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- Met my spirit guides in the physical after meditating and it was magical
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- No matter how angry I feel, loving kindness meditation always works.
- Sit for nothing. Be with everything.
- What advice/ beginners tips would you give to someone with absolutely 0 experience in meditation?
- Crying during meditation
- The more we live with the idea that we should be a certain way, the more conflict we are likely to experience between the thoughts that arise in the mind and how we feel as a human being.
- Breathing is so hard
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- ‘Turn attention in on itself’ - my perspective, may help those who are confused or frustrated.
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- Numbness thorought the body and feeling of moving upwards
- Does anyone else experience slow, internal chills while meditating?
- My back be hurtin
- Any tips on how to meditate without falling asleep?
- How do I stop trying to control my breath?
- How to meditate during work when busy?
| Mindfulness and not meditating Posted: 12 Nov 2020 11:40 AM PST The other day I noticed my nail polish was badly chipped, and decided to take it off and put it on fresh. But - I felt hurried, there was a lot to do. Specifically because my life is the worst, I felt I really really needed to do another long meditation session to fix my head well enough to handle things. Then I remembered the idea of doing whatever you do slower and more mindfully and decided to try that instead. After all, there is always some reason why I'm in a hurry doing this task and 50%+ of the time mess it up and either redo it or am grumpy about it. So I made a specific effort to slow down and for real not touch anything while the polish was drying and instead lie down and relax and listen to an album I was planning to since forever. The result was at the end of doing this not particularly spiritual task, I feel really mellow and present, almost as if I'd been meditating for twice as long. For me it was a good lesson about being spiritual vs doing spiritual activities, that sometimes it's better to just skip to acting how you want your practice to make you act instead of practicing more. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 12 Nov 2020 01:51 PM PST When I would smoke weed in the past, before I started meditation practice, I would base the level of my high off of how much anxiety I had, instead of how high I actually was. If I had a crazy amount of anxiety then that meant I smoked way too much. Now whenever I smoke, I feel like I can keep going until I pass out lol. I no longer have any anxiety when I smoke. Weed used to instantly kill any anxiety I had but ever since I started to smoke weed heavily, I felt as if those benefits of weed were no longer there and instead of helping my anxiety, weed was actually adding to it. So, I quit smoking weed for a really long time. 4-5 months is a really long time for me lol. I started to smoke again because of meditation. I wanted to see if I still clinged to dark, negative thoughts when stoned. The first smoke session back, I felt a lil bit of anxiety but then it quickly went away. Or if I started to think negatively, my brain was able to shut it off quick. Remaining cool, calm and collected is underrated and I have meditation to thank for that. I hated smoking weed and getting all introverted and anxious. That shit was a buzzkill. Now I can actually enjoy the ganja, But oddly enough, I'm digging meditation a bit more than weed now. [link] [comments] |
| Met my spirit guides in the physical after meditating and it was magical Posted: 12 Nov 2020 03:44 PM PST Let me just start by saying I never expected anything close to this when I started meditation. Growing up Hindu, meditation was a part of my childhood, so I eventually started to take it for granted over time. When I fell out of meditation, I was at my lowest. I had issues with hard drugs, mental illnesses I was dealing with, my dad passed away, and I was just lost in life. This is when I decided to focus on my spirituality and get back into meditation and prayer. My goal was to find balance and happiness, meet my spirit guides, and just improve my mental well-being overall. Fast forward to late last year: I was meditating in my basement bedroom after a shower. I put on some Hindu mantras and decided to not ask for anything, but to pour love out of my body to give back. Once I set this intention, everything changed. I felt love pouring out of my body and into the cosmos. I was smiling and laughing the entire time. It felt good to love the Earth, and God, and myself, but it mainly felt good to give love back, instead of trying to receive it like I usually attempt to do. When I opened my eyes, I was mind blown. I saw gold shimmering light all around my room in the physical. It looked like translucent gold, shiny curtains dancing around my room. This was the first time I have ever opened my eyes and saw a change in my physical space after meditating. I decided to meditate with the intention of meeting my spirit guides in the physical while using the method of giving instead of taking. This worked beautifully. I asked them to show themselves and when I opened my eyes, I saw splotches of blue light orbs all around my room. They were flashing unsynchronized, almost playful. This happened every single night for a week until I decided not to keep asking this of them. I know this is long, but I wanted to let people know that putting your love out into the universe is way stronger than asking to receive love from the universe. And for people skeptical about meditation, please give it a shot, and please stick with it. Life does get better, even when it seems like all is lost. Thanks for reading, much love. [link] [comments] |
| Has anyone noticed shifts in their political and or moral views since starting meditation? Posted: 12 Nov 2020 01:59 PM PST Much of modern politics seems to be based on judgment and recrimination. I used to be ok with this because I labeled those that I judged morally "wrong". I have long been a progressive liberal and in general I still hold strong to left wing ideals. But I've found meditation to be a major threat not just to my ego but my moral and political belief system. As I have tried to let go of judgment of myself and others in almosy all situations I've found myself often triggered by my own past belief systems and those that I once would have walked in lock step with in agreement. I must say that this shift has not been at all pleasant but it seems to be necessary. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 12 Nov 2020 06:21 AM PST I came across a meditation app called Balance which is giving 1-year free membership. Not sure if I can put it here (no promotion or anything), wanted to share in case someone wants to start new :) Edit: Thanks for the award stranger :) Once you get the 1yr free membership, go to settings, then account status, and cancel your subscription. You still get 1 full year of access! This step saves you from auto-renewal next year ($70USD). If you like the app, you can always add the subscription later. It's been only a day and I like the app as a beginner to meditation. A personalized plan makes it worth a try! [link] [comments] |
| No matter how angry I feel, loving kindness meditation always works. Posted: 12 Nov 2020 06:28 PM PST There have been quite a few days lately where I am just angry at everyone and everything. The thing that always brings me back to center is the loving kindness meditation. Sometimes I kind of force myself to do that specific style because other styles don't work when I'm extremely wound up. Sending positive thoughts out into the world somehow works wonders. [link] [comments] |
| Sit for nothing. Be with everything. Posted: 12 Nov 2020 06:21 AM PST |
| What advice/ beginners tips would you give to someone with absolutely 0 experience in meditation? Posted: 12 Nov 2020 09:36 PM PST |
| Posted: 12 Nov 2020 11:27 PM PST Sorry for the long read About a month ago, I broke up with my girlfriend that I was dating for just over a year and a bit after that had happened, I realized that I had spent so much of my teenage years being in different relationships that I never got to grow up as an individual and learn how to be myself. I found myself being self deprecating and my point of view of myself and others would slowly become distorted with sadness and hate and I found this to be because I only felt that my life was stable when I was in a relationship with someone. I always felt these feelings come up everytime one of my relationships would end and I always used to solve it by just dating another girl since that seemed to be why I was unhappy, but only recently have I realized that I just need to get my shit together as an individual. I've always seen meditation as an amazing way to really connect with my feelings without any of my day to day society filters getting in the way. I used to do it almost everyday but then I slowly stopped doing it for months because I sort of became scared of what I might have to come to terms with when I did meditate. It was only until about 15 minutes ago l, when I sat down and listened to a guided meditation, where I really felt that I knew how I was feeling. The weird part is, I've read so many reddit posts where people talk about crying while meditating and I've always thought that was so strange since I can barely cry when I'm not meditating. But for some reason, about halfway through the guided meditation, there was a really powerful moment that I was feeling and suddenly I just noticed that I was tearing up, and it just felt so nice to just let it all out. I'm so happy that meditating is something that I can do whenever, it's free, and it can make me feel amazing. I really do take it for granted a lot. Thank you for reading :) [link] [comments] |
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| Posted: 12 Nov 2020 11:25 PM PST Can somebody please help me every time I do yoga or meditate I focus on my breathing so much that I feel like I cannot breathe. Is there any way I can get past this? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 12 Nov 2020 11:50 PM PST I've been meditating consistently for 3 years and trying to get into lotus for the last year. Sometimes I am able to do half lotus for 45 minutes. But I feel like I've hit a way and that my hip sockets aren't shaped to be able to sit that way. I want to go on a 10 day retreat and I'm afraid I'll have to use a chair. Does anyone know any systematic routine to be able to get into the proper position? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 13 Nov 2020 01:56 AM PST So was doing some visualisation tonight working on bringing the white/gold light into my body and was filling my body slowly when I got to my shoulders I suddenly started seeing a very black light filling my head and shoulders and it quickly filled and covered my white/gold light and then with my eyes closed all I could see was black. I wasn't able to get the white/gold light back or any visualisation. Any ideas what this means or advice? [link] [comments] |
| ‘Turn attention in on itself’ - my perspective, may help those who are confused or frustrated. Posted: 13 Nov 2020 01:41 AM PST I often see comments regarding Sam Harris' Waking Up course, and how he periodically instructs to 'turn attention in on itself' and how this frustrates and confused many. This is my understanding and I hope by sharing this perspective someone may gain a thing or two. I recommend reading some philosophy on the illusion of the self - Eckhart Tolle's 'A new Earth' or 'the Power of Now' or even bhuddist books like the Tibetan book of living and dying. These enabled me to actually realise what is going on with the ego and the mind, and has eternally changed my perspective on life itself. Essentially, the process of directing attention 'feels' like there is a point you are directing it from. When you turn it into itself, you realise there is no point of centrality, and realise that you are truly just consciousness, prior to any appearances in such - including the feeling of being 'the thinker of your thoughts'. Your thoughts are appearances and you are the awareness that observes them, not an agent that produces them, and not grasping for a sense of identity within these thoughts. When you do experience and perceive this, it is truly liberating. It is a step in transitioning into a state of awareness where you use your ego, thoughts, 'self' as a tool to your experience, rather then those things using you. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 13 Nov 2020 02:06 AM PST Hello fellow meditators! I just wanted to share something that's amplified the already huge benefits I'm getting from meditation. Mantras and affirmations form a big part of my practice, but it dawned on me that I was just listing them off in my mind during sessions. Like a robot! So I started trying to FEEL the words. Saying them in my mind with passion, understanding the meaning behind the mantra, and imagining the words sink into my unconscious. The effects were instant. It was like my mantras were turbo charged! I also find it useful to not write down/script my affirmations as this just roboticizes my phrases. I try to express my mantras with whatever words I'm passionately feeling at the time. Hope it works for you too... though you might be doing this already and I'm just late to the party haha! Love and positive energy ---@ [link] [comments] |
| What is the weirdest thing you have seen/experienced during Meditation? Posted: 12 Nov 2020 12:06 PM PST Mine was when I saw coloured circles (green, red and purple to be exact). I have also had a vision of me as a child, running to my grandmother and giving her a hug. She passed before I was born. The weird thing about it is that I was wearing a dress that I used to wear when I was a child, to the minute details, like a hair clip that I used to wear and the stitching of my shoes. It was so comforting, and I came out of it with tears streaming down my face. What things have you experienced? Was it positive or negative? Let me know! I'm just interested to hear what other people have gone through ☺️ [link] [comments] |
| How to Heal from an Old Wound | Emotional Healing | Fiori Giovanni Posted: 13 Nov 2020 01:23 AM PST There are a lot videos out there in the ecosystem teaching you how to how to become more happy by overcoming adversity in your day to day. They promise to teach you how to develop high self-esteem and self worth. All the while, neglecting to dig beyond the surface level to find out what caused the emotional wounds in the first place. As humans with high sensitivity personality, we all suffer from one emotional trauma and old wounds to another that we're yet to deal with. And learning about a bunch of "how-to" techniques alone won't get the job done. You need something that goes beyond that! And this amazing video Fiori Giovanni's video come in handy. It is specifically designed to offer you out of the box solution in healing old wounds and taking care of your emotional health. With this wonderful and well explained video you will be able to let go and heal from any and all unresolved traumas and emotional wounds from childhood and early years. A lot of people suffer from substance induced anxiety disorder - and these video is specifically designed to not only help you understand where that stems from but it takes care of the how to heal it completely so it doesn't keep dragging you. Stop looking for shortcuts on how to get happy fast and give these amazing video a chance to get you and get rid of the root causes of your unhappiness and self worth issues. [link] [comments] |
| Be Spiritually Connected/Meet your Higher Self/Start your Spiritual Journey Posted: 13 Nov 2020 01:22 AM PST Most people have no idea how much 5 minute morning meditation or reading some great books about spiritual laws of success for 30m before bed or first thing in the morning daily structure their life. For example, heart coherence meditation is specifically designed to help you relax and develop your sense of joy and compassion. Other spiritual practices, like Salesian spirituality - which is a virtues of gentleness, patience, humility and liberty of spirit can help center your spirit. There are a lot spiritual practices specifically designed to helping tune out all the outside noise so we can achieve inner peace and get the most out of our day and books you can read such as Deepak Chopra 7 spiritual laws of success. When it comes becoming the best you could possibly be and going beyond just Monday mediation, you can go through real mind awakening that can help you get more out of your day. Practicing spiritual wellness can change your life. [link] [comments] |
| Numbness thorought the body and feeling of moving upwards Posted: 13 Nov 2020 01:00 AM PST I'm a novice meditator (I've been practicing since the beginning of October) and my practice constitutes of simply sitting and doing nothing while letting my mind go. I must also add that I practice ceremonial magic and I meditate after doing my usual routine, as I noticed it helps me clar my mind in preparation of meditation I figured out that I can get to a point where my body feels numb, if not even slightly paralysed, while my mind feels detached from it. I sit in seiza using a bench and I doubt it has to do with posture. I can get to this state willingly, and I though there was not much else to it After a few attempts I started getting deeper in this meditative state and I felt my counsciousness moving upwards. I could distinctly feel my mind detaching itself from the body. I let my mind go and eventually I decided to go back to my senses, which I did without any problem Do you think I should try to get deeper into the state? Could it be dangerous? Is it simply my mind playing tricks on my awareness? [link] [comments] |
| Does anyone else experience slow, internal chills while meditating? Posted: 12 Nov 2020 06:22 PM PST That's the best way I can describe this feeling. It usually happens when I'm well into my practice and begins around my chest area, emanating out to my arms horizontally. Like my heart energy is expanding outwards? It doesn't travel up to my shoulders and down my arms, rather- outwardly as described. I've been meditating on my heart center. I've felt similar sensations while sitting through an acupuncture treatment....but then that was in other areas of my body as well. If I were to visualize it, it would be like an internal, energetic aura borealis? It doesn't feel cold...it's just pleasurable. Anyone else have a take on this? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 12 Nov 2020 08:10 PM PST Whenever I keep a straight back, it hurts. I was wondering if I were to keep practicing this like an exercise, will I eventually be able to sit with my back fully straight? And also does anyone have any experience with what I am saying or do I have to do a different exercise to keep my back straight? [link] [comments] |
| Any tips on how to meditate without falling asleep? Posted: 12 Nov 2020 04:55 PM PST I have always had this problem. Any tips you guys know about this? [link] [comments] |
| How do I stop trying to control my breath? Posted: 12 Nov 2020 12:58 PM PST When I try to meditate I start by focusing on the breath as usual, but as time passes I realize that I'm not observing it, I'm forcing it, in and out. If I focus on sounds around me then I return to breathing naturally, but after, when I focus on my breath, I realize I'm controlling it again. How can I stop this? It's stressing me out a lot, because when I let go and breathe normally, I feel deep relaxation, but when I'm controlling the breath I get anxious and it's very uncomfortable. I really need help with this issue, it compromises all of my meditation sessions. [link] [comments] |
| How to meditate during work when busy? Posted: 12 Nov 2020 04:35 PM PST I work as a dishwasher and cant take a break during my shift and its incredibly stressful. So I was just wondering if I could meditate while doing my work? Its a high stress/fast pace environment and I could really use the peace of mind when working. [link] [comments] |
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