Meditation: Weekly Discussion February 08, 2021 |
- Weekly Discussion February 08, 2021
- PSA: Be weary of scams from users who privately message you
- When it snows I build a snowman. When it rains I tend my garden. When it's hot I bathe in the sun. When the leaves fall away I contemplate imerpamence and how all needs to die for all to flourish. I smile at all seasons and all seasons smile at me. ☺️����
- Chanting “I Surrender” during my meditation has helped me tenfold.
- Mindscapes
- Is there a difference between transcendental meditation and non duality?
- Upgraded Breath Guidance.
- I finally feel like I exist.
- Here is a great one by Mark Twain...
- I said to my soul...
- The power of now
- Has meditation made you less affected to emotions?
- Best herbal tea for aiding in calming for meditation?
- How did you learn how to meditate?
- How does one sustain a prolonged attention on the meditation object?
- Alternatives to mindfulness?
- [REQUEST] recommendations on what to sit on
- A study about meditation on people with clinical levels of anxiety and stress
- Discomforting feeling when watching thoughts.
- Siezures from meditation?
- Nothing should stay between you and the Creator. No practice, no believes, no gurus or practicians, no mystical experience, nothing at all.
- Do we have real experiences here of people who mitigate ADHD and social anxiety with meditation?
- An amazing simile by Hermann Hesse
- Is meditation just, like, dissociation? But healthy?
- How I meditate
- Feeling around the top of my head while meditating...
| Weekly Discussion February 08, 2021 Posted: 08 Feb 2021 04:00 AM PST This is a reoccurring 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](https://www.reddit.com/r/Meditation/wiki/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. [link] [comments] |
| PSA: Be weary of scams from users who privately message you Posted: 08 Feb 2021 07:32 AM PST As a public service announcement, several community members have alerted me to the worrying trend of bots and/or real people privately messaging them to follow up on posts in /r/meditation. This, by itself, is completely fine. However, it seems as though these accounts may be targeting users who post about mental health, attempting to promote their own meditation courses and/or get users to click on bit.ly links. By no means am I suggesting that every person who messages you privately is nefarious, however I thought it prudent to let everyone know that things like this were going on. As with all things, I would encourage you to be mindful of the risks and benefits of interacting with others online. These kinds of scams are unfortunately completely outside the scope of what we, as moderators, can reasonably address. However, if this has happened to you (i.e. you've posted on /r/meditation and shortly afterwards received strange messages from bots, or people trying to recruit you to their paid courses), please do message the mod team with as much detail as you're comfortable including. We can't do a whole lot, but if there are trends and/or particular offenders, we can attempt to refer these to the reddit admins who have many more tools. Thank you all, and happy meditating. Edit: After posting this, I hilariously have also gotten messages from bots. What gives? Is this reddit wide at the moment? [link] [comments] |
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| Chanting “I Surrender” during my meditation has helped me tenfold. Posted: 08 Feb 2021 07:53 PM PST For someone who wants things to go my way 90% of the time because I think I know what's best, these two words have really helped me let go and trust in the universe. As soon as I say it once, I immediately feel my body loosen up and my shoulders drop because subconsciously I feel like I have to take on the weight of the world. Sometimes I am powerless and that is the most liberating thing I can think of. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 08 Feb 2021 06:36 PM PST A little while ago I remembered something my Nan told me, a technique to get to sleep at night. She said build yourself a garden, in your mind. I've had a few experiments with mindscapes, I've used them to store directions to school, test answers e.c.t but never for leisure and never in this much detail. Recently I've been skipping mediation, even 5 minute sessions seems like too much for my tired brain so I decided to create myself a mindscape. I discovered, through creating a world I can regularly go back and visit, that this feels akin to mediation. While in that world, every time I build something I focus on all the sensations I should be feeling. Damp soil, rough bricks, the warmth of the sun on my back, the humidity in the air. I reinforce these every time I go back, I make sure to stop at every creation and really experience it. After a few times I noticed how calm I would get, walking through this garden I'd created. No intrusive thoughts, no worries about the future or flashbacks to the past. I'm was beginning to be totally in the present, in this place, the calm washed over me in waves. It's similar to the feeling I get when I hit that 'sweet spot' during a session. This could be a type of mediation, or a completely separate thing. I'd love to hear thoughts and similar experiences :) [link] [comments] |
| Is there a difference between transcendental meditation and non duality? Posted: 09 Feb 2021 01:41 AM PST |
| Posted: 08 Feb 2021 06:00 PM PST How many times have you been told to come back to the breath? Or Ground into the breath? I've just recently been noticing that grounding or coming back to my breath is only a small guidance. My breath is constantly changing. So every time I come back to it it's like the old saying you never step in the same river twice.realizing this I've begun exploring the qualities of the breath I'm coming back to and finding that each breath is unique. No two breaths are the same. The study of what was once so uniform has evolved my practice. So next time you come back to your breath notice that it's different ever time. see if you can notice the difference in location direction depth and size and intensity. I promise you you won't be disappointed. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 08 Feb 2021 01:50 PM PST I used to do some random mindfulness or meditation of 5 minutes before to try and handle my aggressive behavior, but it didn't really work out. Then fast forward to tonight... I had a straight up 10-15 minute session of.. mindfulness, i do believe. I felt like shit, I really felt like my thoughts are extremely disorganized and my brain is a mess. Common thing to happen when you suffer from MDD, ADHD, gender dysphoria and STPD and all of this while unmedicated. For some reason, I came up with the idea to try and... sit down and let the thoughts go by me instead of hastily trying to organise them in full blown trains of thought. And I got a lot of those. But I just let them go. I focused on the warm feeling of my blanket instead, and on my hands touching through said blanket. It felt weird, but unique enough to be able to focus my attention on it. Which is exactly what I needed. And after 10-15 minutes... with some, quite frankly, tears going down my cheeks as I continue to sit and focus on the sensation... I felt like I was, for once, present in this reality. The dissociation just took a break, as I've gotten really surprised that I can actually feel my skin. I can feel my hands touching my face. The thoughts stopped. It's way more calm and organized up here, in my screwed up brain of mine. Finally, peace. I just wanted to share this. It feels weird. I always get overwhelmed when I feel literally anything genuinely. But it means I'm doing everything right. It's a healthy way to handle the dissociation, a grounding technique if you will - two birds with one stone, haha. I just really needed to say it at least somewhere. I've missed being alive. [link] [comments] |
| Here is a great one by Mark Twain... Posted: 08 Feb 2021 08:14 PM PST Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime. A good traveller never arrives! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 08 Feb 2021 10:26 AM PST I said to my soul, be still and wait without hope, for hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love, for love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith, but the faith and the love are all in the waiting. Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought: So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing. - T.S. Eliot [link] [comments] |
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| Has meditation made you less affected to emotions? Posted: 08 Feb 2021 05:44 AM PST I have meditated for two years and have been very serious in my spiritual practice in periods. I have noticed recently that im not affected by negative emotions anymore. I can feel loneliness, anxiety, whatever but it doesnt make me feel bad. The emotion is just there but it doesnt mean anything to me, its just is there. Are anyone else experiencing something familiar? [link] [comments] |
| Best herbal tea for aiding in calming for meditation? Posted: 08 Feb 2021 11:27 PM PST I've tried catnip tea which I found helped, was wondering if there are other teas or other aids that can be used to help get a deeper meditation? [link] [comments] |
| How did you learn how to meditate? Posted: 08 Feb 2021 11:21 PM PST |
| How does one sustain a prolonged attention on the meditation object? Posted: 08 Feb 2021 07:32 PM PST I have primarily been doing breath meditation. It's usually well and fine at the start of each session, but around 10-15 mins, my mind starts to wander. Each time it does, I'd bring it back to the breath. But it keeps wandering and this can get rather frustrating. I know I shouldn't set any expectations, but it's easier said than done. Any tips? TQ [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 08 Feb 2021 04:59 PM PST I've done mindfulness meditation everyday almost 3 months now and it definitely has helped improved my focus and attention but I feel like I want to try something different. I did MDMA with some friends for the first time this weekend and it made me realize my priorities were messed up and I wasn't putting enough time into my relationships with my family and friends. I don't feel the need to do MDMA again but there's a distinct feeling of clarity and letting go you feel that just leaves you alone with yourself feeling free and willing to connect with people. Although mindfulness has definitely sharpened my mind I feel like I want to try practicing something else. Has anyone had any experience with loving kindness or relaxed awareness meditation that they can share? I don't know much about them but they seem along the lines of what I'm looking for. [link] [comments] |
| [REQUEST] recommendations on what to sit on Posted: 08 Feb 2021 02:51 PM PST Hello, I sit on the floor to meditate. I've been in a bit of a rut lately and thought it might be my posture. I saw a video on sitting posture and tried it and it did change things quite a bit. I sat on a couch cushion I'd put on the floor. It was a bit folksy, and not something I'd like to incorporate into my daily practice. So, any recommendations on what to sit on? I've seen meditation stools and cushions. What's your experience on either? Does the stool need to be slightly inclined? Are the meditation cushions on amazon (sorry, I live in a moderate sized city in the middle of rural France and we've got a national curfew at 6PM every night so I'm not going to scour the city, I'll just order one sorry) worth the investment? I've used various pillows and cushions throughout the years and nothing's really optimal. I also really want to protect my knees b/c I run and I also just want to age well in a general way. Thanks in advance! [link] [comments] |
| A study about meditation on people with clinical levels of anxiety and stress Posted: 08 Feb 2021 04:18 PM PST 30 minutes of meditation for 8 weeks significantly reduced stress and anxiety levels. But I can barely tolerate more than 10? Should I stick to 10 and gradually build to 30? [link] [comments] |
| Discomforting feeling when watching thoughts. Posted: 08 Feb 2021 10:07 PM PST I've seem to have had a moment of clarity this evening. I am feeling more free to express myself, for lack of a better phrase, and letting my mind run wild, I assume. Like you know that feeling you get when you receive a massage? That ultimate pleasure of knowing you don't have to do a damn thing to feel good? That's kind of how my mind feels. It ebbs and flows since it's so new but I want to retain this feeling inconsequentially. I'm remembering to breathe and watch my thoughts "float by like a River" as my therapist and many of you have recommended over the course of these posts, but I notice a continuing discomfort, especially in my legs; think restless leg syndrome but throughout my entire body. Any tips from you fine people on how to simply relax and not feel this anymore? Lol [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 08 Feb 2021 10:05 PM PST I am going to be 21 in April, and I have Tonic-Clonic seizures after started to meditate. In June of 2017, I became a vegan; In December of 2018 I began meditating, and in January of 2019, I had my first siezure. In this I go over my seizures and some patterns I've found in case you or someone you know has experienced something similar and can provide more insight.Please Message me if you have any opinions or ideas! My meditations were a struggle when I first began; I always struggled to keep my mind "silent," as the YouTube gurus often implied the goal or "vital" to the practice. Despite my internal struggle in January of 2019, I pushed myself to meditate to create a habit of it. I remember meditation at the time was something I disliked because it felt like a torturous chore of "making myself try not to think," something I believed at the time to be a necessity in meditation. I also always changed my breathing from mostly mouth breathing to nose breathing, and my vision was always left odd after meditation as if I was half asleep type vision. After a few days of somewhat consistent 10-minute meditations, I had my first seizure. Two days before my first seizure, I remember waking up a sleep paralysis nightmare of a woman sitting on my chest not allowing me to move or speak; I had experienced sleep paralysis before, but it had not happened in many years, and it had never been in a nightmare. The day before my first seizure, I remember putting off meditation despite knowing I would make myself do it that day; I ended up meditating around 11:30pm, just an hour or so before I went to sleep. Writing in my notes after that meditation, "finished meditation, am not able to focus clearly on anything both in vision and thoughts struggling to see TV show clearly". Early Morning around 6-7am my mother was in the bathroom when she heard what she described as "gurgling or growling and chocking" in confluence; she called for me, and apparently, I did not respond after multiple times before mostly unconsciously walking into her room and falling asleep in her recliner remembering very little. I wrote in my notes, "I woke up and fell all over the house as if I was drunk or light-headed as if my feet and legs were and still feel disconnected" and felt disconnected and odd darkness of what felt like alone from the world for the rest of that day. February 7th, 2019, I had my second seizure at 3am, I woke up half-conscious on the stretcher being put into an ambulance being told by my mom that I had a seizure. They called the police after blood from my mouth biting, and they could not get me to wake up. Apparently, the paramedics believed I was on drugs and searched my room and car to ensure they made the right moves; I did take notes, recalling I had switched my SmileDirectClub aligners that night. March 10th, 2019, I had my third seizure, again the same night after changing my aligners. After noticing this correlation, I quit using my aligners. My seizures have continued relatively consistently every 30 days within a 10 floating give or take. I have been on Keppra since 2019, from 500mg to 1000mg x2 a day. Noticing meditation becoming a pattern, I made myself quit meditating for multiple months in 2020; Seizures did not stop. I resumed meditating consistently in 2020 and have gotten much better at it and now find calmness from my meditation despite some vision sensitivity in combo with Keppra. Most of my seizures happened while asleep in the early mornings; a few of them have happened while awake. [link] [comments] |
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| Do we have real experiences here of people who mitigate ADHD and social anxiety with meditation? Posted: 08 Feb 2021 01:23 PM PST Do we have real experiences here of people who mitigate ADHD and social anxiety with meditation? Are there any books or apps that facilitate learning focused on these goals? [link] [comments] |
| An amazing simile by Hermann Hesse Posted: 08 Feb 2021 03:13 AM PST Have you also learned that secret from the river; that there is no such thing as time? That the river is everywhere at the same time, at the source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the current, in the oceans and in the mountains, everywhere and that the present only exists for it, not the shadow of the past nor the shadow of the future. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-***----- Just Go with the flow! [link] [comments] |
| Is meditation just, like, dissociation? But healthy? Posted: 08 Feb 2021 01:04 PM PST I ask as someone who also deals with more clinically negative disociative symptomolgies. DP/DR, CPTSD, and Im probably somewhere on the OSDD spectrum. For the last week, I have sat down for at least 15 minutes a day (20 today though!), and meditated. Ive done no specific research into any methodolgies or anything. I just sit on a pillow on my floor, with my back straight, while I focus on my breath. After about ten or so minutes of this (at least so it feels), I find that all my limbs feel heavy, and I have no desire to move. Its just me, and my thoughts as they come and go. I try not to question or chase them. Is this how its "supposed to feel". Or am I missing the point with that very question. At any rate, with my first week behimd me, it feels like what Im practicing is a different (healthier?) version of disociation. DAE? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 08 Feb 2021 08:25 PM PST I let my mind think. Then I drop that thought. Then I let my minds think Scott something else then I drop the thought again. I keep doing that until I thoughts come into my mind. This works very well [link] [comments] |
| Feeling around the top of my head while meditating... Posted: 08 Feb 2021 01:50 PM PST Usually well into my practice, I'll be sitting with meditation and i get this feeling around my head, as if I'm wearing a hat. I never wear hats. Does anyone else get this? [link] [comments] |
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