Meditation: Om...Om...OMG! Our Global Meditation! |
- Om...Om...OMG! Our Global Meditation!
- im just at ease. seriously
- Does anybody else experience this when you don't meditate for a long time and come back to it...
- How do I work on healing past traumas?
- Tips for a couple of complete beginners?
- I’m not grasping the concept of we are not our thoughts.
- Fascinating Meditation Experience! Would love for someone to share input on this, thank you!
- Using shame and guilt as triggers to change people is unsustainable
- Catching Your Breath - How to breathe like a guru!
- “The more we notice the change in our everyday life, the more we can embrace the present.” - Headspace
- every time i meditate and i have a panic attack
- Daily World Meditates with Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
- Grounding without the breath?
- Thoughts on last night's global meditation.
- Need links to all the meditation instruments! Please?!
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- What’s your morning meditation routine?
- Today, I watched myself breathe
- New and I mean no knowledge about meditation at all (a little I guess)
- Bad experiences with chakras ?
- I feel fear surging through me seconds into meditation.
- Meditation triggering my derealisation over and over
- guided meditation without words
| Om...Om...OMG! Our Global Meditation! Posted: 05 Apr 2020 01:19 PM PDT I participated in last night's global mediation and had an experience that I want to share! As a novice mediator, thoughts came and went as I tried to settle in and quiet my mind. I pictured the globe surrounded in a healing white light, and then focused on the release of pain, suffering, and fear. Then, I released all thoughts and focused on my breath. Of course, the thoughts still came and went. Some about my daily responsibilities, the state of the world, random memories, and abstract thoughts. Again, I let them pass and refocused on my breath. At one point, the name Saint Sebastian came to mind. Clearly. I let the thought pass, but after completing the meditation, it was the one fleeting thought that stuck with me. Having no knowledge of Saint Sebastian, I wasn't sure if there was such a saint. Naturally, I felt compelled to Google his name. Initially, I found that he is known as the patron saint of athletes and archers. However, after continuing to learn more about him, he is also known as the patron Saint of the plague (also referred to as the patron saint of infectious diseases). Om... Om... OMG! I was tickled by the whole experience and felt a sense of validation from the universe about our collective influence through this global meditation! Hope you are all happy and healthy! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Apr 2020 04:44 PM PDT been meditating for a while, and practice rational deductive thinking, and while lots of family members and friends are panicking im the one talking them down. Honestly, im barely thinking of worst case scenarios, just doing lots of hobbies and enjoying the downtime [link] [comments] |
| Does anybody else experience this when you don't meditate for a long time and come back to it... Posted: 05 Apr 2020 06:34 PM PDT When I dont meditate for a long time, like months, and then I start to meditate again, I instantly feel very sleepy, like I have accumulated restlessness, so usually I decide to go take a nap. In the subsequent days I sleep a lot, and meditate, but mediitation always leads to relaxation and then I become very drowzy and sleepy, and I go to sleep. After around 1 week of lots of naps, etc, I begin to have very vivid dreams, even lucid dreams or out of body experiences, does this happen to you? My face becomes younger looking, fresher, and then I can meditate without feeling sleepy, like Im recharged. [link] [comments] |
| How do I work on healing past traumas? Posted: 05 Apr 2020 11:05 PM PDT When I meditate to work on healing past traumas, what should I be doing? Should I be comforting my inner child, should I be showing myself alternative possibilities or what else? I don't want to brush them under any metaphorical rug for them to pile up later and wreak havoc. What I want to achieve is to stop them being in my head all the time or at the smallest trigger. I want to move on. It feels like I am stuck because of them and I keep thinking of the people from my past...not always in a regretful way but just curiously. I think about how everyone is on with their lives and probably doesn't even care or remember about that time. But I'm still there and it's been years.... What should I do? EDIT: I'd also like to mention that a lot of the experiences/incidents that bother me in my head are not necessarily from direct interactions with people. They are from the way I felt at a particular time when I received inputs that meant I'm being talked about or judged. I have felt insecure, insignificant, disrespected and inadequate. I've always been very sensitive and even the smallest things would replay in my head over and over. [link] [comments] |
| Tips for a couple of complete beginners? Posted: 05 Apr 2020 11:49 AM PDT Hi all, My wife and I have wanted to start meditation for a while, so I've subbed here some months ago. COVID-19 has finally pushed us towards it. Today we did a breath meditation for 5 minutes. I've done these things a bit in some workshops, my wife is newer. We'd like to try to add meditation to our lives for well-being. My wife wishes to be more relaxed and more in-tune with herself physically. I wish to be less reactive to circumstances, strengthen my mental-core so to speak, and also to be more compassionate to others and myself. [link] [comments] |
| I’m not grasping the concept of we are not our thoughts. Posted: 05 Apr 2020 05:43 PM PDT I understand it, I guess I just haven't had that moment where it clicks with me, or maybe I don't agree with it? I understand not attaching yourself to your thoughts and emotions - watch them as they pass by. But the idea that our thoughts are not us, can someone try and explain that a bit more for me? [link] [comments] |
| Fascinating Meditation Experience! Would love for someone to share input on this, thank you! Posted: 05 Apr 2020 07:00 PM PDT Hi guys, So a little bit of backstory. I've been meditating for a few years now and usually do either a concentration or Metta meditation for about an hour per day. I had a very interesting experience meditating last night and it was probably the deepest meditative experience I've had thus far. Basically, I meditated late at night around 10 pm (my meditation before I go to bed) and it was a concentration meditation intertwined with some positive Metta sayings and feeling of sensations as they arise. While, I was meditating and thinking about thoughts of love and kindness, compassion, and etc a thought arose to my mind about recently having watched the Star Wars movies episode I, II, and III (quarantine life). The movies interestingly had a lot of Buddhist philosophies intertwined within the narrative which I had never realized before and a key thing that came to my mind was the idea in the movie as they discussed of how Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, and hate leads to suffering. I know this is a tenant of Buddhist philosophy towards aversion and how clinging towards things leads to suffering. Anyways, while I was meditating instead of thinking about Metta I got lost into a thought about the main character (Anakin Skywalker) and his mind shifting from fear, anger, hate, and ultimately suffering. And, then it occurred... Sensations poured everywhere through my body and my body was just a blanket of energy for a moment and then everything went still.... LIKE SUPER FREAKING STILL. It was utter silence. I've never experienced anything like that before. All I felt for a few moments was just my breath; my mind was completely blank. It lasted for a few breaths and then the thoughts came back, but it was very peculiar this time it's like the thoughts came back in flashes. I could see the thought and I just really felt a huge disconnection with the thought. Anyways after a little bit, I stopped as my mind kept wondering about this whole experience and I remember trying to get back into that sense of awareness, but it was just difficult as my thoughts kept trying to cling on to that sensation/awareness I had. Thus, equanimity and effortless effort went out the window. I opened my eyes and flipped my timer to realize that it had only been 25 minutes, but was probably one of the deepest meditative experiences I've had. If someone could please enlighten me on what this experience was about or share their input it would be much appreciated. Was this was what true meditation feels like? When your mind is completely blank/still and you can hear/feel nothing but the meditation object? I thought I had been doing it right all these years or maybe I'm just starting to get deeper into it. Thank you! [link] [comments] |
| Using shame and guilt as triggers to change people is unsustainable Posted: 06 Apr 2020 02:08 AM PDT |
| Catching Your Breath - How to breathe like a guru! Posted: 06 Apr 2020 02:06 AM PDT The original yogis traveled like a circus. Bringing the magic of India from town to town. Besides levitation, another skill of these wise men, was to slow down breath, and vital organs to mimic being dead. The point of yoga and meditation is to lift, the astral body away from the physical one. This is done by practising a series of breathing techniques called: Pranayama (to extend the vital life force,) or prana (Breath) We find these practices in chapter two in the Yoga Sutra. You learn… "2.51 Bahya abhyantra visaya aksepi caturthah The fourth type of pranayama transcends the external and internal pranayamas and appears effortless and non-deliberate." The breath is not to be laboured. It is long, and smooth, and weightless. To master this craft, means you can fully breathe in, and fully breathe out, and fully breathe in… without any pause in the intervals. An example everyday breath is: In 1, 2, 3, 4, and (pause) out… 3, 2, 1, and In (pause) 1,2,3, … Instead breath should be: 1……………………………………………………………….. Ya! Not an easy task but imagine how much pressure and weight would be lifted off your body. All that heaving, and gasping gone, no more tensing or seizing? Makes total sense why these gurus could fly! For us mortals… another way to meter your breath is Balloon Belly. I've been doing yoga, meditation and hypnosis since it was a thing, but no one says it better then Little Yogi's… and I am paraphrasing here: Place your hands on your belly. Breath in, and exhaling full out, press your belly down, pushing out all the air. Breathe in, feeling your belly raise, full, big like a balloon. Now exhale, fully, pushing the air out of your belly, deflating it completely... That should give you the rhythm naturally. Now I want you to focus on your balloon belly, breathing in, and out, until you can do it naturally. No pressure, just in and out. May the breath be with you! [link] [comments] |
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| every time i meditate and i have a panic attack Posted: 05 Apr 2020 04:30 PM PDT i focus on my heart rate and i think it's too fast so i get nervous therefore making it faster and me only more nervous to the point where i just say fuck it. is there any way to fix this? or is that like a common thing? [link] [comments] |
| Daily World Meditates with Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Posted: 06 Apr 2020 01:05 AM PDT I learned to meditate through the Art of Living Foundation a few years ago. The technique, Sudarshan Kriya, changed my life completely, it is helping me greatly to go through current times of stress and anxiety. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is my meditation teacher and the founder of the Art of Living Foundation. He leads twice-daily (7am PST & 11:30pm PST) guided-meditations through his YouTube channel and Facebook page. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Apr 2020 01:04 AM PDT Are there any techniques to ground and calm if you have congestion and breathing isn't currently readily available nor safe-feeling for you? I'm finding myself at a loss, and I can't let my fear about what's happening be worse than what actually is happening. TIA [link] [comments] |
| Thoughts on last night's global meditation. Posted: 06 Apr 2020 12:56 AM PDT Hello! I keep wanting to pop in and share some of my experience with the meditation last night but keep chickening out :) I don't even know where to start! Just a novice so I want to thank you all for your gracious acceptance <3 I stepped into the meditation like I might normally would. I didn't know what to expect or if I even had any expectations! But I knew I wanted to contribute. I couldn't tell you now what my exact thoughts were at the beginning... But, immersed in our collective mind, eventually it spits out "WE ARE THE GOOD" and just runs with it. It's at this point with those words chanting that I am transported to seeing our world from above and it's spinning around faster and faster, a beautiful electrical storm (but.. lighter?) of color and vibrancy positively bouncing to the farthest reaches of the earth. The world is still spinning until suddenly it stops and I can feel everything in my body pulling upward and I can feel the light, I can see it, that's all there is and it won't stop. Until, it does. This was so intense and absolutely one of the most powerful things I'd ever experienced. I didn't even know what to do after that point. So I opened my eyes. Checked the time, it had been 11 minutes. I turned to my husband and said, "it's only been 11 minutes. Is that enough time? I believe we're supposed to shoot for 20. I guess I should try and get back into this." So I do. I jump back in not necessarily lost, but slightly in the action of, "what are we going to do about this?? What is the freaking plan??" And then it was as if y'all said, "no no silly girl, we're already there." for I was now in the sun on the street (not my street that's for sure lol) literally HUGGING strangers; the eyes of someone I've never seen before lighting up when they see me and needing to embrace as such! It was SO reciprocated! We have everything we will ever need in each other. Plenty of hands to lift the fallen man. And everybody has something to give that will make us all stronger. I never really ever thought my bravery could come too much into play in real life. But here were are. It is completely impossible for me to live in fear for more than 3 days apparently. I don't know why. But I use it. I give people my cool. There are so many who are so scared.. I am so thankful to have the ability to reach people in a way that gives them a little bit of peace. Amidst all this positivity and seeing the ways we WILL all be there for each other, it occures that we must simply.. opt out. Just opt. The fuck. Out. In any way that you can possibly think or manage. So much easier said than done.. but I look forward to flexing my brain trying to find ways to do it. Been telling my fellow Americans to use their bullshit stimulus checks to get on the block chain. Oh and when leaving the meditation there seemed to be a very distinct couple minutes where we all said our goodbyes :'-) Y'all rock. We can do this. P.S I'd love to hear more stories about people's experience with the mass meditation if you want to share! [link] [comments] |
| Need links to all the meditation instruments! Please?! Posted: 06 Apr 2020 12:52 AM PDT I saw this Hue Drum and was like wow! And then just wanted to see the whole world of this type of meditation/therapy. Is their a site I can visit? Or even just the names of all the types would be great! Thanks! [link] [comments] |
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| What’s your morning meditation routine? Posted: 05 Apr 2020 08:19 PM PDT Trying to switch mine up/create one Looking for ideas [link] [comments] |
| Today, I watched myself breathe Posted: 05 Apr 2020 12:09 PM PDT But not only my body breathe, but the whole package, including "me", from a place somewhere behind "me", though still inside the head. It felt great :) [link] [comments] |
| New and I mean no knowledge about meditation at all (a little I guess) Posted: 05 Apr 2020 07:57 PM PDT I want to clear my mind and have less trouble talking to people.I went to hs with toxic classmates always making fun of me and violating my standards.They hurt me emotionalIy and I could hurt them physically If I want to but Im a kind person I know what it feels to get physically hurt.So I decided to ignore them.I know karma will do the rest.But when I am alone I still remember the days when I didnt stand up for myself and it starts making me overthink and Its like a downfall for my life rn.Teach me guys.Theres more details but I didnt want to say that all here.Just some small infos will do.Its time to let some bottled feelings out.Help.How to Meditate? [link] [comments] |
| Bad experiences with chakras ? Posted: 05 Apr 2020 11:32 PM PDT Hi, there are many members. Does anyone had a bad experience with chakra meditation. I would love to do it but everytime i type on some reddit page that i would like to.. Everyone is like no dont do it you can accidentally awaken kundalini, or you need a trained guru or you could mess up something..i take those warnings seriously, but i would only do guided meditations from big channels like meditative mind or something.. So what do you think? Thanks [link] [comments] |
| I feel fear surging through me seconds into meditation. Posted: 05 Apr 2020 06:53 PM PDT I have been meditating for quite a while now, although intermittently. During my first experience with meditation, I felt immense fear like something is watching me - A sinister being. I thought I was able to get over the experience as meditating for these past days has been comfortable. Yet today upon trying a guided meditation on youtube I felt a surge of fear again. I know that it isn't real but my body acts otherwise. Is there any way to get rid of this dreadful feeling ? [link] [comments] |
| Meditation triggering my derealisation over and over Posted: 05 Apr 2020 10:08 PM PDT I tried a sort of "meditation" again today. My method was: 15 minutes, sitting comfortably. Set a timer. Clear my mind. X yogi dmt and a box of krispy kremes. Ok not that last part. I do not push thoughts away, nor do I encourage them, I try to point my mind towards emptiness, and for most of the time my mind was calm, my day long headache reduced for a while afterwards. It is 0554 in the morning right now, I have been on the phone and tried to anchor. I woke at around 0330 and I felt something evil watching me in my room. Again, it felt like the simulation was about to be cancelled. That is the main feature of my derealisation. I do not have a derealisation order. I am diagnosed as depressed, on medication and I am extremely depressed. I hate life. Boredom, lonliness and hate are the defining emotions of my life. I used to do something similar to this before going to sleep only a few years ago, but I forced my mind empty and it worked. I had derealisation hard for months afterwards after doing this for a few weeks. Are there any good texts I can read? I don't want some new age bullshit like McBuddhism or hege or whatever the fuck it is called or whatever the enlightened midlife crisis mothers are into currently. I am at university, I am 19, 6 or so years into hatred. I am quite alone. Half the students here are brain dead fifa playing, rap listening business "school" goons who should be skinned and burned alive and they wouldn't even feel it, the p zombies. I have started drinking in the evenings. I really hate thinking. The more I think the more I am depressed. The headache adds the more I think. I really hate living. All I have left is rum. I shouldn't be drinking, ethanol is a carcinogen. I have pain in my throat and my neck and my head. Maybe it is meningitis from the antidepressants. I should probably ask my GP. [link] [comments] |
| guided meditation without words Posted: 05 Apr 2020 09:30 PM PDT I'm getting back into meditating after an extended hiatus. I had an app once with an amazing guided meditation that I'm hoping someone can help me find again or at least a good replacement. What I liked about this particular meditation was that there were no words, only sounds. It starts with walking through a forest, a light storm and rain comes, then entering a cabin, you sit next to a crackling fireplace while the storm intensifies outside, there is a clock ticking in the background. Sounds slow and deepen as if muffled until there is only silence. After a few moments a faint ambient music can be heard that gradually grows louder and intensifies the meditation. I have looked but can't seem to find what I'm looking for, everything on YouTube is several hours long but this meditation was only like 15 minutes or so. I don't really have time for hour meditations. and apps either have voice guided meditations or are just looped sounds. Any help would be greatly appreciated. [link] [comments] |
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