Meditation: Weekly Discussion - November 30 2020 |
- Weekly Discussion - November 30 2020
- Noticed my mind stopped wandering after meditating for 57 days
- I intentionally released a negative feeling out of my body!
- Everything is within you.
- I have a second Headspace subscription which I want to give away. Whoever needs it just message me.
- Christian parents walked in on me while meditating...
- Book recommendation: Atomic Habits by James Clear helped me design a small meditation habit that worked - let me know if you'd like my summary notes!
- If you have trouble to clear your mind
- this musta been dmt
- A lesson learned
- Meditation with music?
- I can’t allow myself into a meditative state
- Question on mantras
- Over and under thinking
- When meditating, be present with it enjoy each passing second , don’t go in it with a goal in mind , see each of your meditation sessions as your first time meditating.
- Edible Marijuana, Meditation, Mental health. I'm overwhelmed, please help.
- I've done 150 hours of meditation and I simply cannot concentrate on my breath
- Question
- Sadness and crying after meditation?
- Listen while You Boost Your Breathing Through Meditation
- Joined Consciousness.
- My Meditation Channel
- Help, I can’t sleep because of meditation
- Visulaize menifestation
- The Dots and Lines Game
- Are you addicted to pleasures?Simplesteps to overcome addiction|Dopamine fasting| Heartfulness|Daaji
| Weekly Discussion - November 30 2020 Posted: 30 Nov 2020 07:09 AM PST This is a reoccuring thread for questions relating to your practice and discussion around your experiences. Questions Ask questions relating to your practice, the theory of meditation, various traditions and lineages of thought, or practical tips. If you're new, please read our FAQ before posting, as it contains a wealth of information that all of us should come back to occasionally. Discussion Also use this thread for a more free-form discussion of your experiences and other tidbits that might not warrant their own full post. Use this space to connect with the /r/meditation community, it won't be heavily moderated. Also check out the monthly meditation challenge. [link] [comments] |
| Noticed my mind stopped wandering after meditating for 57 days Posted: 01 Dec 2020 03:50 AM PST I (32F) struggle with chronic depression, severe anxiety, BPD and bulimia. After reading through this sub, I decided to start meditating for one hour a day everyday. At first it was very difficult. My breathing was heavy, I was so tense that I'd have muscle spasm on the neck and submandibular areas. I didn't end up meditating one hour per day as I've hoped to. I struggled but decided not to be too harsh on myself. I ended up doing 15-70 min a day. Two days ago I started noticing something weird. My mind stopped wandering like it used to. I seem to be just living in the moment. Even if I had a quick thought about something I am worrying about but it just goes away after a few seconds. Almost like magic. It was the weirdest feeling ever. I am going to continue to meditate and hopefully I'd be able to consistently meditate for one hour a day eventually. [link] [comments] |
| I intentionally released a negative feeling out of my body! Posted: 30 Nov 2020 11:06 AM PST Just had a new experience. I randomly had the opportunity of a negative feeling in my body arising. So I ran right to my room, journaled, and closed my eyes. I let it totally overcome me till i felt blinded by it. I did nothing but just sit still in it darkness. I pulled the feeling from my belly to my throat, all the way up, and out from my eyes. I caused an intentional cry of release. I hugged myself the whole time I cried and told myself it was ok and that I love myself. And then I felt, free and light. I laughed. Jumped up in my bed, and said FUCK YES THATS HOW ITS DONE! Super proud since I tend to stuff emotion and have no idea what letting go looks like- 27 years and I'm finally letting go of old baggage. <3 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 30 Nov 2020 05:14 AM PST I don't mean this in some poetic way or something, but actually. For example, when you love somebody, that feeling of love you feel doesn't come from the other person. You can't feel someone's love for you, although they can show that they love you. The love that you feel when you're "in love" comes from within you. This applies to all our thoughts, feelings, emotions and even the world. Human beings don't actually live in the same world, though we live on the same planet. That's why it's said that "there is one earth, but billions of worlds" [link] [comments] |
| I have a second Headspace subscription which I want to give away. Whoever needs it just message me. Posted: 01 Dec 2020 03:09 AM PST |
| Christian parents walked in on me while meditating... Posted: 01 Dec 2020 03:33 AM PST My parents are extremely devout Christians and freaked out when they walked in on me meditating. They said that I was talking with the devil and called our pastor..... Has anyone heard anything like this before? They reacted like it was a pagan ritual or something [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 30 Nov 2020 08:45 PM PST I recommend it if you want to understand why you may have struggled to form habits that you 'should' do and are good for you, like meditation etc. I wrote some summary notes, if anyone wants to read those before committing to buy/read a whole book (also hard to get done!) then just let me know and i'll send them to you. :) [link] [comments] |
| If you have trouble to clear your mind Posted: 01 Dec 2020 03:51 AM PST find a quiet place, do all the stuff breathing, sitting etc then when you notice thoughts appearing in your mind, try figuring out what the next thought will be and from where for me instant silence peace [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2020 06:05 AM PST i experienced something huge last night, I've been meditating for a couple months now and trying breathwork. I put my head in my hands and had my hands on my eyes applying pressure, I fucking tripped! It had to be dmt, I haven't been able to release it but this was it! I've done it a couple times and its insane! I've tried to do research on this but can't find anything, I've done a lot of acid but been really clean for a while so this is great, Pretty much full on breakthrough! I'm in awe about this, it's truely amazing, it starts off with a white blob then geometric fractals and zig zags, i had another one where i saw green eyes and shit. fuckin awesome! i take my hands off my eyes and everything goes white or green one time, it fully consumes my vision, like ego death or sum, idk if thats ego death but its fuckin awesome! then fades out to a ring with black inside. Once i can make out figures they seem very cartoonish or contrast. grayish and shit u get it. This has been truely life changing for me and I can't wait to explore it more. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2020 04:39 AM PST This is the most profound lesson I learned which if I knew sooner would save me months of grief, so I share it not because it is an untold lesson, but because I want to share my perspective, perhaps it helps someone or perhaps it doesn't and I still take pleasure in sharing it. I was introduced to meditation by a therapist and I knew it was a useful tool but what made me truly realise why it is important were meditation apps (if ur curious, headspace and waking up). I have had ups and down during a period of 7 months I would meditate for a number of days and it would give me an immense experience of peace I desperately needed. I always reached a state of calm that was a novelty to me and I would cherish it for some time after my meditation sessions ended. The problem was that afterwards, everything that deterred the inner peace would slowly find their way and I would be thrown into another cycle of thoughs which would make me desperately desire the experience I had after meditating. The power these thoughts had over me were too much and it would prevaile over my desire to be at peace. The lesson I needed to put an emphasis on was not the meditation techniques or the importance of it, but how to use the experience of inner peace at all moments and to not limit it to designated sessions. Not a unique lesson for everone else except if you have been in ignorance of it just like me. A tldr: use meditation as a tool which gives you a blueprint for a peaceful mind at all times. A practical suggestion: have brief moments of awareness to examine your state mind and push it toward peace. I'm sorry my any grammar and spelling mistakes and uncanny writing since I'm not so good at English. Thanks you for reading [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2020 04:22 AM PST What kind of music should I listen to while meditating? If any at all ? [link] [comments] |
| I can’t allow myself into a meditative state Posted: 01 Dec 2020 12:48 AM PST It happens every time without fail. I start feeling what I can only describe as a meditative state and then my anxiety starts kicking in because I feel "dizzy" (for lack of a better term) and I have to snap myself out of it. Is this a normal feeling? I try to alleviate the feeling by opening my eyes, or focusing on grounding myself, but it doesn't help any. I try to breath through it too, but I just end up freaked out and I have to stop. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2020 06:28 AM PST Question: How can mantras change your meditative and daily experience? I'd like to hear from those who have confident experience with meditation. :) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2020 06:25 AM PST As I progress with meditation and mindfulness I find I am continued to be confused by ideas of reducing thinking. By nature I am very anxious and in my head - for example due to a childhood adaptation of withdrawing into books and daydreams. Even in meditation it is a struggle to keep to my resolution to seek presence and not believe my mind that it's more productive to think about things to journal about or address. I have been gradually improving and introducing more time in my life to focus on my immediate surroundings and sensations. Overall this has improved both my anxiety and the quality of my thoughts. I still find myself confused about where it is going though, and worry when say I am doing an undemanding activity and thoughts pop up "if I don't think about this now, when will I? There are things in my life I need to address and I don't want to ignore it and focus only on immediates like a zombie. Even if I do attain a stable, satisfactory, by relative standards, life, I still want to be intelligent and lively." The best I can settle it right now is to treat thinking as a separate activity to set aside time for and not mix as much with others. Though in truth I still think alot in traffic, at the dentist, or other occasions where I'm not fully occupied, and still work in alot of affirmations or similar self help thinking in daily life. I am curious how those who are more advanced have resolved this... [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2020 06:01 AM PST Wanted to share how I perceive my meditation thought it could help others have a wonderful day beautiful people [link] [comments] |
| Edible Marijuana, Meditation, Mental health. I'm overwhelmed, please help. Posted: 01 Dec 2020 05:57 AM PST I've suffered with anxiety and depression for around 10 years, multiple traumatic events, father figures that had both cheated on my mother and an ex prisoner who assaulted us, a mother who tried her absolute hardest and while she had a heart of gold and was understanding, did slip and was anxious and that was my role model. From the age of 19 I was recently single and lost my girlfriend who was my only friend at the time and tried to fulfill my lost companionship with sex for about 4 years, from that came one relationship in which I fell in love and started smoking marijuana, the feeling of love complimented the high and strengthened my love. That failed due to both mine and her insecurities arising when the love phase had ended. I struggle to connect with people because I require a deep intimate connection with people who are aware, aswell as not really getting on with men because of the bad male role models I've had in my life, and my friendships have mainly consisted of online distractions, I never felt super connected but close enough to get by. From the age of 23 the sex calmed down and I sort of became more low, I got into a relationship that failed because I needed her too much, I made a male friend who I went bouldering with, I saw this as a step in life but I also smoked marijuana with him and on occassion entered a paranoid / anxious realm but nothing too serious. The feeling of the good highs outweighed the bad and as I (unaware at the time) didnt have anything else I took it. Then lockdown came, I became more aware that gaming online, friendships, where I was going in life was not fulfilling. I resorted to edible marijuana which put a blanket on the anxiety and allowed me to be at peace but again, this was just me (unaware) that I wanted to be stationary. Within the past month I've experienced a bad trip on marijuana that made me hyper aware of my issues and insecurities, experience them at their maximum and wanted to end my life because of it I believe my experience was 90% my deep rooted issues being uprooted and manifesting themselves (an example of being hyper aware of twiddling thumbs and bitten nails as a sign of primal fear due to being stationary with nothing to do). I also acknowledge I wasnt in my own head for a good 10%. I even contemplated the existence of god and have since had dreams where a godly force has been involved although I am not religious. The thing that kept me alive was the thought of my mother and sister, my love for them and my love for other people and animals, I pushed myself that night to get the neighbours (something I never would have dreamt of doing) to call an ambulance and they did. A week after this event I pursued mental help from the NHS (I'm a 25 year old male btw). I'm now on 50mg Sertraline/Zoloft with plenty of side effects along side meditation. I've been meditating for 2 weeks and I've noticed and brought attention every single issue I have, whenever I meditate some of which I've injected throughout this post. Two huge realisations being I only want to experience others happiness and not my own and Apeirophobia (unless you know what this is I dont reccomend looking it up) .I've also become hyper aware that I'm experiencing life not living it and I feel sort of stuck in this state. I'm overwhelmed by all the issues that have arose on top of, aware of being infinitley small compared to the universe and my impact being like a drop in the ocean, being aware of my past, aware of primal patterns in my behaviours and fear itself, the trip I had itself, the new medication, I'm staying at my moms to recover but again she is extremely anxious and I notice more and more her struggles (shes always wearing headphones, on her phone, in her weight, the way she asks questions etc..) which I am not in the right mind to try deal with. I just want to return, be at peace, not be consumed by all of this. Is it ok to not meditate for a while? Is it ok to allow myself to be distracted for a while whilst I recover? I apologise for the lengthy post and I know I'm only 2 weeks in but I wish to heal. Im infinitley scared of exercising, eating healthy and trying to have my own life, I have been through a lot, if you read this whole thing or reply I appreciate you. [link] [comments] |
| I've done 150 hours of meditation and I simply cannot concentrate on my breath Posted: 01 Dec 2020 05:22 AM PST As noted in the title, I checked the stats on my meditation tracker today and I've reached the 150 hour mark, the last 80 or so of which have been on consecutive days (i.e. without missing a day). Somewhere around the 35-50 hour mark I started feeling really good about it, as I would go through periods where I had quieted the monkey mind and would concentrate solely on my breath for what seemed like up to 10 to 20 minutes on occasion. Since then, however, it's all been straight back downhill. I know the idea is not to strive at all, and that I shouldn't expect any specific outcomes, but somewhere after that 50 or so hour mark I really lost all concentration again and each time I sit I'm just experiencing complete monkey mind for the entirety of my session. I might concentrate on my breath for three or four in-breath out-breath cycles, but I never make it past that. To be clear, this is just straight monkey mind -- I'm not ruminating on any particular difficult situation going on in my life, I'm just wondering how old a particular celebrity might be and then reliving a random scene from 7 years ago and then thinking about my parents and then replaying a work meeting in my head, etc. etc. etc. I've struggled with concentration for much of my life, and it's hard for me to feel like sticking with meditation when it has started to feel once again like a time for uninterrupted thinking, which is the very thing I hoped meditation could help me avoid. Anyone have any advice/guidance to offer? How can I concentrate on my breath and quiet my mind without striving if it's not happening any other way? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2020 05:06 AM PST So during my meditation yesterday I noticed a vibrating sensation in my arms that would go away whenever acknowledge. Will these eventually get stronger over time to occur to whole body??? [link] [comments] |
| Sadness and crying after meditation? Posted: 30 Nov 2020 12:34 PM PST So I've been practicing for a few months, but a few days ago meditation started bringing up very hurtful things from my past and present, sometimes even so much I had to stop meditating and just cry. Or sometimes I will cry a lot after my sessions. Does this mean I am working through things? Could this just mean I am overwhelmed and my depression is returning? Right now I don't try to resist these thoughts and emotions, but I'm just scared I might be on the wrong track. Thanks in advance, any advice is appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| Listen while You Boost Your Breathing Through Meditation Posted: 01 Dec 2020 04:37 AM PST |
| Posted: 30 Nov 2020 07:09 PM PST I've been working the waking up app, and the practice for today helped me realize that my consciences is just an open space, that everything I see and experience lives in it. As do my feelings, thoughts and experiences. That realization took me back to an experience the wife and I shared a few weeks ago. We were laying together, heads touching, holding each other, looking at the stars, and we both began to feel an energy vibrating between us. It was one of the most magical and beautiful moments I've ever experienced. If we both felt it, where our consciousnesses connected? Can two people connect like that. Or is it bigger and we actually live in the same plane of consciousness? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2020 03:50 AM PST Hello everyone, hope you have a wonderful day! I started my YouTube channel a while ago and I'm very excited about it. It has peaceful music and is great for studying for example. If you like the music and want to support me, hit the subscribe button and like the video. Thank you very much! [link] [comments] |
| Help, I can’t sleep because of meditation Posted: 01 Dec 2020 03:44 AM PST Beginner here. Meditation has been training me to redirect my chain of thoughts to my breath. This has been nice and relaxing during the day, but at night those chains of thought help me fall asleep and lead to dreams. When I accidentally focus on my breath and discard the thought, I feel too focused and can't sleep. This happens about 3 times a week, and it takes me 2-3 hours and often tears of frustration to fall asleep. What am I missing? Thanks in advance for any thoughts and advice! [link] [comments] |
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| Are you addicted to pleasures?Simplesteps to overcome addiction|Dopamine fasting| Heartfulness|Daaji Posted: 01 Dec 2020 03:22 AM PST Dopamine fasting | Addiction to pleasures | Simple steps to break the vicious cycle | Overcome Addiction People suggest dopamine fasting as a tool to get over our addiction to pleasures. One must have personal control during dopamine fasting and strive hard to overcome addiction. Many scientific studies on attention and focus show that 47% of the time we spend our attention worrying about the future and rethinking the past instead of thinking of the present. A fundamental principle to have more happiness is to not have an unfocused mind. We must take a break from these excessive pleasure-seeking behaviours and restore normalcy into our lives. To achieve a clearer head, you must have everything in moderation while you simultaneously train your mind. You must develop the muscles of your mind, just as you do of your body. The way to achieve this is through meditation and attention hacking. Watch to learn more. [link] [comments] |
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