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- Who else smiles naturally at some point during meditation?
- Many years ago i learnt a unique type of meditation. It required me to visualise colors. In all their intensity & vibrancy. It started with red. Moved through entire color spectrum of the rainbow. Ended with a visualising a bright almost blinding white light.
- Sam Harris on the Meaning of Life and the Superpower of Meditation
- I just don't feel present anymore.
- Clockwise and backward-forward swaying on different instances during meditation
- meditation with tinnitus
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- The distance between your thoughts and you
- I think I just experienced my first intentional mediation, and I'm all tingly.
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| Posted: 27 May 2021 12:30 PM PDT A person who thinks all the time Has nothing to think about except thoughts So, he loses touch with reality and lives in a world of illusions By thoughts I mean specifically, chatter in the skull Perpetual and compulsive repetition of words, of reckoning and calculating I'm not saying that thinking is bad Like everything else, it's useful in moderation A good servant, but a bad master And all so-called civilized peoples Have increasingly become crazy and self-destructive Because through excessive thinking they have lost touch with reality That's to say We confuse signs With the real world Most of us would have rather money than tangible wealth And a great occasion is somehow spoiled for us unless photographed And to read about it the next day in the newspaper Is oddly more fun for us than the original event This is a disaster For as a result of confusing the real world of nature with mere signs We are destroying nature We are so tied up in our minds that we've lost our senses Time to wake up What is reality? Obviously, no one can say Because it isn't words It isn't material, that's just an idea Reality is- [link] [comments] |
| Daily meditation - one year later. Posted: 27 May 2021 04:50 PM PDT I started meditating for twenty minutes one year ago. At that time, I had just returned from a trip that was interrupted because of Covid-19. My dependable career (which was my life) suddenly appeared shaky. I was away from my friends and family and the entire world seemed uncertain. I had dabbled in meditation - but I had never taken it that seriously. I decided to try because I wanted to bring some normalcy into my life during a chaotic time. So, I started meditating. And I hated it. Time seemed to inch by, I felt uncomfortable in my body, and it seemed like nothing in my life was changing. Over the next few months I stuck to my meditation religiously. I began meditating outside and sort of enjoyed the ritual of getting outside and sitting on my yoga mat. My mind still wandered, but it seemed easier to get it back on track. My personal life was tumultuous. I went through a bad breakup, left my job, and had a major fall out with my core group of friends. I kept meditating and moved my practice to the base of a tree. As a person of color, the resurgence of the BLM movement brought up a lot of trauma for me. I was angry the entire summer. One day I was finishing a glass of wine and decided to take a break from drinking. (I haven't had alcohol since.) My anxiety slowly improved, to the point that I was able to stop taking my medication for about 8 months. I had many, many relationships fracture. It was painful, confusing and it took me a long time to understand what was happening. It was very strange... some relationships became stronger, clearer, and healthier than they have ever been before. The other relationships just became so toxic that I ended them or just couldn't continue relating to the other person. I almost feel that I couldn't continue to conform to the person that I was before. I thought I had been living a wonderful life, but after this year I realized how toxic my life really was. I was a self-absorbed, workaholic party girl who had completely disconnected from who I was. ALL of my romantic relationships had been abusive, most of my friends were alcoholics, and honestly? I was 'happy,' but also pretty miserable. I have now done a complete 180 and moved into a career I love, and my lifestyle is so much healthier. My meditation is now easily my favourite part of my day. I stick to my 20 minutes, but if I have time I do another 20 minutes before bed. My mind is a lot clearer. I'm happier. More confident. I've had a consistent work out routine for the first time in my life. I don't ruminate on mistakes as long. I'm much more secure in who I am. I fell in love, got engaged and ghosted. And you know what? I'm okay. Meditation isn't a magic fix. I still had some terrible moments this year and times when I wanted to give up. However, I can honestly say this has been the most fruitful, fulfilling and HAPPIEST year of my life. I feel like I am finally becoming myself and letting go of so much baggage and things that never belonged to me. My intuition is a lot stronger, and now I know what people/situations jobs to avoid. This is a habit I will have for life (well, at least I hope) and it's been the best gift I have given to myself. [link] [comments] |
| Who else smiles naturally at some point during meditation? Posted: 27 May 2021 09:08 PM PDT Bhante Vimalaramsi made me addicted to smiling during meditation. It's just natural now. At some point I start to get pleasurable experiences and the smile comes. 😁 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 May 2021 09:14 AM PDT At the end of the meditation, there was a physically tangible energy flux in my head ( specifically my forehead ). I did'nt know what was trance at that time but i think the source said that the meditation put one into trance. I am not sure where i learnt it from , probably youtube?. However, it was really interesting as i tried it for like 4-5 times and it put me into that state every single time. Can anybody elaborate on it if he/she knows what i am talking about ? [link] [comments] |
| Sam Harris on the Meaning of Life and the Superpower of Meditation Posted: 27 May 2021 03:07 AM PDT I found this description of what mindfulness is, in context of the meaning of life very descriptive of my own experience, and wanted to share:
- Sam Harris, From the Lex Fridman Podcast #185 at 3:07:20. [link] [comments] |
| I just don't feel present anymore. Posted: 27 May 2021 11:59 PM PDT Realizing that now. Past few years of my life have just been working and passing time. Never really feeling present, never really feeling here, just working, waiting until the weekend and continuing, looking forward to the future but not to anything in particular. I don't feel present anymore. At times I used to, but I've never felt so far away from that feeling as I do now. [link] [comments] |
| Clockwise and backward-forward swaying on different instances during meditation Posted: 28 May 2021 12:45 AM PDT Is there an indication of what is being cleared depending on which movement you are experiencing when you are meditating? or is it all different for everyone? When I meditated lying down, I experienced a clockwise motion of my head. When I meditated while I sat, I experienced backward-forward swaying. Anyone with similar experiences and what you believe it is an indication of? Thank you!! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 May 2021 06:16 AM PDT I've had nonstop tinnitus, a ringing in the ears, for years. There's a moment of silence. That said, have any of you had success with meditation despite this condition? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 May 2021 02:29 AM PDT What are the best resources you guys are aware of for live meditation sessions? I am trying to search through google but much of what I've found appears to be membership based with a fee. Is this generally the state of things or are there any more grassroots/non business settings out there? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 May 2021 10:21 PM PDT 1.is it true? (yes or no, no wrong answer believe it or not. and if you hear "maybe…but…because…" you can notice the mind is here, thank you mind, and go back to listening for either a yes or no). 2. can you absolutely know that it's true? (again just looking for a yes or no and noticing which one is alive in you at the moment.) 3. how do you react, what happens when you're thinking and believing that thought? (how do you feel? where in your body? how do you treat you? how do you treat them?) 4. who would you be without your story? in that same situation. just notice, don't do anything! the turnarounds: if the original thought is "paul doesn't listen to me" you can try these and see if they feel as true or truer to you: i don't listen to myself. i don't listen to paul. paul does listen to me. and when the subject at hand is abstract like "i need a great career" you can put "my thinking" there in the turnarounds. so "i need a better career" becomes "i need better thinking (especially around my career) [link] [comments] |
| The distance between your thoughts and you Posted: 27 May 2021 01:57 PM PDT Have you ever gone through times where you felt you had no control over your addictions? Lately I've been going through somewhat a dopamine binge, unable to steer away from my urges. I just finished a 20minute session and for the first time in a while, I felt liberated. Through out my meditation I kept on asking myself, "why do I feel this urge?" And then it made me question, who is the "I" feeling the urge? And if this "I" is truly me or is it just my thoughts on autopilot. And in that moment, I could see myself separate from my thoughts. It is hard to describe what I felt but I was conscious of my inner-being/essence, and it was as if it came forward after having been piled under the overpowering thoughts. I have read books on this topic but never come to experience it first hand. The separation between my thoughts and the nothingness became greater and greater until the bell on my app rang. Maybe this was the state of being truly present. I just wanted to share my experience, and to remind you all that you are not your thoughts. [link] [comments] |
| I think I just experienced my first intentional mediation, and I'm all tingly. Posted: 27 May 2021 09:40 PM PDT I've been practicing yoga here and there for years, but since January 21, 2021 (a family incident led me to yoga as a way of learning how to keep my head on my shoulders), I've been taking it more seriously. The first moment of enlightenment/unintentional meditation was during one of my earlier full yoga practices (Yoga with Adrienne). I was in the right state of mind and able to connect to her words in a way that left me feeling light and tingly and quietly ecstatic. Combined with barre, my strength and balance keeps improving, and over the past few weeks, I've decided to take my yoga practice to the next level. I've tried meditation a few times, but usually when I'm on my way to sleep anyway. So whatever peace I find is sometimes distorted by my exhaustion. Tonight, however, I sat cross-legged and...I actually don't know how I go there. But suddenly I felt different. Connected. Empty. Grounded. Full. Lifted. Then I realized how much my breath had slowed and deepened, and focused on that. I don't know if this make sense. But I'm elated and feeling more calm than I have in a long time. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 May 2021 12:24 AM PDT I wasn't sure what subreddit to post this in, but this honestly seemed the most fitting. About 30 minutes ago, I was resting my head on my desk in my dark room. I had enough light entering through the gaps between my arm and desk to be able to make stuff out. While I was doing that, I began to focus and block everything out. I noticed my vision was starting to be "painted" black, as if a brush was stroking black paint across my eyes. I got scared and immediately snapped out of it. I then told myself there was no reason to be scared, and I tried again. I then I began to paint my vision out in sections. Where I saw light, I told my brain to black it out. I did this until my vision was completely black, but I could still move my eyes. Why and how was I able to do this? [link] [comments] |
| Any recommendations for watching video lectures/sermons? Posted: 28 May 2021 02:40 AM PDT I know there are a zillion videos out there on Youtube but If you were to recommend, who are the top 3-5 monks/ or professional meditation practitioners you would recommend? I watched some videos of John Kabat Zinn and found them nice. I started watching Ajahn Thanissaro and found it really helpful [link] [comments] |
| The art of meditation - Alan Watts Posted: 28 May 2021 02:34 AM PDT The art of meditation is a way of getting in touch with reality. And the reason for it is that most civilised people are out of touch with reality because they confuse the world as it is with the world as they think about it and talk about it and describe it. For on the one hand, there is the real world, and on the other a whole system of symbols about that world which we have in our minds. These are very, very useful symbols, all civilization depends on them, but like all good things, they have their disadvantages and the principal disadvantage of symbols is that we confuse them with reality. Just as we confuse money with actual wealth. And our names about ourselves our ideas of ourselves images of ourselves, with ourselves. Now of course reality from a philosopher's point of view, is a dangerous word. A philosopher will ask me what do I mean by reality? Am I talking about the physical world of nature, or am I talking about a spiritual world or what? And to that I have a very simple answer. When we talk about the material world, that is actually a philosophical concept. So in the same way, if I say that reality is spiritual/ That's also a philosophical concept, and reality itself is not the concept. Reality is [gong] and we won't give it a name. (From the Alan Watts . org website) To help people to live fully now. Which is to say, to experience reality. I created this telegram channel in which I will send a daily reminder to rest / stop for a moment. Feel free to join :) [link] [comments] |
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| Posted: 28 May 2021 01:27 AM PDT What is Meditation Music about? Meditation has been derived from the Latin word "Meditatio", meaning "align to the center". Meditation is perfect for strengthening body, mind and soul and get them into balance. The meditative state is neurologically measurable as a change in brain waves. The heartbeat slows, breathing deepened, reduces muscle tension. Meditation has been part of the spiritual procedures in many religions and cultures. We distinguish passive meditation (mindfulness meditation or silence) and active meditation (yoga, dance, martial arts, mantra vocals). Rhythmic sounds and music facilitate meditation significantly because every human being has got an innate musicality. Our ancestors knew about the power of music, which is reflected in many traditional and spiritual songs and prayers. The positive effect of music is also being used in music therapy. Learn more: -Subscribe to our youtube channel for meditation music. (CLICK HERE) Relaxing music contains quiet sounds in the background – mostly nature sounds such as flowing water – as a relaxing retreat effect. It's being used not only in meditation, but also during massages, spa treatments or in the private sector in their free time. Meditation doesn't always follow the goal of just relaxing. Movement can be an important part of it, too; that's why meditation music is more than pure relaxation music which primarily wants to loosen tension and create a relaxed state of body, mind and soul. Meditation Music contains relaxing music for passive meditation, but also covers a dynamic genre of drum or other lively music which supports the active meditation! Read the full article HERE.. -Subscribe to our youtube channel for meditation music. (CLICK HERE) It can be divided into music with Eastern or Western influences and also a mix of East-Western Music (New Age). Eastern Meditation Music is often used for energy work, which has its roots in Asia, for example in Qi Gong or Tai Chi Chuan. This also includes the pure Sound Meditation with singing bowls, with their long-lasting sound. This sound often touches people deep in their soul and can have a healing effect in therapy. During the hippie era in the 60s and 70s a blending of musical influences from East and West took place, as many Western musicians traveled to India, searching for inspiration. Famous musicians such as Deuter, Karunesh and Klaus Wiese mixed Indian musical styles with Western music to a whole new style of music that was known as New Age. This music represents a large part of today's meditation music. You can hear traditional instruments of Asia, such as the sitar, tabla or bamboo flute, as well as modern Western instruments such as piano and guitar. It often contains interpretations of traditional spiritual songs and mantras (Mantra Music). Western Meditation Music mainly includes classical music or Gregorian chants. Meditation music can be used as an element in the background or as a guiding element in the foreground. Meditation Music can also affect people by singing along (chanting). Music in a guided meditation (fantasy journey, chakra meditation, deep relaxation) is played with low volume, substituting the instructor's words, to strengthen the relaxation and the meditation's effect. An exception is the Shamanic Journey, which is usually performed by a steady, energetic drum rhythm. This rhythm does not lead to relaxation, but into a trancelike state. Learn more.. -Subscribe to our youtube channel for meditation music. (CLICK HERE) In passive meditation, Meditation Music is mainly used for relaxation. During dynamic meditation, music is in the foreground. The tempo is usually fast and rhythmic. This music encourages the listeners to move and start certain physical, mental and spiritual processes. Examples: the yoga practices such as the dynamic exercises in Kundalini Yoga, or as the Whirling Dervishes in Sufism. Read more: -Subscribe to our youtube channel for meditation music. (CLICK HERE) There is also Meditation Music to sing along: Mantra Music. Here the Mantra is being sung repeatedly several times, while the mind is connected to the meditation's subject. With a Mantra, a "word of power", an energy is being released from a sound. Chanting is a part of yoga. -Subscribe to our youtube channel for meditation music. (CLICK HERE) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 May 2021 09:21 PM PDT I've had tinnitus for a few years now, I'm guessing it started because of listening to really loud music as a teenager. Tinnitus is basically an ringing sound that constantly plays in your head, mainly an issue in the brain and not in the ears themselves. It can vary in frequency, mine is a 12Ghz sine wave (had a test done). I've noticed it many times but it doesn't bother me too much, unlike some people who are constantly fatigued by it. Today it helped me draw a line in my meditation practice. Why does tinnitus not bother me but it bothers many others to the point of depression? I really don't label or engage with my tinnitus. I can hear it almost all the time, but I've kind of acknowledged that I have no control over it, and that's it's just always going to be there. I never label it as loud, annoying, or frustrating either. What I'm trying to say is that tinnitus for me, was meditation before I even started. Only recently did I learn how thoughts can be ignored because you never have control over their appearance, and they don't affect if you don't engage with them by forming judgements. So to those people who have tinnitus (I have seen a few posts on this group) I hope you can relate in some way. Funny to think that I was already meditating years before I thought I started 🤔 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 May 2021 09:11 PM PDT hey guys new here, lookin for some new ways to enhance my manifestation through meditations, does anyone have any books or video references? [link] [comments] |
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| Posted: 28 May 2021 12:29 AM PDT I've tried transcendental like meditation, I don't think I ever reached that sublime out-of-body out-of-mind state or whatever it's called. Even after 2-3 years of practice and the best instruction I could get was I felt lacking back then. RIght now, my mindufulness meditation sessions are paid for rather than freely taken, but a very small one time amount (Joseph Goldsteins course on the mindfulness app).I entered into that non-ordinary state right from the get-go. Whenver I feel stressed or angry or craving something I don't want to be doing, it's probably because I didn't practice mindfulness the previous 3-4 days. People talk about all this ego-loss and shit, but I've started to almost resemble some narcissist, and now I'm in a stage I realize because of mindfulness because of therapy and because of seeing people work and do thins that I need to recognize my limits and this brought down the narcissism. I'm not 'meant' to do something, I'm not 'meant' to be something or achieve something. I'm lucky to be having my job, I'm lucky to be doing something that I like, and I'm lucky to be surrounded in my house and not out on the streets like the rest of my less fortunate brethren in this corona lockdown we are facing in India. I'm lucky my life is in order and in tune with what I like. Also I never accepted help, and this made me think people didn't help me but it was merely an orientation of the unconscious. [link] [comments] |
| How does one meditate when you don't have an inner monologue? Posted: 27 May 2021 08:06 AM PDT I have always taken the phrase "voice in the back of your head" to be an analogy or a metaphor for feelings that pop up in the back of your head. When I realized people were being literally, I was honestly a little surprised. I never have a voice narrating my thoughts! The thoughts typically appear as images, sensations, or emotions. I can conjure up a voice speaking whenever I am say, reading something or consciously imagining someone saying something, but there is no voice in my head that I identify with as a monologue. I don't narrate myself. This has made meditation a difficult venture. While I can absolutely practice meditation, it makes banishing these thoughts feel like trying to shoo away ghosts. I just can't really touch them, they aren't entirely tangible. Is this why some people cannot calm themselves? Because they cannot separate their thoughts from their emotions? Because they don't have a voice that they can recognize these thoughts with and banish? I'm just at a loss. [link] [comments] |
| Blocks to compassion during Metta Posted: 28 May 2021 12:08 AM PDT Hello everyone, I've been doing meditation on and off for about 9 months but recently committed to a daily 10-15 minute practice for the last month. I've seen a real improvement in my anxiety, overthinking and awareness of the present moment. I'm trying guided Metta (loving kindness), and I find myself a bit disheartened when the guiding voice says "notice this change in how you feel when you extend compassion to others". This is because I don't feel anything, I don't feel warm, fuzzy or a charge of energy, I feel the same (calm). I realise this might mean that I have a block of compassion for myself than might mean I'm unable to feel it for others in a genuine way. Has anyone had any experience with this? Will continuing Metta help to unlock this feeling of compassion with time? I would like to feel this glow/sensation all the guided meditations talk about when you feel compassion. If it helps, I am starting therapy soon, so can use that to unpack why I may be unable to do this (genuinely feel compassion), but would be good to know from a meditation/Buddhist perspective what I could do daily, and moment by moment to foster compassion for myself. Thank you! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 May 2021 08:00 PM PDT All my life I have felt something deep. I don't know what it is. I can't really describe it. For a long time I thought it was despair, love, I'm not so sure anymore. When I look closely, it doesn't have any quality. It's empty. In all my relationships, family, friends, romantic, I have never felt connected on the level of this feeling. My whole life, that's all I've wanted. I'm 24 now, I don't really have any friends, acquaintances, or really a meaningful relationship with anyone. I've kind of given up hope that anyone will be able to see this part of me, so I push it all away. I feel completely invisible. I only act in the world to not burden others. All I see around me is the same loneliness. I see it in almost everyone. I don't know if this is just my projection or something real. I think this is why I started meditating. I wanted to understand this emptiness, this unfulfillable void. Even though I am loved, it never reached to my core. How do I satisfy this void? If the void is at the core of me, it must be my "self." Does one need to let go of self entirely to satisfy this itch? This is the only conclusion I can come to. It seems that the only way to actually meet another person is to be completely empty of identity. If we cling to identity, it will only stand between me and you. If I am empty, and you are empty, we are exactly the same. This is the only real relationship. Otherwise, we all spend our lives looking at fake ideas of other people. Am I crazy? How can I be seen? It's my only desire. Is there something wrong with me or is this just the human condition? [link] [comments] |
| You need a quite mind to think clearly Posted: 27 May 2021 10:58 PM PDT There are some people who turn to the practice of quieting the mind through various different methods of which meditations come out as the most popular. This method is usually practiced for the specific purpose of helping the mind to distress and take on a more serene and quite thought process. Meditation is often recommended for those who are hyper in the way they approach any task or project, and then get stressed when the various aspects of the endeavor does not play out as desired. This will put the individual in the panic mode which almost always is a big stress inducing feature. Meditation can be practiced in many different ways and through the various ways the practice of the quieting of the mind would be the most dominant one. for more [link] [comments] |
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