Meditation: I try to constantly remind myself that I’m not the center of everything. Everyone else has their own shit to deal with. Be patient, be kind. |
- I try to constantly remind myself that I’m not the center of everything. Everyone else has their own shit to deal with. Be patient, be kind.
- Just meditated for 20 minutes!!!!
- Meditation opens your eyes about how long time really is
- I forgot I was meditating and saw a bright blue orb
- Did my first ever long-ish mindfulness session and it instantly fixed my mental state
- Is it possible to meditate with the intention to UTILIZE feelings of fear/anxiety?
- Self-guided Sleep Meditation tips?
- Seeking advice.
- Question about dealing with thoughts
- I Completed 60 Days of Meditation for 1 Hour/day and it cut my Anxiety away
- Having a slight smile can help you tremendously
- Smoking weed before meditate
- Does anyone know of a good, maybe 20 minute guided body scan meditation for a beginner?
- Rarely discussed benefit: stop pleasing others
- Eyes become red after meditation?
- Panic attacks that dont seem to pass
- We are never Alone.
- What do you feel are some of the most important questions?
- Searching for a gen z person, who does guided meditations
- I built a free and open-source breathing/meditation app: Breathly
- A constellation of practices.
- Occasional tingling, stiffness, and/or numbness of extremities during transcendental meditation?
- A personal reflection that may reflect the journey of life
- Anxiety
| Posted: 31 Oct 2020 07:52 AM PDT |
| Just meditated for 20 minutes!!!! Posted: 31 Oct 2020 08:14 PM PDT I know that's probably not super impressive, but it's the first time I've made it this far and I'm super proud of myself and wanted to share!!!! Especially since I never rejoice in my small victories. Hope everyone has a good day🌼☀️✨ [link] [comments] |
| Meditation opens your eyes about how long time really is Posted: 01 Nov 2020 12:27 AM PDT Those 20, 30, 60 minutes feel like eons while time passes in a blink of an eye during internet browsing or playing video games. Changes your perspective on things. [link] [comments] |
| I forgot I was meditating and saw a bright blue orb Posted: 31 Oct 2020 09:07 PM PDT So this happened about a year ago when I was really meditating alot ( ive slowed down recently). A girl I was romantically imvolved with came over and she knows I meditate. A couple of times her and I have sat down and meditated just to kill time and build a bond. So one day she asks if we could and we do. When I meditated by myself i usually go for about 15 to 20 minutes because if I pushed for longer my attention would slip and id get drowsy but I have a habit that if I have someone over its pretty impossible for me to go to sleep. So 20 minutes turns into an hour and my mind enters a state its never been in. I forgot I was meditating and I was just aware, I wasnt sleep but I wasn't concious like usual. Then i had a thought like " o yeah im meditating" then boom I notice this super bright circle that looks like a blue sun. I was so surprised as before ive seen nothing other than the white shrinking circles people see when meditating. Shortly after is disappeared because I startled myself. I was so weirded out but I loved I saw something while not under psychedelics. Ever since then I cant get that same level on calmness because of excitement+ anxiety that i might see the blue orb again. After research i see people call it the blue pearl. Has anyone had any experiences similar to this? Id love to hear them. [link] [comments] |
| Did my first ever long-ish mindfulness session and it instantly fixed my mental state Posted: 31 Oct 2020 06:11 PM PDT I've been doing 10ish min sessions of guided mindfulness for a few weeks. So far I enjoy doing them, but definitely the effects on my life have been very subtle. Had a rough day mentally today, and just said screw it let's sit for 45 min for a guided session. It was an incredibly messy session, I was tired so I kept nodding off like 10 times in the middle. Also, my thoughts went everywhere, I could maybe focus on my breath for a min before drifting away, and then coming back and repeating that. Near the last 10min, it felt like something snapped inside my head. Like my brain has been tied by a rope to a dumbbell, and suddenly someone cut the rope. I'm suddenly awake, focused, and my head feels super light. And there is this feeling, like how you feel better after a really good cry. All of my anxieties and worries and loneliness are still there, but I can't really feel any of them. They're just silent. I'm still a noob when it comes to mindfulness, and I've always been under the impression that meditation is meant to have more of a long term effect. But I'm shocked right now at the acute relief I've just felt. Sorry for the ramble, just wanted to share. [link] [comments] |
| Is it possible to meditate with the intention to UTILIZE feelings of fear/anxiety? Posted: 31 Oct 2020 11:16 PM PDT I know this may sound odd but stick with me here. All my life my strongest motivator ever to get shit done was fear - studying hard because of fear of failure in an exam, reaching to work early consistently due to fear of being reprimanded, going to bed early due to fear of feeling tired the next day etc - and I'd say fear is what pushed me to become better in a lot of aspects of life. I think this is normal for most people. I've been on a self improvement binge for the past year and have been trying different methods of reaching my potential but I always have trouble with motivation and end up being non consistent and not caring enough. (don't get me wrong, I understand the important of self discipline and the effects it has on building motivation but this is an entirely different strategy). I know people usually meditate to decrease fear and anxiety, however, my idea is to use meditation to leverage fear-based motivation. For instance, with metta meditation or compassion based meditation you are able to think of a mantra and amplify the feelings given to you by the idea you present to you mind. "May you be happy, may you be healthy, may you be safe" fills you with feelings of happiness and love for another that is further amplified to a compassionate and positive mindset through meditation. My idea is to meditate to increase fear, or to be more accurate, to present my circumstances in a realistic light to my mind that naturally induces fear/anxiety and makes me more motivated to avoid a negative outcome. For example, mantras/thoughts that inspire the emotion of fear could be: For building a workout routine - "If I'm not consistent with my workouts I will never be fit and waste my potential/If I'm not consistent with my workouts I will never lose weight and may die an early death due to obesity" For working on a hobby - "If I'm not consistent with my practice I will look back on my life and think about what if/ If I'm not consistent with my practice I will regret not doing it more when I'm on my deathbed" For building relationships - "If I don't cultivate a better relationship with my parents eventually it will be too late and I will regret it" Things like that, with the idea being to focus and amplify the fear they give me so as to motivate me to get things done. Of course, this isn't meant to create a life where fear is on my mind 24/7 but only to create realistic motivation based on reality that I can utilize and use to effectively build a habit/routine. Thoughts? [link] [comments] |
| Self-guided Sleep Meditation tips? Posted: 01 Nov 2020 01:06 AM PST I'm totally new to meditation, I consider myself a self-aware person, but I'm only now realizing the benefits of meditation for stress-relief and balance. I enjoy yoga as a meditative practice, but lack discipline when it comes to controlling my thoughts. Because of this, I have the type on insomnia where it is impossible to turn my brain off. I find listening to guided meditations at bedtime helpful, but I would like to be able to turn off the reel of my thoughts without relying on external guidance. Does anyone have tips for a beginner? Mantras or advice? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 31 Oct 2020 11:21 PM PDT As someone who mediates on a daily basis I've been working on improving my overall body awareness. I have noticed recently that I have struggled to feel much of anything when focusing on my torso area, as well as my neck and shoulders and wanted to reach out to see if anyone had any tips on how to improve upon this. [link] [comments] |
| Question about dealing with thoughts Posted: 31 Oct 2020 11:44 PM PDT So as a bit of a novice meditator, I want to know what is the "right" way to deal with the thoughts that inevitably arise during meditation. I know that I am supposed to bring my attention back to my breath, but am I supposed to bring it back immediately to the breath? Because I have seen a video on Headspace that said its a bit like letting a horse run wild with a loose rope around its neck. So do I wait for the thought or emotion to kind of "exhaust itself" before I turn back to my breath? An example is when I meditate for longer than usual, sometimes I feel anxious for the meditation session to end so I will feel this discomfort in my chest. Do I turn my attention back to the breath immediately, or observe the emotion and wait for the feeling to end first? [link] [comments] |
| I Completed 60 Days of Meditation for 1 Hour/day and it cut my Anxiety away Posted: 31 Oct 2020 06:24 AM PDT I recently completed Naval Ravikant's recommended 60 days of meditation for 1 hour per day. I tried meditating before this for around 20/30 mins but never really felt that much benefit. So I started doing 1 hr. I tweeted about each day which kept me accountable and committed each day. At first it was very difficult to sit still for that long. But after the first week, I started to truly realise that all of my problems were in my own head. I was perceiving things poorly, from past images that I'd clung onto. Reading wisdom from the main 3 stoic philosophers, Jiddu Krishnamurti and Naval Ravikant each day also helped to rewire my mind, giving me useful stuff to meditate on. I now realise that living in the past causes depression and living in the future causes anxiety. Discovering for myself that this is true makes me almost unconsciously stay present - and I feel much better for it. I am currently learning to code and as a practice project I made a meditation app that I am now using myself. It's based on doing 60 days of meditation, 1hr / day. At the beginning, only day 1 is unlocked. After meditating for at least 15 mins, the next day is unlocked. Each day has some advice/quotes from the philosophers I mentioned before. Complete a 30 min session to be awarded 1 star, 45 mins for 2 stars and 60 or more for 3 stars. There are bonus unlockable Tao meditations for total stars and day streaks. This video demonstrates the app: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QYDCRtym2g If anybody is interested in using this, I just put it on the play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.navalsmeditations I tweeted about the apps progress daily as I am currently doing #100DaysOfCode: https://twitter.com/DoableDanny Thanks :) [link] [comments] |
| Having a slight smile can help you tremendously Posted: 01 Nov 2020 01:18 AM PST A slight smile can help you tremendously. Sometimes you feel good and then you will start to smile. But you can also turn it around. You can smile, and start to feel good. Smiling is a practice of freedom, of happiness. Let´s try it when you are meditating or when you have a bad day. It will probably help you. Funfact; Over 300 tiny muscles will relax when you will have a slight smile. To spread even more love and awarness I will publish an e-book for free at the 21th of November. It will be released together with this video. Hit the notifcation bell to get your e-book [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 31 Oct 2020 03:27 PM PDT Hey ! Today I smoked cannabis about 12 hours before my meditation session and during this (I still had the side effects) I could barely concentrate on my breathing ... My question is whether I should quit smoking cannabis and cigarettes to fully concentrate on meditation. [link] [comments] |
| Does anyone know of a good, maybe 20 minute guided body scan meditation for a beginner? Posted: 31 Oct 2020 07:45 PM PDT I think my fiance could really use a guided meditation to help her relax, but it's not something I do personally very often. Amy recommendations? [link] [comments] |
| Rarely discussed benefit: stop pleasing others Posted: 31 Oct 2020 09:49 PM PDT No one talks about this benefit of meditation, which is that you stop pleasing others. I no longer fake enthusiastic agreement, wanting others to approve of me, like me, or think we have so much in common. It seems to be no point in arguing, correcting, judging, categorizing, pleasing, appeasing. "There, there, mind, hush," as Ajahn Brahm would say. Seeing others pining for approval, I stay rather quiet, neither giving advice nor (I don't think anyone wants to hear "you shoulds") or affirmations, at times a little unjustly self-congratulatory in my confirmation, at times disheartened by the same elemental suffering I recognize in myself. In psychotherapy, from my understanding, the therapist is not there to approve of or agree with the patient. As Jung puts it, the first thing he lets the patient know is that he doesn't have a solution or a clue, and that's where therapy begins. The analyst is there to let the analysand know that they are both wading in murky waters, both coasting in unfamiliar waters, what terrifying but magnificent seas. When co-workers or acquaintances confess to me, provoke me or pine for affirmation, I, in words or by way of gestures, let them know that I'm there for them, with them in their suffering, but neither of us can give each other approval, which is temporary and gives us the illusion that happiness is from others. TLDR: I stopped saying "yeah" and instead gives an "okay, there, there" look. [link] [comments] |
| Eyes become red after meditation? Posted: 01 Nov 2020 01:34 AM PDT |
| Panic attacks that dont seem to pass Posted: 31 Oct 2020 05:54 PM PDT I have them for hours on end. I meditate. They are still there. I meditate more. They are still there. I could meditate for an hour and still be in a panic attack. I hate this feeling I cant concentrate with it. I cant let it go. The anxiety fucking sucks and I hate it so much. I try accepting it, loving it, but nothing helps it pass. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 31 Oct 2020 07:17 AM PDT "Alone" is an illusion. "Alone" from what? Alone, you're within everything there is. There's no where to go where "what is" isn't. Meditate on this. [link] [comments] |
| What do you feel are some of the most important questions? Posted: 01 Nov 2020 01:12 AM PDT What do you feel are some of the most important questions? [link] [comments] |
| Searching for a gen z person, who does guided meditations Posted: 31 Oct 2020 06:51 PM PDT Hello, I need your help. My school is organizing a virtual event and we need someone who does guided meditations. It is preferable if they are gen z, since the theme of the event is how young people can change the world. It would be a very brief meditation, since it would be a break activity. Please, if you are and know somebody who could be interested text me or reply on here. Thank you. [link] [comments] |
| I built a free and open-source breathing/meditation app: Breathly Posted: 31 Oct 2020 04:36 AM PDT Hey 👋! Lately, I notice multiple posts about suggestions on meditation apps in the sub... so I decided to share some info on a mobile breath training app I built almost a year ago: Breathly. I created Breathly mostly as an exercise while also trying to ship something useful. There are no ads, no in-app purchases, and no trackers in Breathly. And, if you're familiar with the programming language used in the app, you can contribute to it because its source-code is open-source (some people already did!). Breathly is available in the Google Play Store and in the Apple App Store:
Hope you find it useful :) Stay safe and have a great weekend! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 31 Oct 2020 09:38 PM PDT Basically I am wondering if it is recommended to do several different practices to help boost your mindfulness. Has anyone else tried this? I would appreciate any advice that may apply to me. My practices: The Mind Illuminated(TMI) breath meditation 45 minutes a day in one session. More often when I can Noting techniques thoughout the day, watching my breath, expanding my periferal awareness. Dream journaling and lucid dreaming techniques, attempting to enter the dream state while falling asleep every night Fire Kasina meditation 15-20 minutes several days a week, I do this with my wife when I can Cold shower daily Whim Hof breathing daily Yoga stretching daily, I want to do more longer sessions and videos Chess: I am quitting this for now because I get all these chess boards and games flashing into my mind all day and I don't think it's worth it. Exercising, running Drawing I want to keep developing my mind, for instance I am considering working on improving my memory. Are there any other practices that might help in a synergistic way? Thank you! [link] [comments] |
| Occasional tingling, stiffness, and/or numbness of extremities during transcendental meditation? Posted: 31 Oct 2020 09:25 PM PDT I was wondering if anyone else has experienced a tingling, stiffness, numbness, or otherwise perceived paralysis of any extremities during "deeper" states of meditation. Aside from practicing regular mindfulness meditation, I practice transcendental meditation whilst laying down. My focus during these meditations are out-of-body experiences akin to that of astral projection, with the goal of achieving states similar to those described by Robert Monroe in his Gateway Experience tapes. During these sessions, there are different levels of focus I can 'hone' in on which produce varying degrees of vibrational states in my body. Occasionally, however, when I start getting vibrations, I will feel a density begin to build in my thumbs and the joints of my thumb. It emerges as a stiffness that appears as a super-dense vibrational feeling. It can get uncomfortable. The tightness can lend itself to more of an ache, which at times errs on the side of feeling unbearable. If you've ever done holotropic breathing, the sensation is very similar to the feeling of one's fingers when the "crab-claw" phenomenon occurs, although in my own case, my thumb does not deform. During these sessions, my hands are merely rested above my legs and my breath is calm and normal. I'm curious to see if anyone has experienced anything like this before. [link] [comments] |
| A personal reflection that may reflect the journey of life Posted: 31 Oct 2020 04:21 AM PDT Last night a lyft dropped me off at an intersection of homes. I wandered in all four directions of the intersection looking for the home of my friends; which I could not remember which house it was. Always returning to the intersection to recenter myself to the inner knowing of where it may be. Then I cleared my mind so I may be lead by the inner knowing of where the home of my friends sits. I was instantly shown in a flash of thoughtlessness where I must go. I went, I entered and was welcomed warmly. I thought this simple happening might be a great allegory for the ideal telling of the journey of life [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 31 Oct 2020 05:05 PM PDT I have anxiety after focusing on my breath as I non intentionally starting to control it. It's very uncomfortable. Anyone can help? [link] [comments] |
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