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- I'm afraid to go too deep into meditation... what should I do?
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| I'm afraid to go too deep into meditation... what should I do? Posted: 05 Jan 2021 05:21 PM PST I've been meditating almost every day for about a month now. I first started out doing 10 minute sessions on Headspace, but recently I've been attempting longer sessions by myself. Today I sat in my room at night in complete darkness and meditated for 30 minutes. At maybe 20 minutes or so, I started observing a strange change in my consciousness. It started out where I could still see blobs of colour floating around, which is normal. But then my eyes started twitching rapidly, and this greyish circle appeared and slowly grew larger until it enveloped all of my consciousness. And then suddenly everything was extremely black, as though I was completely cut-off from visual perception, and I could no longer see the colour blobs anymore. At the same time, I began feeling a sense of disconnect from my body. The whole experience made me feel very out of control; as though if I carried on, something really bad would happen, like I would go unconscious or not be able to move my body. So I had to open my eyes and move my arms and legs. But there was also a sense that I should just accept the darkness, in order to 'reach the next level', but I was too scared to go through with it. I guess my question is, should I submit to this 'other' state of consciousness, in order to have a deeper experience? Or is the main focus simply to be aware of thoughts and feelings, rather than trying to experience different states of mind. I should add that the reason I'm doing meditation is to reduce anxiety. Also, has anyone experienced anything similar to this? What did you do? [link] [comments] |
| Just sat here thinking some positive shit for the first time in ages. Posted: 05 Jan 2021 04:01 PM PST The runway to joyfulness is clear, you do not have to go on some six thousand mile journey to Tibet to find it, we can be kind right this instant. Any perceived wall between you and the person you want to be is a concept made in your own mind, often shared by those closest to us. An illusion, all be it a very persistent one. Letting guilt rule your life is the biggest act of 'cutting off your nose to spite your face' guilt is the past and we simply are not going that way. [link] [comments] |
| Any advice for a beginners who's anxiety skyrockets after starting meditation Posted: 05 Jan 2021 04:00 PM PST One of my life goals is to have a daily meditation practice for the rest of my life. But everytime I start a couple days in my (i believe very deep rooted) anxiety bubbles up. Now I know that this a common theme with beginners but mine feels too overwhelming the longer I continue the practice. One part of me is so fed up with it that I am like fuck it, let's go through "hell" and maybe there will be light on the otherside. Im currently doing ok (also not meditating) because I am really good at distracting myself with video games, fast food and other short term pleasures. But I want more, i feel a deep desire to actual be comfortable without these unhealthy crutches.. i feel a desire to know myself more and to see the man behind the fear. Any advice? My meditation attempts were done with the help of the headspace app [link] [comments] |
| Hearing voices while meditating? Posted: 05 Jan 2021 09:51 PM PST A few nights ago I began to meditate and about halfway through I heard muffled whispers of a woman. She told me "we believe in you" and that was about the only thing I could make out before I stopped the meditation. What could this be? [link] [comments] |
| Meditation and Western Christianity? Posted: 05 Jan 2021 06:32 PM PST I hope that everyone is doing well this evening. I am of the Christian faith and have recently learned of meditation and more specifically Zen meditation like Zazen and mindfulness. I find the idea of this to be wonderful and the couple of times I've tried to sit and just feel my breathes I ended feeling much less stressed and peaceful than I normally do. My problem is that everywhere I look online and everyone I have spoken to in person completely rejects that meditation could be beneficial to someone of my faith. My question is is it possible for someone to meditate and be Christian? Please forgive me if I'm being ignorant on these matters I'm just trying to learn and grow. Any opinions are gratefully welcomed! Thankyou all for your collective time. [link] [comments] |
| Tips for going into deeper meditative states? Posted: 05 Jan 2021 09:51 PM PST I've been meditating for about 6 months and I would definitely say its helped me be more mindful and find a sense of peace of mind, but I'm having trouble experiencing anything new. My basic routine is to sit in meditation and take conscious breaths, (like your supposed to) till I feel a sense of peace/clarity of the mind for about 20-40 minutes; and I can live with that being all I experience, but I'm curious as I meditate several times a day and would like to have more of experience than a mental practice at this point. I don't really have any expectations to what I could accomplish in a deeper state but I've heard of astral projection occurring and that's always something I enjoy when I sleep but I can't seem to go into that state in meditation. Any tips? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Jan 2021 08:51 PM PST Just like the contradictions aren't always negative, they aren't always positive. I think they actually save me if anything. I ask more questions about my life and everything I'm doing. I think it's made me an overall better person. At the same time, I've kind of become a perfectionist. Perfectionism has always been something in my personality looking back. It used to be because of insecurity, but now it just makes me happy and brings me peace. I guess I just want to know if this is normal, and if this is okay. I feel like it's not but I actually don't know how to not try and be perfect. It's strange. I'm not even sure if this belongs in the meditation sub-Reddit but I really need to get this off my chest. I'd actually appreciate feedback. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Jan 2021 12:27 AM PST I read a post earlier saying that meditation isn't about getting annoyed when you do get distracted but just looking for some confirmation or advice here. Is this alright? [link] [comments] |
| What is supposed to happen? Am I doing it wrong? Posted: 05 Jan 2021 10:15 PM PST I've been meditating for a while now and it seems like there's something fundamental that I'm getting wrong? Like.. Nothing is happening? Or is something happening and I just don't get what it's supposed to feel like? I feel like I just sit there, with my eyes closed, taking deep breaths and trying to bring my attention back to my breath, when the mind wanders. But what does that even mean? Like.. How the fuck is me going "No no mind, come back to the breath, in out in out, focus on in out please" helping me? I feel like there's just something I'm not feeling or getting wrong or something, because everyone around me raves on about mediation and I just.. Don't get? I really really want to do this for myself, but I'm just lost. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Jan 2021 12:27 AM PST I am not happy , I don't know exact reason why I am not happy . Will meditation give me the answer ? Has anyone found the answers in your meditation practice? [link] [comments] |
| Loving kindness/ Metta bhavana in a pandemic Posted: 06 Jan 2021 12:12 AM PST Has anybody else here found that going through all the routine stages of a loving kindness / metta bhavana meditation (i.e. yourself, a good friend, a neutral person, a difficult person, expanding outwards) has been challenging during this pandemic? For reasons I won't go into here, I feel like I would really benefit from focusing on this practice, particularly its first stage - rather than falling back on mindfulness of breathing by default - a lot more regularly. But it feels as if conjuring up the people in the different stages felt easier and more natural in the "before times"; in the days when we were routinely commuting, interacting with others, going to workplaces. It was possible to "use" individuals based on recent in-person experiences, whereas now, these experiences are becoming increasingly few and far between. (For context, I'm married without children, I live in the U.K., the last time I socialised in a hospitality venue was late September). I'm curious about whether people have ended up, consciously or unconsciously, adapting this practice as a result: does it morph, for example, into a kind of gratitude practice where you imagine a feeling of goodwill for all of the individuals who played a part in the things I'm still grateful for (e.g. the payroll staff who ensure my salary is paid, the workers at the supermarket where I buy my food, the supervisors at the power station where the electricity comes from), or is it better to double down on the original stages and either be selective - perhaps using only the first and last stages - or to use people from my more historical past? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Jan 2021 08:12 PM PST After meditating for a while I started seeing flowers in the sky, I just wanted to know what they are. It looks transparent with a purple outline that just keep moving. It just makes me curious about them every time I seem them. It seems interesting but maybe its nothing [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Jan 2021 06:57 PM PST Does anyone have any recommendations for specific meditations for a 3 year old? I want to introduce a healthy practice for her when she is wanting to calm down. She is barely three so it would need very simple instruction. TIA! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Jan 2021 11:55 PM PST Kinda hokey, but has anyone meditated to the point of a higher counsciousness or reality? Or found they know the answers to the universe? [link] [comments] |
| Does anyone else feel like an itch takes you out of your “zone”? Posted: 05 Jan 2021 07:54 PM PST I'm a beginner in meditating so small things really take me out of the focus mode. ESPECIALLY ITCHES. If I have an itch anywhere on my body I simply can't ignore it and I have to scratch it. But when I do so it kinda ruins the vibe and I get out of the completely focused state I was on for the past 10min of not moving. I don't get mad about it but it's definitely funny how quick I can switch from one state to the other. Does this focus improve over time? [link] [comments] |
| What is your reason to meditate? Posted: 06 Jan 2021 03:10 AM PST I started meditating on and off since the beginning of the corona crisis together with reading some books about mindfullness. Right now, I am reading 'Wherever you go, there you are' from Jon Kabat-Zinn, in which he states that one should have a good level of intentionality/reason to meditate to keep the practice vital and that it does not become a daily 'chore'. In my own practice I start to see that I do not really have very good reasons to meditate, other than that I do enjoy the calmness and that I know what positive effects it can have (after reading 10% Happier and Waking Up). When I just started, I meditated daily, but around summer it kind of stopped because I 'didn't feel like it' or 'had better stuff to do'. Stupid reasons ofcourse, but that probably results from not having a clear motivation as to why I want and should meditate. What are your reasons to consistently meditate? And how do you keep on meditating regulary without it becoming a daily 'chore'? [link] [comments] |
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| Posted: 06 Jan 2021 02:05 AM PST I like to do stuff like smoke weed and do cool drugs (not psychs) and currently (today only) I've used my phone for like a few hours in a row after smoking weed. I came up with a question. Can you still act a fool if you are on the path to achieving whatever I'm "looking" to "achieve" ;). I am learning how to let go of egoic resistance, so I kind of just let loose and as long as I don't feel physically ill I will do things if I think they are fun (always have a good time.) I still workout 6 days a week and eat well, have a good-paying job doing something I like, but I just enjoy acting a fool and making "bad decisions." Not bad enough to actually be bad but just not typical for "someone" that reads, meditates, and all that cool stuff "mindful" people do. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Jan 2021 02:01 AM PST I was trying to think of an apt title, so this is what I've got. I've had an odd style of meditation for years, and I'm seeing if anyone else has done anything like it. I wrote a paper explaining it better, see my medium post below. Basically, instead of sitting and watching your thoughts (or letting them pass) you follow them to see why they're there and where they came from. Once you do that long enough, they eventually stop coming and you can gain that "inner stillness" very easily. Thoughts? https://medium.com/@xyver/5-levels-of-mindfulness-11226504b9f2 [link] [comments] |
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| Running with the mind of meditation Posted: 05 Jan 2021 07:45 PM PST I highly recommend the book mentioned above. I'm an experienced runner and never really grasped a connection between running and meditation. I'd often distinguish each one as in one you're active and the other you are usually still. Yet the book combines both concepts for mental clarity and mindfulness. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Jan 2021 11:13 AM PST An assumption meditative practices seem to make is that we naturally have a wellspring of passions, motivations, worries, and distractions. From what I can see based on around a year of zen practice, meditation seeks to temper these emotions, to center ourselves in the present. This is somewhat reflective in the most dedicated practitioners of meditation. Monks and other ascetics are content with simple lives in remote, secluded places. They seem to value minimalism, and detach themselves from worldly affairs. In other words they are passive. This best describes how I feel after I meditate. I feel passive. Complacent. Calm? Yes. But I feel less of a desire to get things done, and I feel like sitting around and drinking tea would be enough. Maybe sit and watch the rain fall, no judgement cast. I can't help but feel meditation has worked as intended. My gripe with meditation is that it quells my drive, motivation, desire for improvement - positive emotions I'd like to cultivate, not quell. Is there a natural way to reconcile meditation with such emotions? I feel like meditation has parallels to some antidepressants. They do work in reducing depression - yet decrease your libido. I fully acknowledge the benefits of meditation, it has indeed reduced my anxiety, but I am struggling with this side effect. I'd love to hear your experiences. [link] [comments] |
| yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift. that's why it's called the present. Posted: 05 Jan 2021 09:09 AM PST some people have issues wanting the past which causes suffering because they can never have it. others dwell on the future on something that may never come. you can find rest in neither but finally, I see that right now in the midst of experience are we truly free. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Jan 2021 12:37 PM PST We are all carrying around daily baggage; stressors, anxieties, money payments, tasks that need to be accomplished, goals, our love life etc etc. With all these constant feelings of worry and pain, its easy to lose track and forget what the meaning of life is, gratitude of the present moment, to be alive in itself. We are constantly consuming social media, news, articles, movies, tv shows; having those "fomo" Fear Of Missing Out, feelings, that remember, we allow ourselves to feel. We all think that we all have to be aware of everything new that is happening, the latest album, the latest netflix show, the latest person that went viral, the latest artist, the latest clothing release, the latest new thing that we MUST have, but do we ever stop and ask ourselves why? Why have we been conditioned to feel this way? Why have we allowed ourselves to be conditioned this way? Why have we never taken a step back and realized that life is still happening, even if we have no idea of the "new" it thing? Up until a few years ago, I had always been a subject to this. Always wanting to be "apart of the crowd", not missing out because I thought that I'd be looked at as "weird" "a loser" "strange" "out of it" etc etc. Until I realized, when we are ALL focusing on not missing out on "the new thing", what is really happening is that we are missing out on ourselves. Missing out on our life right now. Missing out on the present moment. Missing out on waking up and saying wow, I am alive, I was allowed to start a new day, which ultimately is more important than any "trend", any "new thing" etc. Now realizing that we have been conditioned to forget the true meaning of life, which is happiness, family, gratitude, empathy, kindness, perspective, joy and presence, we can change that. It may honestly feel overwhelming or even uncomfortable to start focusing on these aspects of life that make us, human. We have to start and we have to start today. As we have seen in the last almost year, our world has changed and will consistently change in this coming year. Remember that being aware of whats to come may cause fear for a brief moment, but of course it will, when we have been shown otherwise our whole life. Take a breath. Take a moment for yourself. Meditate Daily. Pray Daily. When we are connected with God, Jesus, the Universe, the Most High; we are putting all of our faith and life into everything above this planet, rather than other human beings that are just like us, something else that I can get into it, but we will save that for another day. Today: Get fresh air. Get outside. If you haven't meditated before, go to youtube and search "Meditation for Beginners". It will make you feel uncomfortable but anything that pushes comfort zones is actually what is meant for us, in this present moment and whats meant for us for our longevity. Pray as well. Ask for Guidance. Ask for Help. I believe in you. With all of us, changing the way we think, act, feel with ourself, that will then lead to us changing together. Together, Separately. I love you. Drey <3 [link] [comments] |
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