Meditation: Weekly Discussion - April 27 2020 |
- Weekly Discussion - April 27 2020
- Meditation has helped me realize I CAN be happy.
- 20min in the morning; 20 min at lunch; 20min before bed.
- Beginner, some questions
- Does anyone Tai Chi?
- What apps truly made a difference in your personal life?
- Anyone else
- Its hard for me to meditate
- Back to me, myself and the present
- Best ways to introduce myself into meditation?
- Clinging
- Sitting vs. Laying Down
- Plant medicine
- I'm overwhelmed by the amount of meditation resources, and it's affecting my practise. Need guidance and advice.
- How to sit with emotions and sensations without judgement or attachment... how do I become an observer of this physical experience?
- What's a mindful approach to the unkind or selfish actions of others?
- I saw repressed memories of my dad rejecting and treated me like a s**t, while I was meditating
- How to overcome depression?
- Is keeping a diary a form of mindful meditation?
- Medication Buddy / Accountability Partner
- Posture
- What’s your longest session? Shortest session?
- Rising and falling of mental formations
- What is the best way to feel less distracted during meditation?
| Weekly Discussion - April 27 2020 Posted: 27 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. [link] [comments] |
| Meditation has helped me realize I CAN be happy. Posted: 27 Apr 2020 10:19 AM PDT It's an overwhelming feeling, after having lived my whole life thinking I just don't have it in me. That I'm just one of those people who can never be really happy. I'm so grateful to find out I was wrong. 🙃 [link] [comments] |
| 20min in the morning; 20 min at lunch; 20min before bed. Posted: 27 Apr 2020 07:42 PM PDT I've been meditating for a month now... thanks quarantine! I just started this new schedule of 20 minutes three times a day. Anyone else do this schedule? What made you do it this way? I decided to try it because I heard Jerry Seinfeld talking about doing 20 minutes at lunch and how it helped him get through the day. He does TM, whereas I do mostly mindfulness... just interested me. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 Apr 2020 10:05 PM PDT Hey guys, I recently started meditating. I can reach very deep states but I don't know how to manage my thoughts. What should I be doing while having them, let them pass by, observe them or block them and refocus on my breathing? I would like to know also, if there is any point in trying to breathe into my root chakra. By doing a little research I found that it might be my problem area. Is there any benefit to this or not? Another one is about mudras, I found one that supposedly helps with energy flow to the root chakra. Also I would like to know, what's the minimum time needed to get any long term benefits, are ten minutes daily enough? Thx! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 Apr 2020 07:06 PM PDT I've just gotten in to Tai Chi and view it as a great form of relaxation. It sort of sets the mind and body at ease. Does anyone else engage in this discipline? [link] [comments] |
| What apps truly made a difference in your personal life? Posted: 28 Apr 2020 01:47 AM PDT I'd love to hear personal experiences and input on apps that made an actual difference in your life. Whether it be emotionally, physically, or any other field in your life that made/needed an impact. Thank you!🤓🙏🏻 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2020 01:03 AM PDT -feel like every meditation session is different than the last? Especially when youre a few months in to it. I always find a new angle or a new feeling when I do it, but in the begininning it was pretty similar each time. Do you feel different everytime or the same? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2020 12:28 AM PDT my mind just thinks about random stuff and after 5 minutes i tottaly forget what i was doing,can you help me please? i meditate because of lucid dreaming [link] [comments] |
| Back to me, myself and the present Posted: 27 Apr 2020 04:07 PM PDT The brain is split into 3 parts, in a matter of speaking. The primal, the emotional and the logical. My whole life I've triggered amygdala in situationa even far from the threat of danger, ridicule or self loathing. I slipped into intrusive thoughts, self destructive thoughts patterns and everywhere I went anxiety followed. I've learned a lot in the past year, more than I can explain. The cherry jam on top is seeping its way to my core more and more. The cherry being meditation, mindfulness, buddhism and the act of zen. Several times a day I take an hour or so to meditate, it works better for my issues than any sex, drugs or confirmation of value from others ever did. I am in love. I sleep better. I act out of me. I respond not out of fear but out of curiosity and I am relaxed. The first time I tried a guided meditation I started weeping like a baby. I saw myself outside of myself. Through all the years, through all those lonesome acts and choices, I was able to let go and apologize to the little sunray I once was. I betrayed that little boy in many ways, it wasn't my fault. Being in the moment is changing a lot for me and I am excited to see where this leads to next. [link] [comments] |
| Best ways to introduce myself into meditation? Posted: 28 Apr 2020 02:14 AM PDT |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2020 01:43 AM PDT If the top of the ladder is not clinging to anything what are the best steps to get atleast half the way (except meditation and understanding the dhama) Thank you for your insights:) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 Apr 2020 09:21 PM PDT Hello everyone, I have trouble meditating while sitting. I find it difficult to let go completely and relax. While laying down, I can just completely let go and relax and I have great meditation sessions. However, when sitting it is a bit more challenging. I have seen that people recommend sitting more, so I was wondering how you get accustomed to that and actually relax? Or maybe if laying down works for me I should just stick with that. I just want to hear your opinions. Thanks all, have a good night 🙏 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2020 12:47 AM PDT Has anyone ever tried taking Reishi mushrooms, Kava, or Ashwagandha for the mental benefits? If so, Did it work? What were the benefits? How long did it take to show results? Were there any side effects? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2020 12:26 AM PDT I've always had anxiety and always overthink things to the point where I cannot make a decision. My meditation practise has become terrible for a while now. I am not consistent and keep changing my meditation practise. I think my issue is there are simply too many options for me, and I cannot settle on a consistent meditation style. Eg. - Sitting vs lying down - Focus on breath vs sounds vs thoughts etc. - Which app to use? - Guided meditation vs non guided - Listen to music vs not listening - Short vs long meditations How can I fix this and is there ONE good resource I can use to get ALL my guidance from? It's overwhelming for me at the moment. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2020 12:21 AM PDT Like the title says... I either fall asleep or feel so strongly my body will twitch and I'm trying to be present in the moment and let everything flow, but it feels stuck. I'm Im probably trying to hard to reach a certain perception of what I should be experiencing. I usually lie down. I feel reluctant to sit. I've tried guided meditations as well as some vipassana. I keep hearing that I need to sit with the feelings that are passing through me. I don't know how. My body and mind feel like a prison a good portion of the time. [link] [comments] |
| What's a mindful approach to the unkind or selfish actions of others? Posted: 27 Apr 2020 08:08 PM PDT I've been meditating for the past year and a half and it's been life changing. However, I still find it very difficult to handle others being selfish or unkind. In the news, the protests happening against the Coronavirus restrictions, or the resistance to universal health care in the US upset me. All I see is preventable suffering and even death, all due to the selfishness of others. On a smaller scale, I get upset seeing people be rude or unkind to others, especially on social media. People don't have to be so rude or critical to others, and seeing it happen can bother me all day, even though I'm not directly affected. Meditation helps me observe these thoughts and be more present. But as soon as I think too much about these things, or see something else on the news or social media, I start to get distressed again. Is there a different way of approaching this that could help me in the long term? [link] [comments] |
| I saw repressed memories of my dad rejecting and treated me like a s**t, while I was meditating Posted: 27 Apr 2020 03:03 PM PDT I listened to a binaural track on YouTube, after a while I felt really relaxed and some memories popped out of nowhere, in the first one, my dad was discussing with my mom, I was very young, I can't see all the details very well (the background, colors ecc), I just can clearly feel the emotions, see the exact face and expression of my angry dad pointing the finger on me and telling "I didn't even wanted him", I felt bad, then the other memory was about him screaming to me with an angry face, telling me "You don't have to talk about smart things as you're a dumb kid", I felt so bad and rejected, I felt a repression of myself as if I am can't express myself... Even here his face and words were really clear and defined while the background is blurry, even tho I recognized where I was, the third was him giving me a random slap in the face, we were alone and he was screaming at me, I don't remember the cause but I feel like he was just angry about something.... Well, I feel confused, I always tried to cope with my low self esteem, tried to be accepted by others, always wanted to have attentions from girls, I've been unable to fullfill my needs in my life as I often feel like I'm worthless, I often sabotage myself, what just happened led me to think I could have a childhood trauma that I repressed, after I saw these memories, I felt bad, so i did a positive inner dialogue with myself, I told myself things like "The feelings of not being accepted, rejected, not enough, ecc were just a misinterpretation of the reality as I was a child, but now, with consciousness, I understand I don't need these feelings anymore tied to my personality as I recon they were non functional to my well being ", I feel much better now, I just wanted to share with you guys [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 Apr 2020 06:05 AM PDT The notable fact about depression and anxiety is that we are not born as a depressed person. So there is a higher possibility we can retraced our path to a more peaceful state. Every person no matter what have gone through stressful situation.If you think you are unique.you are wrong.Some people handles the stressful situations well and some people can't. It is all because of our reaction to the situation. Some person reacts a lot to the situation and this reaction gets imprinted on their personality and unknowingly it becomes a habit and finally an addiction.If there is a greater addiction than drugs,it is overthinking.Overthinking about the negatives can bring a hell lot of unwanted sensations in your body.You get irritated easily.You get stressed so often and finally you become depressed. Lets try to overcome it. RESPONSIBILITY:To be responsible is the first step towards the victory.Like a responsible father who takes care of his family no matter whatever be the situation.You should take charge to takle the problem.you should not held the situation responsible for this.You are there to change the situation you are in.If you can't ,who can. Meditation:It is the most talked remedy for depression.But there are only a few people out there who practises meditation regularly.Meditation can change you whole as a person.Meditation will make you see the futility of this whole thing.Meditation will make you stay in the present.The past and future events occcuring in mind are mainly of suffering.The present is the reality. Appreciation:A depression slowly loses the quality of appreciation because he exists only in his mind.When you appreciate small things in your life,you feel good.You should go out in nature,appreciate its beauty,appreciate the air you breathe in.Remember small things brings more happiness than the bigger ones.Bigger ones comes ones and twice in your lifetime.Smaller things are always with you.you just need to open your eyes. Read good books.Reading good books will enhance your understandings.Go through the books of the persons who have suffered like you and how they come out of it.With little awareness you can find while you read books,you feel relax because you mind is not occupied by the same negative thoughts. As a result your breathing pattern also because smooth. [link] [comments] |
| Is keeping a diary a form of mindful meditation? Posted: 27 Apr 2020 09:09 PM PDT I've dabbled in meditation in the most absolutely noncommittal way imaginable over the past few years - you always read that it's good for you somewhere and it's always in the back of my mind. I try it for a little while and end up zoning out entirely for like twenty minutes or I just fall asleep so I always figured it was kind of a nonstarter for me. One other thing I've dabbled with over the years is writing. Not like short stories or anything, just about my feelings in a notebook. That's something else I've read was good for you before. I started doing it years ago but some of my entries are years apart, kind of another nonstarter. I haven't been working nearly as much with the pandemic about and I've been going through some stuff emotionally for the past couple of months. I figured now was as good a time as any to straighten some of my thoughts out. I feel like I made a bit of a small breakthrough about my issues the other night and it got me thinking, is this a form of mindfulness meditation? Can it really be said that I'm doing something mindfully (writing) if my mind is entirely elsewhere (exploring my feelings directly)? Are the positive effects that I've experienced after a good hard write the same or different than those I might glean from more traditional mindfulness meditation? [link] [comments] |
| Medication Buddy / Accountability Partner Posted: 27 Apr 2020 08:32 PM PDT I've picked up meditation—through Sam Harris' app Waking Up—for a few months now, but seem to stop meditating when I need it the most (for example, when I went through the college application process). I was going to start today—new week, new start, right? But, I did not meditate today (I guess I wouldn't be typing this out if I had haha) I'm looking for someone to meditate with me through the Waking Up app (I can send you a free 1 month referral code). I'm also open to creating / joining a group. I'm hoping to begin with the guided day-to-day journey on the app, but if you're more advanced and are looking for something more focused (stress relief, theory, etc.) I'm open to that. I am on EST, so I prefer times anywhere between 7:00am - 8:30am EST and 9:00pm - 10:30pm EST. But, if that doesn't work for you, I'm open to other options. Maybe a Reddit stranger is just the accountability partner I need! Note: I'm not 100% sure whether this is appropriate for this sub. If it's not, sorry! Please let me know if I should remove it. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 Apr 2020 07:53 AM PDT I meditate for 20 minutes in a regular office chair. I'm sitting erect in that im not slouching but my back isnt ramrod straight. It is the most comfortable position though. I've tried sitting up straighter by moving towards the edge of my chair. It does make me sit up straighter but I'm distracted by a minor pain in my lower back. Is the normal seated position in the office chair good enough? [link] [comments] |
| What’s your longest session? Shortest session? Posted: 27 Apr 2020 07:45 PM PDT Meditation is not about length, but I'm just curious what the experience of your longest session was like? Anything interesting happen? Was it exhausting? Uplifting? Euphoric? Conversely, did you have any short sessions that surprised you? Maybe share the longest length time wise and your experience... or shortest and experience. [link] [comments] |
| Rising and falling of mental formations Posted: 27 Apr 2020 01:20 PM PDT Hello, I just want to share an experience I'm having and see what other people experience. Mental formations kind of pop up out of nowhere, zip by, and then pass away when attention is given to them. In meditation I often lose my concentration when they arise and I find that I "become" the thought for a period of time until I realize what is happening, then it disappears. This happens over and over. Some days I can reach a very clear space where these thought formations seem distant, but days like today they seem to completely consume me for the moments they exist. And it's a never ending game of thought --> loss of concentration --> awareness --> thought. This in itself isn't bad. I suppose it's part of the learning process of how mental objects rise and fall. But what I find most interesting is how I fall into a daydream like state from when they arise and are experienced, until when I realize what is going on. This is usually a matter of seconds. That is so odd to me and it really does reinforce the feeling that I am not my mind; that the mind is a process, happening constantly, and in a quite abrupt and chaotic way. And the fact that they disappear in the presence of awareness is very interesting too. These are things spiritual teachers and Buddhist teachings talk about quite frequently, and it is quite fascinating to eventually realize these things in the context of your own experience. Even though they have been happening to you your entire life. [link] [comments] |
| What is the best way to feel less distracted during meditation? Posted: 27 Apr 2020 05:25 AM PDT During meditation I think about everything , but not meditate. Can you please give some tips on how to think less? [link] [comments] |
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