Meditation: Weekly Discussion May 17, 2021 |
- Weekly Discussion May 17, 2021
- So... Is this what you guys mean by "surrendering"?
- Coming to terms with the void
- Are you honest with yourself?
- Meditating for 6 months and I'm all weird (according to others)
- PEACEFUL MUSIC FOR MEDITATION WITH RIVER FLOWING
- Meditation just happens. It is not an achievement
- I’ve meditated silently solo, but some recent guided meditations really helped me and some others deeply, if you are guiding mediations please consider.
- Something new is happening
- I just meditated and for the 1st time I feel like I can officially post about it
- A few questions about thoughts during meditation.
- What is your process for "letting go"?
- Question about continuous noting practice
- How do I know if meditation is...actually working...? Am I meditating?
- Felt the tingly sensation on my forward today for the fist time!
- How do I start meditating?
- Tension Releasing Exercises
- >>>How Do You Categorize a Beginning, Intermediate and Advance Meditator? What Differentiates These Categories?
- Sometimes we just need to drown the noise. Waves, birds, giggles , colours... what takes you to that deep meditative space? For me it's sunsets. Gorgeous tropical serenity.
- Been meditating for 2 weeks. Already seeing the effects. But a question...
- How do you meditate traumatic experiences or difficult emotions?
- Ashrams in Europe?
- My head is dropping during meditation
- Bright White Light during meditation class
| Weekly Discussion May 17, 2021 Posted: 17 May 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] |
| So... Is this what you guys mean by "surrendering"? Posted: 17 May 2021 10:09 AM PDT Some background: Several years ago I took a massive dose of psychedelics and began to feel as if I was somehow trapped inside my own body. As if I had no control over anything and all of "my" actions were actually just reactions to stimuli in the environment. Well today I decided to kind of "let go" into choiceless awareness and started to get the same sensation but more pleasant and subdued. Only lasted briefly but It kind of felt almost like a release of sorts. So assuming I'm on the right track here, is this what advanced meditators feel like all the time? Like they're just watching a character in a movie with no real control over anything? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 May 2021 10:43 PM PDT After coming out of an hour-long breath focused meditation today, I felt a strong sense of melancholy re the present moment and immediately craved a distraction again. I felt like I was mourning some of the nicer illusions + attachments I've held my whole life, and what was left was just emptiness, and almost boredom? I felt confused about what to do next, like all the activities I do in my day (even eating) are arbitrary and pointless, but in a neutral kind of way. When I persist and stay present, I still can't shake the empty melancholy. Any direction or similar experiences? Thank you xxx [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 May 2021 05:41 PM PDT Be honest about yourself. Don't seek comfort. Don't escape. When you are honest without even trying to be, it is the only way to see "what is" and integration with it. [link] [comments] |
| Meditating for 6 months and I'm all weird (according to others) Posted: 17 May 2021 12:04 PM PDT Hi all Little bit about me, I'm an mechanical engineer, books I have reading are: A short history of nearly everything, Science matters , Talking to strangers, Educated... I have been laughing at religious people, tarot readers and people who talk about sensing something and yeah you get the drift.. I was super "sciency" (or just ignorant as I see it today). I started meditating in December and I went all in. I started immediately meditating one hour or more per day. 26th of January I left the city because I was overwhelmed with people, presence of humans and pets was somehow very difficult. I was alone in a cabin for 5 days and something happened. I could see the path of my whole life had lead me here, I had never made a choice in my life. At the moment (which turned out to be several days) I felt connected, I could listen to intuition to shop, navigate, who to call. Weird things started happening:
My mom has schizophrenia, I called her and asked if she had visions and voices. She said not anymore, due to the medicine. I started reading books about meditation and was googling things like "lost my mind due to meditation" I could see that the DSM 5 Spiritual emergency was what was happening. I read Swami Vivekananda volume 1 and 2, Stanislav Grof, Heart of compassion and I have been feeling both blessed and fortunate but at the same time this is difficult as I feel I'm hurting so many souls all the time. The car I have, the phone, the food and I feel if others get the knowledge and don't give everything up they will never get free from Samskara, which is what is happening to me. I'm not moving to a monastery (yet), they say this is one of the worst penalties (Swami) to know about it all and not do anything about it. I'm too attached to move to a monastery today. Other penalty is enjoying the gifts such as using out of body experience, listening to your intuition to gain something etc. I'm super aware of this, I must be here for others and not myself (one of my mantras). Well all in all, I have totally changed in personality, I'm happier, calmer and I have high empathy for everything and everyone, and suffocating from guilt! The western society guilt :( I got rid of all my clothes and now I only have 3 pants and 3 shirts. I try not to let my ego govern my feelings and days. I'm really trying to do good but I feel I can never be truly good without going to a monastery or living in a cabin somewhere and only eat homegrown fruits. How to handle this? [link] [comments] |
| PEACEFUL MUSIC FOR MEDITATION WITH RIVER FLOWING Posted: 18 May 2021 12:31 AM PDT |
| Meditation just happens. It is not an achievement Posted: 17 May 2021 10:04 PM PDT |
| Posted: 18 May 2021 02:22 AM PDT I've done a handful of guided meditations, through apps, and groups, but have seen some purists claiming that just sitting silently is best. I want to share a meditation I've done recently in groups that have really helped me, so maybe it's useful to others here. It goes something like: "You are sitting there, breathing. Focusing on your surroundings, you're in a comfortable nature. A place you know intimately, as the beauty of sunset rolls over it. And you're strolling, strolling through this place, at peace. As you come across a tree, a big beautiful tree that appears as old as the place itself, deeply rooted and connected to the scene around you. As you walk up to it, you decide to sit up against it, feeling it's strong solid trunk against your back. You feel relaxed, and as you feel the rhythm of your breath, you start to feel at one with the tree. You are connected to it, it is connect to you, and you imagine yourself become the tree, becoming its strong trunk. You feel the depths of its roots as you feel it's connectedness as your own. It's peace, it's strength, and stability. From that connectedness, you start to feel it's branches, you feel it's leaves as though they are yours, because it is you. As you go to the highest branch, you notice an eagle resting on your branches, and you become the eagle. As you look out from your perch, you take flight. Wings flapping, you fly to the east, noticing the landscape below you, how the earth and the plants and the water interact, all needing the other. The land providing the base and the texture for the water to flow to the tree, with the water giving it it the gift of life as the tree gives the ground connectedness, life being the connector and the source of life for the fauna that enjoy the beauty of this place. As you fly you feel the wind in your wings as you breath in the fresh air. You turn towards you right as you see the south, and keep turning until you see the sunset ahead of you. You start turning around, and as you explore the intricacies and fullness of nature, it's deliberate yet unplanned ways of life, as your tree comes into view again. You see the oneness of yourself the with nature below.Recognizing the rich inner life and the connectedness with nature that your human body is. As you continue to soar, you spot a gift for this human on the ground, the perfect gift, exactly what you eed, and as you approach the tree, you drop this gift a few feet in front of your body and return to the perch atop the tree. You land and feel the tree supporting you at your feet. You once again become tree, feelin your leaves and branches and trunk, becoming grounded in your roots, as you come back into your body, feeling grounded and at one with nature, with anew perspective able to see the intricate relations of this world. As you come back into your body, you awaken and see a gift, left just in front of you. You approach it, and pull it close, you sit and appreciate, grateful for your ability to experience and connect with the universe. As you take a minute to bask in the universes love of life and love of you, you come back into your physical body. You feel the floor beneath you supporting you, the fresh air that nourishes you step by step through life, you feel your body, created by the gifts of food and water that nature has provided you, and when you're ready to come into the here, open your eyes." Afterwards, we then took a minute, then found a partner near us, to take a minute or two and discuss our experience, preferably someone you don't know. Fully listening, what the place meant to us, how we connected with that part of the world, and what it was that was brought back to us. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 May 2021 01:56 AM PDT Hello all, I've never manged to meditate for longer than two or three weeks at a time, and even then I did poorly. This time around, something is different. I'm a week in, but an effect I hadn't read about is happening and I wanted to ask whether anyone else had experienced it and what it could mean. Disclaimer: I am not religious in any way, and I do not believe in reincarnation. I am looking for more of an experiential or neurological perspective on what I am feeling. I started practicing mindfulness for about 10 minutes once or twice a day because I feel like my ability to focus on what I want has greatly diminished due to stress over the last half year. I am also curious to see if there will be any benefits to working memory and long term memory as well. What I didn't expect or look for was the sensation of... cracking open. Bear with me while I try to explain. It doesn't happen during the meditation session per se, it happens during the day at random times and it feels like I can actually experience my surroundings for the first time, as if until now my awareness of them has been somehow muted, like hearing your neighbor's music through several walls. The sensation is brief, like a spark that has been struck, and seconds later it is gone, leaving an echo of something bittersweet and pleasant behind. I remember feeling like this when I was younger and just thinking about life ahead left me with a sense of infinite possibility. That has been gone for years but during these "sparks" I can feel it again very briefly. I have no idea whether it is actually related to meditation but nothing else has changed in my life recently so I'm guessing it is that. I'm not worried or anything, I just don't know where to even start looking for information about something like this because it's hard to describe. [link] [comments] |
| I just meditated and for the 1st time I feel like I can officially post about it Posted: 17 May 2021 01:29 PM PDT Well there isn't that much to say, I have wanted to harness the power of focus but I have a very very wandering like mind state, but I officially felt a solid state of meditation for 9 minutes and it is safe to say that I'm proud of myself. I wanted to open a friendly post/thread and to help me set a physical goal to myself that I'm going to meditate everyday for 9 mins. If someone reads this and felt like me that they can't focus enough to meditate because you have a severe case of A.D.D or the like, all I did was focus on my breathing "breath in" "breath out" and when I paused I would just think "calm" or "relax". My notifications were ringing and it didn't even bother me (barely) next time I'll turn it on airplane mode. And I highly recommend telling yourself you only have to go for 5 mins minimum or 10 mins Mac or something to let yourself ease into the process I told myself I'd never be able to and I did. Thanks for reading and keep calm and carry on my friends. Hard focus mindfulness really does pay off. Edit : oh yea and I'm feeling amazing because of it, even my vision seems a bit better pretty much all my senses, just a bit compared to when I thought it wasnt working I'm sure it gets better with time I truly believe it will. God Bless Everyone. [link] [comments] |
| A few questions about thoughts during meditation. Posted: 17 May 2021 06:00 PM PDT
Edit: if it wasn't clear, this was all in the context of a meditation. [link] [comments] |
| What is your process for "letting go"? Posted: 17 May 2021 11:19 PM PDT Lately, meditation has been really tough, I'm too distracted. I'm going through a hard time and am taking some time off work. I am going to an Intensive Outpatient program 3 days a week and have started taking medications. It has all together helped a lot. Yoga helps too. I am committed to keeping these good self care routine habits when I return to my "life." I have relied heavily on meditation over the last 8 years. I got started when I was going through my first real health scare. My doctor got me into it. My aniexty was spiking and she could tell. A few guided youtube videos later I was feeling better. For me meditation is just breathing. I observe my thoughts, like a slide show. Just moments, I say that's nice and just move on. Sometimes these pull my attention, but I can find my way back in time. Just breath. Maybe it's still too fresh, I just don't want to almost or sometimes have a panic attack when it pops up. I want to let go, I want to forgive. I see the memories, I remember the pain. I know it happened, it hurt. It can't hurt me anymore. But when does this "letting go" stuff happen? How does it happen? So how do you "let go"? What is your process? Thank you, all. [link] [comments] |
| Question about continuous noting practice Posted: 17 May 2021 05:16 PM PDT I should probably start posting less (lol I'm a beginner though). Posting this in the Buddhism subreddit because I get excellent answers from both here and there. So today as I was driving I decided to try to engage in continuous noting. Whatever the most obvious aspect of my experience is, I simply note it and move onto the next thing. So I'm driving and it goes like this: "sign, road, car, car, telephone pole, thought of ex girlfriend, car, etc." Literally just noting whatever aspect of experience is front and centre from moment to moment. This led to a remarkable relaxation of the mind. I'm a pretty anxious guy who thinks a lot (I have ADHD). But in doing this practice, my mind wasn't just spiralling around from one thought to the next. I felt calm, but focused. Something would arise, I'd note it, then boom it was gone and I was focused. I decided to keep doing it even in the grocery store, which led to the same thing. Even as really sad memories of me and my ex in the store bubbled up, I just noted it and felt very detached from the story, and then it would pass away. So this was all great, but is this an appropriate practice? I felt like I was very focused on the noting, but like it would have been hard to maintain while talking to others. Does anyone else do this? Regardless, what are your thoughts on a practice like this? [link] [comments] |
| How do I know if meditation is...actually working...? Am I meditating? Posted: 17 May 2021 08:09 AM PDT Hello, hopefully a pretty basic question for the community of pros over here. I've gotten into the habit of trying to meditate for 5-10 minutes at a time, 2-3 times a day, for about 2 weeks now. My goal is to try and find more calm/quiet/clarity over the course of my workdays, to be more present (whatever that means) and to not let anger and frustration stemming from work/meetings/emails overcome my thoughts and make me feel physically bad all the time. Why? Because I typically go into my weekdays sort of "buzzing" with this low-level anxiety/dread in a "ugh, whats gonna happen TODAY" as meetings get added to my calendar and clients/coworkers ask incessant questions that need to be answered asap. It constantly feels like burning in my chest and a bit of a headache behind the eyes, like the aching that comes from holding back tears but maybe a little less so. I am also prone to spiraling/ruminating into rage-y thoughts where I rehearse arguments or anger fantasies in my head, lashing out at coworkers and "owning" them. The internal narrative NEVER stops - especially if there is something happening in the news/politics, then I *also* start thinking about that. I think about what I'll say to friends. I think about what I'll tell my therapist this week and how I'll word it. I think about what I want to put in a reddit post asking about whether I'm successfully meditating or not! It's very ego-driven, probably based on wanting to look really smart and word everything exactly right and BE right all the time! And it's all quite unpleasant and exhausting! So: I set a stop watch (not timer), sit upright, and try to focus on my breathing and "noticing" my thoughts, physical feelings, emotions. I don't get too mad at myself about my mind wandering into my usual ruminations - mostly the never-ending dialogue/narrative in my head ( even "wow, I think I'm doing it, I'm meditating, I can't wait to tell my therapist about this!"). But then I try to bring it back to my breath, my body, what I'm seeing and hearing. From my research, sounds like this "battle" between the racing brain and then bringing the focus back to the breath and the body is quite normal. Ok, fine! But then after my 5-10 minute session (basically I do it as long as possible) I'm left wondering: - Okay, so uh...did I just meditate? - Why do I still feel buzzing panic? What do I do about this. Why won't it stop! - How am I...supposed to feel after meditating? - What's the point if I feel the same shittiness afterward? - How do I know if any of this shit actually WORKS? As you can see, I start to get more and more frustrated the more I think about it. Anyway, just barfing up some thoughts to get some insight and input from those who have been at it longer and have found success in it! [link] [comments] |
| Felt the tingly sensation on my forward today for the fist time! Posted: 17 May 2021 05:54 PM PDT I've been meditating on and off for the past 2 years and this morning while meditating for roughly 10 minutes I felt that tingly sensation! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 May 2021 04:54 PM PDT I've wanted to for a long time and I know the benefits and I know what to do, but I just can't bring myself to start doing it. Like it seems really boring to just sit there and do nothing and my brain pushes me away from it. Also by the time I've scheduled to do it (before bed), I'm like hey might as well sleep instead. I've tried doing it in the morning but that makes me more tired so idk if that's worth it. Any tips? Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 May 2021 10:32 AM PDT Hi guys, I don't know if i'm on the right subreddit for this but i want to shared my experiences with Tension Releasing Exercises in the hope this will help someone. If you are not interrested in my personal story, skip to next eleven paragraphs and go to the part: What it does To start, two years ago i got injured at work. The injury started with a heavy squat and when i came up with the weight i felt a lot of pain in my groin. After that i kept on training for 7 weeks, because i'm stubborn, and it only made it worse (ofcourse). I saw some specialst and they told my i ripped a muscle in my belly and my pubis was overstrained (I don't know if this is the correct way to say it in English). Before the injury i was working out every day and i knew my body more than anything and knew i could trust my body. But after the injury i lost that trust and the distance between body and mind got bigger and bigger. Because of the injury, and some stuff i had to deal with from my past, my body and mind couldn't deal with the stress anymore. So i got more and more problems, physically and mentally. The problems got worse when i met my girlfriend, no it's not her fault! This gives me a lot of anxiety and stress. I can;t stop thinking about the worse things that could happen to her when she is out of the house and i'm freaking out about her going to the bars to work or any other place she can meet other people. When i'm calm and think clear i know non of these things will happen and that everything is alright. But other times i'm freaking out. All the stress, on my body and mind, gave me more problems. I had trouble going to the toilet, get a erection or to stay hard. And when i was in stress my legs just stopped working. First they start shaking and i walk around like my grandfather, and if my stress is really high i just fall down and my girlfriend has to help me to go to bed. Eventually, after almost two years of walking around with the physical problems and almost a year with the anxiety and stress, some specialst told me that the problem could be in the muscle called: Psoas (major). This muscle connects the upper body with the lower body. This muscle is also in contact with your sympathetic nervous system, so your fight and flight respons. Because my Psoas was so thight because of all the stress i had, my respons was always fight. So as soon as something happend what i did not liked i would start fighting, most of the time it resulted in an argument or a non physical fight. But when someone i did'nt knew did something i was ready to fight. ( i was never like this, i was known to be very calm and no one could get me angry. And if they did is was always able to talk and reason with them) This is already a long story, but i think this was important so, hopefully, someone who reads this sees some similarities and this may help him or her. So TRE (Tension Releasing Exercises), some point someone told me to try this. So i did. What it does: So why are your legs shaking? When i do this a couple of times a week i really feel a difference. I do this before i meditate. Because you have to lay down for a while after the shaking part, i think it is a good way to combine it with meditation. I hope this is a bit clear for you guys, if not please let me know. i tried to explain it as good as possible, but as you can read my English is not my first language. Just to be clear, i am not a doctor. I just wanted to share my experience, and if you have the same problems as i had, please look for profesional help. If you look Tension Release Exercise up on youtube you can find some instruction video's. Thanks for reading, and please tell me your experience, tips or if you have question please ask them. [link] [comments] |
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| Posted: 18 May 2021 02:04 AM PDT https://youtu.be/vwKWLwmdp8w And why not? When they're so tranquil, Valhalla calls and anxiety fades when the sun hits the horizon. A little bit of colour goes a long long way. And throw in a dreamy crash of waves and I'm in heaven. No matter where I may be. [link] [comments] |
| Been meditating for 2 weeks. Already seeing the effects. But a question... Posted: 18 May 2021 01:27 AM PDT I am a teenage guy who had a hard paying attention to studies in early days of school. I had zero creativity. It was very hard for me to write a notice, diary entries or story with provided lines. I spent most of my time using my phone to play games, browse social media or watching movies. I wanted to stop these but just couldn't. Then I started meditating. I had tried it before but gave up. This time I was determined to continue. And I am glad I did. Because I wrote a short story and 2 fanfics within these 2 weeks! Now I can create stories in my mind. It's awesome. I have a question though. During meditation, I focus on my breath. I wanted to ask that should I breathe in and out through nose or in through nose and out through mouth? Thanks for reading! Please try to answer my question. [link] [comments] |
| How do you meditate traumatic experiences or difficult emotions? Posted: 18 May 2021 12:26 AM PDT |
| Posted: 17 May 2021 09:56 AM PDT Can anyone recommend a good ashram in Europe where I can stay for free and meditate for a long time? Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| My head is dropping during meditation Posted: 17 May 2021 08:00 PM PDT I mostly meditate in flat in floor.today I tried seated meditation. Dono whether I am sleeping or not my head drop forward and body going in coma State . I am just loosing control of my body. But when I open my eyes I don't feel sleepy.does anyone felt this? [link] [comments] |
| Bright White Light during meditation class Posted: 17 May 2021 11:46 PM PDT I had decided to go to mediation classes again and I sat down, while I was seeing the colors of my chakra, I immediately saw a bright white light as if someone was flashing a flashlight into my eye and i managed to keep the bright white light until my mediation session was over. Is there an specific meaning? I just started so I do apologize if I do not know much, I told my mediation teacher and she was quiet surprised by what I said. [link] [comments] |
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