- According to Buddhism, the reason why we suffer so much in life is because we expect everything to last forever. Be willing to let things go because there are great blessings in surrendering and allowing.
- Time does not exist.
- Noticing a sense of irritation consistently while meditating/practising yoga
- One meditation - tears forming in my eyes, my spine and jaw shake and uncontrollable facial expressions
- My experience as a newbie who dragged her feet for years
- Emergency! Help
- Open eye meditation?
- Meditating for peace today.
- Sudden mind pauses
- Enjoying your job by being present
- Best meditation for not judging?
- It is not bad to want
- Difference between letting the thought pass and suppressing it
- When i meditated today...
- Swords and Rainbows
- When was the first time you meditated?
- When people undersrand music they can hear the pregnant pauses. When people understand art the see the space between the pencil scratches for what they are. Let's have this quality for are life on the whole, live in the pockets.
- I discovered a switch behind my eyes that makes me go deeper.
- Alan Watts - Life of JOY and ECSTASY| Full Lecture
- Meditating to get high.
- I Made This Meditation Shirt - What do You All Think?
- I Astro projected today
- Finding peace in the midst of chaos
- I'm a meditation teacher (and therapist) and after a lifetime of struggling with ADHD and depression I want to share a unique practice based on how I overcame these things
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| Posted: 08 Jan 2021 07:55 PM PST It just occurred to me that the practice of meditation is consistently coming back to the present moment. This means that while practicing we do not use both our memory and our ability to create potential future scenarios. If we were to hypothetically get rid of memory and forethought and were only left with the awareness of the present moment, or knowing, then time would not exist. Time can only exist in a relative matter. Aging, death etc... Without memory, aging nor death is possible. [link] [comments] |
| Noticing a sense of irritation consistently while meditating/practising yoga Posted: 08 Jan 2021 09:43 PM PST As the title says, as soon as I somewhat start settling into my practice, even if I try doing it for a very short duration (2 minutes meditation), I notice a very potent sense of irritation that just says "this is irritating and pointless"- it's a disconnect and complete lack of belief. It makes me want to throw my hands up and quit or prevents me from completely settling into the "now". Recently this sense of irritation manifests as a lumpy feeling in my throat and center of my ribs and I just carry it forward into the day, even if I was previously in a focused/relaxed mood. I'd appreciate any insight on similar experiences, inputs on what this is and how to overcome it. For clarity, I have mediated consistently in the pass. It eventually has become an on/off practice in the last year + but I've been trying to get back into it since November. Thank you all :) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Jan 2021 01:02 AM PST Just had some crazy external bodily reactions to a meditation session just now. Haven't meditated in a while. Obviously meditation is a very powerful tool if it can enact such reactions. I definitely don't feel like they are unhealthy in any way. I feel much more indifferent immediately after a meditation session and feel a very subtle relief. Anyone else get strange bodily reactions? [link] [comments] |
| My experience as a newbie who dragged her feet for years Posted: 08 Jan 2021 06:12 AM PST Hi! All my life, I've had different people tell me that meditation is important for personal growth & inner peace. But I always found it so hard to actually start doing it because I've been told that it was hard to focus, you needed practice and time to actually get results. Honestly it felt like a chore, a very serious thing, almost intimidating. I've been wanting to start but dragging my feet for years. A few days ago I felt really down as usual because covid made my anxiety and depression go through the roof, so I went what the hell why don't I try it and see for myself? And it was not boring as I imagined it to be. It was actually exciting. I had to stop after 15 mins because I got really excited and distracted. Not for another reason. Not that it was boring or it was a chore. What really excited me was the fact that I figured out the difference between thinking my thoughts and observing them. I never really got the point until I did it. A thought bubbles up and I feel like.. look there goes a bubble of self criticism. Another one that compares me to others. Another one that makes me feel weak and inadequate. Now one that criticizes another person. It was like my mind was throwing these baits in front of me in hopes of distracting me. But as I stayed firm and watched the baits sink into the water, not grabbing any, my mind tried less and less. And then there was peace that filled me up and kept its effect throughout the day. And needless to say I've been much MUCH more mindful about what I think throughout the day, it's like I'm carrying the mindset of meditation through the day. So if theres anyone out there having trouble starting things off like I did, don't waste your years thinking it's a boring activity or being intimidated. I can even say it's fun. And I've never heard anyone say that meditation is fun. To me it is because It's like a deep dive into myself and what I possibly can find in there just fuels my curiosity. I didn't make a post right away on the first day even though I really was excited and wanted to share it with people who get that, but waited to see if it was just for the first time. As I'm getting used to it I still feel excited to be discovering myself. I'm hoping to make it a solid habit in my life. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 08 Jan 2021 06:41 PM PST for the last 3 days my mind has been relentless. i have done everything in the book to quiet it down. being present, mindfull, focus on different breath/body/ sounds/ emothions/ bodyscan breathing ex nothing works... my mind feels like it has 3-4 threads of thoughts going on at the same time. i calm one. two more pop up instantly. chess moves/lyrics the inner narration is just poping up with words without any context of how it got there. i even did a 60min session today & nothing. felt like i was being ragdolled for 1 hour straight. its to the pont of having the reverse effect/benefit that meditation gave me. any Help or tips would be appreciated! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Jan 2021 02:05 AM PST I have been meditating for some time now + I also find it very easy to enter meditative states doing other mindful activities also, but this morning when meditating I have an urge to have my eyes open? Does anybody meditate with their eyes open? If I am listening to myself and what it feels like it's almost instead of clearing my mind entirely and entering a new relaxed space, I become more rooted with the things around me (not just my room). Everything else has stayed the same, breathing, surroundings, light, etc but the deep breathing and the focus on everything as per usual just with the eyes open is a completely different sensation. Does anyone know anything about this or just have anything to say/add? [link] [comments] |
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| Posted: 09 Jan 2021 01:53 AM PST Hi all, I have been meditating and doing yoga for last 1 year. One of the methods I use is focus on the pauses between the breath (both in and out). Suddenly over the last month, I feel when I'm deep (15min + in) my mind, breath and everything pauses and then I jump out of it scared. This frequency has kept increasing and now even after 2-3 minutes I'm jumping in and out of these mind pauses which feels like my mind has siezed up and then I jump out scared, which races the heart beat and I feel unsettled. Can experienced meditators help me understand if this is common? Thanks and regards in advance [link] [comments] |
| Enjoying your job by being present Posted: 08 Jan 2021 01:52 PM PST Hello everyone! I wanted to share with you something that I have observed during the last few years since I started meditating and made my practice more of a "way of living" instead of a "chore" (I'm currently 29, I started meditating when I was about 21). I've been working full-time for a few years now and what I have realised is that it is possible to really enjoy our jobs if we try to be present in whatever activities we are doing. From my experience, whenever I surrender my mind and let myself just "be" in this moment I feel a very peaceful/loving/joyful sensation that makes me very happy. Automatically I feel that I am more efficient and productive and I just enjoy my job much more, not because anything specific but because of the quality of presence I bring into it. This started to happen to me after a few years of consistently focusing on my breath, since then it has intensified and nowadays I can do it at will (although if I am feeling tired I tend to be more negative and then it is more difficult to practice). So in summary I see that a job can perfectly become a good "excuse" to practice presence, even though our minds try to trick us into thinking that "we are trapped in it", "we should be somewhere else" and all these kinds of thoughts we all know too well. What do you guys think? Has anyone experienced this? [link] [comments] |
| Best meditation for not judging? Posted: 08 Jan 2021 09:32 PM PST I dont want to judge purple anymore, its not good for me, i just want trio watch understand and help if possible, i dont want enlightement or anything mystical, i already have what i want i just want to lose the voice in my head thats constantly judging when i could be enjoying and living better with myself, i mefitate regularly but i dont think im doing reasonable evolution on this subject [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Jan 2021 01:13 AM PST It is not bad to want. It is not wrong to want. It is scary to want. And then it becomes unnecessary to want. [link] [comments] |
| Difference between letting the thought pass and suppressing it Posted: 08 Jan 2021 09:08 AM PST What is the actual difference? When I let the thought pass I don't think about it and get tangled in overthinking. When I suppress it , I just push it pass my conciousnes. What is the difference? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 08 Jan 2021 05:04 PM PST I meditated with a few friends. One of my friends turned to me and said "When we were meditating you seemed really at center with everything." Whats funny is my mentality is shit right now. I am in a low and am super depressed. Meditation is one of the few things that makes me feel at peace. Im not sure what i am trying to say in this post but i'm so glad i found meditation [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 08 Jan 2021 10:40 PM PST Ellen Drummonds Curtis 28 February 2020 When I feel conflicted--whether about the nature of life or the existence of me in that space--I turn to the remembrance of solace where bears are clouds and time a mere sphere that enchants my heart apart from fear. The Mother who bore me and we knows not a remnant of woe until she revisits the disheartening truth of universal suffering--yet she (and we) are cognizant of the cure. Keep one's heart pure and sure of the Great Light inside all of us, and never forget that we are the reason everything exists. Without consciousness, life would be a missed mark on a scoring sheet and not the harrowing journey that persists on repeat. I was naive before and during my brave periods. I was so filled with waters of life and apple juice that I could not bear to witness my compatriots in this whirlwind dimension make it "out" barely alive with their burnt skin and wild hair. I could not tell myself that it was decent enough to hate the woman in the reflection while simultaneously she carried an innocent complexion. I wanted so much to right the injustices of the world and its many nooks and nannies that I joined a foreign league of one's own: that of empowering the spirit while shattering the soul. I thought that maybe there would be found wisdom among dispassionate arrogance and comforting epiphanies amid dreary mental miseries. I desired the world's imminent salvation while ignoring my personal stagnation. I needed more in my day than any one could say, yet I did not ache enough for freedom to release my mind from the shackles of martyrdom. I guess you could plead that I was a widow of my own purpose. [link] [comments] |
| When was the first time you meditated? Posted: 08 Jan 2021 04:01 PM PST |
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| I discovered a switch behind my eyes that makes me go deeper. Posted: 08 Jan 2021 11:56 AM PST Hi! Lately, I've gotten up to 30 minutes of meditating and I've discovered something that I'm wondering if it happens to anyone else. Behind my eyes, I can flip a switch that makes me go deeper, to varying degrees based off how deep I already am. I focus all my effort into my eyes, something behind my eyes changes, and it brings my body and mind into another state, almost immediately. Sometimes I feel my eyes pulsing. It happened by accident at first, but now I can intentionally use it to go deeper into the flow state. It's been an amazing tool that gives me incredible concentration and depth. Can anyone relate to what I'm talking about or know more about what this is? [link] [comments] |
| Alan Watts - Life of JOY and ECSTASY| Full Lecture Posted: 08 Jan 2021 01:47 PM PST I share this marvelous lecture by Alan Watts in which he discusses Zen and meditation and it's relationship to Joy and Ecstasy [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 08 Jan 2021 03:39 PM PST A foremost feature of meditation is that it gets you high. With diligent effort, very very high. Half of what everybody does is to get high. Drugs, music, fiction, exciting food... So it only makes sense to market meditation as an excellent way to get high. (And by "excellent" I mean self-guided, ceilingless and surpassingly smooth. Not to mention free.) [link] [comments] |
| I Made This Meditation Shirt - What do You All Think? Posted: 08 Jan 2021 07:21 PM PST |
| Posted: 08 Jan 2021 11:10 AM PST It finally happened. On my second try too. What I found odd was that I didn't want to go places I've never been before. I floated out of my room and flew to my favorite spot on the beach I used to go to all the time as a child, then I went to the rooftop of a hotel on the beach my cousin and I snuck on to when we were younger, but I felt like for both places I was in that memory rather than actually there in the physical world. Is this normal? Or did I actually not project myself and was probably dreaming? It didn't feel like a dream and I did lift myself out of my body and return back to my body if that helps [link] [comments] |
| Finding peace in the midst of chaos Posted: 08 Jan 2021 12:34 PM PST The external circumstances are the reflection of your chosen state of being. In truth, there's no "external", everything is you. Resisting this inner truth will lead to suffering and confusion. Accepting this is the end of duality, here you realize that you're one with the peace and the chaos as well. Here you transcend them both. Here you're free If you wish to dive deeper, I'll wait for you here in my new YouTube video: [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 08 Jan 2021 02:42 PM PST Hey all, I submitted a guided meditation for ADHD here a few months back that was very well received. I've long struggled with ADHD and depression and emotional numbness (or dissociation). Through my study of meditation and psychotherapy I learned how to directly work with these challenges in a meditation practice. It's a combination of techniques that help us open to normally contracted parts of experience. I really hope some others can also get value out of this practice, as this approach has been life changing for me. Video here: https://youtu.be/2wtXYahBqCM I know each person is unique so I'm really curious how others will find this practice. Few free to drop any questions in here and I'll do my best to answer them. Thanks! Jude [link] [comments] |
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