Meditation: Opinion: If you're high while meditating, just say so! |
- Opinion: If you're high while meditating, just say so!
- I’ve only just started meditating and every day is getting better
- I am beginning to believe that self proclaimed gurus are bogus as they perpetuate reliance on them for enlightenment as a way to solve our inner demons.
- Every 8 year old ~ Dalai Lama
- How to get over the fear of being alone with closed eyes?
- Seeing your environment with closed eyes
- I fell out of practice, and yesterday I noticed how meditation was making me feel better
- Differentiating between 'thinker about other thoughts' & 'observer' is a key to improve the meditation practice
- I've reached a point where I'm content with a simple life. But I don't know if this is what I "want".
- Been thinking a lot about impermanence lately.
- How is meditation supposed to be done?
- Any pointers for beginners?
- I've been meditating on and off for a while now, and need guidance for the next step.
- Feeling uncomfortable
- Do you guys have, at least at times, long gaps between your exhale and the next inhale?
- Meditating when high is impossible
- Is The Power of Now a must read?
- Anyone else getting triggered at specific things when doing guided meditation?
- Paid while dreaming
- Do I want this?
- Like a video game, the more you meditate, the more you level up. Unlike a video game, you level down when you stop meditating
- I think I’ve astral projected?
- Beginner Yoga Routine: Six Basic Steps of Beginner Yoga Routine
- Vipassana Meditation
- What was your favorite meditative experience?
| Opinion: If you're high while meditating, just say so! Posted: 28 Nov 2020 09:26 PM PST Personal Opinion: I understand that many people use psychedelics and marijuana to enhance their meditation experience. That's fine, I also did so for many years, and now enjoy sobriety, which has made my meditation practice a little less exciting, but still valuable to me. Some of these posts here about intense visuals, out of body experiences, and all the weird shit... Personally I would like more details about how you got there. Many posts here sound like you're high as shit. If you're not- I'd love a note on your post about the meditation technique you're using. If you are and don't say so, it feels like false advertising for the newbs that think that every time they sit and focus on their breathing they'll go to fractal world. Or maybe I'm discouraged because I'm still here just feeling emotions and processing trauma, and finding some peace in the moment- all also valuable. Again- it's fine if you want to be high and meditate- I don't have a problem with that, I just wish posts would say so. Maybe by differentiating it would feel like more of an open space for the sober experiences too. What is everyone's opinions about this? [link] [comments] | ||||||
| I’ve only just started meditating and every day is getting better Posted: 28 Nov 2020 04:56 AM PST Read the power of now nearly a month ago, got really into it and started reading more stuff, researching etc. Practiced awareness daily (but never meditated until recently) and I felt very happy at times but it wouldn't last, I'm 16 I'm being very lazy with it (which i'm working on) so I'm not progressing the best I can, but I started meditating about 2 weeks ago quite inconsistently, some days i'd do an hour a day, some I'd just do 20 minutes or none atall. I meditated for about 20 minutes the other night and my whole body felt spacious, I felt like I was merging with myself somehow and watching my body from a far away, only for about a split second. There was a white flash above my head, which i've been seeing a lot recently, like a camera flash which made me feel quite paranoid but there was no way someone could've taken a picture of me. I've felt really short glimpses of peace recently, a lot more dreams which are more vivid, my days feel a lot easier and have some sort of aura to it. I've had really short realisations too which makes me anxious but it never lasts long. I feel a lot more confident and I care less about what people think of me, I went vegan + I've tried drinking a lot more water than I used to, cravings aren't as bad This is only from the start of November, can't wait to see what happens when I start meditating more consistently and time goes on. It's also from sitting in my room all the time crying about how shit my life is and how much I hate myself, suicidal tendencies etc, I've relapsed at times but it never lasts long and it's not as intense as it was. [link] [comments] | ||||||
| Posted: 28 Nov 2020 07:51 PM PST We are all capable of being our own gurus and I believe that any spiritual teacher worth their salt should encourage us to be able to move on from their teachings instead of encouraging us to rely on them as an emotional crutch in the event that we lose our way. I say this because I feel that there are far too many spiritual teachers are con artists preying on the most emotionally vulnerable. Teachings of simple common decency and basic acts of kindness is what I believe humanity needs in order to evolve. Being aware of the present moment and acting out of love is all we need to move forward as a civilisation and a species. [link] [comments] | ||||||
| Posted: 28 Nov 2020 02:14 PM PST ¨If every 8 year old in the world is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation.¨ ~ Dalai Lama Early christmas present, free ebook [link] [comments] | ||||||
| How to get over the fear of being alone with closed eyes? Posted: 28 Nov 2020 02:08 PM PST Hi! Even though I'm 19, I still fear darkness, monsters and other shit. I know it's really weird and childish, but my imagination is just too wild. I'm always meditating with headphones on ears and my eyes closed, but whenever I try to focus on my breathing, it isn't even 5 seconds before my imagination runs towards decaying corpses touching me and weird twisted monsters standing right before me. It wasn't as bad when I was still living with my parents, but now I literally can't meditate because of this. I even tried doing it without headphones, which didn't help, and also with my eyes open, which I found very ineffective. So do you have any tips? Anyone can relate? Thanks for reading and have a great day! [link] [comments] | ||||||
| Seeing your environment with closed eyes Posted: 28 Nov 2020 04:32 PM PST Hey everyone! I just had some very very weird visuals of my surroundings in my meditation session. I am not really a regular meditator and never experienced any sort of unusual thing. So 10 minutes into meditation I suddenly became extremly aware of my body like I could feel neurons firing and suddenly out of nowhere my dark vision became a crystal clear image of my environment! it was like I came out of the body to observe things! I was shocked and remained there for a few seconds then moved my head and saw my pants (with its detailed patterns and colors) and my hands! I freaked out and I opened my eyes. So what is this, does anyone have similar experiences? [link] [comments] | ||||||
| I fell out of practice, and yesterday I noticed how meditation was making me feel better Posted: 29 Nov 2020 12:34 AM PST Around one month ago, I decided to have the daily goal to meditate daily. I decided to start small, around 10-15 minutes per day. I'd pop a YouTube meditation video, close my eyes, and let myself relax. I started to notice differences around the third day, when I realized that, despite the unrelenting thoughts, I hadn't got swept away by them. As I described it in my journal: "Managed to center the I despite the thoughts." I realized how mindfulness came to me easier, too. This went on for about two weeks when, unfortunately, I fell out of practice. Yesterday I was thinking about that when I realized that I feel different ever since I stopped meditating. Mind you, I don't feel sick or anything, I actually wouldn't even have noticed the difference if I hadn't thought about it. I described it like this to a friend: "Imagine you are together with other people in a room. They are all talking (not shouting, but still talking) and the TV is on. You are able to listen and follow what is happening on the TV, but there is that background noise all around you nonetheless. That's how it feels right now to me. Back when I meditated, the room was silent and the TV much clearer." I just wanted to share my experience :) I think I'll go back into daily meditation practice.... [link] [comments] | ||||||
| Posted: 28 Nov 2020 09:20 PM PST Often, I used to get lost in thinking about the other thoughts that I observed while trying to meditate. Once I learnt the difference stated above, my practice improved very much. Hope it helps someone. [link] [comments] | ||||||
| Posted: 28 Nov 2020 02:12 PM PST I've made such progress over the last year and a bit! Meditation has a lot to do with that, but therapy and othet work does a lot too. I think I love myself more than I ever have and there are so many days now when I feel content and at peace. This being said my journey is not at an end and I still struggle with mental health issues and have more to work on daily. For the first time in my life though I often feel really quite content with where I am. This despite the fact that my life lacks many of the things that I once considered important or lamented not having. I am by most measures a fairly intelligent person, yes that is my ego speaking but it's not intended as a brag but a statement of fact for a purpose. I used to hate myself for not utilizing my potential. I used to wish to be a research scientist, a mathematician, a physicist, among other things. Another passion of mine is photography. Others have pushed me to be a writer. All of these still call to me to a degree, some days loudly. I also do not have a relationship in my life and I never have. In the past year or two I have dabbled in dating and have made some good friends this way. But nothing more. I still often wish I had a relationship. As you can see I find myself somewhat conflicted. I recognize my old wants gnawing away in the background a lot of the time. But for the first time in my life I'm also content too in the present not having these things too. I work a simple retail job at a local paint store with a crew I value as friends. I have a simple apartment and am very VERY lucky to be financially more stable than most due to inheritance money from family. I go on regular walks with my best friend many days a week. I keep fit, exercise regularly, eat a healthy diet. I try to keep my mind busy in other ways too, do puzzles, some math, gaming. Meditate every day of course. Life is good :) But I wonder too... should I be content with this? Lol. My old psyche says no, I am capable of so much more, have so many unfulfilled wishes and dreams, passions, adventures and unexperienced joys, fears, ups and downs. So much of life I have not lived. I suppose I could simply try these things and see if that is where life wishes to take me? I can always return to this simple place? I seem in no particular hurry to figure out lol. [link] [comments] | ||||||
| Been thinking a lot about impermanence lately. Posted: 28 Nov 2020 02:02 PM PST Meditation has become a daily habit. I say "habit" instead of "routine" because although I have been meditating daily, I have been unable to keep a set schedule of my sessions. Currently I meditate whenever I have down time. I do, however, feel like scheduling my sessions would be extremely beneficial in the area of discipline. But yeah, man. For the few months I've meditated a crazy amount. As of now I'm averaging about 2 hours daily. I have many moments out of the day where I'm like "fuck dude, I'm super present." Kinda similar to the clarity and oneness feeling on psychs. So anyway, now that you have a bit of context I'd like to discuss impermanence. Everything is always changing. Sometimes it feels like a bad feeling will last forever but as many of us know, that is never the case. I had a very strange and wonderful occurrence last night during a meditation session. I don't normally meditate under the influence but I decided to smoke a lil herb before the session. I was feeling a little antsy and hoped that it would calm me down. As soon as I sat down to meditate, I am hit by a tornado of bad emotions. I start feeling that awful anxious feeling, those bad vibes in your stomach type. I started blaming myself and I told myself that I ruined my meditation session by smoking. Then all of a sudden I remembered impermanence and how nothing lasts. After that moment, I took a step back and looked at those negative feelings from another angle. I didn't fight those feelings but instead I comforted myself, similar to how friends do. I told myself "eh don't worry about that. Those are bad feelings, they come and they go. But they never stay. Everything will be alright, let's continue meditating." And just like that, I came back to the present moment. It's like I hopped into a different state of consciousness in a second. But even if I hop into the state of consciousness I'd love to live in, it won't last. So I feel like there's no end game in this. The only way to truly live is to remain in your present. I'm kinda high right now and ended up ranting for a bit so sorry if this doesn't make much sense but yeah, man. Impermanence. [link] [comments] | ||||||
| How is meditation supposed to be done? Posted: 28 Nov 2020 08:50 PM PST I meditate for an hour everyday and i have yet to notice any difference in mood,which leads me to believe that i am doing it wrong. [link] [comments] | ||||||
| Posted: 28 Nov 2020 04:22 PM PST Hey guys! I'm fairly new to this whole ordeal and I haven't gotten the slightest clue on how to truly meditate or calm my mind. The pandemic, work and home have all been super stressful in the past few months and I found this as a sort of coping mechanism for some people. I was wondering if you guys could inform/teach me some basics to get started and moving. It would be much appreciated 😁 [link] [comments] | ||||||
| I've been meditating on and off for a while now, and need guidance for the next step. Posted: 28 Nov 2020 06:05 PM PST Here's a quick summary of where I'm at... Past 10-ish years: I was meditating for sporadic periods. Usually during times of high stress or anxiety. Once the stress and anxiety went away the practice also fell away. On average I guess you could say I had consistent practice for 1-3 months every 1-2 years. I was almost always doing guided mindfullness meditation using one of the various apps (headspace etc). Past 9 months: I have now been diligent in my practice. 10-20 minuets every single morning. It started with the same guided mindfullness meditation apps, but have recently progressed to a simple app that chimes every 2 minutes. I find that keeps me focused without the distraction of someone talking/guiding me. I am still just concentrating on my breath and trying to stay present in the moment, standard mindfullnes stuff. What I'm looking for... I could easily just keep going as I am right now, but I feel like it's a good time to solidify things further. Or learn more about what I'm doing. Take the next step. I'm not interested in the spirituality of meditation at all. When someone talks in vague metaphysic word-salad I tune out. What I do care about are the benefits it can bring. Less stress and anxiety, less reactionary, more aware of my emotions, etc. And ultimately (hopefully?) reaching a state of zen, peace, or contentment. So what should be my next step? If you know of a good book or philosophy or style of teaching or something I can look into that would be great :) Anything to further me along the path, without veering into the overly spiritual side of things. [link] [comments] | ||||||
| Posted: 28 Nov 2020 06:27 PM PST I am new to meditation. I am working to be more consistent with it, but I find it hard. I am doing it for a week or 2, since I started to read the power of now. My problem is, when I meditate longer then 10 min and I am feeling more and more relax, my body because unbearable to the point that if I don't move, I will feel like I am burning. Maybe this is a confusing explanation but I can't really explain it. I want to meditate for like 20 to 30 minutes but I I just can't keep lying still and focus. I lose the focus. Is there anyone in this amazing community, that understand what I am trying to say? [link] [comments] | ||||||
| Do you guys have, at least at times, long gaps between your exhale and the next inhale? Posted: 28 Nov 2020 06:07 PM PST I guess this applies more to those who meditate with (the flow of) breath as the object of focus. I don't know about you guys but the flow of my breath, when I leave it naturally up to it's own devices if you will, is not perfectly uniform and rhythmic. It might even vary and the length and time duration from one breath to the next. I'm not sure why but it's almost completely random like this. But I'm done with this because I'm not controlling it but rather just passively observing it. Is your guys' breath flow also like this? More to the question at hand... I know that the gaps in between breaths when there's no flow of air is just supposed to be a small transitory period but weirdly many times it happens to be much longer than both the length and time duration of the inhale and exhale combined. The inhale and exhale together happen much more quickly than the gap so I end up concentrating a higher percentage of my session on the gap between breaths (I just focus on the rims of the nose even when there's no flow of air). Can anyone relate to this? Is there something suboptimal about this? Please I'd like some feedback/thoughts. Thanks! [link] [comments] | ||||||
| Meditating when high is impossible Posted: 29 Nov 2020 01:11 AM PST Many people who use drugs, psychedelic ones mainly, to enhance or facilitate meditation are just high. They are not meditating. You can't meditate with a quart of jack daniels inside you, 500ug of acid, dmt or whatever. These drugs stimulate the production of mental objects all of which are delusional. The idea you have had an out of body experience and you have observed it from awareness is just that, a delusional idea. The Buddha says as much and he is right. Get high if you want to but you can't meditate when you're high the idea you have at the time that you are meditating is just you being high. [link] [comments] | ||||||
| Is The Power of Now a must read? Posted: 28 Nov 2020 08:54 AM PST What essentials should I read/watch/listen to to immerse myself into the basics of meditation and mindfulness? [link] [comments] | ||||||
| Anyone else getting triggered at specific things when doing guided meditation? Posted: 29 Nov 2020 01:08 AM PST I use those hypnosis/guided meditation videos on YouTube, mostly before sleeping, and mostly for either chronic pain or letting go of an ex. Most of the times I fall asleep immediately, but sometimes I just want to turn it off ASAP. For example when:
What to do in these cases? [link] [comments] | ||||||
| Posted: 28 Nov 2020 03:07 PM PST Man, I really feel like I should be getting paid for all the work I am doing while dreaming. I literally feel like I am constantly solving puzzles now. Anyone else experiencing this? [link] [comments] | ||||||
| Posted: 28 Nov 2020 06:46 PM PST I've been meditating on and off for years but during the pandemic my practice has deepened significantly. What's happening? I'm starting to distance from the self. My job and daily activities are starting to seem pointless and negative. I can see how people go off the deep end and how destructive this can be if you let it. I feel like I want to quit my job, sell all my worldly possessions etc. When I stop practicing for awhile I stop feeling like this and seem to return to my old self again. I don't know if I want to go down the path. I started on it as I wanted to find peace and to control my anxiety but this ever present dark night shit and this want to overthrow my stable life scare me. Do you struggle with this? [link] [comments] | ||||||
| Posted: 28 Nov 2020 07:21 AM PST In video games, you work your way up through gaining experience points. If you stop gaining experience points, you retain your latest developments and stay there, rather than degrading or going back to square one. With meditation, however, you do not retain what you acquired when you stop your meditation practice, and instead start "degrading" or going back to how you were before incorporating the practice. This is not to treat meditation practice as a video game in which you desire to level up as much as possible to become a supreme being. The very fact of "desire" defeats the purpose (or one of the purposes) of meditation. This is just an observation I noticed on myself. Do not became complacent and stop meditating just because you are "finally feeling good". You need to continue to meditate to continue feeling good. [link] [comments] | ||||||
| I think I’ve astral projected? Posted: 29 Nov 2020 12:18 AM PST This happened like a year ago and I just thought about it while meditating . when I first started getting sleep paralysis I remember opening my eyes and seeing my walls morphed like I was on lsd, and the roof of my room was completely missing and it was just space and I could see stars. At the time I just assumed it was a dream mixed with sleep paralysis but now that I'm more spiritual I wonder if I astral projected? [link] [comments] | ||||||
| Beginner Yoga Routine: Six Basic Steps of Beginner Yoga Routine Posted: 28 Nov 2020 11:48 PM PST Namaste! (Pronounced na·ma·stay) Welcome to a very simple yoga routine to help you get started! This routine is targeted towards an individual who has never attempted yoga before. There is no reason to be intimidated, the entire process of the yogic tradition is based on the natural flow of your own body. So you can work at your own pace and still be a kick-ass yogi! take you Step 1: Location and MaterialsIdeally, a quiet room with as little distractions as possible is best, however, any space that you can move freely in all directions from one position will do
Step 2: PreparationLay your mat down in your space and take any comfortable seated position and let yourself relax. It is important to take moments like this to catch up and allow your mind to rest. Take a couple of deep breaths while pausing here for a moment, this is your time to listen to your body. There is no need to think about anything else in this moment. Pause here for a couple of minutes. Step 3: Chest Stretch
Step 4: Back Stretch
Step 5: Cobra
So your takeyou these three positions and combine them into a slow dance. Do the Chest Stretch three times, then do the Back Stretch three times, and take you finally do the Cobra twice. Then gracefully do all positions once right after one another! Congratulations! You have finished your first yoga routine! If you will love to go further in Yoga, I can be reached here at morganhillary501@gmail.com [link] [comments] | ||||||
| Posted: 28 Nov 2020 05:41 PM PST Hello everyone, I recently found out about a 10-Day Vipassana Meditation course that takes place in Joshua Tree. I was just curious if anyone here has ever gone to it and what their experience was like [link] [comments] | ||||||
| What was your favorite meditative experience? Posted: 28 Nov 2020 11:30 PM PST I know for myself there are so many to choose from, but tell me your story if you have one! [link] [comments] |
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