Meditation: Weekly Discussion April 05, 2021 |
- Weekly Discussion April 05, 2021
- 36 consecutive days. 821 minutes
- I finally understand why it's important not to stop practicing
- What do you do with the “dark side” of meditation like demotivation
- Observing my feelings, thoughts and actions while having a crush is... Surprisingly healthy.
- It feels like it's becoming harder the more I do it.
- Kundalini rising?
- Beginning My Journey
- Learning to meditate
- Except for silence, everything else is your imagination.
- Tingly feeling between my eyebrows when I meditate
- For those who is trying to seek true peace.
- It isn't complicated
- Im not able to Meditate anymore, and its affecting the rest of my life.
- I liked that
- Meditation for getting anxious in job interviews
- Runners high?
- Cutting out sound with meditation
- Tingly feeling between my eyebrows when I meditate
- Does meditation help with loneliness?
- Funny meditation experience
- Zero energy expenditure technique. "I have zero energy available for mental resistance"
- Sleep Music in Underwater Paradise: Deep Relaxing Music, Sleeping Music ...
- How do you "Visualize" without fantasizing?
- Getting rid of the monkey mind
| Weekly Discussion April 05, 2021 Posted: 05 Apr 2021 04:00 AM PDT 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] |
| 36 consecutive days. 821 minutes Posted: 04 Apr 2021 08:49 PM PDT It amazes how something so simple can yield such incredible results. I have been meditating for 36 days now. Sometimes only once, but mostly at least two times a day. It's absolutely incredible that it has had so much of an effect on me. I have less anxiety and stress and because of that, because of lack of neurotic thinking, I have had more energy to take on each day with a different perspective and a better out look. I still get mad, still get sad, frustrated, and lonely, but these emotions don't stay with me throughout the day. They don't drag me down and leave me feeling worse anymore. This whole thing is rather peaceful and this community is great, and I'm grateful to be learning new ways of acceptance. [link] [comments] |
| I finally understand why it's important not to stop practicing Posted: 05 Apr 2021 01:44 AM PDT So it finally happened, after a bit over a year and a half(?) of meditating daily. Though I would argue the time it takes isn't important. In the midst of a semi-panic attack, it finally clicked. This time instead of resisting, I simply accepted the fact, like I had many other panic attacks, that I was going to (what felt like) die. But this time instead of worrying I started only focusing on each breath, deep conscious breaths. I put on a (what felt like) random Metta meditation by Sam Harris, can't hurt to practice some love if this is my final moments was probably along what I was thinking. But this time something completely different happened, instead of the panic attack gradually disappearing, something just snapped and I got this overwhelming sense of love, understanding and that everything was okay. I can't really explain it, and it probably does sound quite strange but I know that many others have probably gone through what I did (as I've definitely seen on previous posts here) and I just wanted to share this happiness. If anybody can give some simple advice on how to proceed forward apart from just continuing meditating that would be highly appreciated. Maybe some advice on interesting topics to look into related to mindfulness (buddhism, hinduism etc, anything really I love learning about everything and anything) Right now I'm just focusing on taking each day and moment as it happens, there's of course still a lot of unsolved challenges in my life but the main thing that's changed now I would say is I never lose hope in the same way I did before, and so far I don't feel bad (sad, anxious, worried) in the same way as before, and just trying slowly to meditate a little more over time than I have been (initially when I started it was 10 min, then 20 min each day but then I lost priority a little and it went back to 10 minutes), though I think what is important isn't how long you formally practice but that you really do try to practice being mindful in each moment of daily life too (which is really difficult but I'm quickly seeing progress) [link] [comments] |
| What do you do with the “dark side” of meditation like demotivation Posted: 04 Apr 2021 04:02 PM PDT This isn't something unique. Many people have experienced that meditation isn't always pleasant and not this linear uphill progress towards bliss, happiness, enlightenment Right now, my daily tasks and goals I used to do more easily just feel meaningless now and I find hard to do much. What do I do? Will more meditation get me through this? Meditation does feel like the only thing im motivated to do [link] [comments] |
| Observing my feelings, thoughts and actions while having a crush is... Surprisingly healthy. Posted: 04 Apr 2021 01:33 PM PDT Three months of daily mindfulness meditation. Amongst tons of other healthy benefits to meditation, feeling my emotions has been the biggest for me. I'm slowly developing my feelings again after pure emotional numbness and apathy. Even started counselling last week. Today I realised I have a crush. It feels surprisingly healthy and refreshing. I notice my heart beats faster when I think of her and I have this warm sensation in my stomach. I notice I only think of this individual in a positive light. I try my best to think negatively of them but it does not change how I feel. I find it interesting how powerful crushes are. I have a desire to message them and to meet with them and hold them. I also see how I sometimes change conversations with my friends to talk about her. It is a shame that I know this person is not for me, however I think this post is a sign for me that once again, meditation really is a miracle tool. [link] [comments] |
| It feels like it's becoming harder the more I do it. Posted: 05 Apr 2021 04:11 AM PDT Hi, I've been following the headspace app basics course for the past 10 days. On the first day, after completing the meditation, I felt a serene sense of calm. The next few days it was slightly reduced but I still felt pretty good. But then I began to feel less and less different and today I had to end it early as I couldn't focus on it. Why might this be happening? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Apr 2021 01:54 AM PDT I started meditating 2 years ago to supplement my psychotherapy. This past year, I started reading tarot, casual reading about chakras, practicing candle magic and going thru my therapist's list of Jungian books. Two weeks ago, my dreams started shifting and becoming more lucid, and I dreamt about a wolf. Last night I went into my garden, candle in water, sage burning. I sat on the ground and tried to summon the wolf to speak to it. As the wolf and I reached a clearing and I pet it, a strong gust of wind blew the candle out, I felt electricity surge through the base of my spine and burst through the top of my head. My whole body was pulsing and burning and I was overcome with emotion and memories. The wolf was telling me, "We were always alone, remember? Remember. Remember." I sobbed and ugly-cried for a good minute. When I told my friend this, she said that might have been a kundalini awakening. I'm not well-versed in kundalini at all. What was that??? Where do I go from here? I imagine I will want to meet my wolf again, but that's all I got. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Apr 2021 05:20 AM PDT I've been going through a rough time, as I'm sure most have throughout this pandemic, but meditation was suggested to me by my mother. I used to always think it was pointless and just stereotyped it as people sitting criss cross apple sauce 🧘♀️. Now I understand it's the true definition of just "being." It's when you're able to bring your mind to a state of complete serenity. No thoughts, no worries, anticipations, etc. a good analogy is if you think of your thoughts like clouds. On a normal day, it's sunny outside and you'll see clouds of different shapes / sizes passing along all throughout the day. Some days it's a hurricane, some days there are a lot of clouds. Meditation is when its a completely blue sky, sunny day without any clouds passing along. I'm very excited and optimistic for what's to come and am very thankful for discovering such a wonderful practice. Peace & Blessings to such a wonderful community 😊🤙🏽 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Apr 2021 03:26 PM PDT So I'm just wondering what thoughts I should have, maybe mantras I should keep repeating. How I should breath and for how long? I haven't yet felt the full affects, but usually have dealt happier and aligned after a session. I learned to not let my thoughts mean anything, and to observe them, but anything else? Any techniques or ways that work for you? Please let me know! [link] [comments] |
| Except for silence, everything else is your imagination. Posted: 04 Apr 2021 09:35 PM PDT I'm sure some of us have experienced a deep silence and stillness while meditating. That silence is the only reality, everything else that comes up (thoughts, imagination, hallucinations, visions and so on) these are of the mind and therefore they are not real, regardless of how beautiful they may be. The psychological mind isn't to be trusted because it is deceptive, it builds you up just to knock you back down, that's the nature of the egoic mind. Only silence can be trusted because it is not an illusion or a dream, and everything else is born out of it. In silence we are one with existence, but when thought comes up and we identify with it we fall back into the illusion of separation. [link] [comments] |
| Tingly feeling between my eyebrows when I meditate Posted: 04 Apr 2021 10:56 PM PDT I'm a complete novice to meditation but I've been familiar with it my whole life, my mom used to take me to her meditation seminars and they usually had like a parallel kids seminar, where they would teach us a few things, but I was never too interested until now that I'm an adult. I've always felt a tingly sensation in between my eyebrows, a lil up towards my forehead, whenever I pray, concentrate on something or try to meditate, it has always happened to me as far as I remember, so I was wondering if someone could tell me what it means. The only thing similar that I found online is the third eye but like I said before, I'm not trained in meditation, so I think that such an advanced concept should not apply to me. I also have a lot of trouble emptying my mind so any tips would also be appreciated. Edit: Spelling [link] [comments] |
| For those who is trying to seek true peace. Posted: 04 Apr 2021 03:35 PM PDT True peace/happiness is not about trying to supress your emotion. Many people think that sitting down and meditate will solve all the problems, but it is not true. All it does is supressing that emotions by creating an illusion of peace. But once you lose that peace, you will return to your original state. Meditation like that is similar to doing weed or masturbating, but healthier. The way to achive "unshakable peace or happiness", you must let the emotion rise naturally and simply watch it (do nothing else). Once you completely sympathize (watching it without trying to supress, change, etc), you are free from it. You must watch your thought, emotion, body throughout the day (be watchful of it and do nothingelse). Watch it even when all the nasty thoughts arise (like you trying to kill someones, etc..). As long as you watch it, it does no harm to you. If you practice this well, even when someone yelled at you for no reason ( you would sympathize with them since you developed the wisdom). As a result, you will achive ultimate bliss even when you are in a big crowd. Nothing can change the peace inside you, nothing. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Apr 2021 08:18 PM PDT You are meditating anytime you notice your thoughts. There is no wrong way to do it. It's a path/journey/game. Just keep playing, show yourself some gratitude, have compassion for others. You are doing it perfectly. [link] [comments] |
| Im not able to Meditate anymore, and its affecting the rest of my life. Posted: 05 Apr 2021 02:56 AM PDT Hello everyone. I have encountered a problem in my practice and was hoping there is someone who have experienced something similar and could offer some assistance. I started meditating about 4 months ago, and have been using the app "waking up" by Sam Harris. The first 2 months was great and helped me be alot more mindful through my days. But the last 2 months ive encountered a problem. It started out as a fear that maybe im not meditating the right way, i started overthinking the practice and became a little obsessive about it. Now i find myself constantly thinking about my experience and analyzing everything during practice, sometimes during the rest of my day also. This has made me alot more distracted and somewhat cut off from the people around me, because i find myself lost i thought most of the day. Im much more distracted now than i was when i started, kinda the opposite of being mindful. Im thinking alot about how things "should" be during meditation. For example: When i notice that a thought is present i try to let it be and watch it until it passes, when it does, i think "it passed" and i watch that thought and it goes on looping. I get lost in thought after every new sensation i notice also. I have tried to ignore it, tried to accept it, observe it. But it just goes on. Im gonna give it a last try this week but if nothing works i feel i need tp end my practice. Its not worth it, being so lost in thought all the time has made me somewhat depressed, cut off from the people around me, and flat emotionally. So if anyone got some tips for me i would really appreciate it, maybe someone have experienced something similar? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Apr 2021 02:15 AM PDT I thought you might like this short clip from the Waking Up app. Click on the link to listen now. https://dynamic.wakingup.com/moment/C097A9 [link] [comments] |
| Meditation for getting anxious in job interviews Posted: 04 Apr 2021 09:04 PM PDT I have social anxiety and I have started meditating just a few months back.. after a year I have to appear interviews in which they are going to ask me to solve technical question ... I don't know when someone is sitting near I find it very hard to concentrate on the problems even I knew all answers .. do you think meditation will help me ??please share your experience [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Apr 2021 05:22 AM PDT Hello everyone. I have been meditating for a few months now and I really see the results of my efforts. I am aware of baseless, destructive thinking so much quicker and I can halt that and become mindful again, almost chuckling at where my mind goes. But I have been meditating for the past few months mainly 10-20 minutes a day. Last night I read something about runners high equivalent to meditating. In the sense, meditating for around 45 minutes gives pleasurable results on the body, almost like a rush of bliss and electricity. So I decided to do a 30 minute meditation and around 3 minutes before the end I felt a huge blissful buzz. So I have decided to now commit to 30 minutes in the morning before I start my day and then 30 minutes in the evening before I sleep. Has anyone else had these amazing experiences meditating rather than the normal benefits of meditation :) [link] [comments] |
| Cutting out sound with meditation Posted: 05 Apr 2021 04:58 AM PDT Short question: I have heard that there is a way to cut out sound and noises without using headphones, but rather by meditating. How is this achieved? Long question: My mother is a former primary school teacher and a very religious person at that. She taught English in Japan in the early 90s and had to go through studying methods to calm students down by making them meditate. As a Christian, she does not have a high opinion of meditation and believes that it is a form of evil, however, one time she decided to try out a meditation tactic that was assigned to her. The meditation was supposed to eliminate sound from her surroundings by focusing on them intently (that's all the details I have). She tried this out in a crowded and noisy environment on a Japanese train on the way to work, and to her amazement, it worked. She eliminated all sound from her surroundings and was left in complete peace. At this moment, she heard a deep male voice saying "it's quiet here isn't it?" This both shocked her and creeped her out at the same time, and she decided never to do it again due to its close connection to the devil. This is the story that she told me, she wasn't the type of person to lie to her children so I'm guessing she actually heard the voice. It's been year's since she told me this, and she refused to tell me anything more about it (she thought she sensed that I was interested or something I guess). Has anyone heard of this meditation style? Does anyone know the steps you take to get to this state? [link] [comments] |
| Tingly feeling between my eyebrows when I meditate Posted: 04 Apr 2021 10:56 PM PDT I'm a complete novice to meditation but I've been familiar with it my whole life, my mom used to take me to her meditation seminars and they usually had like a parallel kids seminar, where they would teach us a few things, but I was never too interested until now that I'm an adult. I've always felt a tingly sensation in between my eyebrows, a lil up towards my forehead, whenever I pray, concentrate on something or try to meditate, it has always happened to me as far as I remember, so I was wondering if someone could tell me what it means. The only thing similar that I found online is the third eye but like I said before, I'm not training meditation, so I think that's such an advanced concept should not apply to me. I also have a lot of trouble emptying my mind so any tips would also be appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| Does meditation help with loneliness? Posted: 04 Apr 2021 01:29 PM PDT |
| Posted: 04 Apr 2021 06:15 PM PDT Earlier today I went to a beach in England called Durdle Door that is surrounded by tall cliffs and huge hills everywhere. I found a nice big hill overlooking the ocean and saw a bench and decided to sit down and meditate. So I sat down and began meditating and focusing on my breath and just being present. I focused on the wind hitting my face and the sun on my skin, then brought the attention back to my breath. This continued for about 10-15 minutes before I decided to end the meditation. I opened my eyes and immediately gasped, yelled "WOAH!" and fell down to my knees and for about 5-10 seconds I had no idea what was happening. I got so deep into my meditation that I somehow forgot that I was sitting on top of a huge hill at a beach. It was probably the strangest meditation experience I've ever had but it was pretty funny once I calmed myself down. [link] [comments] |
| Zero energy expenditure technique. "I have zero energy available for mental resistance" Posted: 04 Apr 2021 12:55 PM PDT Hey friends! In the last days I've experimented with a new technique - I want to share it with you. As you probably know most of the time mental struggle causes the most pain. It's not the anxiety or the feelings or the intrusive thoughts. It's the mental resistance we put up, the fight that prolongs and increases the misery. So I figured - it takes energy to fight feelings/thoughts. What if you weren't willing to spend any more energy on those useless things? Because it takes ACTIVE energy to put up the mental struggle. Even if you're conscious or not about it. Following this train of thought I had the attitude: "I don't have energy available to spend fighting sensation/thought X". "I'm not willing to spend any energy on fighting useless internal mental struggles" and my favourite mantra that goes with it: "I have zero energy available for mental resistance" Upon adopting this attitude consciously (along with the mantra above) I observed that some internal battles died down. This resulted in a observable physical feeling of relief, especially in the chest/abdominal area. I made a note of this technique and I'll incorporate in future versions of Gamitate (no links but you can google it or click on my profile, it's a meditation game). Yay :) I have a couple more novel techniques and mental attitudes which seem to make a difference (which are not included in the Gamitate yet). I'll share some of those as days go by, as not to overload you and give you time to practice! TLDR: Internal struggle requires mental energy. Consciously withhold the energy (pretend you don't have any energy available for that) and the fuel for struggle will die down. Repeat the mantra: "I have zero energy available for mental resistance" Try this now if you feel like it! And please, let me know how this works for you in the comments! [link] [comments] |
| Sleep Music in Underwater Paradise: Deep Relaxing Music, Sleeping Music ... Posted: 05 Apr 2021 04:03 AM PDT Just created a new relaxation video of stunning pictures of underwater sea life - it's a little over 12 minutes long and has beautiful, soothing piano music as a background. . Really enjoying this project- I'm doing it to help me - not only in my meditation and relaxation but also learning how to create videos. If it helps someone then great. If anyone has any suggestions on how to improve, or what would be useful for them to listen then please feel free to comment or send a message here. Liking and subscribing on the video would be greatly appreciated but are not the reason for posting. Stay safe everyone and take each day as it comes. [link] [comments] |
| How do you "Visualize" without fantasizing? Posted: 04 Apr 2021 05:03 PM PDT I'm extremely depressed since I can't quit fantasizing about this version of me I want to be. But it's all unrealistic, I'm looking for answers. But they're all out of my view it seems. It's like the universe forgot all about me almost. Can't really put into words. [link] [comments] |
| Getting rid of the monkey mind Posted: 04 Apr 2021 10:59 AM PDT Hey guys , i want to ask about something everyone suffers from it which is the monkey mind , it made us less focused less productive and less happy by overthinking ... etc . So how to get rid of it ? [link] [comments] |
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