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- Did Handshake Meditation for the first time and started crying, I’m so glad
- It's helping me not think of flossing my teeth as a drudgery.
- The world created a system to punish, instead of a system to help
- Meditated for 1 month before sleep, now i cant go to sleep without meditation
- After a year of meditation I stated to realize people's ego and every interaction seems useless. Help.
- For everyone who struggle with intrusive thoughts during meditation
- We all do things that contribute to our own unhappiness. When we recognize these actions and choose to act differently, our lives improve.
- Meditation's effect on confidence and engagement in conversation, a personal perspective.
- Let the mind chatter
- Do you find it better to meditate first thing in the morning, midday, or right before sleep? Why?
- yoga in daily life org - thoughts/advice?
- Weird stuff happening when I’m meditating
- One of the breakthroughs I've finally had about what meditation is trying to teach us is that boredom is a blissing...
- So instead of trying to be present (mindful) throughout the entire day , choose just one activity and give it your 100% attention , then choose another.
- Just a tip
- Study Music Theta Waves -- Meditation, Concetration, Relax Music, Brain ...
- The best meditation relaxing music��
- Does anyone have to work their legs, mostly my inner hips to keep themselves sitting up while meditating? It kind of bothers me while I'm meditating and I'm just wondering what yall do about it.
- The power of a meditation quote is unbelievably potent!
- I am afraid I may not be "letting go" correctly, help!
- Correct posture?
- I'm amazed at how selfish my mind is wired to be.
- Stuff happening when I’m meditating
- Unsure about making the leap into meditation
| Did Handshake Meditation for the first time and started crying, I’m so glad Posted: 21 Feb 2021 04:39 AM PST I've had a rough couple of days, lots of suppressing emotions and so I tried a guided meditation of Handshake meditation. For those who aren't familiar: Handshaking is most basically a "being-with" practice of learning to be with experiences without judging, suppressing, indulging or running away. Rinpoche calls raw feelings, emotions and neuroses "beautiful monsters" to reflect their complex nature. Instead of habitually fearing, resenting, rejecting or identifying with our beautiful monsters, we learn how to handshake them, to allow them to be. Eventually we discover an underlying wellbeing, a basic okay-ness called "essence love." The practice allowed me to feel my emotions without fear. I even was able to accept them and be kind to them, allowing them to sit by me instead of using unhealthy coping mechanisms to push them away. I'm glad it worked so well for me. This is a big affirmation for me in my journey in meditation, so I thought I should share :') EDIT: Here is the link! It's really short (5min) so get the gist of Handshake Meditation with this article first. After you've grasped the idea of it, feel free to prolong the session yourself! I think this concept is from Tsoknyi Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist teacher. Do research more! The goal of handshake meditation is really to reach a stage of unconditional acceptance, elaborated on here EDIT 2: it's okay if you don't cry/have some emotional breakthrough doing any sort of meditation practice! My mistake in the past was going into practices with the intention of fulfilling an agenda. But the point of meditation is to just be. Sometimes we achieve breakthroughs, sometimes we do not. But the act of meditation and mindfulness is already a powerful one in itself, and we should be proud of ourselves for trying. [link] [comments] |
| It's helping me not think of flossing my teeth as a drudgery. Posted: 21 Feb 2021 10:30 PM PST Ordinarily I just like to brush them and head to bed, but obviously flossing should happen too. Became very lazy with it, started up meditation again and, mentally not finding it as burdensome any longer. Just an interesting effect I've noticed. [link] [comments] |
| The world created a system to punish, instead of a system to help Posted: 21 Feb 2021 11:06 AM PST We did this to ourselves and are now living the hell we created. We invested in creating criminals instead of investing in human potential. We CREATED criminals instead of CREATING matured humans. But we do this at every level of society. Children are punished for messing up instead of nurtured and shown how its done. People are fired for messing up, instead of receiving proper training. Relationships are put on hold when someone is angry, instead of just expressing how you feel so the other person can learn. We are doing this to ourselves. We created our karma and now are living it out. Let this stop with you. Let this stop with this generation. We can make it end now if we all choose to stop doing this each other. Its that easy and somehow we all missed it. Lets stop now. No more bad karma. Drop your ego and just acknowledge the whole world is hurting and none it has to do with you. Some asshat a long time ago started this - but now we know the problem - and now this generation can fix it. Lets just be happy now. [link] [comments] |
| Meditated for 1 month before sleep, now i cant go to sleep without meditation Posted: 21 Feb 2021 11:29 PM PST What should i do, i dont want to meditate anymore because i feel strange changes. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 21 Feb 2021 05:46 AM PST I don't know if I can really put in words this perception that I'm having that is bothering me so much, but I'll try. I started to realize that people's ego are like a big filter of information that a lot of times don't let true change happen. A lot of times I feel that people talk with mirrors of themselves instead of other people. And I'm including myself in this situation. The only difference between me and other people is that I'm realizing this situation and avoiding any type of serious conversation when not and feeling ashamed minutes after having this type of interaction. I feel like talking to people is useless, because the distortion of the ego makes it all fake. (don't know if this is true but it is what I'm feeling) I know meditation is supposed to make you feel more empathy but it is making me kind of angry at people and at myself. Do you guys ever felt that or have any advice to give me? EDIT: It is the first time that someone gave me an award. Thank you very much for the virtual hug :3 [link] [comments] |
| For everyone who struggle with intrusive thoughts during meditation Posted: 22 Feb 2021 12:27 AM PST If you want u meditation be free of disruptive thoughts here the solution: Inhale u breathe as possible as I can and focus as possible to not exhale untill u reach u limit Then repeat it again and u will see that u thoughts are go away [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 21 Feb 2021 05:08 AM PST Just a little insight I received and wanted to share. Be well everyone. [link] [comments] |
| Meditation's effect on confidence and engagement in conversation, a personal perspective. Posted: 21 Feb 2021 06:30 PM PST When I first started meditating one of the main things I was pursuing was to just have some general contentment with life - being "ok" with the highs and lows life can bring you. I've been meditating on and off consistently for the last year or so, but in the last almost 2 months ive been able to consistently keep with it nealy everyday for 10-15mins. Something ive noticed recently is my engagmentment in conversation and self confidence has improved to a certain degree. As someone who has some trouble focusing at times and struggles with confidence issues, both of these things actually came hand in hand, the more engaged i am with conversation with people the more confident in myself i became and vice versa. I do believe meditation has had some effect, though my engagement and confidence still falters from time to time. But even still, when im low in confidence, i can more easily identify why, labeling the cause as for example some social anxiety, and with that label I can look at it from a more objective standpoint. The more objective it is, the easier it is to overcome or even "ignore" the anxiety, not focus on it, not dwell on it, and just refocus my attention on the conversation Im currently having. Thats what Ive noticed in myself recently and hope it continues so I can have a more manageable control of my self confidence. Has anyone else had similar experiences? Changes in your level of engagement with people? Or maybe the opposite effect, do you feel less confident? Thanks for your input! [link] [comments] |
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| Do you find it better to meditate first thing in the morning, midday, or right before sleep? Why? Posted: 22 Feb 2021 01:58 AM PST |
| yoga in daily life org - thoughts/advice? Posted: 21 Feb 2021 05:09 PM PST I'm using this system to practice yoga and I'm currently at level 3. The resource is free and I've found it extremely helpful in structuring my yoga practice but I wanted to hear your thoughts about the meditations (a set of mental exercises can be found at the end of each level). I really like that there's a structured system and that it's exposing me to a lot of different things that I could focus my meditation practice on. But I also struggle with not understanding the purpose of a lot of the exercises, which makes me less motivated to do them. Is this a good system for training the mind? Do any of you know whether it draws from a particular school of thought that I could read up on? I also recently came across some negative stuff about the system's founder Swami Maheshwarananda, esp in regards to his treatment of his in-person students. I figure this doesn't negate the quality of the online resources they share. But this obviously made me a bit wary which is another reason why I'm looking for a second opinion of a more experienced meditator. [link] [comments] |
| Weird stuff happening when I’m meditating Posted: 21 Feb 2021 10:06 PM PST So I was just meditating before I was abt to go to sleep... I don't lay up when I meditate I lay on the floor and spread my body all the way out... and for some reason every time I do it, it's like it feels like the ground is moving like I can feel it in my physical body idk how to explain it and I also hear this like breathing noise:.. like as soon as I start to concentrate theres this breathing noise and it always happens? Idk what it is can someone help it doesn't scare my I'm just curious... maybe I was going to astral project ? I have no clue [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 21 Feb 2021 09:28 AM PST After years of fighting against the need for me to always go, go go... it occured to me that stillness is so underrated and in fact our society as a whole (I live in the US) discourages inaction. Once you realize if you have the ability (and opportuntiy) to be still you feel fortunate. We often meet that opportuntiy to be still with disdain. Happy Sunday everyone! *edit: Blessing [link] [comments] |
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| Posted: 22 Feb 2021 01:19 AM PST Your initial reactions are uncontrollable, you cannot separate yourself from them, there is nothing to separate from them. Because there is nothing that you can do to prevent yourself from reacting to anything at all, including the reactions themselves, don't bother trying. You're just tiring yourself. Just keep doing what you're doing, because you can't do anything else. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO A THING. Stop meditating, it is a practice that's true function and place has become meaningless. The Buddha said that after a certain amount of time passed, what would be left of the dhamma(truth) would only resemble the dhamma. We are in that age already, and what you've been taught is leading you nowhere. You don't have to do a thing. Whatever meditation is supposed to achieve you will never experience until you abandon the practice. You do not have to do a thing, everything you're doing is counterproductive to the goal you have in mind, everything you're doing is adding momentum to that which you are trying to extinguish. There is nothing you can do, there is nothing to do, you don't have to do a thing. [link] [comments] |
| Study Music Theta Waves -- Meditation, Concetration, Relax Music, Brain ... Posted: 22 Feb 2021 12:47 AM PST |
| The best meditation relaxing music�� Posted: 22 Feb 2021 12:24 AM PST I have been listening to this music for a while now and it has really helped me out. You should check it out!😊 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 21 Feb 2021 04:33 PM PST I like sitting cross-legged while I'm meditating and setting my hands on my knees helps. But if I don't my knees close in and I have to round my back to stay up I could progress into this position maybe by adding more support/raising my butt and over time my inner hip mobility may increase. Curious as to your guys/gals opinions [link] [comments] |
| The power of a meditation quote is unbelievably potent! Posted: 21 Feb 2021 07:17 PM PST Meditation quotes are powerful when it comes to finding something powerful to focus on during your meditation. I find that when I sit and allow myself to focus on the meaning behind a meditation quote the meaning of it tells me more and more about myself the more I focus on it. For example, the quote "know thy self" which is an ancient quote reminds me to bring the focus back to myself when my mind starts to drift off and think about or compare myself to others. It tells me to look deep and discover my core beliefs and values and why I allow those things to influence my behavior. Through this quote I am reminded to learn what my strengths and weaknesses are and that when I make those discoveries to use them to help propel my self forward through life. Furthermore, it encourages me to understand my true potential and to learn and grow with it. I am further reminded that my being is multi-dimensional and exists on many different planes including that of the spiritual realm. I could go on all day about this but I just wanted to put it out there to see what others thought. What's your favorite quote? Here are seven of mine! [link] [comments] |
| I am afraid I may not be "letting go" correctly, help! Posted: 21 Feb 2021 03:10 PM PST I am currently reading(audio) The Untethered Soul and I love the book so much because I just understand what Singer is saying as I am listening to the book. It just makes complete sense. I have read multiple books on meditation and the closest book to this, to me, is The Power of Now. I think it's helping me let go of various emotions I go through so much easier than anything I have tried so far. But this is also where my mind is starting to freak out and think I got this all wrong. So, the moment I feel an emotion, I just let go and that's it. For example I experience an embarrassing moment on a zoom call at work, later that day I remember that event and start feeling totally embarrassed and just over analyzing what happened, what led me to it, how I felt, how others may have felt, you get the picture. Then I catch myself and I tell myself to just let go...then I just let go, I am not sure how to explain it, but I just let go and instead focus on my breathing for a few seconds, then go back to doing what I was doing before I remembered the embarrassing event. Am I doing it right? I am used to over analyzing and I(my mind) am afraid what I am doing may be causing disassociation instead. How do you let go? Thank you! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 21 Feb 2021 06:53 PM PST Hello everyone I have been meditating from 9/11/2020. At that time, my back was not hurting but from last few days it is hurting, is it due to wrong posture? Please help, I am struggling with it. [link] [comments] |
| I'm amazed at how selfish my mind is wired to be. Posted: 21 Feb 2021 12:00 PM PST Started meditating about a month ago. I miss a day here and there but even so, what a difference! Over the last few days I've realized how often I think of myself before others. I've always felt rather selfish and turned the worst of myself around over 20 years ago but have often been mad at myself for still being pretty selfish - and always AFTER the act. Now I'm catching myself before - little things to big things. Sometimes a day later but I'm getting better and better. More benefits to come. I love it!!! [link] [comments] |
| Stuff happening when I’m meditating Posted: 21 Feb 2021 10:04 PM PST So I was just meditating before I was abt to go to sleep... I don't lay up when I meditate I lay on the floor and spread my body all the way out... and for some reason every time I do it, it's like it feels like the ground is moving like I can feel it in my physical body idk how to explain it and I also hear this like breathing noise:.. like as soon as I start to concentrate theres this breathing noise and it always happens? Idk what it is can someone help it doesn't scare my I'm just curious... maybe I was going to astral project ? I have no clue [link] [comments] |
| Unsure about making the leap into meditation Posted: 21 Feb 2021 09:52 PM PST I've always been fascinated with the idea of meditation and astral projection, but have always been fearful of the silence. Let me sort of elaborate. I've had lucid dreams before, and nearly fallen out of my body too many times to count. I have just never made it completely out. I guess this little bit of info doesn't really play into meditation yet. I've always been a quiet person, and have always been fine with dead silence. However, I don't think this the type of silence I'd experience with meditation. It kind of frightens me. I've managed to meditate before while having a horrible anxiety attack. It definitely helped, and when I opened my eyes, I felt wonderful. I was using a mantra I came up with on the spot. What scares me is the point after you don't have to repeat a mantra. The silence seems like it will be a bug empty void of uncertain possibilities. Can someone help me out here? By the by, I'm not religious, nor do I have any want to get closer to god as some might. I have always been an avid crystal collector, and actually sleep with them in my pillows to influence dream types. I love being in the woods alone watching the leaves and insects. I love finding wild mushrooms and preparing them for a lovely meal. And if it matters, my zodiac is virgo and my Chinese animal is an earth tiger. Sorry for all these little spaced out sentences. Thanks ahead if anyone decides to respond to this. Also a cannabis consumer if that's important. I know I feel more in touch with nature while under the influence. [link] [comments] |
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