Meditation: Having problems dissolving the ego |
- Having problems dissolving the ego
- Psychedelics and meditation
- How can ensure I keep up with my meditation practice despite mental illness?
- Looking for a therapist with similar outlook or background like Andy’s from Headspace
- How do you meditate with intrusive thoughts & ocd?
- I'm unbecoming ?
- Kinda first time, Kinda weird
- What time of day should I meditate?
- Feeling disconnected
- Bugs on my neck!
- Experienced shallow and fast paced breath in the middle of meditation (almost like i just finished a run) than i went back to deep, slow breathing. Why does this happen sometimes? Going from one state to the other.
- Does anyone have a PDF of "Luminous Mind: the Way of the Buddha" by Kalu Rinpoche?
- Anyone else having their meditation practice arise in their dreams?
- Are there any ways to access akashic records through meditation?
- Advice
- falling into a gap
- Some good point from Tsem Rimpoche.
- Insight Timer visual representation of custom timer
- Telepathy/Connect with someone during meditation? Is it possible and what is your experience with this?
- Help
- Wim hof questions
- Hello Summer is Here. Who can't want to get out into nature and camp while exploring altered states of consciousness.
- Swoosh
- Anxiety benefits of meditation
| Having problems dissolving the ego Posted: 09 Jun 2021 01:25 AM PDT Recently one of my mates who was having a hard time 3 months ago has been getting his shit together - going the gym, getting a job etc. All good things. Yesterday I came to see him and our other friend, and his confidence has shot right up he's like a different person. Problem is when it comes to hard banter he is a lot more quicker and funnier than he used to be, and my ego is always reacting in my head to the things he's saying. I don't want to be resentful towards this person, as it used to be me who would make fun of him, but I'm disgusted by my ego's reaction of feeling insecure. What should I do to let this feeling go? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Jun 2021 07:47 AM PDT Hi, I'm relatively new to this sub, but I've been meditating for close to 3 years now. I don't know if this has been mentioned before because it's a little taboo, but I was curious about other people's thoughts on psychedelic influence on meditation. I've experimented a lot and I personally had some pretty profound insights by practicing both simultaneously. I was wondering if anyone else has and if so, what were your experiences like? How did they differ from sober meditation? Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| How can ensure I keep up with my meditation practice despite mental illness? Posted: 08 Jun 2021 09:37 PM PDT I'm a 22f & I struggle with mental health symptoms of CPTSD, ADHD, anxiety & depression. I find that mindfulness and meditation help tremendously. Some of my happiest times were when I was meditating consistently (I took a MBSR course). However... As happens in life, I've gone through a lot of changes & I'm generally in a place in life where a lot is up in there air. It's paradoxical because I "need" meditation probably more than usual, but the unpredictability of my life makes it difficult to stick to a routine. I don't have a stable/set routine and every day looks different for me at this point. I think part of this is just being young but my mental health challenges don't make staying diligent easy. For example, many nights I stay up until 3 am with insomnia and then by the time I wake up, it's time to get going with my day and I feel too rushed to meditate. I'd love to hear your suggestions about how you remain true to your practice with mental health challenges and/or with a lack of routine. Thank you all! [link] [comments] |
| Looking for a therapist with similar outlook or background like Andy’s from Headspace Posted: 09 Jun 2021 05:13 AM PDT I listen to the Everyday/Today's Headspace meditation and some gems that Andy drops just resonate with me on such a deep level. His point of view and way of reframing things I find very powerful. I haven't found anything like it ever in my life and I always have follow up questions or clarification. I have been using Headspace for 4+ years now. Recently I have been battling anxiety and depression episodes that bubble up for a couple weeks then disappeared as mysterious as they come. This started with the recent success at my job and becoming a father (about to have another one in August, yay!) I'm also looking to work on my communication due to recent feedback (professionally and personal) that it can come off more aggressive than I would like. It's time that I start talking to a therapist. I have seen some in the past but I need one to challenge me in a productive way. I would really like someone to have background in Mindfulness, Meditation or Buddhism to help guide me. Therapist that I have seen in the past have mindfulness based practices but no one with the depth that I'm looking for similar to Andy's. I'm going to look locally in the Denver area (through psychology-today) but thought I would throw it out in the Reddit world to see if anyone has suggestions or referrals since we can do anything remotely nowadays. Male only therapist please. Thanks for reading and for any help that is offered! [link] [comments] |
| How do you meditate with intrusive thoughts & ocd? Posted: 09 Jun 2021 10:06 AM PDT I struggle to silence the mind and practice meditation because of mental illness. I believe the benefits can really help with my struggles but complicated to get proficient at it. Any advice? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Jun 2021 07:24 AM PDT So I'm not sure if it's my journey or something really fucked up is happening. It's hard to describe it feels strange like being a mash and your consciousness and body is dissolving like , I'm already detached from body and sensing and it's like .,..I believe moving up to a different world , not sure it's like I'm either losing consciousness of body\ego and evolving to be something I'm meant to be or it's just I'm exploring the barriers / layers but I definitely can Tel that my mind just can't follow, I'm present but something present too. I can't describe it's nature like it's just a thing but I'm seriously puzzled why am I experiencing something like this. It's the heaviest dissociation I could possibly say about it, losing sense of body, surroundings, sensory functions like smelling, touching is just detached it's almost like some old heavy stuff falling off your mind and that there is something there, and it's pretty much unbecoming to become, I hope that makes sense. It's hard to describe because it's strange and I'm not sure if it's common or normal. I don't do drugs , I've been practicing different meditations and had experienced a lot of beautiful things but this one is both strange and new and I'm worried about losing myself but I think I'm getting Okey with it because I'm being pushed on the road anyway but not sure by which force....o.o [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Jun 2021 04:54 AM PDT So I used to play a sport called floorball and before important games I used to watch videos of great athletes such as Kobe, Muhammad Ali and Rio Ferdinand speaking about their game and the love for it. While watching these videos I used to cover my eyes with a blanket and close my eyes. Breathing heavily. Back then I didn't see it as meditation but now that I look back it kinda was. Anyways here comes the main story. This happend about 1 hour ago. I'm soon graduating from Swedish groundschool which is a school where you have yo go to from the ages 6-16. I've been with mostly the same people for 10 yrs now and my mind is constantly thinking about how I will most likley never see them again and other stuff. Late nights where I've just laid and thought for hours. I come home after having a "mentors dag". It's a day where the students in your class and the head teacher of that class goes on a trip. Anyways I come home and it starts pouring rain. Thick and heavy dropps falling fast and very many. I sit on our patio in the backyard and behind our house is a little forest. After looking at the forest for a few minutes something said to me that I should walk in there with no phone, just my adidas slides, shorts and a t-shirt. I throw my phone inside and run out to the forest. After walking abit i just turn right and after going through some bushes I find this open place and its like a natural garden, almost like a tropical nordic garden of eden. For some reason I felt like a kid again. Playing in the woods while its raining. I tried to climb a tree but it was to slippery. After looking around a bit I noticed that one of the rocks that i first saw whas fairly flat on top. The rock seemed to be about 160/170 cm ( 5'4 feet). For some reason I had a feeling that I should meditate on it. As I climbed onto the rock I felt calm. I sat down and the moss felt soooo light and comfortable. Almost like a really good pillow. I'll try to describe it for you. I sit high on the rock. It is pouring rain and a little light is coming trought the leaves. It is not like rays of light more like a light that you have in your room. The rain is making the air feel super clean and it felt like drinking water out of a clean glaciar spring. I am sorounded by leaf trees and a few birch trees are in the middle of the circular "garden". Small bushes are covering the ground going up about 15 cm ( 4/5 inches). Its almost dead silent. The only sounds i heard where my breathing, rain and birds. This all felt surreal. Almost like a movie where the main guy was given his powers by some old magical man. Like I was born again. I had no worries of the thoughts I have had before. That was the only time I've truly felt free. I tried to take a shower after but it made me feel dirty. Like the rain water was pure and had clensed my skin. I know the air can feel purer after raining but some feeling was discovered today I've never felt before. I recommend everyone go out to the woods while it's raining and find a nice high flat rock, sit on the rock and meditate. Or just do what I did and to what comes to mind. edit: Can someone explain why I a guy that has never belived in meditation sat on a rock in the woods meditating while its raining. And why I felt this way after. [link] [comments] |
| What time of day should I meditate? Posted: 08 Jun 2021 09:10 PM PDT I recently was thinking about this. I exclusively meditate at nighttime, typically around 9 pm. I usually meditate for 10 minutes, then read a little bit before watching some youtube and going to bed. Should I be meditating earlier in the day? I started meditating 3 or 4 months ago and I am getting great results, but I find that I meditate after all the stress in a day rather than before or during the stress of the day. I'm 17 and in school, so I'm not too sure about meditating at 6 in the morning but if it is more beneficial I would try it. What do you guys think? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Jun 2021 07:15 AM PDT I've been practicing meditation for around 3 years after a close death in my family and have found it really useful for not getting caught in the constant current of thoughts that led me to anxiety, paranoia and hypochondria. In fact I'm nearly void of them now apart from some occasions. I've been struggling with what I think is depression but I never received a diagnosis, but in recent years I've been feeling better. My question is if anyone else ever feels disconnected from the day to day things that happen in your life ? Like many things happen but your never feel much emotionally and it feels like time is just passing you by. Even when I try to stay mindful and present it feels like time is moving to fast for me or something, like I can't keep up or process things quickly enough. I get anxious thinking about time and how old I am as well, like the clock is ticking and I can't escape it. It feels like life has a richer experience that's just out of my reach, like I'm viewing it through a distorted lense. I've felt it before in my youth, just now it feels different, almost foggy. (I realize as I write this it sounds like depression) Id love to hear if anyone feels the same, and has any insights or new perspectives ! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Jun 2021 06:29 AM PDT Hi everyone. As it is very hot and juicy out there these last few days, I've been moving my meditations outside. I've been meditating on and off for about a year, and practice yoga every day. How does everyone deal with bugs when they are sweaty outside, and there are flies and other things landing on them? I don't want to react too viscerally or swipe them away, but my monkey mind tells me "get this bug off now!" Any thoughts or advice? [link] [comments] |
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| Does anyone have a PDF of "Luminous Mind: the Way of the Buddha" by Kalu Rinpoche? Posted: 09 Jun 2021 09:13 AM PDT after coming across a few excerpts I am so compelled to read it in its entirety. [link] [comments] |
| Anyone else having their meditation practice arise in their dreams? Posted: 09 Jun 2021 09:13 AM PDT I've been meditating for around 6+ years, and in those years I have had dreams where I could be mid nightmare and suddenly my practice of Loving Kindness (Metta) arises and totally shifts the dream by dissolving or freezing the dream. But last night was unusual, rather than it being a dream where Metta was induced, I instead had the shift of awareness of letting go. Witnessing fear of what arose in my body and going through it with peace, happiness and freedom. (As a quick synopsis.) So, fellow meditators, has your practice entered your dreams without inducing lucid dreaming? What are your experiences? Has it changed any part of your practice or is this just a reflection of our daily practice? (If you need to have the details of my dream last night here it is briefly below: I was gazing up on huge hill that looked like a mountain. At the very top of the hill there's a large tree with a swing attached. It was basically like a playground because there are many people there and my friends too. The sky is beautiful, the sun is out and I really wanted to get on that swing. I was a bit scared though, the swing was so high that I felt that I would just fall off and tumble down the mountain. In the dream I knew if I fell, I would die. I began contemplating what would it feel like if I fell, and suddenly I experienced it. I was on the swing and flung into the air tumbling backwards. It didn't hurt, I fell with full awareness of my body hitting the ground and rolling limply. I never experienced pain instead it was like a release. Not holding onto anything, witnessing what was happening, I didn't feel the fear anymore. I was witnessing it all arise with a sense of ease. ) [link] [comments] |
| Are there any ways to access akashic records through meditation? Posted: 08 Jun 2021 05:43 PM PDT I am wondering if it would be possible to access my records at the very least and understand my self to a great depth. If anyone has techniques or could point me in a direction that would be greatly appreciated 🙏🏾 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Jun 2021 08:58 AM PDT What's some handy advice for a beginner I only started meditating 2 days ago. [link] [comments] |
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| Some good point from Tsem Rimpoche. Posted: 09 Jun 2021 08:48 AM PDT Although I am not a great fan of Tsem, he does occasionally really hit the nail on the head. It is a short snippet on how meditation is watered down and 'mis-used'... [link] [comments] |
| Insight Timer visual representation of custom timer Posted: 09 Jun 2021 07:31 AM PDT Used insight timer a while back but switched over to other apps. Started playing around in IT again with custom timers, but I can find the option to look at timers visually. I remember there used to be a way to view them as a timeline, but I can't seem to figure out how to do it. Does this feature still exist? Any help is appreciated! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Jun 2021 07:26 AM PDT Hello, I've always used meditation as a tool to elevate myself spiritually and get more grounded and always with good intentions. However something strange happened to me today. As I was progressively getting higher, my mind started to wandering around and I unintentionally imagined someone I've always felt has a lot of resentment towards me irl. While this thought happened something felt wrong in my body. So I quickly brought back my focus on my breathe, but the thought of them went back in my mind a couple seconds later. My mind went erratic, like someone is stirring hot steaming water. It was really intense and I felt like I was entering this person's subconscious and it just felt like I wasn't welcomed. So I immediately stopped my meditation. I was playing some ambiant music and as my youtube was on autoplay, an ad before the next video came on. It was an ad to promote travel in the area this person lives in. I've never seen this ad before and the area this person lives in is really specific and not popular at all. I was kinda shocked. I'm not too much into woo woo things but since I started my spiritual journey I've been experiencing really strange things, but never while I was meditating. I've been made aware of entangled minds recently and maybe it could be that? I'm really confused and I hope someone can shed lights on this subject, and if you have any experience with this I m really curious to hear about it. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Jun 2021 06:09 AM PDT I had a nightmare I was laying in bed trying to meditate but once I closed my eyes I became so freaked out my eyes were closed but my hand reached for my phone to turn on the phone flashlight in order for me to comfortably open my eyes. When I awoke from my dream I saw a shadow of an eye on the ceiling moving up and out my vision. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 08 Jun 2021 04:14 PM PDT Hello all. I am making this post regarding a few questions with the wim hof method. I have been practicing a few times daily now for around 5 months and am also a heavy vaper (nicotine) and I smoke a good amount of weed. I am curious how vaping on top of the method impacts the benefits of it and the hold times? My longest hold time is 2:30, but I typically average about 1:20 per session. I also do feel benefits from the method (which is why I have stuck with it), but I rarely experience the intense feelings I see described by others during the retentions. Any insights would be appreciated thank you [link] [comments] |
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| Posted: 09 Jun 2021 03:41 AM PDT Hi guys, im into spirituality for about 3 years, learning something new time after time, i recently started to practice wim hof method, and today as i was doing it, on the 4th round, when holding my breath i've had that insane feeling, it felt like some swoosh sound and then in one second, everything became silent and peaceful, almost like i wasn't here in the material world for a few seconds. Then i kind of panicked and started breathing normally and it went away. Now i've got a slight headache, what might it be? [link] [comments] |
| Anxiety benefits of meditation Posted: 09 Jun 2021 02:48 AM PDT How has meditation helped your anxiety? I have EXTREME anxiety and panic disorder and I recently started meditation and I already see some benefits. For the past 2 days I have meditated an hour (day 1) and an hour and a half (day two) (split in two sessions). I'd like to know how long and at what point do I see a major difference? I'm not setting myself up for failure by overthinking the outcomes, but its nice to know a general marker. Thank you in advance. [link] [comments] |
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