Meditation: Weekly Discussion March 01, 2021 |
- Weekly Discussion March 01, 2021
- Anyone feel like they’re becoming their own friend?
- A huge milestone
- Don't think of meditation as something that can save you. Think of it as something that can show you how to save yourself.
- Everyone should be his own best friend
- Closing in on 90 Days of 5-7 Hours Meditating per Week
- If meditation is all about balance, why is it that we have to focus so much, rether than relaxing? I get that if we just relax entirely, we're simply back to non-meditation. But where is the yin to the yang of focus in meditation?
- I just started meditating to help with anxiety. It’s going great so far but I break down in tears, like sobbing, every time. Is this normal and how long does this last? I feel like it’s helping me a lot, so I’m very hopeful and seeing meditation in a whole new light!
- Amazing Book! The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
- The 8 Limbs of Yoga by Patanjali
- Very meticulously curated meditation playlist for everyone
- How to make space for meditating when you have ADHD?
- We are all going to be god.
- Dangers with breathwork?
- Meditating with anxiety, depression and OCD
- Is there any resource showing the scientific / tactical benefits of various practices? For example- benefit of body scan, benefit of visualization, breathing exercises etc. would be nice to better understand the ‘levers’ and how to customize them for your personal practice.
- New Ouija Board video session
- Opinions about Eckhart Tolle? Is he the real deal or just taking advantage of people?
- Looking for beginner advice - What are some of your best tips?
- Effects of meditation on the brain
- How whould you compare the Wim Hof method to mindfulness?
- Better person
- Meditation is the balance point between the negative & positive frequencies we vibrate with in our daily lives! Balance any unhealthy emotions through the art of breathing! Enjoy the NOW ������
- If you really wanna relax Hear this out https://youtu.be/Hb-GJ9_4xgU
- Sam Harris' Waking up... Is it worth the money?
| Weekly Discussion March 01, 2021 Posted: 01 Mar 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] |
| Anyone feel like they’re becoming their own friend? Posted: 01 Mar 2021 12:08 PM PST Almost every time I go through something difficult, whenever I sit down and meditate I feel the same kind of compassion towards myself that I feel towards my loved ones, and in turn it makes me feel like I just had a healing experience with a friend. Meditation helps me feel like I truly do love myself, makes me wish the best for myself and makes me want to support myself. Not in a narcissistic way, I hope. Anyone experience something similar? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Mar 2021 06:06 AM PST I started meditating two months after my father died tragically. It's been an absolute godsend for healing and overall calm in my heart. Not many people who I can share this with. But today is day 730 straight of daily meditation. Often multiple times a day. That's two straight years! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Mar 2021 08:31 PM PST Save your self from living in the past, from living in the future. Save your self from stress and anxiety. Save your self from a lifetime of fear and illusion. Only you can save your self. Meditation is an effective tool you can use to train your self, to save your self! Know your self as you've never known it before. Discover that to save your self is to lose your self, to become aware of things you never before knew existed. Enjoy your peace! – Paine 🙏🏻 [link] [comments] |
| Everyone should be his own best friend Posted: 01 Mar 2021 10:14 PM PST Many people call me egomaniac or just crazy when I tell them I am my own best friend, this because I have not found a friend like the one that I am to myself. It is not that I have horrible or even bad friends but they have failed me a few times and I feel nobody else has that kind of commitment to love or care someone like I have with me, Its called self-love I think, and being conscious about it. [link] [comments] |
| Closing in on 90 Days of 5-7 Hours Meditating per Week Posted: 01 Mar 2021 09:31 PM PST I don't write this for praise or to gloat. I hope some of you can get some kind of insight or maybe be encouraged by my post. Also, it is helpful for me to type out my thoughts. It seems like I am more in touch with what my body needs. I have a lot of self help tools and I used to get very OCD about not doing them the perfect amount of time. For instance, if I didn't make it to the gym 3 times a week I would feel off for a few days. I now see that feeling was fabricated by my own unrealistic standards. I am much more comfortable in silence. I realized how much I have been driving in silence recently. I did not do this on purpose. Before I started this practice I always felt the need to find the "perfect" thing to listen to before I put my car in drive. Now I am mostly content to observe and take in my surroundings. I stopped looking at porn entirely. It's much easier to take care of my needs purely relying on my imagination and memories. I have wanted to stop watching porn for years now. My empathy for people is almost too much now. I am a server and I see all kinds of people at my restaurant. When I see old people eating by themselves or serve minorities who are obviously less fortunate them me, it is genuinely upsetting. On the other hand, I feel a good connection with my tables that I can make laugh. Sometimes they will give me an above average tip and I can practically feel tears welling in me. It's wild. I realized how much Call of Duty was stressing me out. This one is kind of funny but I swear my blood pressure has dropped since I switched to playing Mario 3D World and Mine Craft. I am getting better at guitar/I am more focused. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Mar 2021 11:39 PM PST Update: With the help of the commentary below, and a website I just found, I have my answer. Sometimes, even if our practice isn't THAT focus based, the focus we exercise repeatedly can have a compounding tiring effect on the mind. So to me, the answer is "do nothing" meditation. However, I remember doing "do nothing" meditation in the past but falling asleep no matter what. Fortunately, an excerpt from online helped me out: "However, if you're spending a majority of your time in each meditation period just thinking or falling asleep, then it's time to back up a bit and take some steps to help. The most basic fix is to spend ten minutes or so focusing on breathing. You want to get a bit concentrated and more relaxed. Just a little bit of stability and focus in the mind will allow you to then go back to the Do Nothing practice with more confidence. If you keep falling into drowsiness, then sit with your eyes a little bit open and unfocused. You're not trying to stare at anything, but just to let some light in. If you're still drowsy after that, sit up very straight. If you're still snoozy after that, the meditate standing up. Still tired? You need some sleep!" So I guess the way to progress is to simply do one until it stops working, then try the other, generally speaking. I'll try to develop the do nothing method now a bit more, that way I can find a middle way. Thanks for the help everyone! [link] [comments] |
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| Amazing Book! The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle Posted: 01 Mar 2021 06:30 PM PST Have you read this book? I think it's a very powerful book for those working on Personal Development & Growth both Spiritual & Religious. It's available for free download from this website. Grab it while it's still available powerofnowgrowth.blogspot.com [link] [comments] |
| The 8 Limbs of Yoga by Patanjali Posted: 01 Mar 2021 09:19 PM PST "The six schools of thought in Hinduism began to blossom and one of these was Patanjali's School of Ashtanga (8 Legs or Limbs) Yoga. Patanjali was a sage who dedicated his life to furthering the techniques of Yoga practice in daily life to seek the ultimate goal of liberation of the individual into Universal Consciousness. He wanted to give people clear instructions on how to use the tools within themselves to explore higher planes of consciousness. His efforts were placed in creating categories, rituals and list of principles inside each form of Yoga to help the Yoga student progress in their spiritual journey. He split the word Yoga into 8 "limbs" or practices. This is called the Ashtanga School of Yoga Philosophy. Asana is one of these 8 limbs. It means postures and is the part of Yoga that we all see most in the West: exercising through poses, stances and controlled breathing. In the Mahabharata, an Indian epic that is part of Vedic literature, Yoga is mentioned 900 times but less than 10 are about Yoga as exercise. So let's check out all 8 types of Yoga defined by Patanjali...." Continue: https://winnieland.com/blogs/blog/the-8-limbs-of-yoga [link] [comments] |
| Very meticulously curated meditation playlist for everyone Posted: 01 Mar 2021 02:42 PM PST Hi everyone. Excited to be part of the community. Here's a playlist that I've spent a long time picking over for my own meditation practice. Or just something really beautiful to listen to hiking or outside etc. Hope everyone is staying healthy and happy during these times. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0E8EnnEagUFJ6bXwmzj7Lz?si=c8f71bfd556b48b8 [link] [comments] |
| How to make space for meditating when you have ADHD? Posted: 01 Mar 2021 03:18 PM PST I'd like to develop a meditation practice, but I have ADHD and am having trouble making space for it. For those not intimately familiar with ADHD, I'd liken it to the concept of Monkey Mind. My brain wants constant stimulation and it's extremely difficult to pause my train of thought and switch gears into something like meditation. Once I'm doing it, I'm usually ok, it's mainly getting over that initial hurdle. This is something I want to do and know it would be a huge benefit to me, but I can't get myself to do it unless I'm naturally in the mood for it, which is rare. I'm terrible at maintaining a schedule or habit, I've tried using apps and setting reminders, but when the time comes, my brain is always like "Oh, I'm busy with something else, not right now." My brain just wants to do what it wants to do, when it wants to do it. I figure this is not an uncommon problem in the meditation community, so I'd love to hear any insights from people who have specifically dealt with this issue. "Do it first thing in the morning" isn't really the type of solution I need. It's more like, how do I get myself to switch gears more easily and be more open to it; or how can I conceptualize meditation that will make me prioritize it; or some other strategy I haven't thought of yet. What's worked for you? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Mar 2021 11:40 PM PST Life is tough. But some things in this life are out of your control. Was it fate? Was it Destiny? Is everything predetermined? We can never know. But death certainly has no mercy and doesn't descriminate. Which begs the question, is death the end ? Or just the beginning? For all we know we could be one conciousness experiencing it's self through human beings and animals as the eyes and ears of the cosmos. Therefore death is an illusion and life is a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves. So should we just forget about our problems and give up on life? I don't think so. Humans seem to exhibit something magical in conciousness which propels us above any animal. Perhaps through technology and artificial intelligence we will become gods and transcend our biological limitations and ultimately out grow ourselves and merge off into deviating paths. The one conciousness now becomes many. But what about all of the lost souls in the process? Can they be resurrected and maintain their continuity of consciousness? Only time can tell. However time itself will be transcended in the technological singularity so I guess this quest may become redundant. Look after yourselves, spread love and most importantly if you are every feeling helpless, know that you aren't alone. Existence itself is crazy. The fact you are here is a miracle. Everything is going to be okay in the end. The fact you even exist proves this. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Mar 2021 06:16 PM PST I've been guided by a breathwork facilitator a few times. Every time a bit of my hands, toes, and face would get pretty tingly. Didn't feel bad, but sort of freaked me out so I stopped. I did it by myself the other day, and decided just to see what happened if I kept going. The tingling sensation grew intensely as if I was stoking a fire with my breath until my whole body was BUZZING. I kept going with my eyes closed. Hyper clear visualization of geometric like patterns and a chamber full of eyes. Okay cool. When I was finished, my body felt very heavy, but I found I was able to move easily. Everything was different. It felt very similar to a mushroom high. I was unsure if I was in the right... realm? Very confusing. Was grateful to find the reality I was coming back to had substance. Some resistance contrasting the expansiveness I was just coming back from. Everything seemed thick and dense. Even the air had a liquid like quality to it, and it appeared that I could hold it, move it, pour it from hand to hand. When I closed my eyes the visualizations where very intense and were terrifying as they were interesting. So I left my eyes open. I felt grateful to be here. Great experience. Did it again last night with less fear and more excitement. Is there any danger in what I'm doing? My first though was that I couldn't believe this was free. But I'm wondering if I'm hyperventilating or doing something bad. My understanding of hyperventilating is that it's usually fast breaths, whereas I'm taking deep slow breaths, although there is no pause in between breaths. [link] [comments] |
| Meditating with anxiety, depression and OCD Posted: 01 Mar 2021 07:27 PM PST Since starting meditation 2 weeks ago I now know that I have a lot of negative thoughts in my head that I am constantly distracting myself from, such as video games, working, being on my phone etc. When I sit down to meditate and I am just alone with my thoughts I find it hard to breathe and stay still because of the anxiety that I have. I need to keep meditating because I must have so much built up stress that I am suppressing and it can't be healthy to live like this. [link] [comments] |
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| Posted: 02 Mar 2021 02:02 AM PST I've uploaded my most recent video Ouija Board session: https://ouijadocumentation.wordpress.com/ [link] [comments] |
| Opinions about Eckhart Tolle? Is he the real deal or just taking advantage of people? Posted: 01 Mar 2021 03:22 PM PST Just found out about him today. He does't seem bad intended and some of the stuff he says is interesting, but his site gives me the creeps with the photos and DVDs. Almost cultist-like. He also has moments when he is very good talking about nothing. What are your takes on him? Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| Looking for beginner advice - What are some of your best tips? Posted: 01 Mar 2021 03:11 PM PST I've been wanting to meditate for a while now. I am a very uptight person, I am constantly stressed and worried all day. Sometimes, the littlest things can set me off. I'm ashamed and it's exhausting - I know the way I am is part of my personality, but I'd like to manage it better. Anyways, I've finally come around to meditating. I got a book for Christmas called "Self Meditation" by Barbara Ann Kipfer. I thought it would be about how to meditate, but it's mostly mantras for daily life. It's not that I don't appreciate it, it's simply not what I was looking for. I find that when I meditate, my mind is constantly thinking. The book said that when you think of something that is a distraction, acknowledge it only as a "thought." If sounds take away from your breathing, only acknowledge it as "sound" or "hearing". I find myself not able to focus at all, and I get frustrated. Let me know some advice. I really want to begin a path of mindfulness and have some sort of peace aspect in my life. Feel free to leave comments, advice, or even article links that you have found helpful. [link] [comments] |
| Effects of meditation on the brain Posted: 02 Mar 2021 12:22 AM PST Excerpt from the book "Consciousness beyond life - the science of the near-death experience"
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| How whould you compare the Wim Hof method to mindfulness? Posted: 02 Mar 2021 12:00 AM PST I've been practicing mindfulness but im completely new to the Wim Hof method. What's the differences? (exept the breathing) and advice for this method is welcomed here!:) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Mar 2021 09:05 AM PST Hello I would like to share my experience with medatation on this sub seeing nobody else around me seems to understand, here we go, most of my adult life I've had really bad anxiety I,ll not go into that but it was bad, even when I was most relaxed in the evenings my heart would be beating through my chest, I ended up taking diazepam which worked for a bit but it wasn't the answer I was looking for so I tried meditation, really couldn't understand how this seemingly relaxed exercise could help me with my anxiety but much to my surprise after a lot of perseverance I was cured, just like that, still till this day I don't understand it but it worked. Through my yoga and coupled with running and exercising it has completely gone, every morning I wake up I'm expecting to feel the way I did but no it doesn't happen, it's only been 3 months, how good am I going to feel in a year, anyway feels good to put that out there. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Mar 2021 04:24 AM PST |
| If you really wanna relax Hear this out https://youtu.be/Hb-GJ9_4xgU Posted: 01 Mar 2021 10:53 PM PST |
| Sam Harris' Waking up... Is it worth the money? Posted: 01 Mar 2021 09:35 AM PST I've just completed the fifth day (end of the free trial) on the Waking Up meditation app. I very much enjoyed the short sessions, but can't view what else the app has to offer until I pay for a subscription. Does anybody have experience with the app, meaning has it been worth paying 100 dollars for the year? Thanks [link] [comments] |
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