Meditation: Understanding "you're not your thoughts" |
- Understanding "you're not your thoughts"
- Does anyone else go through phases of not meditating and realise how much it helps them?
- If the breath seems an exceedingly dull thing to observe over and over, you may rest assured of one thing: You have ceased to observe the process with true mindfulness. Mindfulness is never boring. Look again. Don’t assume that you know what breath is.
- If you want to transform or heal yourself, you have to learn how to stop. Stop running, stop chasing, stop doing. Just stop. Let it go. Just be. And soon you will see, your body and mind are at peace.
- To everybody that thinks meditation is about religion.
- (Crown��Chakra) Fire �� inside my head
- An Experience of Infinite Universal Love. April 5th 2020
- Is this safe?
- what does manifesting the feeling of being healed, as shown in this video, feel like?
- Beginner meditation
- Somehow I just now discovered “The Serenity Prayer” and I feel like it explains a concept that is very confusing about non-judgement or accepting the present.
- Feeling like i need someone to talk to
- Beginner
- All states of consciousness are meditation
- Should meditation be easy
- Meditating while my family has loud conversations
- How do I practice letting go of the idea of 'self'?
- I can’t relax while meditating
- I need advice on how to maintain focus and quiet the mind
- It is stressful to meditate
- Should I listen to music when meditating?
- I cant do lotus position even 1/4 of the way
- How to be grateful while being depressed
- family says meditating is bad, what should i do?
| Understanding "you're not your thoughts" Posted: 09 Apr 2020 04:27 PM PDT Whenever people said, "you are not your thoughts", I always used to get weirded out. On one hand, it was obvious: I am more than just my thoughts, I am also my actions, my habits, my personality, all other characteristics of my "self". On the other hand, it was also wrong, because thoughts are a part of my experience, and my experience also defines my "self". I didn't understand what was meant by "you are not your thoughts". I believe I understand it now. Thoughts are a glue that binds all things that you attribute to your "self". Thoughts play a huge part in giving you an impression that you are a person with specific habits, ranging interests, certain charisma and personality, in other words, thoughts constantly remind us of our ego. Because of that, we assign a certain significance to thoughts, a significance stronger than other experiences such as seeing, hearing, feeling sensations, etc. Yes, thoughts are part of your experience, but because they are so important to the existence of your ego, they dominate our consciousness. If you spend a prolonged time without assigning that significance, without being attached to your thoughts, and only treating them for what they are, i. e. a small part of your experience, then your ego starts to become more flexible, then it melts away, only to become a useful tool that can be accessed if needed. So, to understand "you're not your thoughts" is to treat your thought as one part of a much larger experience. There's many other knots to untangle, but this specific understanding can help you on your path to the betterment of your life, and the lives of others. [link] [comments] |
| Does anyone else go through phases of not meditating and realise how much it helps them? Posted: 09 Apr 2020 04:35 AM PDT Hello, I'm just curious. I often go through phases every 6 months or so where I suddenly stop meditating for a week or so, I never quite know why I stop, but I lose the routine somewhere. I then find my mental health goes downhill and my stomach and chest feel like they're tied in knots. I also don't sleep very well when I haven't been meditating. I'm curious as to anyone else's experiences with 'meditation withdrawal' and how you think it helps you in general? I suffer from pretty horrendous anxiety and also mild depression. Meditation is more important than the medication I take I've recently realised, it really is essential for me. Let me know your stories. 😊 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2020 09:42 PM PDT Don't take it for granted that you have already seen everything there is to see. If you do, you are conceptualizing the process. You are not observing its living reality. When you are clearly mindful of breath or indeed anything else, it is never boring. Mindfulness looks at everything with the eyes of a child, with the sense of wonder. Mindfulness sees every second as if it were the first and the only second in the universe. So look again." [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 Apr 2020 01:32 AM PDT A thought that just came to my mind, inspired by Thich Nhat Than ♥️ [link] [comments] |
| To everybody that thinks meditation is about religion. Posted: 09 Apr 2020 08:02 PM PDT As a lot of the posts in this sub show budist monks, I just wanted to remind everybody that meditation isn't related to religion, it is a way to feel better with yourself. If you are an atheist, a christian, a jew, or anything else, it doesn't matter. Here we'll accept everybody that wants to pratice amd be a better person, so do not feel restrained at all. If you think somebody should not pratice meditation because of a religion, or because of anything else really, please rethink that. Meditation is an amazing experience that should not be enjoyed only by a certaing group, but by everybody. Sorry for any misspels, english is not my main language. [link] [comments] |
| (Crown��Chakra) Fire �� inside my head Posted: 09 Apr 2020 09:05 PM PDT I woke up the NEXT morning after a nice finishing read the night before of the life changing book called STILLNESS SPEAKS BY ECKHART TOLLE So that morning I woke up & For about just 1 Minute my head was filled With this intense heat that felt like it could Melt reality but it also felt amazing And for that moment I was at complete peace Any pure judge free wisdom on what I experienced Would be welcomed and appreciated [link] [comments] |
| An Experience of Infinite Universal Love. April 5th 2020 Posted: 09 Apr 2020 03:57 PM PDT On April 5th 2020 at around 11:00 PM I had an experience that changed the way I perceive life and an experience that I will remember for the rest of my life. I had a nondual experience unlike any other I've ever had before. It was an experience of Infinite Love, complete and total Infinite Love. Recently I have been thinking about and meditating on the areas of being, manifestation, suffering and love. In the days leading up to this experience I have had an increased feeling of calmness, freedom and intense mindfulness. Despite the external appearances of my personal life currently as well as the current affairs of the world right now I feel more free and calm than I ever have in my life. It all feels quite ineffable. On this particular night I could feel the intensity and depth of the mindfulness I was experiencing. It was a depth, calmness and present moment awareness that I have noticed always precedes my past spontaneous nondual experiences. At the time I was listening to my favorite ambient song and taking in the profound beauty of it. While I was mindfully listening something happened. In an instant everything in my experience of reality just collapsed down into a singularity the experience of perceiving time ceased and I was overwhelmed by a massive torrent of Nondual Universal Love. I began crying and this crying quickly grew to sobbing as my perception expanded almost instantaneously into everything in all of existence. I was everything that ever was, is and will be. I was all of it. However there was no experience of I the self was obliterated the moment this infinite love overwhelmed my being. I have had several nondual and psychedelic experiences on my journey thus far but this time there was an incomprehensibly large flood of ultimate Universal Love like a transdimensional dam had burst and a flood of love from the totality of all existence itself completely engulfed my being. This Love was so much, so powerful that human language entirely and completely fails to describe the absolutely profound level and depth it had. I immediately knew that existence is Love. I saw the ever present nondual beauty of everything from this state of overwhelming Love. I felt so much love flowing through my being that I felt was melting. Everything that constituted any sense of separation was melting. All I could do in the presence of this Infinite Love was cry in its infinite beauty. Tears of sheer joy and love streamed down my face as I had never felt love so intensely before. I could feel this energetically affecting my physical body on multiple levels, subatomic, atomic, molecular and so on. The feeling of melting away from the intensity of infinite love was ever present. More and more all forms of individuation were melting away. It was as if the Infinite Love of all of creation was a red hypergiant star and that my individuated ego and body instantly melted into disintegration when coming even into contact with this profound absolute Love. It was the most profound thing I have ever experienced in my life. Out of all of the nondual and psychedelic experiences that I have had I've never felt such profound Love like this. As I was totally enraptured by this experience I felt the love that a mother feels for her newborn child, the love that the earth has for all of the lifeforms on it, the love of the fabric of existence itself. I felt love that I would instantly sacrifice my physical life for and even beyond that. Love beyond what I thought was ever possible and still that love bloomed and became even more intense. It was an infinite absolutely unconditional love for everything; for all beings, for all phenomena in existence. As I looked at the room around me I noticed the objects around and I was one with everything. I was on an existential level no different from the bed, the walls, the clothes, the air in the room, the carpet, the dirt on the carpet, the computer. In the binding unity of love I was everything in all of existence without exception. I picked up one of my shirts nearby and folded it up and I held it and hugged it as if it was a baby. As if it was my baby, my child because really all of existence is just that. I felt and exuded this love more intensely than I can put into words. There was a pillow nearby and I picked it up as well and I held it with all of the Love that I could muster. And still the perceiver of the experience was totally melting in contact with this infinite and profound love. The intensity of the experience got to the point where I felt that my body began vibrating. And I felt this very strange and intense feeling of vibration specifically from my heart area. This strange pulsating vibration branched out from my heart across my entire chest, neck, shoulders, my upper abdominal area and upper back. This pulsating vibration was so strange to feel going through my body. With every breath this pulsating vibration expanded more and more through my body. The intensity of this Love was so great that I didn't know how I could possibly take anymore, however it continued to expand and even further more engulf me even though there was no me left. As this continued there was the overwhelming feeling of gratitude and reverence that arose as well. I totally embraced obliteration by love and totally gave into the massive tsunami of universal love. The feeling of reverence was too much for words. Tears continued to stream down my face. The pulsating vibrations I felt in my body became even more intense as I placed my hands on my heart I just wanted to open my chest and blast out Love everywhere infinitely. I am not too knowledgeable on the chakra system about how energy flows through it but I feel that that in this experience I had a powerful heart chakra opening. With each heartbeat and each breath I felt my entire being vibrate and reverberate with Love. There is just pure Love. I came into a state of awe for the enormous love which always emanates through the totality. I just began to say, "wow", over and over again. Followed by; "this is too much", over and over again. The level of love that existence is and has for all incarnations is so profound that I don't think we'll ever have a way of describing it. You just have to directly experience it to know. As I was fully embraced by the infinite Love of existence I grabbed a blanket and I just wept uncontrollably into it. This went on for what felt like a while. I wept into it from the existential bliss, the existential joy and the sheer incomprehensible amount of love that I was experiencing. And I realized that the substance of existence is Love; that without love that nothing and I mean nothing could exist. Nothing could exist without love. You and I are love. We are love incarnate. We are a love that is so profound that when we know ourselves it's the most amazing and beautiful thing that you could experience. The peak of this experience lasted for about an hour. For the rest of the night through sleep and into the next day I was in the afterglow of experiencing the profound infinity of love that constitutes all of existence. I had the realization that everything we beings do in life without exception, we do for love in one way or another and it is expressed in a spectrum of countless ways. This is the first time in life that I have experienced the Love of reality as it actually is; pure nondual infinite Love beyond the illusion of individuated ego experience. Love that will obliterate you because it's just so much, Love that will break you down and make you cry, make you sob intensely. A part of my being is fully awake now. I feel energetically different than before that experience. I feel energetically different now, as if I am a different person from before this experience. Experiencing that level of Love permeates every aspect of our being and our experience. One realization I had was that my entire life up until this experience I thought that suffering was bad. Now I know what suffering is. Suffering is what happens when we knowingly or unknowingly turn away from Love. Because a person who truly understands Love, a person who truly loves themselves would never turn away from Love whether it be the Love of existence itself, the Love of another being, or Love of themselves. The only reason truly that we suffer individually and collectively is turning away from Love, that's it. And that can breed many other things as a result but fundamentally it's very simple. If you turn away from Love you turn away from what you truly are and when you turn away from what you truly are you're out of alignment with the loving flow of the totality of existence and when you're out of alignment with the loving flow of existence itself; it is so painful. That is when our experience becomes suffering. And we don't have to suffer. What would serve us best in this life is to constantly and consistently choose Love at every second of every day. Forever. To choose whatever is the highest expression of love. And bask in its radiance and live in this place for our entire time of incarnation. I felt true freedom in this experience. True freedom. Love is the substance of existence. Love is what you are. There is never ever anything to fear. There is never ever anything to fear. There is never ever anything to be afraid of. Just Love. Just be Love. Just choose Love every single time. Because that is what existence is built upon. That is what existence is. It only hurts when you turn away from love. But if you dive completely into love and totally melt into that experience of being love you will truly know and experience what you are, what the universe is, what God is and that will change every aspect of how you look at life, on the deepest level in every way and thusly change your experience of being forever. I Love you, whoever you are, for we are One. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2020 09:05 PM PDT When I meditate My eyes flicker very rapidly and I feel like I get sucked into a vortex (this hapoens very commonly to me) but sometimes I get a feeling as if I was hooked on a clothing rack like a shirt and I can swing from side to side very hard and it feels intense but today I opened My eyes to see if I was actually moving and what I saw is, I tilted My head slightly to the left but that is it. Has Anyone felt this? Thank you for reading😊💙 [link] [comments] |
| what does manifesting the feeling of being healed, as shown in this video, feel like? Posted: 09 Apr 2020 05:33 PM PDT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUbEgg6GklU here they show a bladder cancer tumor shrinking and disappearing in less than 3 minutes, at a hospital in Beijing, that doesn't use medicine. But this is 3 trained medical professionals who learned how to create the feeling of a person already being healed inside their own bodies, to expand out to the sick person. I have enough trouble trying to create the feeling of gratitude inside my own body. Has anyone ever successfully created the feeling of being healed, and what was your experience like? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 Apr 2020 01:55 AM PDT So, I've convinced my mom to try meditation cause she is super anxious. I'm a beginner too and I have to find some challenge or something like that to practice with her. Can you recommend me a sort of 30 days challenge meditation, maximum 15 minutes long? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2020 12:00 PM PDT It's easy to think that meditation or non-judgement means you're always content, even if you're in a bad situation. Like, if someone is treating you badly, you just 'accept the present moment' and let it happen because doing otherwise would be denying reality or something. I feel like most people don't explain this idea very well and it's hard not to think that's what it means. Recently, I came across this Serenity Prayer, popularized by Alcoholics Anonymous. These are the crucial bits-
So, you're only accepting the things that you can't change. If you are able to make a change, you can do it and still be 'in the moment'. Now, this may clarify things but it doesn't mean life is suddenly easy. How exactly does one get "the wisdom to know the difference"? And how does a person determine what the proper course of action is to make "the change"? Or what should a person even want for their life, anyway? There is much more to learn. [link] [comments] |
| Feeling like i need someone to talk to Posted: 09 Apr 2020 08:39 PM PDT I have been experiencing so many changes,realizations and such and i feel like i dont have any yoga friends to talk to about this. Moving to minneapolis meant to make new friends and that hasnt happened yet and especially now that we are unable to go to class in person. Anyone else going through this? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2020 08:10 PM PDT Is it common to feel a bit of disassociation after meditating? It only lasted for like a half hour and I gradually "cane back into myself". Am I doing something wrong? [link] [comments] |
| All states of consciousness are meditation Posted: 09 Apr 2020 07:47 PM PDT |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2020 05:29 PM PDT I started meditating almost a week ago and I've used two techniques: trying to think of nothing. focusing on breath. When I do it there's no discomfort at all and I can do more than hour long sessions at a time. I always read about how people have a really hard time so i feel like I might be doing something wrong. Advice? [link] [comments] |
| Meditating while my family has loud conversations Posted: 09 Apr 2020 09:52 AM PDT Hello, I'm a beginner meditator. I started last summer but stopped my practice in the fall due to not having much motivation. Due to my mental health deteriorating I decided to pick it up again to help with my mindfulness. The difference is now my parents are home every morning when I meditate. You can hear every word of every conversation they have and my dad is a very loud talker and tends to turn on FOX news while talking. I've found this hard to meditate through but I've read that it is best to try to continue to focus on the breath through the distraction. Is there any other tips for meditating through loud conversations? [link] [comments] |
| How do I practice letting go of the idea of 'self'? Posted: 09 Apr 2020 06:14 AM PDT From what I understand, Buddhists believe (and please correct me if I'm wrong) that identifying the self as 'fixed', and fixating on either positive or negative aspects of this self creates suffering. How to I detach from my identification with the 'self'? I have been mediating for a while, always focusing on cultivating awareness and observing my thoughts. How do I go further and let go of the idea of the observer itself? [link] [comments] |
| I can’t relax while meditating Posted: 09 Apr 2020 01:32 PM PDT So I'm trying to pick up meditation as a habit, I'm stuck at home all day, might as well make it productive. I've had a childhood where I always felt in danger or watched you could say, so I grew up to be quite tense, I'm unintentionally always worrying about everything for nothing, and that's not good, it has its toll on me. Same thing when I meditate, it translates to me trying to control everything I try to observe. I'm trying to observe my breath, but after a few breaths I'm controlling it unintentionally. When I force myself to just observe, I can't even breath until by body forces me to, it sounds stupid, but I really try to just relax and let things be. If anybody has an insight or advice, it would be really really appreciated! [link] [comments] |
| I need advice on how to maintain focus and quiet the mind Posted: 09 Apr 2020 06:00 PM PDT I have been trying to meditate for the past few days since I have had so much time now from quarantining. Every time I sit down and try to focus (or not focus), it feels like my mind starts to move a mile a minute. Typically I have a very active train of thought and I often find myself lost in my own thoughts daily. When trying to meditate, I feel like I cannot simply focus on my breath. I feel overwhelmed by various things. Things like the constant influx of thoughts , discomfort in my back, or my eyes twitching open always seem to pull me out of meditation and it is frustrating me that i cant do something as simple as sitting down and counting my breath. i never feel relaxed or at ease when meditating, i feel almost restless when i try. Ive read other posts on this subreddit and people say to just observe your breath and other sensations, but i try and i find myself wanting to yawn or my mind just taking off on a tangent. I really am interested in meditation and would like to learn how to achieve a true meditative state. Any help is greatly appreciated [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2020 08:21 PM PDT I find it very stressful to meditate, i don't know what technique should i use. Should i just focus on my breath while sitting in a cross legged posture ? But the thing is, it is hard to focus on my breath, there are just so many thoughts inside my head that it feels worthless to meditate. I've been trying to meditate for months now but i can't focus on my breath, thoughts just don't let me do it, no matter how hard i try. [link] [comments] |
| Should I listen to music when meditating? Posted: 09 Apr 2020 08:21 PM PDT Ive been meditating to music recently and was wondering if I should start meditating without it. Is meditating in silence better than with music or is it just preference? [link] [comments] |
| I cant do lotus position even 1/4 of the way Posted: 09 Apr 2020 08:12 PM PDT I want to meditate really badly, but it makes me mad that I cant, due to the fact that I cant do the lotus position what so ever. My knees are so high up and i should be able to since im young and skinny. I wish i could do it laying down but apparently thats wrong. What do i do? Kinda having a mental breakdown because of it at the moment [link] [comments] |
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