Meditation: How meditation legit changed my life in the past 3 days |
- How meditation legit changed my life in the past 3 days
- Stay hydrated
- New person to meditation
- Too much Social media can clutter the mind
- To be successful, you have to use each day as an opportunity to improve, to be better, to get a little bit closer to your goals. It might sound like a lot of work- and with a busy schedule, next to impossible.
- How can I meditate to get rid of endless intrusive thoughts about an ex and let go of the hatred I feel for them.
- Struggling with visualization
- Need suggestions about best meditation program /retreat
- Meditation is easing my depression and anxiety.
- Meditation advice for sitting at work doing not much
- Don’t believe your mind.
- I’ve been meditating for 63 days!
- Meditation with Crystal's
- Strange effects
- Odd force field like sensation around my body
- It’s Time To Heal
- Looking for an old intro text
- Could please someone teach me how to meditate from scratch? I have severe ADHD
- How do I not open my eyes often while meditating? And is it normal to think of scary thoughts while meditating?
- My first experience meditating(?)
- Meditating when anxious
- Free meditations for community
- The kingdom of God is within you
| How meditation legit changed my life in the past 3 days Posted: 19 Jun 2020 08:12 PM PDT (excuse my poor grammatical skills, I'm very dyslexic) So, Just 4 days ago I started doing meditation. I've tried before but i didn't really vibe with it the time. Anyway, 4 days ago I followed Alan Watts's guided medication (Zen Buddhist style). I instantly clicked with it. I've had childhood trauma and had struggled with a suicidal thoughts and chronic depression for the past 7 years. I was so anxious about the future that I basically lived in a constant state of fear and panic. I struggled with substance abuse to numb that, and it numbed the fear but it didn't make me a more functional person. My room was an absolute disaster, old bowls of food molding in corners (gross ik). And now bam! It feels like I've tapped into this energy that I never had before. Today I spent cleaning the entirety of my room spotless. I went from being able to meditate 5 minutes at night the first day to meditating for half an hour every morning and half an hour every night. Meditation changed my life, and I hope it stays that way. I can't wait to learn more and dive deeper. the gift that I have been given, the ability to live in the moment, something I never had, and I treasure it very much now. Much love -A [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 19 Jun 2020 06:10 AM PDT Just a kind reminder to stay hydrated over the day. Be safe❤️🥦 [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 19 Jun 2020 06:35 PM PDT I'm a new person to meditating,the times I have done it I have felt 1000 times better than I did moments before. Still learning how to focus more then 5 to 10 minutes at a time. The time may be short but I feel like it's helping my anger and Rage.I am not an angry person but my emotions get the better me sometimes. Is there any tips or suggestions anyone has to help me stay longer in a meditative state. [link] [comments] | ||
| Too much Social media can clutter the mind Posted: 19 Jun 2020 10:51 PM PDT I had a terrible addiction to social media, I'd use it for 4 hours plus a day. My mind was constantly cluttered with irrelevant information from others lives from endless scrolling. This information overload really sucked me into a never ending loop with my phone and it didn't make me feel very good. I noticed one day just how much time I wasted on social media apps and decided to delete them from my phone. I won't lie I still ended up logging back into them through safari but only for very tiny periods of time. This may not hold true for everyone but I feel so much better after leaving social media behind its like a massive weight off my back. Not to say social media is bad but in my case I was using it way too much. My meditation sessions are a bit harder to get pulled away from without the temptation of all these apps. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 19 Jun 2020 02:52 PM PDT But the best part is, the more you accomplish. the more you'll want to do, the higher you'll want to reach. So as long as you have the hunger for success, you will always have the power with in you to achieve it. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 19 Jun 2020 06:07 PM PDT I posted the story about my ex (we dated for 2.5 years) on throwaway accounts on Reddit and everyone on those threads along with people in my personal life - including my therapist - agree that my ex is a horrible human being who intentionally did a lot of things to hurt me and abuse me with little remorse. I just can't seem to be able to emotionally recover from this person's cruel actions, even if I moved on from the relationship itself. It's been three months, but I still get thoughts about them throughout the day. And every single time I feel a surge of hatred towards them - my blood starts to boil when I dwell on those thoughts. I'm struggling with forgiving them in my heart because of the multiple betrayals they've given me and how little remorse they showed for pushing me to a suicidal state. I've completely blocked them on all social media, and never looked them up during this entire time. I've tried using mindfulness meditation for over a month as a way to ease my thoughts, be calm, and choose self-love instead of hatred. But it's not working even a bit in this regard - even if it helped calm me down in other aspects of life. I'm still thinking about them. I still deep-down blame myself for maybe not being good enough. I still find myself unintentionally day-dreaming of the scenario where they realize how much they hurt me and begged me for forgiveness. I just desperately want to move on - to accept what happened with peace, accept that there are bad people in this world, and let go of her. I tried forgiveness during my meditation and being compassionate to the fact that my ex has a severe mental illness, but it still turns into anger. It's consuming me. I've read countless psychology and self-help articles/books and nothing seems to be working. I'm aware of the end state I need to get to and how bad all this is for my mental health, but I can't seem to find a path that gets me there. Is there any form of meditation I can practice that might help me escape this? If anyone can point me in the right direction, I'd really appreciate it. I've only been using apps like Headspace (premium) and Insight Timer so far. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 19 Jun 2020 10:08 PM PDT I've been back and forth with meditation, in and out of it without major results. One thing that I notice when I do guided meditations is that the narrator asks to concentrate on a personal getaway place such as a lake or a mountain. I can think of these as concepts and try to picture them and I can't see much. What can I do to improve my visualization and really be involved with my meditation and practices? Are there specific excercises for this? [link] [comments] | ||
| Need suggestions about best meditation program /retreat Posted: 19 Jun 2020 11:44 PM PDT Could you please suggest some of the best meditation program/retreat? I'm looking for programs in Asia or Oceania. I've done 10-days Vipassana meditation retreat as taught by S.N Goenka several times and also other programs. But I would like to learn from of all the meditators and masters here. Please be kind and give me some advice. I'm grateful for all your suggestions. [link] [comments] | ||
| Meditation is easing my depression and anxiety. Posted: 20 Jun 2020 02:19 AM PDT For much of my life, I've struggled with depression and anxiety. For the past few months I've been following guided meditations from YouTube, maximum 20 minutes long. While I've aimed for once a day, I've been quite busy and sometimes have only managed once a week. But it's definitely helping. When I'm feeling overwhelmed at work or with family and friends, I remind myself of the sense of calm and authenticity I feel when I meditate. Of course actually meditating is better but even reminiscing helps. On top of meditating more often, my next goal is to research the science behind it. [link] [comments] | ||
| Meditation advice for sitting at work doing not much Posted: 20 Jun 2020 02:14 AM PDT Hey currently I work as a life guard at a small aqua park and most of the time I sit next to the pool and observe the people. There are most experienced swimmer so most likely nobody drawns but of course I have a eye on them. Has anybody a recommendation how I can turn this into a meditation? I've been getting lost in my head much and I wanted to turn this into some kind of meditation. Thanks [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 19 Jun 2020 01:43 PM PDT The mind is a tool, not the source of truth. Let go of the identification with it, and discover that which you truly are… a state of relaxation and pure trust. Your thoughts and emotions are constantly projecting in front of you a reality that isn't what it truly is! Realize more and more of the truth that is currently present beyond these appearances and be free. Discover more about it in the new YouTube video: https://youtu.be/gqT09PPcfI4 [link] [comments] | ||
| I’ve been meditating for 63 days! Posted: 20 Jun 2020 02:08 AM PDT I've really enjoyed meditating in the past but have found it difficult to continue every day. In this COVID lockdown period, I've made it my priority first thing every morning and it's been wonderful. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 20 Jun 2020 01:04 AM PDT I bought a black tourmaline crystal today and I was wondering if anyone has meditated with this particular crystal before? I was wondering how I should use it. Thanks in advance 🙂 [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 20 Jun 2020 12:56 AM PDT Hi, I've been meditating consistently for a few years now. Recently I've changed my sleep schedule (go to bed early like 7.30/8) and I've been waking up in the middle of the night (around 2-3 am in the morning). Today I've noticed something strange around 4.30/5.00 am as I was meditating. I don't know if it was due to my ability to concentrate better or what but it felt like suddenly all thoughts, even subtle ones that usually leave a trail as they pass through, just stopped. I've known that state, some call it jhana but from my experience it is quite difficult to stay in that state for more than minute or so if you're not that experienced. Does it have something to do with the time of the day? I usually notice that it's easier to get to these states around this time. That was really great experience, and I was able to maintain that state for a long time. As I went back to sleep again, my mind behaved differently. Like I could follow through unconscious thoughts arising and follow through it like a bullet. For example a question pops up in my mind, I follow through it and reach an answer, then again perceive the answer from a different angle and it keeps going like that at fast pace while in a semi sleeping state. I'm not sure if I should sleep after meditation. Anyway I'm interested in hearing if anyone has any idea what's going on. [link] [comments] | ||
| Odd force field like sensation around my body Posted: 19 Jun 2020 11:42 PM PDT I recently started meditating a lot recently and I've noticed this sensation after about 2-5 minutes depending on how well I am focusing. It pretty much feels like there is a light casing around my body that is preventing me from moving - it's not paralysis because I can move if I really want to. That said it is very easy to remain completely still in these moments. It feels generally good. The thing is - I'm pretty much always stoned - is this just me reappreciating my body high? Or is this sensation indicative of me reaching alpha brain wave state or something like that? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 19 Jun 2020 03:46 PM PDT https://youtu.be/sqtn2OUT8DU The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 19 Jun 2020 11:10 PM PDT I started meditating a few years back (2014ish) using an intro text that I think I found through this sub. I lost it and have no clue what the title is and was hoping someone might recognize it. It was a shortish pdf, I think it was written by a westerner. It was pretty simple English on breath meditation. The big thing that I remember is that it presented meditation as progressing in stages, and it suggested that at each stage, at the start of the session you repeat something to help with the problems associated with that stage. So first stage you'd say "When I notice my mind has wandered and I have forgotten the breath, I will come back to the breath", then "I will notice I have wandered from the breath before I forget and return my full attention to the breath." Beyond that I don't remember much. I know I read it in conjunction with Meditation in Plain English by Upasaka Culadasa [link] [comments] | ||
| Could please someone teach me how to meditate from scratch? I have severe ADHD Posted: 19 Jun 2020 11:05 PM PDT I've had ADHD my whole life and I was a complete mess until I found weed, I found it impossible to stay engaged in any activity, I can't even play games or watch movies, I can't even sit through a 15 minute video without getting bored or getting lost in my thoughts and ending up not paying attention to the video at all. Well weed helped me with that but inevitably it became and addiction and I started smoking everyday morning to night and naturally that took a toll on my health and my social life....so I decided to quit smoking weed and that has been fine! I don't mind not smoking but by god I can't do anything that requires concentration for more than 15 minutes, my cousin who's a doctor said I should take medication but I'm against medication because it's gotten me depressed in th past and I prefer weed to medication any day but anyways he says if I don't want medication then the only way you can slow down your mind without smoking or medication is by meditation and he's heard of it working for many people So I need to know how to meditate, I can barely sit still for a couple of minutes and my mind is always racing, when I close my eyes I see things there's just too much activity in my brain I need to slow it down. What do I need to do please explain like you would to a child [link] [comments] | ||
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| My first experience meditating(?) Posted: 19 Jun 2020 11:32 AM PDT I usually don't listen to classical music, but I loaded up some liebestraum no. 3 today. I closed my eyes and listened to the music. I looked outside and noticed it was raining. All at once I became aware of my thoughts. I felt weightless. I imagined what I would be like as an old man. I realized my mortality. I realized my life had few goals, and my exsistence was very very simple. I thought about what my life could be. I felt like I was outside of myself looking in, simply put. Somehow, I was disconnected with the Earth. I thought about all the distractions and how loud and distracting today's culture really is. But it wasn't long after I was aware of these thoughts than they went away, and I was back to the way I was a few minuted ago, although I was changed slightly. It is hard to describe it fully without writing a book, but I am confused because I have never felt anything like this in my entire life before. I believe I was meditating but maybe it was something different. I just wanted to share my experience with someone and get some input from people who a little bit about this stuff. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 19 Jun 2020 02:47 PM PDT If I were to meditate whenever I felt anxious, would this create the association of meditation with anxiety, therefore comprising it's ability to calm me down? [link] [comments] | ||
| Free meditations for community Posted: 19 Jun 2020 08:25 PM PDT Hello there, I am a meditation teacher and teach practices that support good mental health. I am writing to invite you to free meditation sessions that I am offering to support the community. Would you like to join me? All sessions will be led online. Details here - https://www.somyaramrakhyani.org/community Since I am a physician myself, I have a special interest in supporting Healthcare providers. If you know a healthcare provider who could use some rest & relaxation, please share this link with them. https://www.somyaramrakhyani.org/healthcare-providers I hope you will join me for these. Please come as often as you like- daily or weekly. To support the community, all meditations are provided at no cost to you. You only have to RSVP here to get the zoom link to join. https://www.somyaramrakhyani.org/services I hope that you will take some time to take care of yourself, and join for meditation. Any question, let me know. Thank you so much for your time and attention. Sending you a big hug! PS: If you feel inspired to do an act of kindness, please forward this message to at least 3 friends who could use this and let them benefit as well. Thank you! [link] [comments] | ||
| The kingdom of God is within you Posted: 19 Jun 2020 08:25 PM PDT
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