Meditation: Weekly Discussion - October 26 2020 |
- Weekly Discussion - October 26 2020
- I just overcame one of my autistic meltdowns for maybe the first time in my entire life. All I did was sit down and count my breaths for a minute. That's all it took.
- Meditation has truly saved me&My life during of panic,anxiety, PTSD episodes in just 4 months of everyday 10 min and I just want to say am so grateful for the advice / support in this sub.
- Can anxiety and dwelling on past be good?
- No progress
- How can I meditate through remembering embarrassing moments and let them go?
- Good energy!
- How to be free?
- This is a wonderful community.
- What time of the day do you meditate? Is there a preference?
- Messengers of misery will knock at your door...worry, anger, fear and more. They will rob your happiness and take your smile away, if you let them enter even for a day.
- Day 2 of 60 day, hour long meditation practice. (Discussion)
- Am i supposed to be hearing music when I'm meditating?
- Eventually the breath becomes automatic
- Anyone else relate when using headspace?
- Need help
- Weird illusion of another presence when meditating.
- Quick Question!
- I saw satan
- Help - How Do I Be Motivated When Focusing On The Present
- Activities that promote mindfulness and inner calmness that aren't meditation?
- Pressure in between eyebrows daily?
- Alphabet of feelings
- Meditation brings me daily peace.
| Weekly Discussion - October 26 2020 Posted: 26 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] |
| Posted: 26 Oct 2020 06:31 PM PDT Had a bit of a mid-tier life-changing event happen earlier today. I just figured I had to share it with someone. I have a moderate case of High Functioning Autism, formerly known as Asperger's Syndrome. My symptoms usually aren't too severe and I can live a fairly normal life most of the time. Sometimes I have trouble with that though. Ever since I was a kid I've had a tendency to occasionally fly into a blinding rage where I might break electronics, throw food across the room, scream at loved ones, and maybe even hurt myself (never too bad though). It can last for just a few seconds all the way up to a couple minutes. It almost always starts when I just get too overwhelmed by something. The longer meltdowns can result in a cascade of me doing actions that trigger strong sensory inputs (striking or gripping something, making a loud noise by throwing something, etc). The added sensory input overwhelms me even further and can get me going in a series of loops that can only end when I've burnt out all my energy. If you've ever been around an autistic person for long enough or are on the spectrum yourself, you may know what I'm describing. Today I was having one of those sensory cascade meltdowns. I had just gotten back from work and found a somewhat important work email that I was about to potentially miss a deadline to act on in just a few minutes. I tore my desk apart looking for some documents I needed. I was already pretty aggravated from some previous things to happen that day, but the stress of the deadline combined with the sensory ick of groping around in my desk for those documents made it all worse. After about 30 seconds my rage had built up and began to spill over. I was throwing paper, slamming my first against my desk, and hurting my fingers with how hard my fist was clenched. It was a real bad one. Then I thought back to the meditation I've been doing daily-ish for the past month or so. One of the many, many reasons I got into meditation was to try and help with moments like this when I body and mind work in tandem torture me. I had thought about meditating during recent meltdowns, but I would deliberately choose not to because as much as I hate to admit it, being angry feels good in the moment. I don't know why I was able to do it this time, but I did. Maybe it was getting to spend more time than usual today meditating at my boring office job. Whatever the reason, I had a strong thought to try meditating my way out of the problem. I sat down in my chair, crossed my legs, and breathed in and out to a count of ten. Just like what i spend 15-30 minutes a day doing. Then I did it one more time. I melt myself get into The Zone that you get into when you know the meditation is working. I opened my eyes and assessed myself. My chest was still tight, my heartrate was still up, but in my head I felt fine. Not great, but fine. The anger was still simmering a bit in a sort of theoretical sense, but it wasn't occupying my whole brain any more. I heard a loud car go by while crumpling a piece of paper from my desk and it didn't set me off. I just sat there, dumbfounded and amazed, until the anger fully went away maybe 10 or so seconds later. I cannot remember another time when I've been able to work myself out of a meltdown. It's always just been a one-way street. Until today they've only ever been rollercoasters I have to grit my teeth and ride out. I haven't been meditating for that long, but I'm incredibly pleased and very grateful for the positive effects it's had on my life in just the short time I've been doing it. Myself and my loved ones have been hurt by my outbursts for my entire life. I've spent the better part of my life searching for a way out. It's not all that easy, I know I'll fail at it sometimes, and I know it just won't be enough all the time, but I'm so incredibly happy that after all these years I finally have something I can do. I really do feel like my life has been changed. Thank you for listening. [link] [comments] |
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| Can anxiety and dwelling on past be good? Posted: 27 Oct 2020 12:44 AM PDT One of the things I'm struggling with inre meditation and mindfulness is the idea that I should let thoughts go. That I should try to stop constantly re-running scenarios or anticipating future ones. I feel that sometimes being really anxious about a work or relationship issue (for even up to multiple days) can end up being just part of the problem-solving process. It's sort of like a background job that's constantly devoting cycles to working out a resolution to my issues. Sure it's painful, and I'm not able to be in the moment, but the pain and dwelling eventually pushes me towards finding a solution. If I just constantly let these thoughts go, will I be able to do the analysis required to make good decisions? I do insight meditation for ~1hr per day. I will find myself on a train of thought, coming up with a strategy to convince a boss/coworker of something or a plan of how to make a presentation. Or I'll be thinking how to resolve an interpersonal issue. Sometimes I'll come up with a good solution. Is this bad? Theoretically, how should we balance being in the moment with problem solving & careful analysis of our non-immediate situation? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 Oct 2020 01:03 AM PDT Hello everyone, I'm meditating now for 2 months everyday, first started with 5min sessions after I wake up and before sleep, now meditating for 20-30min 1 or 2 times a day, but problem is I can't see any differences when I just started and now. Maybe I'm doing sonething wrong? I'm listening to guided mindfulness meditations, but sometimes I can't understand what I should do, for example "witness and accept (body part)" , what does it mean? If I translate it to my language, it sounds dumb and not right. Maybe someone could give me advice what should I do with my mind for that example, or when I have to "focus your awareness to (body part)" ? [link] [comments] |
| How can I meditate through remembering embarrassing moments and let them go? Posted: 26 Oct 2020 11:19 PM PDT Can anyone give advice on what to do when you remember embarrassing things you said or did during meditation? I find that these memories seem to pop up more now both while I am meditating and in my regular life as well. My overall goal is to live each moment in the present but I get sucked into the past and the emotions surrounding the event. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Oct 2020 10:40 AM PDT Hello all!! I am going through a rough patch and was just hoping to start a thread of positivity for all in the same boat! I appreciate every single one of you on this thread regardless of you seeing this, I love you and you are in my thoughts have a great day everyone keep working hard! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Oct 2020 05:32 PM PDT Hello there. This may be a bit of a long post so I apologize in advance. I'm 36/M currently battling a lot of demons, having trouble letting go, filled with anxiety, wild running thoughts, the list goes on. I'm starting my journey to finding complete inner peace. I simply don't want to feel all this anger, regret, rage inside anymore. It's exhausting and starting to take its toll on me. I feel it. I want to head in a different direction, being more positive, being truly happy, not with material things, or money, but with my whole self. I feel as though learning the way of meditation will help start me on my journey. My question is where and how do I start? How do I find it? My mind is so filled with clutter always I want to empty out and free myself. Any helpful tips would be greatly appreciated [link] [comments] |
| This is a wonderful community. Posted: 26 Oct 2020 08:43 PM PDT I love seeing all of your posts pop up. I'm so happy for you and this journey. However, I am at a struggle point. I don't feel all these amazing moments described on this sub. Tried guided meditation, Peter Renner's Loving Kindness (the least creepy, very soothing voice) and Waking Up app. Completed introductory course. Have not been doing it every day, though. I truly appreciate all of you and if you have any advice, or would like to share something that helped you, I would love to hear it. Thank you, sending everyone tons of virtual hugs! [link] [comments] |
| What time of the day do you meditate? Is there a preference? Posted: 26 Oct 2020 10:49 PM PDT |
| Posted: 27 Oct 2020 02:17 AM PDT We human beings become miserable so easily and then we wonder why. We open the door of our life and let toxic emotions enter. They come into our life as guests and stay with us forever. We must beware of opening the door to these emotions. Fear robs us of our peace, just as anger steals our joy. Worry takes away the present moment and we lose consciousness of the NOW. We must learn to shut the door tightly as we drive out all these negative emotions that are toxic and create poison. We must, instead, invite positive emotions like courage and condence, faith and hope, love and compassion. Then our life will bloom with bliss, joy and peace. [link] [comments] |
| Day 2 of 60 day, hour long meditation practice. (Discussion) Posted: 26 Oct 2020 12:51 PM PDT Day 2 Wow I'm already really not looking forward to meditating....it's like they say about parenting, it's the 'longest shortest time' Like the 1st 10 minutes are an eternity, and then it's over. I had been playing around with 'loving kindness' meditation and i keep feeling those mantras popping back up. Mostly my mind tries to discuss upcoming events and strategies for different things like work or work-outs, but after a while those stop bubbling and I get hit with strong feelings and then memories. Eventually I just burn out and there's nothing left to think about and I do get that 'meditation' state or like there's nothing left to think, but man it can be uncomfortable. Half the time I just want to lay down and fall asleep. This is hard today. [link] [comments] |
| Am i supposed to be hearing music when I'm meditating? Posted: 26 Oct 2020 07:21 PM PDT The song "yesterday" by the Beatles keeps playing in my head cause i watched a movie with that song. Just wondering if should try to take my focus away from the song or just let it be. [link] [comments] |
| Eventually the breath becomes automatic Posted: 26 Oct 2020 04:17 PM PDT Which I guess it always does, naturally! But as someone who suffers on and off with anxiety, I struggled with labored breathing... feeling like I have to exert extra effort just to get full breaths. This has sent me to the hospital once or twice, absolutely convinced I had some kind of lung problem (hello hypochondria lol). They sent me away, insisting I get my anxiety addressed. When I was meditating today (I decided for ten minutes) I started with breathing. It did feel like I had to consciously inhale- pause - exhale. But then at the very end of the ten minutes, without my really knowing when exactly... it became automatic! And it was much different than the pattern of breath that I was forcing. So, I decided to do another ten minutes because that was such a great feeling! Breathing naturally?! People DO this? Haha. I remember when I took a tramadol and it had the same effect— put me in a state where I was breathing without trying to. It almost felt like I was just there to witness my breath... and that I was finally understanding that my body has a rhythm of its own that I should stop getting in the way of. It was so comforting (: Meditation is awesome! [link] [comments] |
| Anyone else relate when using headspace? Posted: 26 Oct 2020 09:20 AM PDT When he says, "now let go of any focus and let the mind do whatever it wants". As if this is the time to let you mind think about whatever it wants. But it has the opposite affect! My mind completely stops. This is my favorite part of the meditation. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Oct 2020 06:17 PM PDT Hi! I am new to this sub and have recently started doing meditation in the morning. However I face two problems and I think some people here can help me overcome them 1- I couldn't sit with my back straight for more than 10 minutes. It starts paining. I am only 23 yo, is there any way to fix this? 2- I usually feel asleep after closing my eyes for more than 15 minutes. I want to do longer meditation. I try to focus on my breath with bhajans playing in the background. [link] [comments] |
| Weird illusion of another presence when meditating. Posted: 26 Oct 2020 11:53 PM PDT Last time I meditated, there was a point where my eyes instinctively jolted open because I felt a presence standing in front of me. What's weird is that my door is locked and I know that no one would be in my room, watching me meditate. But why did I sense a false presence in front of me? I didn't see a visualization of a person before I opened my eyes, I just felt like there was an unusual mass of energy in front of me as I was sitting down, meditating. Very weird...I continued my meditation and it didn't happen again. tldr: Has anyone had similar experiences (suddenly sensing a presence but no one is there when you open your eyes)? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Oct 2020 11:50 PM PDT Hey everybody, im new to meditating and have only been recently doing it for about 2 weeks. I usually meditate to 10 minute guided or self affirmation meditations that I find on youtube but i'm wondering if I should stop doing that. Should I just meditate in complete silence? I feel like listening to these meditations are stopping me from reaching the point of deep meditation. Thanks everyone [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Oct 2020 07:59 PM PDT I dont believe in satan but I was doing a closed eye mantra and my mind was just shooting all of the thoughts at me I knew would make me uncomfortable then, i saw something a figure that represented something even worse than the worst of me It was like a heart and weird face. The last of my meditation was it just telling me that it woukd kill me or loved ones and I saw visions of it stabbing me i dont believe in spirituality at all. this was all me. i meditate for oractical reasons. But that was worse than the worst acid trip i've had i try to distract myself with the worst and then i saw the absolute pit if fucking darkness, the pulsating black deformed evil baby watching from inside i had no idea about until today [link] [comments] |
| Help - How Do I Be Motivated When Focusing On The Present Posted: 26 Oct 2020 06:32 PM PDT Hey as the title says, meditation teaches us to accept the present moment and to focus on that which makes perfect sense. But with that, isn't motivation and discipline derived from potential future gains, so then wouldn't that be focusing on the present? I'm curious as to how you guys overcame this, I'd love to know your thoughts. Blessings to all! [link] [comments] |
| Activities that promote mindfulness and inner calmness that aren't meditation? Posted: 26 Oct 2020 01:30 PM PDT Basically I'm wondering if there are meditative activities that aren't actually meditation, maybe some productive activity like wood carving/bike riding? I have went through bouts of meditation where I meditate for a week or two and I noticed some benefits, but I still find it hard to sit down for 15 minutes and do nothing. Is there anything besides meditation and intense psychedelic trips that can over time induce the dissolution of one's ego and promote inner calmness/mindfulness? [link] [comments] |
| Pressure in between eyebrows daily? Posted: 26 Oct 2020 03:53 PM PDT It used to only happen during meditation sessions but now I feel it almost every time. I've been meditating about 2 hours every day. I've read that pressure indicates your third eye opening but I feel like that can't be the case. It just feels like a bit of pressure. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Oct 2020 09:35 PM PDT In meditation, we often focus on feelings, and emotions are perceived as entangled feelings. But does meditation care about the nature of feelings? In other words, do we care why feelings exist, why emotions exist as a product of human evolution? Or is meditation more-or-less nihilistic? Also, as we deconstruct emotions into feelings, do we always go down to sight/sound/touch, maybe pain, also hot/cold? Do we always stop at body feelings, or do we get down to any other more abstract feeling that a person can get a taste of? In other words, what is the alphabet of feelings (if there is a common alphabet among different schools)? Also, when we focus on change, does change (arising or gone) have a distinct taste, or do we perceive it as a combination of other tastes? And the last one question - do we deconstruct all feelings into a common, more basic set of elements? [link] [comments] |
| Meditation brings me daily peace. Posted: 26 Oct 2020 09:23 PM PDT When I've had a trying day, a frustrating day, an emotional day, no matter what the cause is, meditation brings me peace. It doesn't matter if I do a guided or unguided meditation, just the fact that I'm meditating lifts the weight off my shoulders. I feel so much at ease and calm afterwards. I'm glad that I discovered meditation and am truly grateful for all the goodness it has brought into my life. I used to be at a bad place in my life before I started and am at a much better place now. [link] [comments] |
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