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- You are showing great care for yourself when you meditate.
- The Biggest Mistake Beginner Meditators Mistake: Not Having Compassion For Yourself
- Started meditating again after 3 months!! Goddamn it feels good
- How do you meditate? Am I doing it right?
- What are the 5 habits that can improve your life?
- Are you worried about what people think of you? Are you trying to face that problem but not making the right breakthroughs? (copied and pasted from my post in r/spirituality)
- Time issues, question.
- What are things you do in your meditation practice that are either "wrong" or not conventional?
- A loosing battle against my thoughts
- 777 stay safe and positive ✨��
- First week meditating.
- I am pleased to announce I spent the morning losing my thoughts into the palm of my hand.
- Relaxing Music| Stress Relief Music, Calm Music, Sleep Music, Meditation...
- Euphoric Happiness
- Not getting enough sleep after a month of meditation
- Who is the best herfulness instructor?
- I can only meditate for a few minutes
- Care for your self!
- You can meditate for 10 years and make less progress then your friend who started 1 year ago.
- Sam Harris, determinism, & vipassana
- Kukulkan mayan good of wind came into my meditation when trying to meet with my higher self.
| You are showing great care for yourself when you meditate. Posted: 05 Nov 2020 03:35 PM PST If you feel you're meditating wrong, or struggle in doing it, just remember, when you meditate you are showing great love and compassion for yourself. The mere act of sitting still and breathing proves that you care about your well-being and that you're committed to sustaining that love. So, meditate if you want to exercise love for yourself and others. [link] [comments] |
| The Biggest Mistake Beginner Meditators Mistake: Not Having Compassion For Yourself Posted: 05 Nov 2020 10:59 AM PST
I created a video to talk more about this: [link] [comments] |
| Started meditating again after 3 months!! Goddamn it feels good Posted: 05 Nov 2020 07:52 PM PST |
| How do you meditate? Am I doing it right? Posted: 05 Nov 2020 11:22 PM PST Hi fellas, I just started meditating a week ago. I was basically diagnosed with adult-ADHD although I think that the test was poorly assessed and is not an accurate reflection, but I do have this issue of not being able to focus and get distracted very easily. Anyways, I started meditating not because of depression or to seek happiness but to stop my terrible habits of daydreaming, brooding, being very impatient and more importantly to focus on what I am doing in the moment and really be efficient with time. Quick background. I meditate everyday once or twice or try to for 15 minutes every session. Some days works really well where I try to focus on my breath and dont get distracted. But I still dont get what focusing on your breath actually means. I dont or cant actually feel inhaling my breath and exhaling. I just find myself focusing on either breath that comes out, the sound of breathing and mostly counting the number of times I breathe in and out to get all the distractions out of my head. I understand this is a learning process and meditation can be done in multiple ways, but am I doing it right? Is there anything else I can do to maximize my meditation experience and get the most out of it to achieve my goals for the reason I started in the first place? [link] [comments] |
| What are the 5 habits that can improve your life? Posted: 05 Nov 2020 07:55 PM PST There are many habits which you can do to improve your life, but as you asked about the top 5 habits that helped me achieved well in life. I believe anyone who can be focused on these habits can lead to a healthy and wealthy life.
If you really want great success in life, health and wealth bost are important. I hope it will help you all lead a successful life. If you understood everything, and ready to follow all these steps from today, do give an upvote. Thank you. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Nov 2020 03:52 PM PST Why are you worried about what people think? The worst case scenario is they don't want to be around you. Maybe, they'll tell other people not to be around you. Maybe you'll find yourself in a spot where you don't have anyone for a while. That's all. The worst case scenario when you worry about being disliked is always being alone. Sometimes you get extreme cases where you're physically at risk of harm, this isn't fear of being disliked, this is fear of being harmed. Being alone is only bad if you're uncomfortable with your own mind. Seek help, learn to truly care for your wellbeing, learn to truly respect yourself. Love yourself. Once you are truly comfortable with yourself, you stop being afraid to be alone. The loneliness is only a fleeting feeling. Ego all stems from a need to fit in. It's a pack mentality, it's natural, but we no longer live naturally. You label yourself for other people to know, you try to look a certain way and be a certain way. What happens when you no longer want to please them, to keep them around? You live for yourself. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Nov 2020 12:27 AM PST Is it possible for me to meditate during any time of the day suitable for me ? [link] [comments] |
| What are things you do in your meditation practice that are either "wrong" or not conventional? Posted: 05 Nov 2020 05:16 PM PST I'll start - I break up longer meditation sessions into 20 minute blocks, take a break, then go for another block. It means my mind is busy again, but I find it really grounding as meditation gets me sucked too much into my head and disconnects me, plus sometimes the negative emotions that rise up are too intense. I hope in time I can eliminate these breaks, but right now they help me not overwhelm myself and reduce post-meditation emotional hangovers. But yeah, I'm probably doing it "wrong". Are there parts to your practice that help you that aren't conventional or are even "wrong"? [link] [comments] |
| A loosing battle against my thoughts Posted: 05 Nov 2020 11:09 PM PST I really want to get into meditation. I know it's one of the best things you can do to improve your day to day happiness, and I am keen to try to live a more mindful life. I feel like life is rushing by me (I'm 24 but already feel how fast the days fly by), so I really want to enjoy and be aware of every breath of life. I've been trying to meditate consistently, but I've found it very difficult to stay motivated to do so and keep at it. The issue is that I feel that I'm in a constant battle with my thoughts. I know people say it gets better with time, but I've been going three weeks every day and have seen little improvement in keeping those thoughts at bay. At the time of writing this, I just finished a 25 minute meditation session. The whole time I felt like I was concentrating my hardest in order to focus on the breath, and yet the thoughts are too overpowering and keep returning and I get lost In them. At first I am able to simply acknowledge them, but then if I stop focus for even one second I loose myself to the thoughts.This in turn frustrates me a lot and kills my motivation to keep meditating and practicing. Any advice? Does it really get easier if I just keep at it every day? Not sure if this is relevant, but my job is very intellectually stimulating, I write software and need to thoroughly think through the software / algorithm design. So since my work requires me to think a lot, could this in turn make me think more in other aspects of my life? How can I use my brain during work to think through problems, but live a present and grounded life when not working? [link] [comments] |
| 777 stay safe and positive ✨�� Posted: 05 Nov 2020 04:00 PM PST I just did a video today about the night of the dark soul and my experience 👁tell me what you think https://youtu.be/1XLVrfXQ2bo [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Nov 2020 02:14 AM PST I have started meditating since some days ago thanks to my psychologist. We have talked about my problems with patience in daily life and many topics like COVID depression and uncertainty that have haunted me in these past times. He determined we needed to practice meditation. He opened that world for me and did it for the first time last week. He is an amazing guide in it. Completely loved it and have done for 10 minutes each day with a guided meditation routine he gave me. The experiences have been varied and sometimes they can be hard to explain. The only thing I can say is that it really makes me feel in a daze after I do it. Any tips on how to get better and better at it and go forward? And also, isn't it funny and normal that after a session I tend to listen to heavy music? It is a bit irrelevant but I find it ironic. It still adds a good touch to my mood. [link] [comments] |
| I am pleased to announce I spent the morning losing my thoughts into the palm of my hand. Posted: 05 Nov 2020 04:29 AM PST I have several diagnosed mental problems. What this means specifically for me is that among many other symptoms, I have a constant undercurrent of static and gibberish cutting through my conscious thoughts. It's not a unique problem to have, but it can be quite striking at times. I get confused, I forget what I'm talking about mid sentence, I fail to listen to other people, I have chattering conversations in my head with people who aren't around. But for the last two years I've been practicing a technique I came up with during a crazy psychosis and I'm finally starting to see some real results. It's just a simple mindfulness technique, and yet there's something special about it. There's something, at least for me, that feels physically profound about it, like it's meant to be. I imagine this is what it's like to fall into a familiar yoga position. It's a pretty flashy exercise, but in the end all I'm doing is training myself to lose my thoughts into my palm as I stare into it, while saying a mantra "anything outside of this moment is imagination." I have been using it in conjunction with more traditional meditation, just sitting and focusing on the breath, but with the mantra intact, and will often interchange them depending on what is going on in my head. But it works. It slows me down. It gets me thinking less. I sit more. I contemplate instead of neurotically obsess. And the most important observation I have to make is that more than once after performing this exercise I have been able to easily recognize and swat away unwanted thoughts before they take root in my mind. There are two reasons to be sharing this. One, the excitement of progress, and the desire to express to people how good it feels. And two, that it's ok to make it up, if you practice it earnestly. I think anyone could invent a technique like this and make it work if they wanted to. And there's something really awesome to be said about that. Mindfulness is open minded and equal opportunity! Be well. If you're interested there's a dumb little video here of me performing and explaining the exercise. It's only three minutes long. If you just want to see what it looks like you can skip to exactly one minute in and watch for about fifteen seconds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s315baU3Rc8 [link] [comments] |
| Relaxing Music| Stress Relief Music, Calm Music, Sleep Music, Meditation... Posted: 06 Nov 2020 02:05 AM PST Relaxing Music| Stress Relief Music, Calm Music, Sleep Music, Meditation Music, Study, Spa https://youtu.be/7ojwUc9zd9w [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Nov 2020 01:59 AM PST Yesterday I acknowledged that I had what I can only sum up as a rebirth . It started when I dared myself to confront the entire list of issues I have been discussing with my therapist . During this time I have been doing a lot of self care and meditation and learning to love myself . I have a lot of anxiety so it has been a struggle but I did start noticing improvements . So I got read the list and then while meditating I because to introspect everything on there . I realized that I had never tried to fix my anxiety but only learn to live with the symptoms . I drove down the tails of every insecurity and when I saw what truly is at the bottom of why I behave like I behave . I had an emotional breakdown when I saw the answer . It was the same answer I have heard many people tell me . Many poets , many artists , many dancers , many romantics ,etc.. it was love . I did not love myself because I felt that if I loved myself then I loved an inferior person . But at my core I believe that I would accept this person and never consider them inferior . I began to love myself. Everything is new . My anxiety is present and I am okay with it because I can control it with meditation and introspection. I control it , it does not control me . Not only that but the most important thing in the world is love because I can understand that people are inherently good . They are the products of their environments and if they are acting mean or vicious , it is because they have not learned to love themselves and be at peace. [link] [comments] |
| Not getting enough sleep after a month of meditation Posted: 05 Nov 2020 11:48 PM PST Up until yesterday I've been meditating 30 minutes a day for close to two months. A month in, every night I would wake up after only 4-5 hours of sleep and I normally get 9-10 hours. I thought it was a good thing since I feel that my focus didn't get as bad as when I didn't get enough sleep and didn't meditate. However, around 40 days in my sleep did get worse, waking up after 3 hours. So that got me really concerned because I knew not getting enough sleep is bad for my health. Yesterday I stopped meditating and fortunately my sleep got a lot better, I slept 7 hours last night. This has happened to me before. A few years ago I meditated for 1 hour a day and after 16 days just like recently I was getting 4-5 hours of sleep. I quit shortly after that. My hypothesis is that meditation increases dopamine levels in the brain. Dopamine regulates sleep so having high levels of it decreases ones sleep duration. Right now I'm debating whether or not I should quit meditation altogether or to just reduce the time I meditate to 10-15 minutes. Any insights would be greatly appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| Who is the best herfulness instructor? Posted: 05 Nov 2020 11:18 PM PST |
| I can only meditate for a few minutes Posted: 05 Nov 2020 12:31 PM PST I've been on and off with meditating but never consistent. The first time I experienced any kind of euphoria was from meditating. But a lot of times I'll set a timer for 10 minutes but can only do 5 without getting very frustrated and giving up. I find myself getting absolutely consumed in my thoughts and I ultimately want to give up and cry. I try to focus on counting my breaths but most days my mind is going a mile a minute and meditating seems to just highlight that [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Nov 2020 11:01 PM PST I've been meditating about 2 years now and my life is positively changed forever, it's not necessarily seeking supernatural power but more understanding your biological nature it's the BEST thing that you can DO FOR YOUR SELF. So power to the people have fun as there is plenty to explore, I recommend for beginners binaural beats of 111hz. Produces ENDORPHINS and helps relax the mind, have fun! [link] [comments] |
| You can meditate for 10 years and make less progress then your friend who started 1 year ago. Posted: 05 Nov 2020 06:18 PM PST Yes the title is clunky. What I am saying is people often settle for one practice or they try a different method once and decide it's not for them because they had the wrong setting and mindset entering. I've tried many practices, I can say I've made progress with all of them. I've found transcendental meditation to be of my taste. Took me a long time to find it. [link] [comments] |
| Sam Harris, determinism, & vipassana Posted: 05 Nov 2020 12:02 PM PST Hey guys, Over the last few months I've been working through Sam Harris' meditation course, Waking Up. I generally really like it - his approach & worldview works well for me. However, as I've gotten deeper into the theory side of things, I've found him focusing more on free will. In many ways this seems productive, especially when he's exploring and interrogating the sense of self, but he's also promoting ideas that strike me as being, from a philosophical perspective, to be pretty much determinism. I don't necessarily think determinism is wrong, but I also don't think it's necessarily right, and I think the question of free will is much more complicated, and much less settled, than he believes. Because of this, I keep getting distracted by thoughts of free will in a way that isn't serving my practice. So I'm curious. Is this approach to free will a common aspect of vipassana practice, or is it specific to Sam Harris? [link] [comments] |
| Kukulkan mayan good of wind came into my meditation when trying to meet with my higher self. Posted: 05 Nov 2020 12:56 PM PST Ok so, I'm Mexican. I have lived in México since always. I am maybe a medium. I decided I was going to work on my medium powers slowly and organically because I'm scared of it a little. For this exact reason, i am very careful with guided meditations. I've been very very sad with no energy since Monday, and yesterday I was in bed kinda crying when I decided I needed spiritual advice from my higher self. I never do that, but I was like "OK i know i can go very far with the visions cos of my medium abilities but I'm a little desperate so, god wish me luck" First I tried to do a meditation in english, but people began to call me on the phone so I stopped. Then I started another one minutes later but in spanish. I read all the comments of the video and all the people was like "Oh thank you, this was amazing" Also another one that said that started to cry but that also was beautiful. So for me it was ok to proceed. I began meditation. When she asked me to imagine a safe place, I instantly recalled a place I was in a dream like 15 years ago. A place only familiar to me for past dreams. The place was like a really quiet and still pond. The sky was orange and pink, really beautiful, like a frozen sunset. The sunset was at my left. I was in the water with no waves at all. Also in this place there was some kind of stone temple. Not that big. In the water some kinds of canoes and vegetation here and there like corn plants coming out of the water. Then started to touch and feel the stone of the temple, the walls and stairs. The stone felt warm and cozy but then PUM! A stone dragon came from nowhere very energetically. He was very animal like, friendly not harmful at all. I was happy. Then i was like flying in its back in a playful way, making circles, and flying. The stone dragon was playing with me when In the guided meditation was time to meet my higher self. This figure of a man came. All black, like, no face features, just a black human figure. He introduced himself, but couldn't understand quite well what he said, I only understand the name started with E. We hugged and merged our bodies in a semi erotic way. Like if we were knowing first physically. Then he grabbed me from my left hand and lifted me up to the sky. I'm somehow scared of heights, so I was a little worried. He made me understand not to be scared, that the message was that nothing was going to harm me, that even if I was afraid, everything would be fine because the stone dragon was down there in this clear water. And I was going to fall in clear water. Later that being understood, he dropped me, several times. Always hitting water and seeing myself falling and entering the water. In the meditation it was time to say goodbye, I asked him for something (I'm not going to share here) . I grabbed his face with love, we kissed, and he said goodbye. At the end I was feeling good. Very energized. I started to look on the internet and the stone dragon was VERY alike of this mayan god named Kukulkan. That also has another name called Ehécatl. God of wind. I didn't new ANY of this when i had all this trip. I am kind of moved and can't stop thinking about it. It's ok that these kinds of divinities show in a meditation while looking for my "higher self". My higher self is a mayan god??? Omg, help jajaja. I need help to understand what is going on. Thank you. [link] [comments] |
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