?
- fascial unwinding
- Is it natural to get feeling of lust during meditation?
- Create a life that feels good on the inside, not just one that looks good on the outside.
- Has anyone had a truly scary or psychotic experience on a retreat?
- How would one meditate "on something"
- Day #2 of the Dopamine Fasting Challenge | Meditate for Peace, Health and Happiness | Let's All Develop Peace of Mind During These Anxious and Uncertain Times. Wishing everyone all the love, joy and blessings
- Better appreciation of music
- Do you need an app?
- I tried to draw my grounding
- GABA supplements
- Am I holding onto negative emotions?
- We are extremely grateful to all the medical professionals and police personnel for their selfless service / sacrifice to keep us all safe in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. In gratitude / appreciation, we are offering Inner Engineering Online free of cost to help support your well being
- Visualization Mediation Question
- Meditation Daily - focused on my breath and then fell into the endless delusion...
- In this time of isolation, our desires to explore the world, and experience its beauty and intrigue and novelty are suppressed...
- How to meditate for increase productivity and focus?
| Posted: 16 Apr 2020 07:02 PM PDT Si estás leyendo esto suelta los hombros y aléjalos de tus orejas, relaja tu mandíbula y despega tu lengua del paladar. Tendemos a acumular estrés físicamente sin darnos cuenta [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Apr 2020 04:57 PM PDT I realize this is drug related, but I have been meditating for over a year, and I hope someone with experience or guidance can offer me their wisdom. I don't know where else to turn. Before this trip I was loving, articulate, confident, and more. Now, I am emotionally unstable, I have deep sadness bouts, feelings of void in my heart, etc. Obviously there is much to discuss, but I will try to make it all as short as possible. I tripped with my older brother, I was 21 at the time, him 25, with intentions to bond with him. Normally, he is the most confident person in the world, meanly so. Behind closed doors, he was always mean to me, we could never bond, but in the open he was extremely charismatic, everyone's friend, basically textbook narcissistic personality disorder. I don't want to get into too much detail, but during this trip, he quickly enters a bad trip. And by bad, it's only 2 grams of shrooms, and he's clearly in emotional turmoil, which he hides from himself. He had absolutely no regard for me, talking over and over again, jumbling nonsense, and saying how he "needs a bad trip" over and over again. Obviously confused, once he said "bad trip" (for about the 10th time in a row) I get a horrible feeling, and right there, I cancelled out my trip, and put on a wave of confidence to help him through his experience. I believe I may have absorbed his mindset, and quickly had to cut it out to help him, or else it would have been 100x worse with both of us in an almost suicidal, not worthy to live despair. For the next few hours, I witness him trying to run away from his issues, literally saying "let's go on a run" like what the fuck dude. And I do my absolute best to talk him down for hours, eventually exhausting every energy in my body, but he does begin to feel better. It fucked me up seeing him go from this person in despair to afterwards looking in the mirror saying "I like my complexion". You can imagine my sadness witnessing all this. Either way, I'm not mad at him for this, at all, I understand emotional issues are nothing you can be angry at one for. Am I upset he totally disregarded me, and that was his true nature? Yes, obviously. But what really gets me was afterwards, I felt absolutely exhausted, sad, and heartbroken. I felt this way for him, but also because I absorbed the state of despair myself, but was too busy helping him. I've never felt "heartbroken" in my life before this, literally never. The following weeks after this trip, I endured bullying from him. Mean-spirited, narcissistic bullying. Him telling me I'm toxic energy, and scolding me for things like accidentally dropping my belongings. And that hole in my heart sadness for him, turned into me despising him. I literally grieved every day. I'm really not an emotional guy, I never was prior to this at least, and here I am crying my eyes out in the woods every day. I absorbed his emotional despair, it felt, and he then continues to reject me. So that's the story. It's been 9 months. I haven't talked to him since (he lives in another country), and we used to talk nearly daily. I almost pretend this didn't happen, but I am reminded of the deep, despair in my dreams, and sometimes my day-to-day life. I don't have the same confidence, there's a new "wrongness" feeling in my heart which wasn't there before, I have days of sheer confusion, I now cry often, things like this. To give an example, I have dreams like no other dreams, where I'm in pure emotional turmoil. Not a typical dream, but a vivid emotional nightmare which depress me for weeks afterwards. I took mushrooms again roughly 4 months later, and thankfully had a beautiful, positive trip by myself. As we all know, these feelings don't last, but I like to think it gave me a blueprint to work towards. At this point I do not feel it's safe or right I continue to do mushrooms until I work this through or know I'm ready. I meditate daily, and slowly I'm becoming less sad. I'm very hesitant to speak to a psychologist because 1) I've come this far already and 2) The big reason is they will likely have no idea what's wrong with me considering it's drug induced. And I don't know what to do other than continue to meditate, exercise, and attempt to self-heal. I never thought this could happen to me, well it did. It made me the man I am today, but I feel its lingering effects. I deeply feel all my emotional turmoil in the background is related to this. If anyone has any sort of input, advice, or anything, it's much appreciated. And thanks everyone. [link] [comments] |
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| Posted: 16 Apr 2020 09:08 PM PDT I always get annoyed with people when they haven't done anything wrong, and I get into arguments with people on the internet whenever they have an opinion I disagree with, instead of ignoring it. I especially hate how I get agitated with people seemingly for no reason and start raising my voice or getting annoyed with them, or just acting rude in general. I have a lot of anger in me, towards myself and now it's leaked out to the rest of the world. I joined a lot of rage-fuel subreddits like "justice served" or "misanthropy" or "anti-this and that" and what made me think I needed to change was an interview I saw with Elon Musk. The dude's just so chill and the way he speaks about humanity and the world is that it isn't mostly bad and ugly, but mostly beautiful. I want to see the world through those lens. I also get those same positive vibes from this subreddit. So what do y'all do to achieve that? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Apr 2020 01:55 AM PDT I've been meditating daily for close to a year now, with a mixture of guided, semi guided and solo meditations. This morning I decided to go and stand out in my garden in the rain to meditate, which I have never done before. Just letting myself concentrate on feeling everything in the present moment, the rain on my skin, the sound of the birds, the petrichor and then I let it all go. I felt an overwhelming amount of stress just be lifted clean from my shoulders. Anyway, I just thought I would share and hopefully inspire one of you to try meditating in the rain. It feels like a shower for the soul. Have a great day! [link] [comments] |
| Some thoughts about this Pandemic Posted: 17 Apr 2020 01:42 AM PDT I have noticed through this meditation journey that this practice is the only thing besides mindfulness keeping me sane during these times. Unfortunately, that is not the same for many people around me. I have noticed how big companies really don't care about our mental health, or maybe they just are not aware of the power of meditation. Meditation is something that is extremely important to the wellbeing of humans without it you could see that people are simply bored or hating life right now. Companies rather keep people in the loop and have them keep being depressed and its quite sad. [link] [comments] |
| Guys, did i ‘think’ about nothing and have my first successful meditation? Posted: 17 Apr 2020 01:41 AM PDT So i'm pretty new to meditation (couple weeks) and really have just been focusing on slowing my thoughts and clearing my mind of everything. I manage to clear my thoughts to a quiet lull by now, but yesterday i got into a state that felt very powerful. Essentially i got this oncoming rush (idk how else to describe it) and started to hear my heartbeat and i felt like whenever i wanted to, i was truly not thinking of anything i was simply with my mind. I had some small thoughts - mostly like shit i think i'm doing it - but they were very very 'quiet' and i could dismiss them easily to get back into this deeper state. One thing i noticed was although my eyes were closed, vision seemed very important? In that i was completely submerged in this dark space (which was very friendly not sinister) and my eyes were looking all around it, even though they were closed, just enjoying the peace. To the people out there who know what they're doing more than me aka everyone, does this sound like a more successful session? Is vision or visualisation important to you or do all senses switch off? Where do i go from here? Thank you!! Would love any insight. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Apr 2020 09:21 PM PDT this is really specific and strange so i wanted to know if anyone else has experienced it — over the years i have gone to a chiropractor who uses fascial unwinding on the spine from a seated position, which basically makes me involuntarily sway and move. i'm a meditation newbie, but every time that i've practiced mindfulness or meditated where i feel most engaged with the practice, my body begins to unwind. it feels good & right to move!! it's more than just my muscles relaxing, it feels like the fascia is unwinding and releasing all that energy i've cultivated in my practice, good and bad🌸 [link] [comments] |
| Is it natural to get feeling of lust during meditation? Posted: 16 Apr 2020 03:18 PM PDT Or is there something wrong with me? Well there's a few things wrong with me, but not in that way. I'll just be meditating and get a lustful feeling all of a sudden. It usually goes away when done mediating. But whew, that's enough to make any Scorpio like myself proud [link] [comments] |
| Create a life that feels good on the inside, not just one that looks good on the outside. Posted: 16 Apr 2020 09:06 PM PDT |
| Has anyone had a truly scary or psychotic experience on a retreat? Posted: 16 Apr 2020 12:13 PM PDT I did my first Vipassanna retreat back in Nov. 2019. After reading the article about Megan Vogt, I'm wondering if anyone's had any similar experiences as hers? Has anyone experienced a psychotic break on a retreat before? Has anybody had anything truly scary or hallucinatory happen to them while on a silent meditation retreat? [link] [comments] |
| How would one meditate "on something" Posted: 16 Apr 2020 05:54 PM PDT "Meditate on that, I should" -Yoda, probably What do people mean when they say "I shall meditate on that"? Yes, I understand they mean they'll concentrate intensely on an issue to find a solution, but why does the word meditate gets thrown in there? Is it just a badly used synonym to "focus", or is there something else? You see, the types of meditation I know are vipassana, walking meditation, loving-kindness, etc. And they're all about concentrating on a specific action, static abstract idea or emotion, always staying in the present moment, without judgment Can one "meditate" to find a solution to a problem? Sounds very objective-oriented and not very mindful. So is there something to it or is it just a badly used western cliché phrase? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Apr 2020 01:04 AM PDT Day #2 - Join me in the Dopamine Fasting Challenge during the COVID Self Isolation! Lets do this today! =) Meditate for peace, health, and happiness - Activities Allowed: Meditation, Reading, Yoga Stretching - Rules: No social media, No Internet, No lying down (Besides bedtime), One meal a day, Remain happy and positive. Coronavirus Pandemic In the midst of this Coronavirus Pandemic, we have been instructed to practice self-isolation and social distancing. It has been a very difficult and challenging period for myself as it is for many others around the world. Being social creatures, we are conditioned to enjoy social interactions and maintain relationships with our peers, family members, and colleagues at work. However, being advised to remain home and quarantine ourselves within the confines of our personal dwelling spaces, we must suspend the external links we have established with the outside world, and instead delve within ourselves and connect with our mental space. Dopamine Fasting In the first few weeks, I found myself incredibly restless and unable to focus. I would always be seeking something external to satisfy my craving for a dopamine hit. Something I used to be able to fulfill by spending time with my friends, on social media, eating, or engaging in social activities. However, now that I am required to remain home, many of those sources have been cut off and I must make do with what is within my proximity. I decided to take this chance to go on a dopamine detox to alleviate my constant desire for external stimulation. Research suggests that our dopamine levels are linked to our perceived happiness and gratification, and if we constantly trigger these dopamine releases, we will require the same dose if not more to experience the same levels of happiness and gratification. Conversely, if we can bring down and maintain our dopamine sensitivity, then we wouldn't require large doses for the same effects. My Monk-Like Practice This draws many parallels to the Monastic Lifestyle I nurtured during my two years as a Buddhist Monk in Taiwan. It was normal practice to refrain from the normal desires and pleasures of everyday life to maintain a stable level of wellbeing which leads to profound mental clarity and peace of mind. To bring this concept into my secular life, I decided to take advantage of the decreased workload and responsibilities during this COVID pandemic to incorporate long periods of dopamine fasting each day, as well as minimal stimulation throughout the day. I hope my practice will encourage others around the world to also practice dopamine fasting and to cultivate a more controlled and disciplined mind. I believe having such a balanced and calm mind will help manage all of the stresses and anxieties experienced during these uncertain and desperate times. May everybody be free from pain and suffering, and may we all realize true inner peace and joy. Sending out all my love and blessings to everyone in the world. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Apr 2020 12:31 AM PDT I've started noticing this recently. Usually when listening to a song while trying to relax/driving etc, it would really be the 'background track' to other (often anxious/preoccupied) thoughts I was having. I may hear the lyrics but not really take any notice of them, for example. More and more, I'm finding that I'm able to just enjoy the ride and focus on the song unobscured by my thoughts. As a music lover, to say this has been really awesome would be an understatement. I'm grateful that I've persisted with the practice - with the help of this subreddit - to the point where I'm noticing 'little' things like this in my daily life. Because little things can be big things... Let's say you've put aside a few minutes to listen to that song you're really liking. Without the 'energy of your thoughts' stopping you from feeling the 'energy of the music' (not to sound cheesy), maybe you do really connect with the song in the moment and even carry that feeling into the next activity you do. Be that one of hype/relaxation/awe, whatever... depending on the song and the person. I can see this being applicable for other things besides music too. Has anyone had a similar experience? PS. The album stream of consciousness by Spencer brown is 🔥 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Apr 2020 12:18 AM PDT Is it really essential to use an app like headspace for beginners or can a beginner meditate by themselves effectively? Thanks [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Apr 2020 06:44 AM PDT I had my grounding meditation etched to my brain and I had to get the picture out of my head. In reality, it didn't turn out exactly the same as my roots go through the ground all down to the core of the earth. But this way I got some reborn/hope/life into my "art" ☺️💜🖤 it's just a doodle but hope you'll like it. [link] [comments] |
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| Am I holding onto negative emotions? Posted: 16 Apr 2020 03:52 PM PDT Whenever I encounter a situation that invokes negative feelings, I stay with the feeling as best I can, but I often wonder if I am handling things correctly. For instance, if I get into an argument with someone and I feel shitty afterwards, I observe whatever I am feeling as best I can without judgement (I am ~50 days into daily meditation with headspace; discovered meditation about a year ago). However, as I look back, I feel like I may be holding onto feelings instead of watching them and accepting them. I am not sure if this is me being impatient and simply just wanting to feel positive instead of negative. I am looking to figure this out more as I continue my meditation journey, but I would appreciate any insight in dealing with negative emotions. [link] [comments] |
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| Visualization Mediation Question Posted: 16 Apr 2020 08:39 PM PDT Hi everyone. Semi-new to meditation here. I decided to try something a little different tonight when meditating. I decided to just create beautiful imagery in my mind while I meditated and imagine scenarios like me running incredibly fast and stuff like that. I noticed it helped clear my mind a bit. Is this a proper kind of meditation or was I just using a fantasy to relax? [link] [comments] |
| Meditation Daily - focused on my breath and then fell into the endless delusion... Posted: 16 Apr 2020 08:27 PM PDT Watch your breath, and as it enters, know which nostril it enters, and as it exists, know which nostril it exits. This is a little different from the "number-rest view". The latter aims at adjusting body, breath and mind by calculating the number of times of output and income. In short, when you breathe out, count from one to ten, when you breathe in, count from ten to one. Be sure to count from one to ten times without losing your focus, then start to observe your breath. Vipassana is concerned with not reciting the formula or thinking while observing the meditation. Even if this helps you get into the state, it does not help to achieve the fundamental purpose of vipassana: to purify the mind. After a few minutes of this concentrated practice, the rest of the time, I fell into the endless delusion: What do human beings live for? How to find my purpose in life? Which direction do I want to go to in the future? And the constant troubles...... By the time I came to my senses, today's meditation session was over. ___________________________ My friends and I have spent plenty of time and effort to build a meditation app. It creates an authentic retreat vibe while you're meditating. All meditation courses are free to help anyone who is in need to get through this tougher time. Hope it may be helpful to reduce your anxiety during the uncertain time. If you're interested in it, pls have a try and give me some feedback. Thank you for your attention. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Apr 2020 11:34 AM PDT Now is an opportunity for us to turn those desires inward, and discover the beauty, intrigue, and novelty within us. [link] [comments] |
| How to meditate for increase productivity and focus? Posted: 16 Apr 2020 08:12 PM PDT Hey everyone, I currently meditate every day right after I wake up. My main focus while meditating is to stay mindful. To do this, I incorporate body scans and a few other exercises in order to increase my meditation quality. After doing this the entire quarantine consistently, I am seeing some improvement in my daily focus. However, I am not entirely sure I am going about this process right as the only meditation instruction I have ever had has been through the app Headspace. Pretty much, I am just wondering what the best meditation techniques and times are. Keep in mind that my primary concern is to increase productivity and focus. Thanks so much for any help! [link] [comments] |
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