Meditation: Weekly Discussion - October 05 2020 |
- Weekly Discussion - October 05 2020
- After meditating for 3 years now, these are the changes I have experienced:
- Outside is so beautiful.
- I'm stuck on the feeling that there is no distinction between things that actually matter and things we just pretend matter, no distinction between something worth doing and something not worth doing. tl;dr How do you know what level of desire is real?
- Can I learn Transcendental Meditation on my own? Why do I need a teacher?
- Being present is HARD
- Is meditation for a longer time more beneficial or meditating for a shorter time but multiple times a day (to the point where the total time spent is more than when you do it at a stretch) more beneficial?
- Meditation instead of smoking weed to fall asleep
- 16M struggling from anxiety and depression.
- hello everyone!
- Careful out there guys!
- I'm starting frequent meditation today.
- We do not question – why we have to face pain and uncertainty. We go on making efforts to undo pain and uncertainty and want to remain pleased, relieved. Discomfort, uncertainty-->relief, certainty is an unending, self sustained process. To notice this is Meditation.
- Experiencing headache while meditation
- ✅Abandonó a su hijo con una carta: "Me cansé de tus DIABLURAS"
- Sharing some happiness: first 1 hour meditation!
- What are some insights about life you wouldn't have gained has it not been for meditation?
- Why when I meditate my heart rate increase?
- Visuals while Meditating
- Do you have designated thinking time ?
- Paradox of meditation
- Letting go of meditation expectations
- Meditation for hyperactive brain
- Meditation bell timer
| Weekly Discussion - October 05 2020 Posted: 05 Oct 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] |
| After meditating for 3 years now, these are the changes I have experienced: Posted: 05 Oct 2020 09:18 AM PDT Hello, I wanted to share my experiences with all the people who just started this journey. I meditated around 30 minutes every day in the last 3 years. It's not much, but it helped me a lot.
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| Posted: 05 Oct 2020 06:43 PM PDT I (m26) haven't been meditating as much as I should. A year ago exactly I took on meditation and made it a daily thing. I made a post about my practice about 4 months ago and someone advised me to keep it up and reflect back on your life when it's been a year. I'm just gonna summarize it real quick. For a few years I've had an addiction problem. I just always wanted. To change the way I feel. I believe alcohol was the main cause of this because I would consume so often and on a weekly basis. I felt like shit from week long hangovers so I'd seek other substances to change the way I feel. Alcohol made me feel so disconnected from my spirit. Today I am 46 days alcohol free and I feel like I'm reconnecting with my spirit. Outside looks so beautiful. I am also 99 days off weed and it feels like I'm starting to feel what life is like again. Combine this with meditation and I'm just starting to feel like a kid again ya know. I also feel like I'm becoming fearless? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Oct 2020 06:56 PM PDT I feel like I've reached a problematic point in realizing that I am just consciousness experiencing, and not the experience itself... aka the ego's non-existence... aka the equivalency of all experience. This seems good in some ways, but it led me down a path of feeling like I am supposed to seek a lack of preferences. And now I feel like I can't identify what I actually care about vs what is just a simple desire. And in some ways, everything is the latter. In others, nothing is. So then where do you draw the line? Without the illusion of the meaning, I feel lost. Everything that is positive or negative disappears, leaving me with this listlessness. Whenever I dig deep into the a desire to try and figure out what I actually care about and what to do, eventually, it's like passing the bedrock in Minecraft. I'm digging deeper to find the logic of the preference and eventually all I find is nothingness. Really, you should value the preferences. They give you direction. Because otherwise, there's nothing good. Preferences are what's good. And when you think about it too much it seems like they're not preferences anymore. Like you don't actually like the thing. It's weird, because in some ways, living free of desire is sort of the goal, and that's such a high idea in meditation. It seems like more awareness, more delving, is inherently good. That's one of the things I believe but now it seems to be cracked What really throws me for a loop is how seeing that nothingness, like I was saying, seems like one of the big goals of meditation and mindfulness philosophy. And it seems like it's supposed to somehow release you and make you feel good but instead I feel bad. So I'm trying to figure out what to do, but I feel like I don't know where to look for what I desire anymore. There are all these different levels, and I don't know what's a true desire vs what's not. Obviously there's a line somewhere between doing something you're passionate about and eating a piece of cake, but where is that line? And where do I look to figure it out? Like I said, I tried to go deep as possible, but eventually you just realize that it's just another thought in your field of consciousness no more meaningful than the idle desire for cake. How do you know what's cake and what's passion? And how do I move forward in meditation and mindfulness? Maybe metta? Looking for any thoughts. Thank you. [link] [comments] |
| Can I learn Transcendental Meditation on my own? Why do I need a teacher? Posted: 06 Oct 2020 02:25 AM PDT Any one knows about free resources for learning transcendental meditation? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Oct 2020 11:34 PM PDT Been meditating off and on since I was a 9th grader now I'm a 12th grader now and I can't really stay present for even a minute no not even 20 seconds even for meditation to any advice I try to feel sensations but I feel like I'm trying to hard to feel and not think which leads to me questioning if I'm thinking about feeling sensation or Am I actually feeling and not thinking [link] [comments] |
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| Meditation instead of smoking weed to fall asleep Posted: 05 Oct 2020 02:45 PM PDT Hey everyone! Let me just start with saying I have no experience whatsoever but as of late I'm really conscious about my use of marijuana to fall asleep. I have always been a troubled sleeper and when I discovered marijuana it was like a gift from god, but like every gift, it comes with a price. Something tells me that meditation could provide the answer and I would like to get started. What is the best place to start for meditation specifically for falling asleep? Thanks in advance! [link] [comments] |
| 16M struggling from anxiety and depression. Posted: 05 Oct 2020 10:08 PM PDT Hello everyone. Im fairly new to this. I would like to know what meditation really is, and where I should begin. I have been struggling with some mental health obstacles for around a year now. I am looking to regain control over my mind and learn to accept and enjoy everything this life throws at me. I cant help but feel that my life is kind of on autopilot, and I am constantly in a mild state of depersonalization. Will meditating help me center myself, and enjoy the things that I so wish to? And if so, where do I begin, and how do I go about creating a routine? Thanks everyone. Cheers. Edit: I have tried closing my eyes and focusing on the breath a few days ago. I felt myself almost drift into a different body - and it scared me. It was almost like I became glued to the bed, and a pleasant but unfamiliar warmth overcame me. My mind began manifesting images, and I could picture things sort of "growing and shrinking" I- Im not really sure how to explain it. It scared me, but I allowed myself to sink deeper. All in all, the experience felt powerful, yet foreign. Upon opening my eyes I felt as though my periphery doubled, but scared of this new feeling. What have I experienced? Is this normal? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Oct 2020 12:02 AM PDT hope you are all doing well and staying healthy! i've been really unmotivated to meditate and when/if i sit down to start, i can't focus for long. i used to be able to meditate for 30 min and now i can barely make it through 15. any tips or suggestions on how to get back on track? thank you (: [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Oct 2020 06:14 PM PDT Does anyone else feel like people are starting to promote posts in this reddit that just want our emails? I feel like scammers are slipping into our midst of mindfulness. I know I'm crazy but keep an open mind before giving anyone your information. [link] [comments] |
| I'm starting frequent meditation today. Posted: 05 Oct 2020 08:40 PM PDT My anxiety is too much to handle and I want to get rid of it. This is going to help I hope. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Oct 2020 08:20 PM PDT We do not question – why we have to face pain and uncertainty. We go on making efforts to undo pain and uncertainty and want to remain pleased, relieved. We think – by religious-spiritual explanations, practices or by addition to possessions, pain and uncertainty will be removed from the mind. The more we are attached to relief, the more frustration follows. Once we notice this, fused state takes over. Fused state is not relief. Discomfort, uncertainty-->relief, certainty is an unending, self sustained process. To notice this is Meditation. You can not throw the uneasiness due to confusion, fear, boredom, uncertainty and so on out of your mind. This seeing transforms. [link] [comments] |
| Experiencing headache while meditation Posted: 06 Oct 2020 02:12 AM PDT I have been doing guided mindful meditation from Headspace since the past month everyday (the basic packs) As I have increased my duration to 20 minutes recently, I have experienced a growing headache during the practice which is not present before or after it. This generally appears after 10 mins into the practice when I am focusing on the breath (near the nostrils) and counting them up to 10. I usually bear with it but today it grew so much that ended my practice in between. I am concerned that I might be doing it wrongly. If anyone understands what could be happening kindly help me. [link] [comments] |
| ✅Abandonó a su hijo con una carta: "Me cansé de tus DIABLURAS" Posted: 06 Oct 2020 01:45 AM PDT |
| Sharing some happiness: first 1 hour meditation! Posted: 05 Oct 2020 11:17 AM PDT Just sharing my excitement about finishing my first 1 hour meditation today. There was a time in my life when it was very difficult for me to be still at all (and, honestly, some days it still is), so this feels like a big accomplishment. I am proud of myself and grateful for this journey. Thank you for letting me share my happiness with you! The character of my 1 hour meditation was very different than my usual 30 minute session. Sometimes sitting daily as part of my routine makes meditation a little TOO routine for me -- meaning I struggle to turn my brain off because it is in "to do list" mode and isn't really present in my meditation. Knowing I was sitting for an hour made me very relaxed, as I knew I'd be sitting for a while. The time ended up passing much more quickly than I anticipated. [link] [comments] |
| What are some insights about life you wouldn't have gained has it not been for meditation? Posted: 06 Oct 2020 12:29 AM PDT What insights/perspectives about life, situations have you only discovered because you're mind was put to a different state that you were not aware of before? [link] [comments] |
| Why when I meditate my heart rate increase? Posted: 05 Oct 2020 11:45 PM PDT When I meditate, recently I notice I become a little anxious and my heart rate start to increase. I try to stay focused on my breath and stay calm, but I think that this phenomenon deprive me from the meditation benefits. Thank you for all suggestions and comments! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Oct 2020 11:33 PM PDT So I was Meditating for around 27 Minutes and It was really peaceful and Bliss. Then I Went Deep within and Started seeing Visuals. Vibrating Discs, and Colorful Trippy Visuals but It was a Tiger that expanded. And I've Felt Really Peaceful and I didn't Freak out or anything I just went with the Flow. But the Visuals only lasted for 20 Seconds. I think Something connected with my Third Eye. [link] [comments] |
| Do you have designated thinking time ? Posted: 05 Oct 2020 11:26 PM PDT So a lot of my ideas come from thinking while doing something that doesn't require much attention. I know it's a bad habit. But does that mean you have designated thinking time ? For example thinking about a programming issue or aath problem you can't solve till you got that inspiration [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Oct 2020 04:27 AM PDT Whenever I mediate, that's where I become aware of my thoughts Whenever I become aware of my thoughts, I place judgement Whenever I place judgement, I make myself feel bad and stupid that I can't meditate properly Whenever I realise the judgement that I had made, I realise how paradoxical it is as there is no right and wrong in meditation Whenever I think I am meditating wrongly, i am in fact having awareness of this which means i am in a state of meditation since meditation is awarenesses Whenever I think I am meditating correctly, I am in fact having awareness of this which means I am in a state of meditation since meditation is awareness Then i become enlightened of my duality in thinking about meditation. Then I realise that this perhaps is the essence of meditation which is expanding your awareness to all thoughts and body sensation without judgement. [link] [comments] |
| Letting go of meditation expectations Posted: 05 Oct 2020 06:33 AM PDT I'm slowly getting into more of a routine when I practice. Lately it's been either one to two times a day for 20 minutes. Some days I can easily fall into the meditative state; even if it takes me 10 minutes to settle my mind, the other 10 minutes are joyful. I'm grateful and proud of myself for doing that because that's not how it used to be for me. However, I consistently feel like I'm trying to reach for something while I meditate when I just want to sit and be with myself. I've been thinking about my practice and questioning if I have too many expectations on myself to have meditation be a certain way. I think I'm trying too hard to reach some "perfect state" instead of flowing with myself and accepting it. How do you let go of the idea of meditating "correctly"? I believe it's important that I'm sitting and being intentional with my meditations, but even still I find myself labeling my time as "good" or "bad". Even when I get to the stillness part, my mind immediately notices and says, "This is it, we're doing it" and then I lose the stillness. Has anyone else experienced this? If so, how do you accept and flow with these feelings? I usually just sit and notice the breath. I don't do any mantras and if I do guided ones it's right before sleeping. [link] [comments] |
| Meditation for hyperactive brain Posted: 05 Oct 2020 05:16 PM PDT I've been meditating for over 6 months now (at least trying). And I've been struggling very hard. When doing even 10min of meditation my brain gets board fairly quickly and I can't shut up the monkey. I've researched that for people like me exhausting the brain helps. For example picking every possible sound in noisy environment. But it's possible for me to do this at current time. I've also read that I should try make my meditation about rhythm and balance and not sitting still. Like tree pose from yoga but I can't to that for more than a minute. Can anyone with the similar struggles give me a hint how to overcome this? Thanks in advance! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Oct 2020 08:39 PM PDT I am new to meditation but want a free app where I can set timer for a pleasant bell to go on at different intervals. Don't need guided practice or music. Any suggestions for an android device? [link] [comments] |
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