Meditation: “I like when it rains. Because even if I didn’t like it, it would still rain.” |
- “I like when it rains. Because even if I didn’t like it, it would still rain.”
- Anyone else love watching your thoughts get weird as you fall asleep?
- Just reached 100 days of meditation in a row
- My sister has been questioning her sexuality...
- What are some things besides meditation/mindfulness which help turn down the non-stop chatter in the brain?
- How to Shift from Head to Heart - Meditation. Amazing Non-dual Guided Teaching by Loch Kelly
- Beginner 13 yrs old I can do 10 minutes a day of meditation
- What does this mean
- Hi everyone, I'd like to share a new playlist I've been putting together for anyone in search of a smooth, relaxing instrumental background. Quite suited for [meditation] or [reading] ! Hope you enjoy! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2pyAenB7K779ZcdQpAAjmv?si=LD38gGhqSRyJ_FpSefu4ng
- How to Transcend a Limiting Belief.
- HOW TO MEDITATE?
- You need to forgive your parents and let go.
- Your soundscape is your anchor.
- Should I try to ignore thoughts of sex during meditation or should I just observe them?
- Balance through forms of meditation
- Struggling with taming my mind
- Uncontrollable head movement while meditating?
- Does anyone have a non visualization heavy guided meditation? I can't find one that works for me.
- More often than not, a persons personality reflects how they’re treated. We mirror our environment.
- Ego is a tyrant and the imprisoner of the soul
- This sums it up...
- Lung capacity, i feel like i can't FIT much air inside my lungs.
| “I like when it rains. Because even if I didn’t like it, it would still rain.” Posted: 13 Jun 2020 03:39 PM PDT | ||||||||
| Anyone else love watching your thoughts get weird as you fall asleep? Posted: 13 Jun 2020 04:21 PM PDT Before meditation I never really noticed how strange and beautiful thoughts become in the twilight between consciousness and sleep. It doesn't happen every night, but since I've started meditating I'll notice the ebbing of "normal" logic overtaken by "dream logic," and...i dunno, it makes me smile watching my mind still trying to dance around as it powers down. Like watching a kid falling asleep with his toys still in hand. [link] [comments] | ||||||||
| Just reached 100 days of meditation in a row Posted: 13 Jun 2020 04:04 PM PDT Hello friends, Today is my 100th consecutive day of meditating! I thought I could share my experiences and insights after this period of time. What originally got me meditating was an emotionally heavy experience that caused me great stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and feelings of being lost and misplaced. I was caught in the whims of my mind, and my mind was consistently negative to an incredibly toxic extent. I had meditated consistently before, but it was only for 30 days straight and over 2 years ago, so I would say before these 100 days I was (and still am) a beginner. At first, I was really bad at it. I could hardly sit still due to tight hips and low back. My thoughts were all over the place and I found myself getting extremely frustrated with myself over my lack of discipline. I did my own reading on the topic, both from a scientific standpoint (Altered Traits by Daniel Goleman and Richie Davidson is a fantastic book!) and from a spiritual standpoint through Buddhism, Stoicism, and Taoism. Most times I would leave my cushion more stressed than when I got on because I was so hard on myself. After doing some reading, I realized what I was experiencing during my sessions (restlessness, tightness, frustration, irritability, anxiety) was normal. I made some adjustments, such as moving my space to one with better airflow (I was sweating a lot) and switching out my "cushion" for another one (really just using a PillowPet instead of a real pillow lol). These adjustments plus some tips taken from the book Mindfulness in Plain English really helped. I can say, even after the frustrating sessions, I would slowly see the build up of general awareness in my day to day activities. By one month in, my practice was much better and I think acceptance of my initial negative experiences but not getting discouraged was key in seeing this hopefully lifelong habit build up to my first big milestone of 100 days. Some insights I've had that are randomly organized. Many of these are probably closely related to Buddhism, Stoicism, or Taoism as those philosophies have influenced my practice quite a bit:
Some statistics (from the Insight Timer app):
If you read this far, thank you! I hope some of what I wrote resonates with you and maybe even improves your practice or offers a different perspective or motivation to continue. Comment below or PM, I'd love to discuss more with your experiences and tips! Namaste. [link] [comments] | ||||||||
| My sister has been questioning her sexuality... Posted: 13 Jun 2020 11:28 PM PDT & hasn't slept this past week! She's been crying non stop & that's due to our up bringing. We grew up Christian so you already know it's frowned upon. I've tried to comfort her everyday and today was just so sad and I'm tired of seeing her this hopeless. I've been meditating for about 6 months now so I sat her down and said we're gonna mediate and I'm gonna teach you how when really I just put on headspace & did it with her. She's been calm the rest of the night and is sound asleep. She's been crying herself to sleep this whole week so I'm just happy she's at peace right now. I'm going to continue helping her mediate when she begins to over think but I'm just so grateful for mediation. & im so happy she can finally get some rest. [link] [comments] | ||||||||
| Posted: 14 Jun 2020 12:47 AM PDT Have started meditating recently but just curious. Is meditation and mindfulness the only way to turn down the non-stop ego chatter in the brain or are there other activities or useful things to do which can reduce it and can be supplemented along with meditation and mindfulness? [link] [comments] | ||||||||
| How to Shift from Head to Heart - Meditation. Amazing Non-dual Guided Teaching by Loch Kelly Posted: 13 Jun 2020 11:59 PM PDT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bL2P7Fjzz4 prior to finding him 6 months ago, i was meditating the typical way, mindfulness breath focus and using the mind illuminated vipassana techniques for about 3 years. but this guy's teachings have taken me even further than TMI did because he directs you right to that awake awareness open field and then acts as a sort of "tour guide through the new home" inviting you to rest in it, and then *as* it. just a few of his "glimpse practices" as he calls them, blasted me into expanded awareness and energy release in a matter of seconds. the amount of freedom and bliss available just from these short exercises is unreal. when watching, try to use your awareness, not your ego to listen and follow the instructions. see what unfolds. its beautiful <3 [link] [comments] | ||||||||
| Beginner 13 yrs old I can do 10 minutes a day of meditation Posted: 13 Jun 2020 08:05 PM PDT Hi anyone does anyone know which is better, mindfulness or concentration meditating, I've tried concentrating and im really good at it what is mindfulness? [link] [comments] | ||||||||
| Posted: 13 Jun 2020 11:17 PM PDT Hello there, I've been going through so much lately like a crazy amount of stuff has been happening in my life to the point that it has completely changed my perspective on life and reality anyways I'm not here to rant I just want to know what 22 means I've been seeing this number so much like it's crazy I've seen it about 20 times by now If anybody can help I would appreciate it [link] [comments] | ||||||||
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| How to Transcend a Limiting Belief. Posted: 13 Jun 2020 01:32 PM PDT Your true nature is a state of unity with the one infinite creator, we can gradually realize this by clearing our vision from all the distorted perceptions that are not allowing us to witness reality as it truly is. Your true nature is already free from the limiting beliefs that you're trying to solve, we get stuck because we are strongly identified with our sense of identity, we assume to be a person that has a body and a mind, but the truth is that we're much more than that. Your limitations will stop limiting you at the moment in which you'll let go of the need to do something with them, when we transcend them they can't limit us anymore. Learn more about it in this new YouTube video that will go through this in detail: https://youtu.be/Auu5vM\_Giq4 [link] [comments] | ||||||||
| Posted: 13 Jun 2020 09:51 PM PDT as the title goes, how does one meditate? I understand that breathing from your nose and into your stomach is important, but what else do you do whilst meditating? What do you think of when meditating? I'm under the impression that you just close your eyes and see where your mind takes you.. is that correct? Also what are some techniques to improve confidence by way of meditation? [link] [comments] | ||||||||
| You need to forgive your parents and let go. Posted: 14 Jun 2020 01:10 AM PDT If you have ever been hurt by someone, especially your parents, you are carrying a tremendous weight in your body. You need to forgive them if you want to truly understand your life. Maybe they were harsh, maybe they used to fight a lot, maybe you had to call cops too because things were going out of control (I know I had to). It doesnt matter now. They are just people, trying to figure it all out. They didn't know the answers, they still don't. They are in their 50, 60, 70s now, soon their book will be closed. They just try to move through the waves just like you do. Maybe they've been hurt by their parents, by their first love, by life in general, and that's why they are the way they are. Just let go and forgive, bro. [link] [comments] | ||||||||
| Your soundscape is your anchor. Posted: 13 Jun 2020 07:50 PM PDT There's a pool with a waterfall outside my Airbnb window, and when I meditate, I focus on the sound of falling water, paying acute attention to its rhythms and imagining every droplet tracing an arc through the air as it swan dives into the pool. As long as I stay with the waterfall, live within it and it's nourishment, I am able to be mindfully present. It forms anchor to my wandering mind. And when thoughts appear, good or bad, they are gently washed away by the waterfall to another place. But just the soundscape in general can be a wonderful "object of attention" that you can totally inhabit. [link] [comments] | ||||||||
| Should I try to ignore thoughts of sex during meditation or should I just observe them? Posted: 13 Jun 2020 01:39 PM PDT I'm 18 and very horny most of the time, it's hard to focus on meditation because such thoughts come when I have nothing to do... [link] [comments] | ||||||||
| Balance through forms of meditation Posted: 13 Jun 2020 11:21 PM PDT Too often, my head is filled with thoughts. Not only single thoughts but many thoughts. Whirring around, jumping from one thing to another constantly, never resting. Whenever this happens, it seems slowing down, and taking a break seems to only make those thoughts louder and even more burdening. Because of this, I seek out meditation through my art. Trying to slow my thoughts, stresses, and burdens by simply pausing everything to ask myself a single question, "what do I seek (or rather need) most in my life right now?" With this question, I usually take those thoughts of positive things that can occur in my life and turn them into art. I do this so instead of constantly thinking, worrying, and stressing, instead, I can look at that piece of art on my wall or phone and remind myself, that that's what I need most. This process started with a yoga watercolor featuring the word Balance. But more currently, my watercolor has been centered around peace. Not only is the reminder a helpful tool in meditation, but also creating the piece itself has its meditative forms. I have an image of my most recent piece I can share along with this story if the leader of this community will allow it for example. [link] [comments] | ||||||||
| Struggling with taming my mind Posted: 13 Jun 2020 10:56 PM PDT I have been a sporadic meditator for most of my life. I would love to practice more, because it has been helpful to me in the past, but I keep running into a mental roadblock. My mind seems to have several different trains of thought at once. I can have a couple songs, an internal monologue, and vague thoughts about the past and future in there, playing full volume, all at once. It's endless looping thoughts that I feel I have no control over. I've always been very anxious, which is why my mom taught me to meditate at a young age to help me fall asleep. It's very hard for me to meditate because of all the noise in my head, but that's why I need to meditate in the first place. I think if I was better at focusing my mental energy, my third eye, whatever, i would have more stamina to mediate. I'm able to focus on my breath and have brief moments of clarity, but the other trains of thought interrupt. I'm sure this is the quintessential struggle of meditation every one must practice through, but it has been years of therapy, breath work, yoga, and self care, and I'm still stuck at this roadblock. [link] [comments] | ||||||||
| Uncontrollable head movement while meditating? Posted: 13 Jun 2020 10:38 PM PDT While I go about my practice, especially during stronger sessions, my head starts to swivel and nod and make subtle movements along with the breath. Does anybody else have this problem? Is it normal? I know some principles teach stillness, so is this something that is an obstacle to overcome? Thanks for the advice! [link] [comments] | ||||||||
| Does anyone have a non visualization heavy guided meditation? I can't find one that works for me. Posted: 13 Jun 2020 10:35 PM PDT Everything starts out smooth but as they start adding more and more to the scene it fades away before I can really start to see it much more than 5-8 details and it feels like the floor falls out from under me and I snap out. This is something I really need to work on for other reasons but I feel like I haven't found a starting point yet. [link] [comments] | ||||||||
| More often than not, a persons personality reflects how they’re treated. We mirror our environment. Posted: 13 Jun 2020 08:50 AM PDT | ||||||||
| Ego is a tyrant and the imprisoner of the soul Posted: 13 Jun 2020 10:23 AM PDT Hello, today I wrote on my blog a few words about Ego. I would like to share more but it would be a very long post afterwords. Therefore, if you want to read more about it, I have linked it to my profile. There is also a video on YouTube. Check it out if you want. Any I would love to know what do you think about it. Enjoy. :) Ego is the mask that we wear and which identifies our persona. In fact, in ancient Greek, the word persona means, mask. Consequently, we become so intimate with this mask, that we forgot who we really are. And as a consequence, we are afraid to take it off. The monkey storyIn some parts of India, there is a way to catch monkeys. It consists of using a jar made of a resistant glass. This jar had an opening wide enough that only the monkey's hand could pass through. Therefore, the monkey-catcher places the jar in an open space. The jar contains delicious food inside, which monkeys love. Afterward, when the monkey passes by and looks at the trap, he feels attracted to it. So, he gets closer in order to take the food. When his hand is inside the jar, the monkey-catcher goes towards him. At that point, the monkey in fear tries to remove his hand and so he could run away. However, by holding the food it is not possible. But the monkey does not know. Consequently, the monkey-catcher takes the monkey and the jar too. Letting go the EgoSimilarly, to the monkey, we have our favorite food which we are holding on to. We like it so much that we cannot let it go. In fact, most of the time this food is making us suffer, without us knowing about it. Indeed what we have to do only is to let it go, and put our hand out. However, for a mysterious reason, we cannot do it. This is because we identify our self or the ego with a given object or subject. We like that object and would rather die than let it go. The connection and identification are so strong, that if we give up, it would feel like losing a part of our selves. Consequently, this will lead to a feeling of fading and suffering. Similar to a tobacco smoker. He knows that smoking is bad. Also, his body is telling him that. However, for a mysterious way he cannot quit it. All this is due to the 5 afflictions. [link] [comments] | ||||||||
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| Lung capacity, i feel like i can't FIT much air inside my lungs. Posted: 13 Jun 2020 03:33 PM PDT Firstly, i must say that i am healthy and i know i don't have anything wrong with my lungs based on recent exams i've done. I'm kind of fit, i can run, jump, climb stair without feeling short of breath. BUT when i'm sit down i always feel like i can't do the deep breaths any guided meditation suggest me to do. It doesn't matter what postition i'm in it always feels like i'm compressing my lungs somehow so it can't "inflate" as much as it should. It always feels like i have 75% of the lung capacity, maybe my breath is kind of shorter but a bit faster? Is this normal? i'm trying to figure out if i should bother about it, because this makes following a guided meditation kind of hard. [link] [comments] |
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