Meditation: “I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.” ― Bruce Lee |
- “I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.” ― Bruce Lee
- “One of the biggest dangers in meditation is the pursuit of special experiences” - Yuval Noah Harari
- Does anyone else catch themselves narrating their current experience as if you were explaining / justifying it to someone in the future?
- Psychedelic like experience while meditating. Opinions appreciated!
- The unhappiness in my life is the direct result of my unwillingness to face my fears...
- Social media is becoming annoying
- I used a EEG device to show that meditating consistently for a week boosted my concentration and lowered fatigue.
- Meditation is water, you are a fish and thoughts are fishing hooks.
- Meditating among the trees
- I just wanted to share my silence with you, the joy of silence, which comes from my meditative state.
- How to improve blood flow on the heels and ankle?
- Is there such thing as too much meditation?
- My plan
- Has anyone done the gate way tape meditation?
- Surreal meditating experience
- Suppressing hate
- neuroscience of meditation
- I just started meditating
- Beautiful Relaxing Music • Peaceful Piano Music & Guitar Music | Sunny M...
- Using CBD for meditation?
- Anxiety while meditating?
- shrooms
- What about incense?
- Meditation Music
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| “One of the biggest dangers in meditation is the pursuit of special experiences” - Yuval Noah Harari Posted: 24 Jan 2021 06:19 PM PST |
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| Psychedelic like experience while meditating. Opinions appreciated! Posted: 24 Jan 2021 05:33 AM PST I would like some opinions from fellow travelers about an experience I've had twice now while practicing. As context I have been meditating for a bit over 2 months, mostly breath concentration but have expanded into general awareness and letting go, trying to just be aware of what appears. So today while letting go of effort and just trying to feel i had this sensation of expansion, as if the "space" i was feeling around me was growing and growing. Everything was also more poignant and clear, sensations thoughts. The light patterns i saw with my eyes closed were also more vivid and when focusing back on the breath these patterns followed it, as if these perceptions were bellows driven by breath. When opening the eyes i noticed my perception changed. Objects seem to also "breathe", coming closer or going further away. Accompanying all this was a feeling of lightness, almost light headedness. Has anyone else experience this? I know this is not awakening and I may be on the wrong path. Any thoughts? Thank you! [link] [comments] |
| The unhappiness in my life is the direct result of my unwillingness to face my fears... Posted: 25 Jan 2021 12:02 AM PST Some time ago I said that meditation clear cuts the forest in the mind and leaves you nothing to hide behind. I feel that I have grown a LOT in the last year and a bit during my meditation practise, it has changed my life. I am a more confident person who worries less, and does more. I now throw myself into more things without ruminating on or planning them to the nth degree. I do and experience more often. I find myself at peace far more often and even when not I find there is a spaciousness to even my heavy emotions that allows incite. Meditation has allowed me to pick a lot of the lower hanging fruit in my life that has been there without my awareness. I am a better more mature person for this and becoming more so by the day. BUT. That same awareness I mentioned and the felling of the forest means I can not hide from the big fears any more than from the small, even less. And I still have not gained the courage to face most of these yet. Though I have made progress towards these as well I should say. My awareness of my continual attempts at denial and avoidance is a rather painful cognitive dissonance I now must sit with if I continue to choose not to grow and face my fears. For me these fears are relationships, dating, women, making something of myself, utilizing more of my potential, going after a career, and more. I have ran from all of these all of my adult life. I have cultivated a lie in my head that I am not capable of these things. I am too broken, too fragile to handle these particular slings and arrows. Better to avoid and deny. I can no longer do so if I choose to continue to meditate. Not if I want happiness. It is more than fear I must say though and more akin to terror. There is a reason I have hid my entire life. I'm sure childhood trauma's and other issues all play their role but at the end of the day the solution is simple, to face my demons. I am an insecure and fear filled man. I am so because I have failed to face my fears. Oh what I could be if I find the courage to do so!!! [link] [comments] |
| Social media is becoming annoying Posted: 24 Jan 2021 04:40 PM PST I go on social media and it pushes many emotional buttons in me. I feel like I can't go on it anymore its making me feel bad can anyone else relate? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 25 Jan 2021 12:21 AM PST My background: Former Harvard Medical School Neuroscience Postdoc, ADHD connoisseur and avid Meditator. I wanted to see if the initial "challenging" period of meditation improved when meditating 10 minutes a day, in the morning for a week. I used an EEG to measure baseline concentration, fatigue and gamma power during the first meditation session on Monday, and the 7th meditation session on Sunday (today). My girlfriend kindly agreed to do this challenge with me (she has never meditated before). During the first meditation session she found it really hard (so did I since my meditation habits aren't the most consistent). What I found was actually remarkable, not only did her concentration improve massively during the final meditation session, but she also found it MUCH less draining than the first. Also her Gamma power was ridiculously high in the final meditation vs the last one. My results were similar but much weaker (probz because of the ADHD and the fact that I already know how to handle my brain a bit due to years of meditation). Tl;dr: EEG shows that practicing meditation for a week SIGNIFICANTLY boosted me and my girlfriends' concentration and the effort was much less arduous. Regular practice worked for us and I'm sure it can help everyone else who is getting into meditation, so don't give up! I detailed it in a little vid I did on my modest channel here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RcHaTu1qMew Feel free to reach out if you have any questions! :) [link] [comments] |
| Meditation is water, you are a fish and thoughts are fishing hooks. Posted: 24 Jan 2021 03:28 PM PST Just got this funny metaphor for meditation. If you swallow a hook you get pulled out of mediation. So you just notice the fishing hooks those appear and don't swallow them. Even with fat juicy worms. After some time they disappear. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2021 07:01 PM PST It's very windy and dry out. The tree is dancing in the wind; it's almost like watching a show. I zoned out on this tree and thought about its enormity and all that extra weight it carries around, I felt like that tree is me. I wondered how is that tree able to withstand the forces of the storms and the wind? I realized that the tree is not standing on its own. It has trees next to it that probably have deep roots that help to keep the large weighted down tree stable. I thought "those trees are like me friends." They are trees that are much smaller in stature and appear much lighter, but when the winds come they move with the larger tree, They take some of the force onto themselves so that they can all remain standing. All of the trees shift and sway together and when the wind stops they are all calm together. The roots of those trees must be deep and intertwined with one another. They have to be because there are only like 4 of them. How else would they be able to withstand the force of our storms? I thought about my friends and how lucky I am to have a root system like those trees. I thought about how they can always make me smile no matter how bad my day is. I feel content even though I am terrified of the unknown. When I feel like I am walking into the abyss I know that I will be OK because I have friend who will shift with me, who will support me, who will sway with me, and who will enjoy the calm with me. [link] [comments] |
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| How to improve blood flow on the heels and ankle? Posted: 24 Jan 2021 11:14 PM PST Quarter Lotus position: So all these years I thought my blood flow blockage was around the upper leg area, but it turns out that the blockage that causes my legs to numb and hurt were from the position of my foot. The foot is bent straight out straight to be laid on calf. [link] [comments] |
| Is there such thing as too much meditation? Posted: 24 Jan 2021 07:40 AM PST After having what I consider a breakthrough, I've found myself wanting to meditate throughout most of my free time. So now I'm asking, is there such thing as too much meditation? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2021 06:48 PM PST Meditation starts tonight. I'm going to start by manifesting the life I want until that life becomes reality. I'll start with the little things and begin to put my life back together through manifestation Edit: thank you for the award <3 [link] [comments] |
| Has anyone done the gate way tape meditation? Posted: 25 Jan 2021 01:41 AM PST I've heard about alterior motives their might be with the cia releasing it to the public I just wonder what you guys think about it? Anyone actually practice it before ? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2021 01:36 PM PST An incredibly surreal experience. Last year I experienced something that was so incredibly surreal it almost seems like it happened in a dream. I'm curious to know if what I'm about to describe can be experienced by anyone willing to try. A little setup: I was meditating on a daily basis at the time (and still do). My level of ability to focus my mind was somewhere between beginner and intermediate. During meditation I micro-dose marijuana. Usually ¼ of a joint is enough for me to break down barriers in the mind. While enjoying a bath and a good book one night I had the idea to meditate in the bath. I folded my legs and submerged my torso and head in the water. My face remained above the surface of the water and then I forced water into my ear canals with my fingers. I began to breathe in through my nose, expanding my chest and stomach. My exhalations were accompanied by slow, audible 'ohms' and collapsing of the chest and stomach. After a few minutes of pure focus (no internal dialogue) I began to imagine my breath as wind, whistling across a large body of water. I imagined the 'ohm' sound as an ominous noise of the great unknown. After roughly 10 minutes of engaging in this pure focus imagination meditation, something awoke in me, almost like a forgotten memory. The surrealness of the experience cannot be overstated. I don't want to describe in detail any more than that just in case anyone wants to try this. I know from my own experience, that going into something with a certain expectation can ruin the experience. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 25 Jan 2021 01:02 AM PST How do you get rid of hateful thoughts towards someone? Sometimes after i have a argument with someone i know well, evil thoughts and imaginations just come up out of no where and its really scary once they go away. I just want to know how to love someone that i cant stand to be around. I cant tell if its parasites or bad entities tbh. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2021 04:49 AM PST Hello, I'm especially interested in the neuroscience of meditation and similarly continuous contemplative activities. Anyone know any good sources to learn specifically about the effects of these activities? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 25 Jan 2021 12:49 AM PST Hello. I just stared reading Zen Mind, Beginner Mind. Near the beginning of the book the author goes into some details about meditation and posture, so I decided to try meditating. In the book, it describes a way of sitting. It says the purpose of meditation is not to reach some state of mind, but to sit and be in the correct posture--that sitting correctly is in itself the purpose. By putting yourself into the posture, you are putting yourself into the state of mind, and therefore there is nothing to reach for or to attain. So I did this, and I could feel some discomfort. I felt an uncertainty about my posture, about whether or not it was correct. I felt some soreness in my back. I felt some slumping in my right shoulder, which I have had problems with in the past and have had neck spasms as a result. But I held the posture and straightened up. I tried to settle in and be present within my self. Then I relaxed some more, and I could feel my thoughts passing through me in waves. I allowed them to manifest, but I held my focus on my posture and my breathing. I only did this for a few minutes. Prior to doing this I spent probably fifteen minutes searching for pillows and pads to help me get my right posture, but I settled on folded towels and a pillow I already had. So far this has been good. I think I will make a habit of it. [link] [comments] |
| Beautiful Relaxing Music • Peaceful Piano Music & Guitar Music | Sunny M... Posted: 25 Jan 2021 12:32 AM PST |
| Posted: 25 Jan 2021 12:19 AM PST I heard from www.cbdstore.in that its a very helpful tool 😗 what do u guys think? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2021 08:29 PM PST Hey all, I feel I'm someone who would really benefit from meditation and mindfulness techniques as I deal with both anxiety and depression. Right about this time last year I began to practice meditation and have been utilizing the head space app. But every time I sit down to meditate I become very aware of my heartbeat and my chest begins to hurt. It completely takes me out of the moment and it becomes all I can focus/think about. I've been trying periodically for a year and the same problem keeps occurring. Has anyone else dealt with this same issue? Any suggestions for how to get out of this? I also must mention I do deal with health anxiety and my heartbeat and palpitations is something I struggle with everyday. I just wonder if there's a way I could meditate without the heavy focus on my body? Any suggestions are welcome thanks so much!! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 25 Jan 2021 12:11 AM PST i did an 8th of shrooms and did yoga slash meditation , started calling out colors in my head for each color i believe called out a being or entity perhaps , i saw alot of geometrical patterns geomtrical beings , starting thinking this was a computer program like were in a matrix also saw some egyptian stuff like the cobra , not to sure what to think of all this if it wasnin my head or like some typa temporary multi dimensional gate wate that was open for some reason i believe i felt good energies and bad , but a day prior to this i had a weird dream and idk if this is realated the end if my dream i was laying flat on my back like i was sleeping irl , i could see around laying down flat like i was in my dream i was in a garage , then there was a black figure entity that came over me that tried to enter my body or mind and im saying this because it came in 3-4 waves the first wave or time it tried to force its way in i think it didnt know how strong i was because it forced itself in or tried at least and my vision went black and my body was like numb and vibrating , muscles tensing and i was fighting it and i believed i held it off the second time it pushed harder and i fought it again and the third time it came on really strong and i fought it off and woke up , but i was subconsciously fighting this thing off having no idea how or what but it scared me and my chest was hurting when i woke up , and i wanna know wth that was im sure this os what happened and i dont know why ik but im sure of it can anyone explain why or , i mean does me doing an 8th of shrooms a day prior have anything to do with it or idk [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 25 Jan 2021 12:08 AM PST I mean what kind to use or how to set it up what does it actually do or should i even use one? [link] [comments] |
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