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    Weekly Discussion - April 20 2020

    Posted: 20 Apr 2020 08:09 AM PDT

    This is a reoccuring thread for questions relating to your practice and discussion around your experiences.

    Questions

    Ask questions relating to your practice, the theory of meditation, various traditions and lineages of thought, or practical tips. If you're new, please read our FAQ before posting, as it contains a wealth of information that all of us should come back to occasionally.

    Discussion

    Also use this thread for a more free-form discussion of your experiences and other tidbits that might not warrant their own full post. Use this space to connect with the /r/meditation community, it won't be heavily moderated.

    Also check out the monthly meditation challenge.

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    Meditation helped me quit cannabis

    Posted: 20 Apr 2020 05:02 PM PDT

    Hey guys, earlier this year I celebrated being 1 year sober and shared my blog post about how meditation helped me get clean. It seemed to resonate with a lot of you and many of you asked me about my journey with cannabis. Honestly, this was so difficult for me because I was way more enmeshed with cannabis than I was with alcohol & other drugs. But its been 9 months since my last cannabis use and I'm finally feeling like that part of my life is over, despite living in California where literally 99.9% of my friends are stoners. Its still hard sometimes..I'll admit that I still enjoy the contact high. But I don't live with anyone who uses so the quarantine is also helping!

    SO, in light of 4/20 here's my cannabis story. Feeling called to share this cause I know so many of us are on the struggle bus. This is not an attempt to make a claim FOR or AGAINST cannabis use. This is just my journey.

    Thanks for reading :)

    From Stoner to Sober: How I ended my 18 year relationship with cannabis

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    Meditation is freedom

    Posted: 21 Apr 2020 01:54 AM PDT

    For all who need to hear this, speaking from personal experience.

    Years of practice can be soiled by a feeling that when you meditate, it's like chaining yourself to the breath, submerging yourself in water, depriving yourself from freely jolting about your thoughts, forcing strong restrictions on yourself.

    A change of view that made this all go away and made meditation much easier for me is:

    The random thoughts themselves are the body of water you are submerged in, the condition you are chained to, and meditation is similar to surfacing for a breath of fresh air.

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    Midnight Gospel on Netflix!

    Posted: 20 Apr 2020 08:28 PM PDT

    I've only seen one episode so I don't know how the rest is, but episode one has a big portion of it dedicated to mindfulness and meditation. Super enjoyable watch!

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    Deciidng to become better

    Posted: 20 Apr 2020 12:32 PM PDT

    Hey everyone, I'm here today because I genuinely need help. I'm 17 years old and I have a problem; I'm lazy and undisciplined. I can't do anything productive and have trouble focusing on anything beneficial.

    I don't normally like ranting about how bad my life is, but it's come to the point where If I continue like this, my life will surely disappoint.

    I don't know what to expect from sharing this information with you, but one things for sure;

    I want to stop being the way I am,

    I want to be able to sit down and read a book without getting up or looking around every 2 minutes,

    I want to be able to study and get good grades and get accepted into a good university.

    Any and all tips/recommendations are deeply appreciated.

    Have a blessed day everyone.

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    Thoughts while meditating - on death

    Posted: 20 Apr 2020 07:25 PM PDT

    While I meditate, I observe my thoughts, and sometimes those thoughts are about things that I know others might be interested in. Since I have practiced meditation for a long time, I can maintain my focus on my object of meditation and observe my thoughts at the same time. My recent thoughts, probably because I am now more than seventy years old, have been on the subject of death.

    Meditation can do many things for a person; there are many benefits; however, one thing meditation will not do for us is keep us from that upcoming event we call death. Many of us fear death, and for most of us what we actually fear is "the unknown". My thoughts about death lead me to believe certain things. Not trying to get you to believe me or follow me, nothing like that. Just want to share my thoughts with you, and perhaps you have had similar thoughts and might share them with me and others here.

    My thoughts have led me to believe that there is definitely something for us after the death of our bodies. And that "something" will be challenging and very satisfying. So I perceive that death will be a great adventure, a wonderful, great adventure. I can wait for it because this life often presents great adventures for me, which I for one like very much! So if you are an adventurous person, I think you will like what happens to you after your body dies. Joy, love and happiness to you all! – Paine ✌

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    “Just beneath the shadows of this life is God’s wondrous Light. The universe is a vast temple of His presence. When you meditate, you will find doors opening to Him everywhere. When you have communion with Him, not all the ravages of the world can take away that Joy and Peace.”—Paramahansa Yogananda

    Posted: 21 Apr 2020 01:54 AM PDT

    Advice you can give to a new meditator?

    Posted: 20 Apr 2020 11:36 PM PDT

    Does anyone practice Yoga Nidra?

    Posted: 20 Apr 2020 07:08 PM PDT

    Is one of the reasons to do meditation is that you enter a state where the subconscious mind is more exposed and you can impact on it more ?

    Posted: 20 Apr 2020 11:56 PM PDT

    Why doesn't meditation make people more action takers ?

    Posted: 20 Apr 2020 11:37 PM PDT

    So every time people are faced with procrastination or lack of motivation , they always get the famous phrase "just do it". People will advice that to beat procrastination that you should stop thinking and just do it.

    Well if meditation helps us from overthinking and to help get us into the present moment , why aren't people huge action takers from meditation ? Why isn't meditation the answer to procrastination ?

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    Nihlism and apathy

    Posted: 20 Apr 2020 09:14 PM PDT

    Some people discover that we are all one consciousness stemming from a singularity, that their ego isn't "them" and that most people are "asleep". These revelations to some could possibly be quite traumatic and lead to developing feelings of nihlism and apathy, some people give up on life due to this discovery. The chances of you having a human experience are extraordinarily small to the point where it's very hard to convince the numbers, you're not meant to entirely reject life, experience what it is to be human, don't reject money, your ego, society, see them as tools you can harness, become a creator of your own destiny, you don't need to give up on life to become spiritually awakened. I'm very ignorant a lot of things and of most things in this subject but this is just my opinion, would love to see if people agree, disagree or are neutral to it.

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    Life is the hallucination (monologue)

    Posted: 20 Apr 2020 08:35 PM PDT

    I've tried meditation here and there and always have been skeptical but always have wanted it to work for me.

    I was sitting meditating and I told myself I wasn't getting up until I figured something out. Most of the time my eyes start to really slowly open and I get really excited that I'm fixing to go on a journey, and I'm going to find the answers I've been looking for but always loose progress when my eyes do open (I often struggle keeping them closed and when I'm really feeling it, I gauge it by my resistance and or ability to relax my eyes)

    My eyes opened, and this time. It was different. I was still in a daze and I was still calm and still. My breathing was automatic. And one thought hit me. My reality and my life is the experience I'm looking for. It has the answers. It's the hallucination and or "trip" that I want. This is all my realm.

    Thank you for reading.

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    Just 1 Day of Missing meditation Effect?

    Posted: 21 Apr 2020 01:24 AM PDT

    I've been doing meditation every day or every other day for the past year in the morning. Now i had a couple of weeks where I didn't meditate And then rekindled for the last 2.5 weeks. Everything was going better in life, however last night I went to sleep quite late. Today I had something important to do and woke up very late for it basically (it was an important day in my trading career day trading) It wasn't so much for me having to wake up early to accomplish what I needed to do but I had alot of other tasks to accomplish prior to an important day in my career (I won't get into details) getting up late. I was ready to go I set my intention and got moving in my work. Everything went to sh*t literally It was like I was off sync with everything I did and then being frustrated I made a hail mary play and lost everything. everything went reverse to my intention and i needed this to work out today because i had nothing to lose. I was so mad at myself after for rushing it coulda woulda shoulda. Im going to have to start from square one life went against me. This is the issue: For me to get into a truly meditative state I cant clockwatch: However, I notice that It does not take me 10-15 minutes, it takes me at leasr 45-1hr To really get into that state. Now consider this: I have done this every day for the past 2-1/2 weeks upon first waking up. Okay? So One can imagine the anount of dedication I put into it. What frustrates me is why after missing one day of meditation does everything in my life go to shit. It makes no sense to me iv programmed my being to perform synchronize with the universe and its like as soon as I go to sleep and wake up the following day, That (lets call it synchronicity) wears off.... I even asked the higher power to help me today and everything just fell apart. my whole life is already delayed Im constantly late to work because i require that length of meditation in order to Get in the meditative state. Its as if when I fall asleep I lose that awareness the following day if i dont meditate. Now Im stuck working a job I hate its going to take me a long time before i can save enough to do trading again. My trading was a goose egg for me Its something I always wanted to do but you need to have an x anount of money to USE in investments to be a sucessful day trader. I had a tough day today one of the worst days in my life. If I am the universe in other words I am the consciousness behind my body and mind why after years of meditation years of programming intention years of being one does it WEAR OFF if I don't do it one fucking day (Sorry for the language). Honestly I want to drive into the ocean. It makes no sense to me seems like my body mind this avatar that I am in is simply doomed to fail in life. One day of not meditating can do this: if anyone can imagine how much time i spent meditating each morning and how delayed my life already was and me accepting it and saying f everyone else il do this forst 45-1hr each day.... I lost the girl i loved because of it maybe for the better but. I LOVE MY WORK what i was doing i genuinely love it Its something im fascinated in: Its me. What breaks me is that All it took was one day of not meditating to ruin my life despite all the time everyday i devoted to it. Years 45-60 mins every morning.

    Meditation is supposed to be medicinal not dietary. "When you want to cross a river you use a raft to get to the other side but as soon as you get on the other side, you don't carry the raft with you, you leave it there" ~Alan Watts

    Maybe I never got to the other side to begin with. If i look inside I imagine a life of success in doing what i love i want it i seek it Its my true intention Ive laid positivity inside of me. But this feels like a sick joke to me now. this life Im in seems to not want me to fulfill my dreams without spending 45-1hr wach godamn day meditating. Youd think that my being wouldve been more harmonius. Like i said this is simply from observation this is not me Believing this, its what i experienced and looking back at how events unfolded today. Im not seeing it how i want to see it im seeing it for what it is. There is something beyond my mortal mind beyond my consciousness that is dorecting me to a life i dont want to live. And one sleep and my meditation wears off which i cant sustain since it takes me 45-1hr each day to get ibto that state. Ivhad to delay my whole life and all of it was a joke. I clearly did not reach a certain level of that state where some of it was sustainable Withoit having to meditate ecery day. Next 2 weeks Im broke So will be sleeping all day missing out on life because if im awake id prolly go kill myself.

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    Something I never understood about being mindful in negative moments...Maybe someone can explain?

    Posted: 20 Apr 2020 09:21 PM PDT

    I always hear that in moments when you're emotionally suffering, you shouldn't try to fight it or distract yourself from it. You should instead fully be aware of it and experience it.

    How is that beneficial, though? I mean...logic would dictate that would just make you feel worse, wouldn't it?

    Wouldn't you just be dwelling in suffering? Or am I missing something?

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    Does letting of all effort lead to diminished returns, or accurate results?

    Posted: 21 Apr 2020 01:07 AM PDT

    I have been meditating twice a day everyday for almost two months now. A majority of those have been guided meditations, wherein the speaker urges to 'Let go of all your effort'. I don't know if I am not sleeping enough or what, but during at least 30% of these meditations, I have woken up from mild to deep sleep. Any attempt to not sleep would mean not letting of my efforts. Am I doing something wrong, or is falling asleep a part of the practice?

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    I can't focus for much longer than 10 seconds, even with guided neditations. What the heck do I do?

    Posted: 20 Apr 2020 02:03 PM PDT

    I use guided meditations as I'm currently unable to sit in silence or with just music. I meditate every day but it's becoming increasingly frustrating because even when I'm listening to the 'narrator' or focusing on my breathing, my thoughts don't stop. They come in rapid procession and I catch myself, remembering to try counting the lengths of my breaths and telling my thoughts I see them but ask them to float on by.

    When I begin focusing on my breath, counting, etc, it immediately becomes a "background" action that I am still doing but not able to focus on. My thoughts interrupt almost every second of the meditation. If it were interrupting thoughts throughout but manageable, it would be much easier, but they don't stop. This doesn't make me focus on them more because I'm not focusing on them to begin with, they just come. They aren't about current anxieties or issues, they go from memories to books to people to dark thoughts to happy thoughts to names to seemingly anything. There seems to be no pattern.

    I know this is all a process of practice and patience, but the sessions become more frustrating than peaceful and I often don't feel better after. I have ADD but I don't think that is the cause.

    I'm feeling pretty defeated but continue to meditate regardless, hoping in the long-term it will pay off more than it does now.

    Does anyone have words of advice? Does this happen to you?

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    Hey guys, I wrote an article about my thoughts on the Coronavirus Pandemic. Despite all the adverse impacts, I focus on the positives and how it ultimately presents a window into our spiritual self. I'd love to hear what you think of it!

    Posted: 21 Apr 2020 12:12 AM PDT

    Source: https://bekindbehappy.net/2020/04/21/my-thoughts-on-coronavirus-a-window-into-our-spiritual-self/

    My Thoughts on Coronavirus | A Window Into Our Spiritual Self

    I write this during increasingly tense global conditions. The Coronavirus Pandemic is claiming thousands of lives every day, border lockdowns and stay-at-home orders are becoming more and more prevalent, and social anxiety and restlessness are becoming an increasing problem. Not only that but the global financial systems and stock markets are also under significant pressure due to business shutdowns and drastic cuts in consumer spending, and millions of people are left without employment and household income while bills and expenses continue to pile up.

    In every sense, the world is experiencing unprecedented volatility and uncertainty, but despite all this, I cannot help but feel optimistic. That there is light at the end of the tunnel. That we will come out of this stronger, wiser, and more united. There are many signs that this pandemic is developing our sense of awareness and heightening our collective consciousness, and that in the end, we will all become much better off. Let me share my thoughts on the Coronavirus situation.

    Emphasis on essential industries breeds respect and appreciation

    The entertainment and luxury industries have gone quiet which has focused our attention on the real sectors holding our countries together. Industries like health care, agriculture, waste management, distribution, and supermarkets are truly showing their importance to our nations and their people. In the past, it was so easy to take them for granted and value sports, gaming, luxury brands and entertainment above them. But in these desperate times, the majority can manage without watching football, going shopping, dining out, attending spas, salons, and concerts, yet it is becoming overwhelmingly apparent how much we depend on our nurses, doctors, grocery workers, cleaners, drivers and farmers.

    I believe this shift in awareness of what truly matters for our survival and wellbeing will change our perspective towards the underappreciated industries of our society and deepen the appreciation for our essential workers and their contributions. By going back to basics, we return to our roots and this breeds gratitude, respect, and peace of mind, key ingredients for a happy life.

    Shaking up the status quo

    For a very long time, we have been operating in accordance with certain frameworks and systems simply because it's the way things are. Not that it's necessarily a bad thing to follow systems because they also provide many benefits such as convenience, structure, and stability, but it can lead to us becoming complacent, uninspired, and even a little lazy. I am talking about the way we work, how we spend our free time, and where we derive our joy and happiness.

    In the past, we typically followed a Monday to Friday, 9 am-5 pm work schedule because this is what everyone else is doing and going against the grain appeared risky and unorthodox. However, many businesses have been forced to restructure their operations, and this has led everyone to think creatively and critically about what system will work best for them. We have completely thrown out the status quo and gone back to basics to decide where value truly lies and how we can streamline processes to increase productivity and minimize wastage and redundant practices.

    This also applies on a personal level as many are forced to contemplate how to allocate limited finances and excess free time to obtain the most value. Families are required to cut down on unnecessary spending and decide how to use their self-isolation times productively and effectively.

    By shaking up the status quo, we have been forced out of our comfort zones, and think more critically about our circumstances to come up with solutions that suit best our varying situations. By not following reprogrammed structures, but requiring to solve our own problems, we are forced to think more deeply. This breeds maturity and insight.

    A window into our spiritual self

    Perhaps the greatest and most positive impact of this Coronavirus pandemic is that it reveals a window into our spiritual self. A byproduct of shaking up the status quo is that we must think for ourselves, contemplate solutions to our individual problems, and rely more heavily on our sources of strength and certainty.

    This type of deep, critical thinking focuses the lazy, habitual mind that was conditioned to be a follower of social constructs and cultures. We must ask ourselves what is it we truly need, individually, for our own survival and wellbeing, accept what we cannot change, and plan for what we can control. This process helps us return to our roots and stop the overreliance on others such as our work, government, and external sources, that we cannot control. Instead, we must ask ourselves, 'what can I do for myself and my dependents to get through this?'

    Times are increasingly uncertain and no one can accurately predict what will happen next. Our income streams are no longer guaranteed, financial markets and political policies are increasingly unpredictable, and our very way of life will most likely be changed forever. In such times, we can no longer depend externally, and by focusing inward, we reveal a window to our spiritual self.

    We begin to ask ourselves,

    What do I need to live?

    How can I become more self-sustainable, and self-reliant?

    What sources of joy and pleasure remains?

    How can I source my own peace and happiness?

    The immediate answers are not as important as the thought process. Because by asking, we have already begun our spiritual journey, one in which the answers will only open up new doors, questions, and doubts. The answers we give ourselves to these questions will change the way we live our lives externally, which will be more focused and deliberate. Along the way, what works will breed joy and fulfillment. What doesn't work will reveal new doubts and questions we must resolve.

    Our task is to live in such a way that our thoughts and actions are in line and we view setbacks and obstacles merely as doors we must open. The more doors we open, the more problems we resolve, and the deeper we go into peace and truth. We use our spiritual compass to live out our lives and we slowly stop becoming a burden on others, but a source of experience, wisdom, and light.

    Conclusion

    My thoughts on Coronavirus is that despite its hugely adverse effects and negative consequences, it also presents many windows of opportunities and greatly beneficial openings. We learn which industries are most vital to our survival and wellbeing, we shake up the status quo which breeds critical thinking and problem solving, and we are offered an exclusive chance to embark on a profoundly rewarding spiritual journey.

    We must accept the totality of this situation, with all its good and bad, and seek to transform a seemingly grim scenario into one that can serve as a tool for spiritual growth and personal development. What is happening now, we cannot change, but how we respond is entirely within our control.

    May we all overcome these difficult and desperate times peacefully and productively so we can come out of it as better, wiser and more united. Sending out all my positive vibes to everyone around the world.

    Thanks for reading,

    Much love,

    Byron

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    Deep Breathing Meditation

    Posted: 20 Apr 2020 03:12 PM PDT

    I'm new to meditation. Since quarantine, I've tried it a few times. What I've realized is that my body really doesn't know how to breathe properly. It's sad. Some inhales feel rushed and some exhales feel forced. By using patience and humming to ground my exhalations, I start to gain a balanced rhythm. I follow my practice with some light yoga. I feel motivated to keep doing this! My mind is deprived of silence and my organs lack oxygen, I can feel it! Looking for feedback on an idea that may be rather silly: Could deep breathing put a slight ache near my solar plexus chakra because my lungs/chest isn't used to it? Any other feedback is welcomed also :)

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    Meditation for focus, concentration and visualisation?

    Posted: 20 Apr 2020 11:51 PM PDT

    So, I keep seeing and hearing things about meditation and how it can help with focus, concentration and visualisation.

    I have been trying to meditate for quite some time now, and I'm not sure if I can feel any benefits. Maybe this is because I use YouTube and Insight Timer for guided meditations - I'm not quite sure why I don't feel like I have progressed as much as I'd like to. One thing I will say is I have a much better ability to slow down my mind, and I do not think half as much as I used to when I first started meditation, but I would have expected to see some better results.

    I'm not ready to give up just yet, so asking if anyone knows of any resources that have good information on the mentioned desired outcomes through meditation?

    TIA

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    Keeping a journal of what you feel grateful for - particularly the small things you don't notice - is a powerful way of maintaining your mental health during lockdown

    Posted: 20 Apr 2020 08:34 AM PDT

    We can be very aware of what we've lost, particularly during this period where we are locked inside for long periods. I chat to my friend and mindfulness teacher Katie Sheen as she provides a few ways that mindfulness can support our wellbeing during lockdown, including her gratitude app. We also chat about how being present with chronic pain rather than avoiding can reduce its impact on us.

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    My Short Story to Finding Enlightenment: A post to help those who may be stuck in a similar situation

    Posted: 20 Apr 2020 03:22 PM PDT

    REPOST: I wrote this in the moment, it lacked the appeal to read (or at least less appeal than it does now) and so I have attempted to improve it. Forgive me, I am not someone who has even been good at writing stories, or English for that matter.

    Just a story I thought I would share from my own expression of consciousness through ego. It started when everything I had dedicated my life too at the time (which was rowing) ended.

    (I had actually become an international rower and I spent literally the main part of my days and life training and thinking about rowing).

    Although this journey was special for me, the thing that I did not realise at the time, was that it gave me a sense of identity or meaning in my life. I had finally found who I thought I was, and I perceived the world in this light. It made me feel special.

    However in hindsight no matter how special this identity was for me at the time, i realised how fleeting this was when I was kicked from the team from not performing at the main event.

    My rowing journey persisted for a while after, I still maintained that identity somewhat, until I came to a point where that activity ceased altogether.

    For a moment in time after rowing ended there I was unconsciously unhappy, until, my first experience with a psychedelic revealed the world in a new light for me. I became stuck on a path of figuring out what all this bigger meaning was.

    (Although growing up I was inclined spiritually but gradually moved away from that as I grew older my sense of identity took over).

    To keep a long story as short as possible... I thought I had stumbled across something that once again gave my life meaning, I came to realise the importance of meditation, knowing that this exercise could bring myself true meaning and contentment with each moment, and not always projecting myself into the future I perceived would make me happy.

    I started meditating everyday, and with each passing day my understanding of focus and presence grew. However, without even realising my ego had tricked me into another sense of self identity with a person who is spiritual. Although I believe the intention to find your true self is what counts the most, I had without realising become lost in an illusion of self, that considered myself (without knowing) KNOWING of something that no one else knows, and at times I would giggle to myself or think to myself while listening to conversations between other people, "that they did not understand". All the while, this was in fact my own ego and not my self that was doing this.

    So while meditation was improving my life, and gave me tools to deal with stressful situations, I still had this feeling that this was not IT, although I knew there was an IT.

    It wasn't until one night, and it was extremely late, I had stayed up to watch a movie and afterwards I thought I would meditate. I sat there without any intentions or goals, and became intensely present. (Although I had had this intense experience/feeling of being present before, it was different because I had previously been trying to perceive this intense experience, still through my own ego.

    However this night was different, a wave of sensation came over me, the presence was so powerful, and I had this slight shift in perception, it was like my bones were speaking to me (figure of speech) and I realised that this was IT. I am this. I am this presence.......

    And for that moment overwhelming peace, energy, and waves of love and excitement came over me.

    I fully unidentified with my ego. I was no longer a spiritual person who meditated and gained my sense of meaning from knowing there was meaning in this practice, I was meaning itself.... this space of presence that can be unlocked through meditation and the evaporation of self.

    I had a funny epiphany which eckhart Tolle had said in a video I had watched, that the external feeling you get when you look up at the stars is the feeling of what it is like to be you. You are this space.

    All of sudden my life had changed, I felt reborn, I wanted to do everything I have ever done all over again with this connection. I look back at where I got stuck, and it seems so crazy that it was just the simplest shift in awareness.

    In retrospect I think it was difficult because I had become so identified with myself, I couldn't let it go, even when I believed I had let it go.

    (On a further note) What is even more beautiful is that we are also this moment, and to go into that sense of moment it is so unbelievably powerful.

    What amazes my ego even more, is that I know that it still goes deeper...

    This never ending consciousness that we all are.

    I wanted to share this story hoping that it may help people who are struggling and stuck in a similar situation. Just to remind you, what you are looking for has always been there, you are just failing to identify with it.

    Love to you all.

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    An Aviation Metaphor for Choiceless Awareness

    Posted: 20 Apr 2020 10:43 PM PDT

    The Lockheed-Martin F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning are inherently unstable aircraft. Without considerable help, they cannot fly "straight." But they are astonishingly maneuverable and almost invisible to any sort of radar.

    They both require a millisecond-to-millisecond awareness made possible by sensors on the moving and non-moving control and stabilization surfaces feeding an onboard avionics computer that makes instantaneous "fly-by-wire" decisions correcting slight errors in both pitch and yaw without the pilot having to concern himself with aircraft's instability.

    I have been meditating this way (in vipassana fashion) since 2013. And I no longer have to worry or concern myself with my inherent instability. (I have had Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder for decades.)

    But insight meditation of that particular sort seems to be "self-correcting." Just the way the little man from Ojai said it would in this book.

    The resulting maneuverability is wonderful. But the invisibility those insightful sensors and computers make possible when I really need it is The Big Payoff.

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    Drugs as a gateway to meditation?

    Posted: 20 Apr 2020 09:47 PM PDT

    I've been trying and failing to start a habit of meditation for years now . I am weak minded. I have little to no willpower and memory. I might mediate for a day and forget about it for months.

    I don't know what to do but I thought I heard drugs might be a gateway to meditation so I thought I'd ask.

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    Feet keep falling asleep when I meditate...

    Posted: 20 Apr 2020 09:36 PM PDT

    Hello everyone, I practice simplified Kundalini meditation and this requires me (as far as I know) to sit upright in a cross-legged position. I meditate for ~20 minutes twice everyday and every time I meditate my feet start falling asleep a little over halfway through.

    This isn't really a big issue by any means but sometimes it's kinda annoying (since I have to like wait a minute before I can get up) and I was wondering if anyone had any tips or tricks to prevent this from happening in the future?

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