Meditation: Remember, we're not trying to lose our inner narrator. Just to be aware of it. If possible, aware of it as a only a bundle of thoughts, rather than a self. |
- Remember, we're not trying to lose our inner narrator. Just to be aware of it. If possible, aware of it as a only a bundle of thoughts, rather than a self.
- Meditation shows you how a random stimulus can lead to totally unrelated thoughts.
- How I Meditate - Part 1 of 4 posts
- How do you release pent up emotional energy in the midst of conversation?
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- Global Meditation for the Awakening of Human Consciousness
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- Having sleeps full of nightmares due to trauma and heartbreak.
- I'm much more aware when I am exhausted mentally or emotionally which makes it easier to take a step back when I need it
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- A small contribution to the global meditation movement
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- Invitation to Ascension Timeline/End of Coronavirus Mass Meditation on April 4th/5th (Depending on timezone)
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| Posted: 03 Apr 2020 08:39 AM PDT |
| Meditation shows you how a random stimulus can lead to totally unrelated thoughts. Posted: 03 Apr 2020 04:16 PM PDT During my sit yesterday the neighbors closed a window which sparked a totally unrelated thought in me about my internship supervisor. The thought did not feel negative, but had a negative connotation about her blaming me for some mistake I haven't even made yet. I catched it fairly quickly, thanked myself for catching it and went back to the feeling of the breath. After the sit I wrote this 'insight' down to reflect on it today. I think this is even more evidence showing that we should be aware of our thoughts and of what sparks our thoughts, since it seems that they can be completely unrelated sometimes. Please share your insights and experiences about this, I'll be happy to read them! [link] [comments] |
| How I Meditate - Part 1 of 4 posts Posted: 03 Apr 2020 07:02 PM PDT Over four Friday evenings, I am sharing written guides on how I practice #meditation. This is primarily in response to a friend of mine who related to me how they found it difficult to follow aural/visual instruction, even in real life. I tried to find relatively short, written instructions on the technique I wanted to introduce to them and couldn't find a one that's also secular, so here's my contribution. I'm not a meditation teacher but I've successfully introduced this technique to another friend of mine and I hope that this helps more people. This first guide is in 3 parts, forming the right intention, a description of the technique and developing a daily routine. INTENTION It's important to understand what meditation is and is not and form realistic intentions before we practice. It is a form of practice to develop awareness (#mindfulness) and a beneficial form of concentration. You reap what you sow and if undertaken diligently, practiced daily and resolutely, it would bear fruit, leading to positive changes. It's important to not have unrealistic expectations of what meditation entails. It's not a miracle cure. It's not a form of relaxation to escape from life's troubles. You can't live your life wantonly and seek meditation to compensate for poor life choices. The opposite can happen if one holds such views. Meditation is your anchor for living a better life. When you spend time in seclusion to attend to the garden of your mind, slowly, but surely, you will start making better choices in life as you observe how your mind ticks, see past the stories you tell yourself, better deal with anxiety, develop compassion for yourself and others and being more able to focus. But this takes time, and there's no timeline for this endeavor. Be gentle with yourself. TECHNIQUE Find a quiet place to sit comfortably. You can sit on the floor or if you need to, sit on a chair. The sitting posture helps one remain attentive and not feel sleepy. Thus, it also helps if you keep your back straight as it encourages alertness (and less chance of developing backache over time). Don't worry if the place you're sitting in isn't perfectly quiet. Silence helps us to practice because we're all beginners on this path, but by no means is it a requirement. Close your eyes. Relax your neck, shoulders, and arms. You have perhaps been breathing your whole life without paying much attention to it, so let's begin with bringing awareness to one's breath to develop mindfulness. Our breath serves well as an anchor because it is something that happens automatically our whole lives and it's easy to observe non-judgmentally. Bring your attention to your abdominal area and place one hand over it (if you need to), to note how it rises with your in-breath and falls with your out-breath. As it rises, note to yourself mentally, "rising". There is no need to say this out loud. As it falls, note, "falling". This noting of the natural rising and falling of your breath will serve as the anchor of your practice. There is no need to control your breath, simply observe. As you note this rising and falling, you may have thoughts. If so, note to yourself, "thinking... thinking...". If you hear sounds, note to yourself, "hearing... hearing...". If you remember things from the past, "remembering... remembering...". If you are planning for the future, "planning... planning...". If you imagine people, scenes, imagery, etc, "seeing... seeing...". If you feel itchy, "itching... itching..." or "feeling... feeling...". If you feel pain, "pain... pain...". It is unimportant to find perfect labels, don't spend time finding it. Have a calm, gentle mental voice and not think of yourself as nagging or even scolding oneself. What we're doing is simply noting what we're experiencing as many times as necessary before we bring our attention back to our breath, the sensation of its rising and falling at our abdominal area. When thoughts and feelings arise, acknowledge them by noting it and letting it go. Gently, return to your breath. Let it come, let it be, let it go. Keep your labels uncomplicated, direct. Don't spend any time trying to over-interpret what you experience. For example, if you hear an aeroplane fly by, do not note, "aeroplane flying...". Simply, "hearing... hearing...". If you remember events, pleasant or unpleasant, spend no time trying to label how you feel about it, just note, "remembering... remembering...". All kinds of phenomena can be noted this way. If you feel heat or cold, "heat...", or "cold...". If you feel emotions - anger, sadness, happiness, calmness, etc, note it as "anger...", "sad...", "happy...", "calm...", etc. If you can't find an appropriate label, noting it as "feeling..." is fine. Endeavor not to move as you practice as it breaks one's concentration. Stay with the sensations that are tempting you to move and observe it for what it is. "Itchy...", "heat...", "cold...", "numb...", "tired...", "restless...", "pain...". Often times, one will find that noting these sensations several times as they arise will cause them to melt away. Our mind is unused to spending time in seclusion with minimal sensory input so it magnifies and sometimes even creates illusions to "fill in the gap". ROUTINE Start with 1 to 5 minutes each day, and slowly increase your practice length. When you feel comfortable, add 5 minutes each time, building your abilities at your own pace. You may use any sort of timer, but personally, I like to use this app called Insight Timer. It's easier to build a routine by sitting at the same place and time every day. But if you find the place that you're sitting in unconducive, feel free to find another. If you find that a certain time in the day doesn't feel good, feel free to experiment and try another time in the day. But resist the urge to constantly change the place and time, stick with it for a while and evaluate it after several sits. [link] [comments] |
| How do you release pent up emotional energy in the midst of conversation? Posted: 03 Apr 2020 03:21 AM PDT Are there any practices that can be used while in a conversation with someone to release pent-up energy subtly? I've found ways to control my laughter in inappropriate situations, along will control what emotions I want to express, but what ends up happening is the energy builds up in my chest, and soon as I stop consciously playing the role of the emotion I want, the energy has nowhere to go, so then it either comes out as laughter or nervous movements. The more pent up it gets, the more stress it causes to my body. There's been times where I held it inside and kept playing the role and then I got a panic attack probably from too much energy in one place without being released. Any tips, like some sort of emotional energy dispersal techniques, or grounding? I just don't know what works well enough to do it DURING a conversation. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 03 Apr 2020 02:48 PM PDT I'm a naturally very anxious person and I've been smoking weed most of my teen and adult life. I recently discovered meditation about a year ago, with the help of weed I was really able to focus and let go into whatever type of meditation/mindfulness I was doing and for a while it was amazing. Somewhere along the way maybe as my meditation skills increased the thc started doing the opposite. It would break my concentration I would focus strictly on how it wasn't working and honestly gave up all together and just went back to my mundane smoking rituals. I recently went on a tolerance break of about two weeks and tried meditation again. It was hard at first but the results were by far the best I've ever had. I'm really not sure the point of this rant maybe some thoughts would be appreciated. I've been incredibly interested in wim hoff style breathing and the lack of smoke in my lungs has made it just incredible. Maybe at first the weed was a nice boost but I think it just cause more anxiety as I began to rely on it to get me where I needed to go in my meditation ritual. Thanks to anyone willing to contribute some insight into this. [link] [comments] |
| What sort of meditations are best for simulating a drug-like experience? Posted: 04 Apr 2020 02:00 AM PDT |
| Global Meditation for the Awakening of Human Consciousness Posted: 03 Apr 2020 12:03 PM PDT "A world-wide experiment in human consciousness" The event will be streamed live at this link on Saturday April 4th, 10:30AM-11:30AM EST: [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 03 Apr 2020 05:01 PM PDT Hello all, I've finally been getting into meditation more and it's been going well so far. However, there is something I seem to have a lot of trouble with. Most meditation guides say to breathe in through your nose, and out through your mouth. I'll spare you my entire medical history, but long story short my lungs aren't very strong. For some reason, that particular method of breathing drastically increases my heart rate and makes me feel very uneasy. Is there anything notable about this? Should I do my best to practice breathing that way, or find a different style of breathing of suites me? [link] [comments] |
| Having sleeps full of nightmares due to trauma and heartbreak. Posted: 03 Apr 2020 09:46 PM PDT Once awakened not able to go back to sleep. Not able to sleep properly. Any meditation or tricks that can help me sleep? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 03 Apr 2020 03:08 PM PDT I tend to be very restless and overengaging emotionally which made me feel anxious around people a lot. Now, while studying or Interacting with people I feel much more what is going on in my body. The body gives all the signals. And it's important to listen to the body! Or burnout follows. During a study break I noticed how "I" am aware of my surroundings, taking breaths and calming down, while the mind still worked, it was so interesting to feel the mind working independently like a complex abstract bubble going on SOMEwhere. Difficult to explain but i believe this is what is meant when they say the human brain can think abstractly. This is literally the process I was aware of. Breaks are important because the brain is constantly working and it needs time to process the learned stuff! [link] [comments] |
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| Posted: 03 Apr 2020 04:21 AM PDT Hello friends, I've been practicing meditation for about 2 weeks now and am seeing positive results just in my day to day life. I am doing fine with many aspects of it as I am a buddhist, but lately after my meditation I seem to have a surge of frustration and sadness overwhelm me. Can anyone give some insight to what is happening? All things must pass, is this just a beginning of another phase? [link] [comments] |
| Here’s a meditative piece of music I Posted: 03 Apr 2020 02:25 PM PDT |
| A small contribution to the global meditation movement Posted: 03 Apr 2020 06:08 PM PDT I've spent the last few hours preparing this page where you can synchronize with other people across the globe to have a meditation session together. Basically it is a countdown with a bell to start and finish and it will go off for the first time in sync with the global meditation happening in 38 minutes. It will be a 20 minutes meditation. The meditation is going to happen every hour. Then it will start a new countdown so everybody can sync an join. I hope you like it. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 03 Apr 2020 04:34 PM PDT Are there some that can tap into the pineal gland and really open me up to new insights? Do binaural beats work? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 03 Apr 2020 03:31 AM PDT http://www.globalpeacemeditation.com/ I just heard of this but I practiced a bit & can tell its supported! For the Jupiter & Pluto Conjuction, the people are organizing a meditation to bring and ground light energies down for the healing & further ascension of mankind. I think group meditations are super powerful & if you've got 20 mins, it would be helpful to join in and lend your thoughts in this direction. As the collective, we have the responsibility of creating majority approval of ascension. Believe in us! [link] [comments] |
| Third Eye Meditation not working Posted: 03 Apr 2020 09:49 AM PDT Trying to do third eye meditation where you stick your middle finger out towards the middle of your brow. Apparently you're supposed to be able to feel something on your forehead without your finger touching it but I can't feel anything at all [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 03 Apr 2020 03:19 PM PDT For those who feel guided there will be a mass meditation taking place tomorrow April 4th/5th (depending on timezone). The purpose of which is to secure the most positive timeline/outcome to this whole pandemic/global economic/financial collapse. The following link automatically converts the meditation start time to your location: The voice-guided meditation videos in dozens of languages can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-ujIE4tLGbFHnJfnFbIsXQxojpbaRLZI Promo videos in dozens of languages have been created: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-ujIE4tLGbHig1I3Lpd_0NuHQHZlckGA We are using the opportunity of the massive astrological configuration of Jupiter Pluto conjunction on April 4th/5th to create a portal through which we will unify our consciousness and trigger the process that will solidify the optimal Ascension timeline for the planet. This activation helps the Light forces to ground the energy of Light on the surface of the planet to completely remove the coronavirus, to help removing all the fear this epidemic has created, to counteract all plans dark forces had with triggering this epidemic, and to help shifting the planetary evolution back into the most positive Ascension timeline that will lead us into the Age of Aquarius. The Cabal will attack this meditation and those promoting it because it actually causes real positive change in the world and the fact that this is an act of UNITY. Please consider joining this meditation and help us get 1 million mediators to participate! Updates and more information about this meditation: http://2012portal.blogspot.com/ Victory of the Light! [link] [comments] |
| Multi-Faith Discord Helping You During The COVID-19 Outbreak. Posted: 03 Apr 2020 04:09 AM PDT We are Theology, with over 1000 members all of which discuss and debate beliefs. Anyone is welcome, no matter your background. Have a belief? Don't have a belief? Want to learn? Want to teach/discuss? We are here to help in anyway we can. Due to the outbreak and many people being isolated, we have also created more voice channels for people to continue their gatherings online. [link] [comments] |
| Daily Meditation 2 times a day Benefits Posted: 03 Apr 2020 09:43 AM PDT We can accelerate our spiritual growth/development through dedicating our hearts to it, from waking up to right before bed practicing meditation twice a day allows us the opportunity to set the tone and process the experiences for the day. It allows us to keep the focuses throughout the day and optimizes the process of recognition to understanding to assimilation when we reflect and unwind in the evening. When we shift so much of our day around this practice, it begins to echo and seep into every aspect of our lives. Ultimately, I utilized this method when I first started out and noticed how far it propelled me down the process of awakening. Such unfoldment is continual throughout life, but rooting yourself in such daily practices not only helped with many recognitions, but I was happier, never got sick, and had way more energy. Recoveries from workouts is quicker, I don't need as much sleep and wake up ready to go- which was a noticeable shift since I was always really slow in the mornings. But once the body gets in this flow it's beyond funny how much it enjoys it, and when you fully fall in love with your practice of meditation (whatever it may be, not everyone gets into those states when sitting, some through sports, arts, etc) everything just flows effortlessly. Considering this global quarantine is forcing most of us to stay at home, there's no better time than now to practice such inner-looking. If you feel like you're lacking accountability or where to start, I have a solid squad that joins in daily at 8am and 8pm (PT) to give you the confidence to build your own practice. I hope you're all continuing your development during this lockdown and staying positive! [link] [comments] |
| How to deal with emerging physical symptoms of meditation? Posted: 03 Apr 2020 09:23 AM PDT So I'm a horrible hypochondriac and have pretty much constant issues with stress, hyperventilation, panic attacks, anxiety and a lot of bodychecking focussing on every slight or severe physical symptom caused by these things. To help with focussing my mind and calming down a little I wanted to make some meditation a standard part of my routine. I tried a few times before but never got the discipline to consistently learn it and I wanted to give it a proper try this time. However, I notice then whenever I start to meditate and 'get into it' so to speak, I'm overwhelmed by this intense rush of a tingly, vibrating sensation through my entire body that feels difficult to describe. I try to just continue and feel it and let the feelings go and what not but it's difficult to keep the hypochrondriac in me from panicking and thinking something is wrong etc. At the end of the meditation I don't really feel calm but more like a rush of physical symptoms have come over me and the ebbing aftereffects which I have a hardtime not letting trigger my hyperventilation and anxiety. I suspect that this might be some kind of physical stress release but I wanted to ask some experienced fellows whether that could be the case and whether the physical sensations are a 'good' sign so to speak and a sign of healing and not an indication of something else. If it helps anything, I noticed that when I drink alcohol after/during a stressfull period I get the same intense sensation. [link] [comments] |
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