Meditation: A Cheat Code to the Universe - if You Want IT |
- A Cheat Code to the Universe - if You Want IT
- Just lost concept of time and physical space while meditating (vipasna) - hella weird feeling (in a good way lol)
- Meditation with my mom - 18M
- I have 4 hours to guard every day TWICE being forced to stand for 50 minutes at a time
- Meditation is Like Gaming
- What does the state of thoughtlessness feel like?
- Don’t cling to analyzation when you don’t need to.
- Scary experience during meditation
- I want to improve in meditation so I could tolerate the worst possible physical or emotional torture that life can impose on me. Just like a Samurai. How can I do that?
- Should I use this technique to have an experience of pure consiousness?
- “Meditation is a method of emptying the mind of everything known, otherwise you cannot know the unknown. To see anything new the mind must be empty of the past. Truth must be new not propaganda. Truth is something living everyday. Therefore the mind must be totally empty to look at that truth.”
- Anyone here who meditates 5+ hours daily?
- Anxiety while in the present
- Just Wonderful
- Meditation ended my daily sleep paralysis
- Is meditating lying down just as valid as sitting on a chair?
- Does nationality and culture directly effects the quality?
- How do I start ?
- Flying and spinning sensation
- I can't wrap my head around acknowledging a thought and then letting it go
- Any products to help me meditate?
- Krishnamurti - What meditation is not
- Emotional numbness and meditation
| A Cheat Code to the Universe - if You Want IT Posted: 18 Oct 2020 04:10 PM PDT Quick Summary if you don't want to read: Relax & Be Nice. Do you want a guaranteed easy life? If so, I learned this neat universal cheat code. Where all you ever need to do is Relax & Be Nice and the Universe starts giving you better experiences and you start making real change in your life without trying. What is even more neat, the more you Relax and the more you Be Nice, the more the Universe grants you really neat experiences. Ideally you will be melting while being super generous. I have tested this thoroughly over the last 3 months and only when I fall back into being tense and angry does my life start to suck again. I'm going to explain how to do it first so that if you decide to only read a small portion of this, you at least get the good stuff. The following is a universal cheat code to make every moment of your life more easy, more enjoyable, and more fun. It will work in every single scenario, so it is the only important thing you ever need to learn, and I will explain how it improved my life after the how-to. Its super easy and you may understand this intuitively if you think back through your life. Its never a good time to be tense or angry, ever. Not even in that one scenario you are going to try to bring up. It won't help you then either. How-to Relax & Be Nice: Step 1: Relax. a. Breath. In through your nose OR mouth and OUT through your nose OR mouth. Keep it slow. You will find the pace that feels right for you. I usually go in and out through the nose, but you can occasionally pull in more oxygen through the mouth which adds a nice kick to this cheat code. Check out breathworks yoga if you haven't yet. b. Stop clinging. When a thought comes, acknowledge it, and let it go. When you see something that grabs your attention, acknowledge it, but stop clinging and let it go. I have ADHD and a severe "monkey brain" that loves to cling. Add oil to all the branches. Let the thoughts come – none are bad. They are just thoughts. Acknowledge and let go. If you do not acknowledge something's existence, you are doing a disservice to yourself and the Universe. Everything is important and deserves to be acknowledged. Even rocks and trash. Acknowledge it and let it go. Meditation is helpful with this, but simply repeating "stop clinging" usually works for me until I no longer need to say it in my head. At this point, your brain should be relaxed. c. Remember to never rush yourself. You have all the time in the universe. Find your rhythm and stay in it. Have you ever watched a fast-food worker just grind it out all day, never finding rhythm? Constantly pounding away the day. Do not do that with your existence. d. Relax all your muscles. Start at the top of your head and relax your brows, checks, jaw, neck, shoulders, arms, gut, etc. Keep your spine straight and elongated. It will feel as if you have a string attached to the top of your head that is supporting you. Head tilted forward slightly. e. Smile slightly. While this one requires some muscle, only smile slightly. No teeth or anything unless it feels natural. I did not think this was important at first, but it builds into step 2. Step 2: Be Nice a. Be sensual/ The Golden Rule. The idea here is that you want to treat everything as you would want to be treated and THOUGHT of. A good way to think of this is to be sensual with everything you do and interact with, but without any intentions. Go slow and be thoughtful, as if you would with a lover. Do not rush anything, everything can wait. Even that one thing you really must do right now. This is the only important thing to do. b. Here is a list of things that are GENERALLY not nice to give you an idea. The thing to remember is nothing is black and white and you have to judge the scenario intuitively to really know what "not nice" is. Like stealing is fine if you really need to provide for your family. Everything is grey and depends on the scenario. However, as general rule – do not do this stuff: a. Lying b. Cheating c. Stealing d. Hurting/Breaking/Destroying e. Intentionally causing suffering. This one may be black and white. Its never good to cause suffering. For YOU or others. Bad thoughts about other people or YOU need to go too. Thoughts of almost any kind really need to go unless they are creative thoughts. But go ahead and have the positive ones if you want them. You don't need them, but I admit they add to the experience sometimes. Just remember no clinging. Do not bother with envisioning the past or future or a different present moment. That is not acknowledging all this moment. That is clinging and forcing change on this moment. Do not cling, do not force. You wouldn't just jam it in a lover, would you? Also – some people argue that there is such thing as "compassionate anger" or "wrathful compassion" or whatever. That's not real. A guru lost his cool one day with a clingy student and hit him then tried to play it off like its okay. It wasn't. There is always a nice way to enlighten people. You do not need to rush. Or maybe you need anger for a fight? Nope. Float like a butterfly so you can be ready to move when your opponent strikes first, then sting like a bee. Never start a fight, but never allow someone to hurt you. That's not nice to you. c. Accept and acknowledge that everything is a reflection yourself. You do not see, feel, taste, hear directly through your eyes, skin, tongue, and ears. It all gets translated through your brain. Everything. In fact, we know scientifically we are all nothing but energy. Many other species see this energy. However, most humans just see colors. Be nice to it and watch how that improves everything. If you are always sad, your view of everything is probably a lot more blue than bright. d. Stay in YOUR rhythm and do not follow anyone else's. Rhythm here is how you live, think, and be to your body and experience. Sleep and wake up at regular times. Eat at regular times. Exercise regularly. Meditate regularly. If you are Buddhist, this is essentially the 8-fold path. Right view, intention, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration. Find your rhythm and stick to it. Walk in rhythm, run in rhythm, play in rhythm, learn in rhythm. Do not cling to things that cause you to fall out of rhythm. Remember this is YOUR rhythm. Listen to the universe and how others do it and apply that to your experience. Keep changing things up until you find the PERFECT rhythm for you. A general rule would be sleep 8 hours per night and eat 3 healthy meals per day…but your body may need 6 hours of sleep and 4 meals per day. Do not forget to regularly take medication if you need it. I take Adderall. My brain does not produce the chemicals necessary to be content on its own. I know that for a fact in my life because I have seen it applied. It does not matter to me what your opinion of Adderall is. You do not get to determine my rhythm and I do not get to determine your rhythm. Dance to your own tempo…unless music is playing…then dance to that tempo 😉. That is it. Just remember to Relax & Be Nice in every single scenario and you will have a very enjoyable experience in this universe. Just remember that negative experiences are going to happen. Prepare for those by remembering how to behave in every single scenario and start practicing it now so you are ready for that ONE scenario where you know you always react to and never respond level-headed to. It is the/a universal cheat code to improve every single moment of your life. Wanting positive experience is a negative experience. Accepting negative experience is a positive experience. You must accept change and flow with it. Do not cling. There is NEVER a good reason to be TENSE or ANGRY. Examples of How I Applied this in MY Life: I have had ADHD most of my life so I have noticed in these periods of what the ADHD community calls "hyper focus" that time seems to melt away and I get shit done. Without any effort at all almost. The problem is that it only used to occur some times for some things. Things I really liked doing. Sex, talking to girls, sports/games, drugs, partying without intent, learning interesting topics like Black Holes, creating, or making almost anything. But I used to think it was those things that did it. It was actually me and my brain that did it, those things just helped me focus on the here and now. When doing the below stuff, you need to apply focus to it. This doesn't require you to do anything with your eye muscles. Keep those loose and relaxed. Just have all your senses directed at the activity not wondering. Using the directions above without any focus could lead to all sorts of wild shenanigans, which I also recommend doing sometimes.
This thing unlocks your full potential. You need to start doing this today if you want a really neat life and you don't have to change your religion to do it. You don't have to, but I want other people in my life who are awake so I can collaborate with them and we can focus our energy together. Think of the world we could create. I tried not to explain this in religious terms in order to not turn anyone off. However, its a very spiritual experience. Magical. Its the key to waking up. Enlightenment. Flow state. Its how some of the weirdest looking people seem to attract the best lives (i'm thinking of that one rapper that looks like a trash hippie...weird but super in flow). And im not knocking the weird looking people, I wear the most flamboyant clothing in flow state and make it look cool. But if I do it out of flow state...not a good experience. This is your comeback moment if you feel you failed your life. Unlimited potential again. Relax & Be Nice – Let me know how it goes! If you get rich think of me. I know how to have a great time. Love, Sincerity Amigo [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Oct 2020 03:33 PM PDT I'm fairly new to meditation but I've been consistently doing it for 10-30 minutes for the past month. During a 1 hour meditation today (my longest one yet) I started losing the concept of time and physical space. I felt really confused when I opened my eyes (almost like I was a baby being born). This all probably sounds wack but I've only had somewhat close experiences to this on LSD. Anyone ever had an experience like this before? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Oct 2020 12:36 PM PDT I had an amazing and intense experience meditating with my mom. I have been meditating for about a week. I am suffering from panic, anxiety and depersonalisation. My biggest fear is losing control, going crazy, developing some disease. Today was rough, a lot of anxiety. I felt so bad that i started talking to my mom, then to my mom and dad. I started to cry, which i didn't do for a long time. Eventually i hugged my mom, she started talking with me while hugging eachother. doing a guided meditation/hypnosis. She tried to get the feeling out of me. I went back to my childhood and so much pain just hit me suddenly. I started to cry like i never did before. When i was young i had this intense fear of being alone, without my mom, without anybody. A place where nobody could hear me. I was so attached to my mom. I couldn't handle losing sight of her for 20 seconds in the supermarket. I could never be alone as a child, not even with my brother. My life was good as a child. I always laughed, played, acted silly and i had a lot of friends who loved me. I just laughed everything of of me as a child. I was always acting, never truly myself. I remember waiting for my mom when she went shopping in intense panic, i remember walking to her bed at night and she was not there. I guess these experiences had a way bigger impact on me then i would have thought. Even simple things can develop to be something traumatic when you are a child. So i was meditating while hugging with my mom for about 20 minutes, she asked me to feel the fear and to feel where it originated from. And all this childhood fear and pain just exploded in me. I realized that the fear which i am having right now; the fear of losing control is directly linked to these childhood experiences. It was insane. I had never felt this much pain, fear and relieve before. For the past 2 years i had been very distant from my mom and my dad. I never hugged them, never talked to them, always shrugged everything off. This made me realize to be more open. To love everybody more, to feel, to talk about emotions, i realized that people love me! I have a long road to go. But a huge crushing weight just lifted of of me. I know this wasn't really a meditation. I would say it was a kind of hypnosis. I just thought that this would be the right place to post this since i have been meditating for about a week and i feel like that was a part of this emotional stress relief. ✌️ [link] [comments] |
| I have 4 hours to guard every day TWICE being forced to stand for 50 minutes at a time Posted: 18 Oct 2020 11:46 PM PDT Title, What are some good meditation technics I can use to either entertain myself or suppress the need for entertainment? P.s: I'm in the army Thanks in advanced! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Oct 2020 07:05 PM PDT I used to play Starcraft 2, and there were a lot of times I'd sit and watch the professionals play, hours and hours, and watch videos on how to do better. Constantly. I knew all the lingo. Nuances, I new the meta-strategies, top player names, all about the updates, player base, you name it. I'd go into matches having learned all these new things, thinking I was good, and get absolutely demolished; just obliterated. I'd end up disappointed, and I'd go learn some more, watch some more professionals. I quickly began to realize, I'm gonna stay at bronze forever unless I start grinding this game and getting my first few hundred losses out of the way. I can't avoid it, I have to train. Once I started playing game, after game, after game, loss after loss, I started to really understand the game, and how to actually improve. It had little to do with watching or learning from online tutorials, and waaay more to do with APM (actions per minute), game sense, real time strategy; getting my hands filthy with experience. Losing hundreds of games, and learning from each loss, strategizing to patch that vulnerability for next round. Eventually, I started crushing, and getting super clutch. Meditation is no different. Get absolutely filthy with experience, and get your first 100 losses out of the way asap. Don't get trapped in the cycle of learning learning learning. Otherwise you'll stay bronze forever. [link] [comments] |
| What does the state of thoughtlessness feel like? Posted: 19 Oct 2020 01:47 AM PDT I've been meditating for years and I'm not sure if I've ever reached the state of thoughtlessness. The deepest I've gone is into a state in which I'm not an active participant in my thoughts. In this state, I often see images or events while having a thought related to it, but it is as if I have no sense of self and the thoughts and images are automatic. What would you call this state? Is this maybe the state of thoughtlessness? [link] [comments] |
| Don’t cling to analyzation when you don’t need to. Posted: 19 Oct 2020 01:24 AM PDT Feel free during deep meditation to cease your habitual craving for analyzing anything including what your mind would perceive as a "state of consciousness". Simply let go of the want and need to categorize reality and relax your mind as much as possible. There is no need to analyze or think about reality, there is no need for anything. Only that there is this and this is now, and this is emptiness, but it can't be called a name, It can only be referred to. [link] [comments] |
| Scary experience during meditation Posted: 18 Oct 2020 07:11 PM PDT I recently saw a post, where the OP was talking about a sense of a loss of physical space and time during meditation. For them it was a pleasant experience. Initially so was it for me too. And then a couple of things happened that made things go off the rails in a terrible terrible way. It was because of this that I am writing a new post rather than the reply I had initially meant to write. In short the loss of physical space was so strange. I desperately tried to remind myself that I was in my living room, the kitchen door was over there, the book self is here etc. No use. Now I have this thing where no matter what I don't break a session -like thirst, itching, pain etc. So I didn't budge. Eventually I was ok with it. It was accompanied by a mild vertigo, but it was not a big deal. I continued with a bit of curiosity. And then, there was this feeling time was immaterial. Like I could sit in the same state for the next 12 hours or 20 hours and it would make absolutely no difference. I was ok with it. It was actually nice. So far so good. And then came this feeling that nothing in life had any significance. I felt that an entire life time is a small line, sort of like a small ruler, and there was the word "control" was meaningless. To be specific I had an itch in my foot and my mind didn't care at all, and I realized "if some one chopped my leg off it really wouldn't matter. It's neither good nor bad". This one feeling started a downward trend. It made me very concerned. And then a fucking black void opened up ( I mean a near-physical black void) and I was convinced that if I persisted I'd either die or would be stuck in this dark void for fucking ever. I cannot even begin to describe to you how scary it was. It was sheer, pure unadulterated fear. And I felt like I was about to lose my will and motivation and drive and reasons to live. I had to stop it -which is a very big deal for me. I ended the meditation and spent the next may be two days in a very panicky state. For context, like OP from the post I mentioned, I also used to have a bit of a dissociative disorder (depersonalization/derealization), and (unlike OP) panic disorder. And also like that OP it was at the tail end of a long session. On top of it, it was in the evening when I was a bit tired. I'm not a very spiritual person and don't believe in chakras or portals. So I spent a long time trying to find a logical explanation. These were scant. In fact the only decent one I found was that, in my meditative state, since I was already tired, my body might have fallen asleep while my mind was still awake. Since it is the physical body that gives you a sense of orientation and localization, my mind lost touch with physical existence. I used to do it every day for around 10 months straight, pretty much every day. I was so happy with meditation. I even got premium accounts on a popular app for my parents and a friend of mine. I had turned into a meditation evangelist among my other friends. But after that nightmarish experience, back in February, I never really went back to meditation seriously. Would be nice if someone better informed and experienced than me, could throw some light on this experience. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Oct 2020 11:27 AM PDT My reasons are because you never know if you will have a fatal painful cancer or a disabling car accident or will have to die in an earthquake, tsunami or meteorite in pure sorrow. I want that if the case comes, I want to be able to accept losing my four limbs or being disabled for life without giving up. I have seen many people who give up when that happens and commit suicide or live in a state of abandonment and harming their loved ones. I want to impose myself on everything. I read that in Japan there is Zen meditation. The Samurai are from Japan and they were capable of facing the greatest pain and fear that a human can feel. They could even sacrifice their lives for a cause. Furthermore, the kamikaze airmen achieved the same level of devotion. How does a human being manage to configure his mind to live life experience at 100% like samurais? [link] [comments] |
| Should I use this technique to have an experience of pure consiousness? Posted: 18 Oct 2020 10:17 PM PDT Hey guys, long time lurker first time poster. I stumbled on this little instructional video that shows a way to attune to pure conciousness directly within a few minutes. This usually takes me a long time in meditation and isn't very consistent, while this technique seems to go straight to the core. What do you think? Is this legit? (Edit: creds to u/LivingProce55 who's video this is) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Oct 2020 08:34 PM PDT Jiddu Krishnamurti from the video posted below. Amazing 5 min. video [link] [comments] |
| Anyone here who meditates 5+ hours daily? Posted: 18 Oct 2020 05:06 PM PDT Due to my flexible work schedule, as well as a significant increase in anxiety, I've decided to spend a couple hours less on work and substitute that time with meditation. I'm not new to meditation, but I haven't kept my practice as consistent as I'd like. Is there anyone in this group who regularly meditates for an excessive amount of time (3-5+ hours daily), and what have your experiences been? Has it helped reduce your anxiety, or even eliminate it? Curious to hear your responses. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Oct 2020 10:32 PM PDT I don't know if anyone else experiences this since mediation is suppose to have the opposite effect of this, but whenever I'am in the present I feel as if my anxiety increases. I just wanna know does anyone has a solution for this? Really appreciate it. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Oct 2020 03:36 PM PDT I've recently began consistently practicing the Wim Hof method, and holy cow is all I can say. I'm an engineering student, and especially during the midterm period, the work can get very stressful. I typically use nicotine and cannabis as stress relief, but we all know the downsides of relying on any foreign substance, and how it's not sustainable. I've of course heard of people saying meditation changed their lives for the better, so I finally decided to pick up Wim Hof. It grounds you. It clears your airways. It relieves immediate stress. It's even euphoric, all without intaking a foreign substance. It's beautiful, really; you guys really know what's going on. [link] [comments] |
| Meditation ended my daily sleep paralysis Posted: 18 Oct 2020 07:52 PM PDT I started meditating after I joined this sub a few months after the pandemic struck my country. Before the lockdown, I had approximately 1-2 episodes per week (sometimes 3-4x if I'm stressed). And ever since the lockdown, I was having daily episodes. I tried to get some help through online counseling because it affected my sleep and school performance, but it didn't really help. I tried to research how I can 'fix' myself, but there's not much about the topic online. I learned in my psychiatry class that mindfulness is one of the ways where you can alleviate stress, so I joined this sub, and it was suggested that I use the Headspace app. I am currently doing the Headspace 365 program, which teaches you to meditate, and has had a lot of progress. Today marks my first 30-day streak, and for more than a month, I have had no episodes. I hope they don't come back anymore. Writing this makes me tear up because this really is a big deal for me. I am beyond grateful for this subreddit. [link] [comments] |
| Is meditating lying down just as valid as sitting on a chair? Posted: 18 Oct 2020 07:50 PM PDT |
| Does nationality and culture directly effects the quality? Posted: 18 Oct 2020 09:44 PM PDT Seems like you all people from US and the general manner in this sub is quite similar, i just couldn't help myself to think about it. That seems suspicious. Although there are some professionals and experts among us, the poeple of the sub kinda act like the copies of each others. (by attitude to any extraordinary stuff.) It is a cult behavior. In a corrupted cult, everyone is wanted to be the same in a manner, thoughts even the clothes. And I've just suspected that the people of the sub might be from the exact same culture. Am i right? Prove me wrong. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Oct 2020 01:26 AM PDT I want to try meditation but I really don't know much about it. My main questions are: How do I meditate ? Should I start with guided meditation ? Should I do it in English or my native language (Turkish) ? How long ? I was thinking about meditating 10-15 mins every day, but really how long should it be ? When do I meditate ? Should I do it first thing in the morning, before I go to bed, or in a break between classes to rest my brain ? And lastly, once I tried it but I felt overwhelmed by my thoughts and it made me feel stressed. How can I overcome that ? I'd appreciate all the help because deep inside I know that I need it and it would help me focus and be less stressed about everything. I just don't know how to start. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Oct 2020 07:19 PM PDT Hi guys! I have been meditating on a daily basis for the last 8 years. Most of the times, when I sit or lay down to start my practice I have a spinning sensation and it looks like I am flying a lot of cm over my bed or mat. I am now used to this sensation, however I never understood what happens to me to get this sensation. Has anyone ever felt something similar? Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| I can't wrap my head around acknowledging a thought and then letting it go Posted: 19 Oct 2020 01:10 AM PDT I just don't understand this direction. I'm sitting there and I've just gotten to the point where I've stopped shuffling because I think I'm uncomfortable and have started breathing slower, say 2 minutes in. I get the thought "I can't waste too much time on this because I really do have to do stuff." What does acknowledging that thought and then letting it go mean? Is it different if its a physical thing like I'm sitting there for 5 minutes and my leg starts itching. Do I scratch it or accept that its my mind playing tricks on me to get me to move. I don't like the counting breath technique, or mantras, I've tried picturing an object like a fluid orb and just watching it kind of wiggle in space as something to focus on. Any help would be appreciated because I really do think I'm close to getting somewhere with meditation but I get frustrated and stop because of this one concept that everyone else but me seems to get. [link] [comments] |
| Any products to help me meditate? Posted: 19 Oct 2020 12:55 AM PDT I consistently have trouble meditating and falling asleep. I'm so easily distracted and can't focus during the meditation even when it's a guided meditation. I commonly find myself side tracked and it's very hard for me to just get losses in the meditation. I typically meditate before bed to help me fall asleep. Do other people have these same problems and are there any products on the market to help me focus on my meditation and calm my monkey brain? I'm new to Reddit and this is my first post. Thank you in advance for any feedback! :) [link] [comments] |
| Krishnamurti - What meditation is not Posted: 18 Oct 2020 06:49 PM PDT Very powerful talk, which may question our idea on what meditation is [link] [comments] |
| Emotional numbness and meditation Posted: 18 Oct 2020 08:53 PM PDT Hi guys, I started meditating a couple days ago and I was wondering what type of meditation do you think is best for being more connected with your emotions. Here some background of my situation, I live in Argentina, in my country due to covid we are still in a lock down, I basically spend 7 months in my house, I went out to hangout with friends no more than 5 times and to the store a couple times as well, last week the gyms open again and I'm currently going, the wierd thing I noticed is that I'm pretty much desensitized to my emotions, I feel like a robot, I believe that probably the lock down had some kind of effect on my mental health, some days I feel kind of depressed but mostly I would say is emotional numbness.(I'm 19M by the way) For meditation I'm using the app insight timer I'm doing 10 min once/twice a day, just the timer and focusing on my body/breath, but I was wondering, maybe you guys know a better way for connecting with your emotions/spiritual side, maybe some of you have experience something similar and I would like to know. I'm new in this forum by the way :) [link] [comments] |
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