Meditation: Unpopular opinion: Too many posts here don't say anything |
- Unpopular opinion: Too many posts here don't say anything
- Sober but feel high whenever I go for a walk at night... Anyone else?
- It’s so much simpler than you think:)
- Meditation has helped me become comfortable being alone with my thoughts. I don’t have to drown out the thoughts with music or people all the time like I used to.
- Fell asleep while listening to meditation music did I break my streak?
- You are not who they say/you think you are
- Has anyone to experienced full awareness in waking life with no context?
- Anyone know how I can start meditating for anxiety and mental illness? Thanks :)
- Happy Gratitude Day!
- Searching for information on practices that focus on the "esoteric" opening of chakras
- I enjoy every single post I've read on this sub.
- Meditation on substances
- While meditating, many violent thoughts appear.
- Hemp Marijuana First Trillion Dollar Industry
- Breakthrough (help)
- Everytime I start meditating, it gives me uncontrollable destructive rage.
- Is it bad to regularly switch techniques?
- A scientific/ Buddhist view of meditation
- Go to your sitting place to be with yourself.
- Losing interests, and motivations in everything
- May meditation aid us in waking from the dream.
- Hate my ex girlfriend, how to move on and let go despite having her blocked on everything
- Some of my fellow teachers where discussing stress and one asked how I learned to meditate for and hour. This was my response:
- Which is the right way of meditation?
| Unpopular opinion: Too many posts here don't say anything Posted: 26 Nov 2020 10:21 AM PST I've been meditating off and on for a decade. There are some amazing benefits, and I've taken away a lot from Zen and it's teachings. ... But my reddit front page is constantly filled with posts and comments that don't really point to truth of the thing. They just "sound true" and farm upvotes. I love this subreddit because there are some great posts that talk about meditation, challenges, insights... and help people. ... But we def have a lot of posts that don't. [link] [comments] |
| Sober but feel high whenever I go for a walk at night... Anyone else? Posted: 26 Nov 2020 01:06 PM PST Everything looks vibrant, calm and peaceful. It's like smoking weed, without the paranoia or the million buzzing thoughts in my mind. Sometimes I'll have to suppress a laugh or smile before I seem crazy. I've been meditating for about 100 hours over the last two years btw [link] [comments] |
| It’s so much simpler than you think:) Posted: 26 Nov 2020 08:24 AM PST You think about how meditation may benefit you and imagine what that positive experience may be like, but it's when even those thoughts just pass on through without resistance that you just "get it". Everything's just so much simpler than we make it out to be, and it's great to realize that! Have a good day everyone! [link] [comments] |
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| Fell asleep while listening to meditation music did I break my streak? Posted: 27 Nov 2020 02:39 AM PST Today would've been day 7. I accidentally fell asleep during my meditation last night which never happens but now that I think about it I worked 11.5hrs yesterday's and didn't get a full 8hrs of sleep and work was hectic so my body was probably more tired than I realized. Did I lose my streak or can I still count it. I really didn't want to miss any days and now I'm wondering do I have to start my streak over? [link] [comments] |
| You are not who they say/you think you are Posted: 27 Nov 2020 12:34 AM PST Yesterday morning, I had an impulse to go meditate. And as I started feeling the calm, the nourishing, the "everything is truly alright", I had a break, a total break And I remembered Everything. What I lost A different world I saw this body and it's 3D ways, the need to communicate with words, I saw it even writing this post as I am now Different people, living in cooperation, not separated, love and laughter and children and kindness, movement, so much sun, so adored nature, the lake, the little rooms, the happiness. Everyone free, every -what we consider here- "bad feeling" non existent The chains of this world, the chains of the mind, even the illusion of being chained with something, chains that are considered as the only reality by most people I remembered who I was, raw, free love. Wise and soft and strong and the love for people, for animals, for nature, for being wild and free, the jolly way, what I started to forget after my first years of being here but what always called me Home in a way or another I remembered why what I kept seeing here as "love" - conditions and clingy illusions, caused me frustration, annoyed me and just don't buy all that, didn't, in one second but as I remembered, in my illusion, I got mad. I felt anger for realising what I am and still having considered other people being superior to me, knowing better, better than what my own instinct is saying, people who are so trapped in the illusion of the suffering that they deny every other truth as being valid, I could also see why I landed in such a family, which resembles most families here Time stopped, it was irrelevant. And as I was writing in my notebook, I could feel every feeling getting a hold of me again, supporting the forgetting, but also supporting a certain knowing, more faith and trust, more confidence in standing strong in my convictions and every time I tune in into my true being now, even when I'm deeper in the illusion, I know what is the place those feelings, instincts, impulses, dreams, conversations in my sleep with "somebody" come from. That somebody who teaches me lovingly and who I rejoice with every time I go to sleep or in the Now, the somebody that I adore That place that is the only reality and always was -You belong to no cage, you are capable of anything [link] [comments] |
| Has anyone to experienced full awareness in waking life with no context? Posted: 26 Nov 2020 09:27 AM PST I realized it happened to me for a brief period and I have been chasing that feeling for 17 years. I had a six minute wrestling match where I had no fear, anxiety, second guessing or hesitation. I lost the match, but normally I was a ball of anxiety. The outcome of that match didn't matter and I consider it the best match I ever had. I was able to think clearly in the moment it was like nothing else existed. Just pure reaction to the environment and I just felt what decisions to make and dealt with the outcomes with no guilt after or second guessing or hesitation before. I have been chasing that 6 minutes for 17 years with no way to describe what it was or how to get back to it. I thought it just had to do with practice and being in good physical condition. I think that was part of it and helped, but it was all in my mind. After practicing meditation for a bit, I think I understand what the feeling was at least. It was awareness and I wasn't seeking it, I was so focused that I was just able to fully live in the moment. After having that realization it gives me motivation to continue practicing meditation to further understand my own mind. Anyone else had an experience like this that couldn't explain? [link] [comments] |
| Anyone know how I can start meditating for anxiety and mental illness? Thanks :) Posted: 26 Nov 2020 11:39 PM PST |
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| Searching for information on practices that focus on the "esoteric" opening of chakras Posted: 26 Nov 2020 07:46 PM PST The title says it all, but I will elaborate. The internet has been plagued with new age views on chakras. Most places focus on nothing more than a brief summary of the emotional challenges the chakras deal with, and then affiliate them with a color, element, crystal, food, assuring statement, etc... Kundalini based information on them is tedious to find and difficult to find in great detail. What I am focusing on is finding something like the kundalini take on chakras, and trying to open them not on some kind of level playing to emotional well being and mental reassurance, but on an esoteric and occult level, where in a mental state I can experience the opening of the nodes on a physiological level, and directly experience the full potential of our lost capabilities and energies. I have experienced such things of my own accord, such as slightly opening my third eye once, where I experienced interesting images in my surrounding world similar to that which you see under the effects of psilocybin, and saw the blackness behind my eyes opening and closing into a realm of deep indigo, as I'd the pathway was blocked and opened by some form of literal, breathing and beating valve of flesh blocking it's light; or my root slightly being opened, where I suddenly feel a surreal sensation of the weight of the world pulling me down, and I feel the wind, the trees, the dirt around me flowing in perfect equilibrium with myself as If myself and the nerves, arteries, muscles, and the beating of my heart was perfectly in sync with the world, for a moment. Things like this have been experienced by me before, and while I try my best not to mentally attach myself to phenomena like this, it still makes me feel like there is significantly more to the chakras and energy centers than run of the mill new age type of people make them out to be. I want to look more into this type of phenomena, understand it, and be able to harness it in a tangible and practical way so that I may better utilize my own body to a more full potential. This being said, a lot of these phenomena are subject to the individual so I can find no real information to help me, and finding any practical guides on utilizing these type of energies online often doesn't get far, as it's either too vague or too in depth and cryptic. So, does anybody on here recommend any places, books, or websites where I could learn more about a more authentic kind of kundalini and energy work, so that I may in return further progress myself in the pursuit of more greatly bring able to experience the world around me? [link] [comments] |
| I enjoy every single post I've read on this sub. Posted: 26 Nov 2020 07:45 PM PST I truly enjoy the positivity behind every post. Perhaps there is some underlying motive behind them, but they are always secondary to sharing positive thoughts, and minimal compared to other subs. Generally, I feel people are genuinely trying to convey what they feel, and know themselves well enough for it to be the truth. Not only are the posts here enjoyable, but some have also given me new perspectives and insights into some facet of life. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 Nov 2020 03:02 AM PST Has anyone tried meditation while on any kind of substance? My favourite is meditating on psychedelics, I find that I have an ego death every time and get lost in my thoughts and visuals. I'd love to hear your stories if you've done anything like it :) [link] [comments] |
| While meditating, many violent thoughts appear. Posted: 26 Nov 2020 08:55 PM PST Hello! Today had a meditation session where many many violent thoughts started appearing towards the end. Sometimes it's so interesting how I can think of such things. Do I do anything about them? I'd like myself to not carry these thoughts, to eventually become empty of them and/or uninfluenced by them. [link] [comments] |
| Hemp Marijuana First Trillion Dollar Industry Posted: 27 Nov 2020 02:47 AM PST |
| Posted: 27 Nov 2020 02:19 AM PST I'll get right into it. Whenever I get really high (weed), and I lay down, I get this feeling of intense virtigo, like I'm falling, and the longer I hold the same position, I build up more and more energy. Usually, I break the fall and move, as it gets way too intense, but twice, I held it. This is where it gets weird. The first time, i was at home, and I decided that I'm going to hold the fall as much as I can. I lay down, and i hold it. The experience is like I'm falling backwards on a roller-coaster, that keeps getting quicker. Suddenly, I find myself looking in this red room, and I see this huge being with a bald head, who turns slowly and looks at me. The expression on his face was one of confusion and agitation, as if I shouldn't be there. I then snapped out of it. The second experience, I was on mdma, and I had again smoked. The fall happened, but I didn't plan to hold it like the first time, but because I was very high, it must have amplified it, because before I could react, I found myself at these huge set of gates (they were wooden and medieval), with a wall stretching to the right and left. All around I could see clouds, and I was clearly in the sky. The gates were closed. Theories The most straightforward explanation I can see, is the hell and heaven dynamic. The gates of heaven were closed, and in Hell, j met someone who dwells there, but, that might just be the brainwashing of Christinan doctrine. Does anyone have anything they could add, as, this would be very appropriated. Thanks, and I hope you have a great night /day [link] [comments] |
| Everytime I start meditating, it gives me uncontrollable destructive rage. Posted: 27 Nov 2020 01:55 AM PST I want to meditate but only after a couple of days I feel anger building up and then uncontrollable destructive rage. Then I stop meditating and it goes away. It sucks really. [link] [comments] |
| Is it bad to regularly switch techniques? Posted: 27 Nov 2020 01:43 AM PST I normally do a meditation which you focus on nothing and everything at the same time. It's like trying to look behind your head, but since you have no eyes there, you get a sort of interesting sense. I read about it in a Jewish meditation book. In any case, sometimes I'm just not in the mood to focus in that way, and I would like to do something simpler, like focusing on my breath. My question is, is it detrimental to switch around meditation techniques? I've been meditating on and off for 4-5 months. I've been making progress on the first technique and was thinking that maybe it's best to develop that more before switching around. Thanks in advance. [link] [comments] |
| A scientific/ Buddhist view of meditation Posted: 26 Nov 2020 12:47 PM PST I've found the main reason to start a meditation practice is to see reality clearly. The reason we can't see bare reality is that we are identified with the separate self and all its perceptions, ranging across the spectrum of craving and aversion built from our dualistic experience. I feel Freud's explanation of the ego hits the nail on the head, where he states 'the ego is the realistic part that mediates between the desires of the id (the unconscious) and the super-ego' (our morals). Although that model of the ego may be true, it is flawed to high heavens. No wonder we suffer. It is within our nature to desire which is something that can only be fulfilled in the entirely uncertain future. We have completely forgotten how to live happily in the present when our way of life has disconnected us from our bodies. We have forgotten how to be human beings as we are too busy being human doings. The Buddha recognised this wheel of suffering and how it perpetuates from a constant flux between desire and aversion, pushing and pulling us in every direction that's not here or now. He saw that all this straining we do to make life adequate and secure in a world that is in turmoil was rather futile. So, he would respond; 'Your problem isn't the problem. It is your reaction that is the problem.' Our reaction is based on our perception, and as our perception is determined by our past experience, we don't have much, if any control over our reactions. Our experience shapes our perspective, so if we have known much sadness, hate and disconnect, that will be how we see the world. This shade is delivered to us through this conditioned stream of thought or feeling and we identify with it. When we identify with it, we are our thoughts and we will react accordingly. When the person has learned from a negative place, this is a real problem and cause for lots of suffering, or karma as some like to call it. Meditation can transform this chain. The brain programme/ ego is on a loop; it starts with awareness of an object, we then subjectively perceive this object through our past experiences, we then will experience a sensation dependant on how we perceived the object and then finally, we will react dependant on our perception of the sensation, which then loops back to the beginning. This loop gives us the illusion of a solid self because of the deeply etched pathways we make through this process in our brains over time. The programme or ego or self isn't the issue, it is rather the input from our past experiences that creates our perspectives/ our identity which is the issue. The Buddha said, 'correct perspective is no perspective or all perspectives'. So to align with this, we need to learn non--reaction. Meditation gives us the ability to do this as we apply effort to override our habitual way of thinking, or rather learn not to be taken away by it, which allows us to form new, more affective pathways geared toward present awareness. If you were to look at some neurological reports on the effects of meditation on the brain, you can see meditation increases the density of grey matter in the hippocampus, which is the area related to learning, memory, self-awareness, compassion and introspection. It also weakens the connections to the amygdala and shrinks the amygdala centre itself, which decreases the body's stress response, along with many other positive changes. https://buffer.com/resources/how-meditation-affects-your-brain/ I've read and I agree from my own experience that meditation is for most a last resort as it completely goes against our ego. Meditation is an ego flattener because the practice is to let go of what it conveys. This seems a bad idea to most, but why? Do they want to identify with an untrained mind that makes them suffer? Ajahn Chah (past Abbott of Theravada Thai Forest Tradition) used the analogy of a dog with mange to describe the untrained mind. The dog finds temporary relief in scratching till it bleeds, but that just makes it worse. Just like when we chase the ego's impossible desires and don't find fulfilment, resulting in harmful coping mechanisms, even deadly ones. We may be aware of this predicament that we are never truly satisfied even when we have a life that some might kill for but that does nothing alone to change it. If anything this puts us into further despair. Nihilism and determinism and such, where we are insignificant pawns carrying out cause and effect, completely absent of free will and meaning. I think this is caused by seeing the truth through our usual 'monkey mind' but thankfully, an upgrade is available :) One of the big differences which I've found while committing to daily practice is the disenchantment I experience towards what my mind has to say, making it easier to be present, while before, my untrained mind relied on this drama to support my sense of self and so I found too much comfort in it to let it go which only agitated it further. This makes a lot of sense as it has been reported that meditation 'decreases activity in the default mode network (DMN), the brain network responsible for mind-wandering and self-referential thoughts – a.k.a., 'monkey mind.'' https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2015/02/09/7-ways-meditation-can-actually-change-the-brain/ While also weakening the connection from this network to the amygdala (stress centre). As result, I'm much more peaceful, balanced, happier, focused, energised, insightful, wise, compassionate, reflective, patient and understanding while less preoccupied with self-referential thoughts that usually would have lead to depression or anxiety, especially during this very difficult period a lot of us are facing and I don't know how I would have coped without it. I just wanted to share this view with you all in the hope it'll help you too. Thank you for reading and all the best to every one of you. [link] [comments] |
| Go to your sitting place to be with yourself. Posted: 26 Nov 2020 05:18 PM PST Breath, sounds, body, mind are secondary. First step is befriending with yourself. [link] [comments] |
| Losing interests, and motivations in everything Posted: 26 Nov 2020 08:29 PM PST |
| May meditation aid us in waking from the dream. Posted: 26 Nov 2020 09:58 AM PST May meditation aid us in waking from the dream. At Thanksgiving, there is a great deal of missing the attachments to loved ones and friends. They have up leveled us in time into the Subtle World and Fiery World. We miss something which is temporary but miss the perspective of the heart of love and friendship. Nothing is actually lost. Nothing is separated from us. It's there if you listen. You cannot yet see it, but they are right there inside. Watch. Listen. Our connection is there to be discovered. [link] [comments] |
| Hate my ex girlfriend, how to move on and let go despite having her blocked on everything Posted: 26 Nov 2020 11:23 PM PST |
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| Which is the right way of meditation? Posted: 26 Nov 2020 10:31 PM PST Earlier I tried to meditate myself hy observing my breath. This week I had session with an online tutor and he taught me to meditate by observing the divine light in my heart. It was a 3 day session and was over two days ago. When I tried to meditate today I was confused on which method to follow and this really disturbing me . Someone please help me with this. And am also doubting about this yoga association . What should I do. [link] [comments] |
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