Meditation: An incredible experience just happened to me |
- An incredible experience just happened to me
- Today I was meditating and my phone rang. I decided to pick up and keep meditating. It was very interesting.
- How does anxiety/stress cause that CHEST TIGHTNESS (restricted breathing)... and advice with meditation to get it to loosen up faster
- Tropical Rainforest - Rain sounds - Jungle sounds Help with Sleep, Relax...
- You are the best version of yourself that you can be right now. So be gentle and kind with yourself.
- Practices for releasing desires and expectations
- Full time job + exam in 6 weeks. Nervous wreck needs help
- Subconscious
- I was crying while meditation
- [beginner} Focusing on my breath makes it really hard to breathe
- My back keeps tingling ever since I started meditating again
- Morning meditation different from night time meditation
- Heal your stress, anxiety & depression
- If you're new to mindfulness, it can help you live a calmer, happier life
- is it weird to “play” with thoughts?
- I felt unbelievable peace and love while meditating, but I've lost it. How can I get it back?
- How could I go about handling the nervousness from potentially seeing an ex ?
- Deciding to practice Metta amidst anger toward my neighbor and others
- The real me. What is it? Is it the part of my mind that reacts with egotism? Or maybe the part that wants all the money and the luxuries of this world? I answered Yes... Only to have realised I lost myself.
- Can i meditate lying on my bed?
- I have meditated for a few years now and I think sharing with like minded people is important, I am willing to test myself and teach how to go into deep meditation in under 20 minutes, and once there you can go on for as long as you want, or stop there. I will...
- Questions
- For all earnest seekers of truth.
| An incredible experience just happened to me Posted: 17 Oct 2020 11:38 PM PDT So I've been going through a lot of emotional pain in the last few months and it's been difficult to find any relief. Tonight I turned to meditation and let me just say I was blown away. My thoughts and feelings that I couldn't understand or express just kind of manifested themselves into almost something like a slideshow by my brain and it was an intense moment of pain followed by immediate bliss. The "I'm alone and I'm not loved" thought was replaced by images of all the friends and family in my life that I know DO love me and care about me and the thought of "I'll never be good enough to find a job" got replaced with memories of me reliving the moments of my life in school and internships where I realized that I love what I do and I AM good enough. It's like the reason WHY I felt so anxious so sad and depressed came to light. All I did was focus on my breathing and my brain really did try to heal itself and it was the most beautiful thing I've ever felt in my life. I wanted to share this here so that I can remember this moment and it would be cool to hear if you guys had similar experiences! Thanks for reading [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Oct 2020 06:47 AM PDT I know this sounds weird and I should probably have turned it off, but bear with me. I decided to keep meditating while I was having the conversation. So my eyes were still closed, and I was still very mindful to everything happening in my body and mind. What I found very interesting was to observe all the little "motions" happening in my mind while I was listening (how each subject was "touching" me). And even more interesting, while I was talking (how I positioned my mind while talking about this or that). I think this is a great way to observe and learn about ourselves while interacting with people. This is a fun experiment. I'm also thinking this can be useful to people with social anxiety (like myself). Anyway, thought I'd share this with you. Much love [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Oct 2020 08:11 PM PDT I assume its muscle tension, but I have a background in anatomy and it doesnt make sense that its the pectoral muscles, so I'm thinking its the intercostal muscles between the ribs... Anyways... you know that feel where there is just like "restricted" amount of how deep your breath can get, and then when it "unlocks" its like holy shit I haven't been able to even take a deep breath? Or is there a faster way to get rid of that because it takes me at least 45-60 minutes to get to that "chest openness" and it's hard to dedicate that much time a day with my lifestyle.... Have severe generalized anxiety disorder my whole life... really bad, everyday [link] [comments] |
| Tropical Rainforest - Rain sounds - Jungle sounds Help with Sleep, Relax... Posted: 17 Oct 2020 08:00 PM PDT Tropical Rainforest - Rain sounds - Jungle sounds Help with Sleep, Relaxation, Insomnia Rainforest rain sounds for sleeping, relaxation, meditation or study. Relaxing sounds for sleep disorders and problems. These soothing nature sounds will create a calming ambience for relaxation. Nature sounds create natural white noise that can help relieve tinnitus and insomnia symptoms. This relaxing video is a natural sleep aid and will help you fall asleep and stay asleep longer at night. [link] [comments] |
| You are the best version of yourself that you can be right now. So be gentle and kind with yourself. Posted: 18 Oct 2020 01:47 AM PDT I am not saying you are the best version of yourself that you ever will be or even have been. But in the here and now you are doing everything you can to be the best you can be right now. I can say this almost universally without knowing who you are, your life story, or how you feel. I don't know you, I don't claim to and I don't have any right to claim to. But you are human. And with VERY few exceptions I am beginning to feel, almost all of us want to feel better. We want to allay suffering. We want pain to stop. We want happiness. We long. We yearn. We strive. We suffer. It matters not the degree of suffering, if you are lonely, bored, depressed, traumatized, or just a bit itchy lol. Of course in detail the specifics matter a HUGE amount. This is not to equate the loss of a loved one to a mosquito bite. But in how we all universally pull away from pain, it very much is the same action. Whether we choose "healthy" or "unhealthy" strategies to cope in life is not about blame. We can only work with the tools we have been handed and are aware even exist. Until we learn the tools to deal with, integrate, assimilate and heal, we will all run. And it is ok to run. To hide, to numb, to long, yearn, to fuck up, regret and hate. It is perhaps the most human of things. It is the default human state. It does not matter where you are on this journey, whether you can walk 10 steps or run a spiritual marathon, you are trying your best. Remember this the next time you catch yourself judging your inadequacies and failures. You are a child and always will be. This is not an excuse to be cruel, to harm others! Nor an excuse not to improve or learn from mistakes! It is actually a lesson to learn to do the very opposite! It is so difficult to be gentle with others if you are steel and iron and glass to yourself. [link] [comments] |
| Practices for releasing desires and expectations Posted: 17 Oct 2020 06:04 PM PDT In conjunction with regular meditation practice, which helps so much with letting go and living from the present, what other practices might be recommended for relinquishing desires and expectations about other people and the future? [link] [comments] |
| Full time job + exam in 6 weeks. Nervous wreck needs help Posted: 17 Oct 2020 08:02 PM PDT Hello experts, I work full time (a very stressful job) and studying for a difficult certification at the same time (exam after thanksgiving). It's overwhelming for me. I keep thinking about the study during work, when I get to study my mind and the body are tired, it takes a lot to focus and my health is not helping either(fighting chronic illness). I'm a person with a positive outlook but everyone has their fears, mine is failing the exam. It's giving me anxiety and more stress. I want to start with meditation which can help me focus, not be a nervous wreck all the time, physically and mentally healthy. Which apps or anything else you would suggest starting with? I want to incorporate it into my daily routine. Thanks. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Oct 2020 07:03 PM PDT Just occurred to me as I'm walking around that everyone was designed to "attack mode" subconsciously. No matter who it is, in whatever amount of variation. Everyone subconsciously attacks out of a need to protect something or defend, or one-upmanship, or whatever ego decides. Honestly pretty annoying. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Oct 2020 10:22 PM PDT I have doing meditation regularly since pandemic happen. when entering the third day of my meditation schedule, I was crying cause remember about all bad incident in my childhood. So, I felt like I know cause what made me become bitter person today and I try to come to terms with the past. Is it a normal thing doing crying while meditating?. If u have ever felt like i did, i want to know what u feel. Thank u in advance [link] [comments] |
| [beginner} Focusing on my breath makes it really hard to breathe Posted: 17 Oct 2020 07:17 PM PDT I just started with headspace, and this is my second session. When I try to focus on my breath, I start to feel like I am forcing myself to breathe, and if I stop focusing on the breath, I stop breathing. I don't know why. It feels extremely painful and my breathing feels extremely unnatural when I try to focus on it. I start to notice my breathing and cannot concentrate on anything else. Even after the meditation is done, I still feel like I need to force myself to breath and if I don't, I will stop breathing. I hope I am making sense with what I saying. For example, I just finished the second session before writing this post, and while writing this post, I am still struggling to breathe if I don't think about breathing. I also generally felt extremely uncomfortable during the first and second session of the "Basics". When I was told to focus on the contact of my body to the seat and my feat to the floor, I started to feel as if my weight is painful, or that the touch of the seat is painful. I also have this very uncomfortable feeling in my stomach during and even after the session. Is this normal? Should I continue or is this unhealthy for me? Has anyone experienced something similar? Am I doing something wrong, and what can I do to prevent this from happening? [link] [comments] |
| My back keeps tingling ever since I started meditating again Posted: 18 Oct 2020 12:07 AM PDT Recently started meditating again. My back gets random tingles all the time. Never happened before. Why???? [link] [comments] |
| Morning meditation different from night time meditation Posted: 17 Oct 2020 08:01 PM PDT My usual practice has been to meditate in the morning right after a run or some exercise, but recently I've started meditating at night before going to sleep as well and the difference is so vast. During the mornings it feels refreshing and just gives me the mindfulness that I've come to love. After the past few times doing it at night, honestly I've started to feel a little scared of the practice at night cause some dark thoughts enter my mind and I honestly don't know where it's coming from (almost like dhmis material except for the gruesome bits). It's almost like a lucid dream kind of experience I have to say? I usually just go with my thoughts if they enter my mind during the time and I don't know if it's because of the timing at night which makes it feel like a dream like state but it's truly like that. And in the beginning it was quite fun until the scenarios just turned dark and that just prompted me to stop. I want to get over that, can anyone suggest some tips please? [link] [comments] |
| Heal your stress, anxiety & depression Posted: 17 Oct 2020 09:51 PM PDT Helps healing your stress, anxiety & depression by combining music with art, animating music a fresh new way to meditate. - Music Meets Art - Endless Possibilities https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5OiwzWUH4o89hyYpokOwRA?sub_confirmation=1 [link] [comments] |
| If you're new to mindfulness, it can help you live a calmer, happier life Posted: 17 Oct 2020 07:00 AM PDT If you're new to mindfulness or already practice, refreshing the fundamentals every so often is worthwhile. Mindfulness is about the here and now - focusing 100% of your attention on whatever you're doing, being present with whatever you're experiencing. Trying to be calm or happy doesn't work - chasing after things which will make us happy doesn't tend to either. Practicing mindfulness doesn't switch off difficult emotions but through regular practice it can help us to transform difficult feelings and limit the damage that anxiety, anger and sadness can do to ourselves and others. As well as sitting down for a guided meditation, you can apply mindfulness to your everyday life, focusing your awareness in everything you're doing. You can do this when washing the dishes, making tea/coffee or brushing your teeth. Even just sitting for a few moments focusing on what you can feel in your body can have a hugely calming effect. Mindfulness can also help us to be aware of and tend to our thoughts and feelings - so if we have a sad, angry or anxious thought, rather than being swept away we can stop, breathe, notice the thought, acknowledge what we're feeling, notice the thought we're having and listen like a friend. We might think about the roots of that thought/feeling - events in our part that drive our reactions. Its not always easy to remember in the heat of the moment but that's why a little practice every day makes the most difference. [link] [comments] |
| is it weird to “play” with thoughts? Posted: 17 Oct 2020 08:55 PM PDT i play with my thoughts like a game. wondering if anyone finds this strange or relatable lmk [link] [comments] |
| I felt unbelievable peace and love while meditating, but I've lost it. How can I get it back? Posted: 17 Oct 2020 02:55 PM PDT Recently I've been reading the book The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle. It's a fantastic read and I recommend it to anyone that meditates. In the book, he frequently mentions how powerful and utterly fulfilling being in the moment truly is. Like really being in the moment, relinquishing the past and future, and really being in the present. Really being here, now. So a few days ago I did just that. I didn't know how powerful being in the present really was. It was as if the silence and peace of the world around me became so apparent and I viewed my life from this accepting standpoint and realized there was nothing even wrong with where I'm at in my life right now. It was such a loving and peaceful feeling I cried during it. It soon faded but the joy it left with me lasted for a day or two. I felt here, now. My negative thoughts seemed to have ceased to exist. Usually, I'd try to stop my thoughts and be in the present, but it didn't even feel like there was a need for that for a while. Everything was joyful and I was happy to do just about everything. I enjoyed going to work, being at school, etc. I felt truly joyful. But now I'm returning back to my regular unconscious state. Although when I connect back to that experience it brings me peace and in general I'd say my mood has improved. But when I meditate, it feels nothing like it did that day. I just feel caught up in my thoughts and unable to really feel present. I feel like I'm chasing that experience again rather than just meditating simply because I enjoyed it. Kinda unrelated, but I've also noticed that when I take a day off from meditating (never on purpose), the following day when I meditate again it hits so much harder and I feel the effects way more. When I meditate day after day it honestly feels like my practice gets worse. It becomes harder to concentrate and be in the moment. The time I had my powerful experience was a day following a day of no meditation. What's up with that? Should I just meditate every other day or is there something else going on? My main question is: How can I feel that way again? I think I may have my answer, but I'd like to hear your opinions. Nothing compared to that feeling. No drug, sex, food, or activity could ever come close. TL;DR: Felt hella good meditating, but now its not as good and Im losing my contact with the present moment. How do I get back to that feeling? [link] [comments] |
| How could I go about handling the nervousness from potentially seeing an ex ? Posted: 17 Oct 2020 10:43 AM PDT Is there a way that I can use mindfulness and meditation to stop my body from feeling that nervousness I get when I feel like I may encounter my ex ? Any way to stop the faster heartbeat and nervous feelings ? [link] [comments] |
| Deciding to practice Metta amidst anger toward my neighbor and others Posted: 17 Oct 2020 10:38 AM PDT For a lot of my life, I've felt that tolerance for a wide variety of viewpoints is one of my defining characteristics and something I like about myself. This year I've found myself up against a wall of intolerant feelings toward people who take hard line stances that I feel are harmful to society (anti-maskers, maga zealots, Qanon'ers, hypocrites, etc). I'm chafing against this wall. The feelings it elicits are uncomfortable, and seeing the fragility of my own assumed identity is uncomfortable as well. One of these people is my neighbor. He has engaged me directly and he's in my thoughts way more than is welcome or warranted. As if he's a puzzle my mind is trying to make sense of. I've sat with and observed these thoughts and feelings, watched them come and go for months. They still spike my stress hormones. In struggling to relate to him and people like him more skillfully, I've decided to practice Metta toward them. I'm hoping to reframe things by regaining compassion for their human suffering and human needs, which are the same as mine at their root: need for wellness, happiness, peace, love. It seems to be helping so far. I just hope I'm not engaging in a form of spiritual bypassing. Grasping for feelings of peace and calm by way of ignoring more challenging ones. Not sure why I felt an urge to share this. I suppose I may be looking for validation. Or maybe plant a seed for others having similar challenges. At any rate, thanks for reading this far. ♥️ [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Oct 2020 07:44 PM PDT The ego is the result of mixing your Spirit with a human body forcing it to adapt and create an ego persona for this world. So that means every worldly desires/reactions comes from your ego. For example Unforgiveness. Whatever someone may have done to you if you don't forgive them than you are using your ego. Forgiveness brings out the real you because it forces you to draw the line between your emotional ego and see the contrast between it and your infinite true self. Your true self is the you that cares about people in need, the planet, humanism, altruism, sharing, not judging others and many more inspiring things. Draw the line and recognize who you truly are. Here's my YouTube video about aligning with your true self. [link] [comments] |
| Can i meditate lying on my bed? Posted: 17 Oct 2020 06:19 AM PDT There is a bit controversy in this question. On the one hand Buda said that you can meditate while sitting, walking and lying down. On the other hand in many books about vipassana or mindfulness meditation it is said that it is better to be sitting. If one is still able to follow his breath is it that bad to do it lying down. Can you meditate sitting but not in a lotus position. For example sitting in an office chair and following your breath? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Oct 2020 01:16 PM PDT I will guide with words, and a specific direction of awareness into an inner focus on specific locations in the body and basic instructions. I will transmit this to whomever is willing to receive it, no matter the age, gender, or any kind of "tag". I have read many books in depth, I have witnessed the patterns amongst the schools I've learned from, and I have boiled it down to something unique, ahold of essential elements originating from various reknowned sources. I dont claim to know it all, not by a streatch, I am only aware that I may be a bit further down the stream than others (who could benefit from me) and obviously, I can learn from more experienced folks too (which I am open to interact with and learn from), and this is also all very shitty now because of language because people can be more developed in some areas than on others. With all that mumbo jumbo said, anyone who is open and willing, you're welcome to contact me. Thanks. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Oct 2020 06:52 PM PDT Sorry, but I couldn't think of a good title. I learned about meditation about 3-4 years ago. I tried meditating for the first time after learning about it but that was about it. Recently I've started to meditate again but not very consistently. I've had a few weird experiences one day I randomly chose to meditate and about five to ten minutes into meditating the normal grey/blackish of my eyelids became brighter almost white and I felt something in my chest and head. I also started to see some I guess dots or circles of color float around the feeling in my head started to get a little overwhelming so I opened my eyes. Also, pretty much every time I meditate a few minutes into it I start to feel as if I'm spinning there has only been one time this became overwhelming and I had to stop ever since then I've just let it happen. Now it's not like I'm dizzy or anything but almost like I'm revolving around myself. Idk. I was just curious if anyone else has had any similar experiences as me because I'm fairly new to this and don't really have anyone to talk to about it. [link] [comments] |
| For all earnest seekers of truth. Posted: 17 Oct 2020 02:48 PM PDT You say you want freedom? Are you sure you really want it? Clarify this first of all. If the answer is absolutely yes, feel free to follow this simple guidance: You are Aware right now. Aware as Awareness. What does it mean? You are witnessing and registering everything - thoughts, emotions, sensations including your whole body and the world. You are witnessing simply because you are aware of its existence. If you wouldn't be aware/witness anything than there is no way for anything to appear in front of you. Make sure this is absolutely understood. Simply that you are the Awareness in whose presence everything appears. Now the key question is whether this awareness can be seen as an object. Ask yourself "can this seeing be seen?" "can I as the seeing of everything, can I be seen?" Do you have a form? Is that which perceives all form different from you? This recognition is really important, because it's the recognition of your true self. What else is there to know other than who you are in the firsth place? So, when the recognition that you are the unseen formless Awareness and not that which you are Aware of took place, than you are able to abide as Awareness. What does it mean? It simply means to relax the attention in the Awareness. You are watching attention, but attention is one of your greatest powers. The more your attention stabilises in Awareness, the more peace, silence, bliss and wisdom naturaly comes to your life. Don't try to chase any emotions or thoughts. You are none of them. They are just temporary clouds. If you want to be truly free do not identify with theese clouds and stay abiding in your true position. It's very simple. Keep it very simple and easy. There is actualy nothing to do, just to simply recognize what you truly are and relax into yourself. Don't give the "relaxation" to your mind as some activity to be done. Notice that you are Aware of the mind trying to relax and that Awareness is naturaly Effortlesly self relaxed. The effortless part is very important to be understood. It's effortless. It's effortless. It's effortless. There is nothing to do, just to simply be without identity. The mind will come with many storms. With many ways of trying to distract you, but notice that you are the Awareness that is Aware of even the idea that you got distracted. You cannot get distracted actualy. The only thing that may happen is that you identify with thoughts that appear in you and than believe to be distracted. Don't combine yourself with thoughts, you are none of them. Let them come and go. Don't care about them. There are 2 main beliefs that create a sence of sepperateness: believing to be the thinker of thoughts and the doer of actions. Enquire into theese beliefs, question them whether they are actualy true. Bring enquiry into your experience. It's the most magic way to get rid of all delusion. Does the thinker/doer actualy exists? Thank your for reading. If you were able to read this, than your freedom is knocking on your door. It's just time to open the door and say Yes to Life. Thank you. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ Much love. [link] [comments] |
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