Meditation: I'm increasingly realizing that mindfulness is the art of surrendering. |
- I'm increasingly realizing that mindfulness is the art of surrendering.
- I never hear about people who meditate on outside noises. I find it really peaceful and it helps me get in touch with the world around me. Wouldn't it also have the same effects on the brain since you'd still be focusing on sensations rather than inner thoughts?
- Being able to observe & diffuse your anger mid-thought is life changing.
- Breathe in, breathe out (Part 2: your sole responsibility)
- Are you finished? (Part 1: Why you should meditate)
- Why be non-judgemental of all thoughts?
- Recognize your thoughts and emotions
- I have heard a lot of things on meditation, including focusing on pleasure (in your minds eye, not meditating while in the act or anything). I have personally never viewed that as meditation, what is your take?
- Did your friends and family notice change in you after you started meditating?
- I will be doing 90 days meditation challange!
- �� Relaxing Sleep Music | Night Crickets, Beautiful Piano Relax Music ��
- Two things I realized today while meditating..
- Some guidance required on handling thoughts related to life altering situations.
- Meditation/Mindfulness and Being a Success
- The prickly blanket of anxiety
- The Divine Connection
- Whats the idea about "being in the body" rather than in the head? If your focus in on the head does it make it harder to be mindful?
- Mindfulness and Music
- Recommendation Needed
- What changes (big or small) have you noticed in yourself after you started meditating?
- Beginner to meditation over here, any tips?
- Don't take a bite out of the apple the mind offers you.
- Meditation advice needed: Pema Chödron's "be with the out-breath"
- The only bad meditation is the meditation you don’t do.
| I'm increasingly realizing that mindfulness is the art of surrendering. Posted: 04 Jun 2021 06:01 PM PDT Many of us have been fighting and bracing against existence all of our lives. The idea that I don't have to fight all the bad thoughts and feelings that come up every day is so counter intuitive that one really doesn't believe it's going to work. One doesn't even realize it's an option until one makes meditation a part of their daily life. Even after several years of diligent daily meditation and dutiful daily practice of mindfulness in as many places as I can manage, I still find the mind reflexively wishes to fight much of the time. All this yearning, wanting, longing. All this sadness, judgment, hurt, pain. I want a girlfriend, a relationship, sex, a better career, money, recognition, validation. I want childhood traumas to "Go away", I want "to be seen". Over And over And over it returns. And yet when it's not about the big players I'm cognitively fused with. When it's about all the other small bulshitty things in daily life I really can see how none of it maters. How it's all just brain noise and this little space of grass and trees infront of me now is enough. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Jun 2021 08:57 PM PDT I hope my title makes sense. What I mean is that, whether you're in a quiet or noisy environment, the whole focus of your meditation is on the noises around you, regardless of how busy or silent the mediation environment is. (Not counting playing music) I still see this as meditation since there's is a focus and it's regarding sensation through the ear, for lack of a better term. And you still would fight the urge to form thoughts about what you're hearing versus being present with it. Personally, I find meditation like this to be helpful because I do have a disassociative and narcissistic way of processing and have trouble connecting with the reality around me. I am hyper vigilant, but in a way that makes me less connected not more connected to the world around me, I believe. I just say this because I never have come across any type of meditation teachings that specifically asked you to focus on the world around you or what you're hearing. I have done meditations where they want you to focus on sensations on or coming from your body, but never beyond that. And I don't know why because it definitely is hard to be present with the world as much it is to be present with yourself and I think there's a lot of interconnectedness with that idea as well. However, I don't want it to be cheating, and to be honest it feels really good to meditate in this way, but in like a this-is-what-my-body-craves type of way. Really what I care most about is that I am exercising my brain in the same way as I would with normal types of meditation. Taking advantage of nueroplasticity and all that. Can anybody speak to that? Also, not knocking other meditations. JSWC [link] [comments] |
| Being able to observe & diffuse your anger mid-thought is life changing. Posted: 04 Jun 2021 02:43 AM PDT A normal day at the office. Working when suddenly a thought enters my mind. Thought develops and runs free. Turns into a thought about my past. Said thought makes me angry. Usually I'd be stuck in a thought-train and continue to feed my anger. Not this time. I felt in control. I observed my anger and my thoughts and it went away. I felt calm and at peace. [link] [comments] |
| Breathe in, breathe out (Part 2: your sole responsibility) Posted: 05 Jun 2021 02:20 AM PDT Breathe in . . . breathe out . . . breathe in . . . breathe out . . . That's all. That is your mission. That is your purpose. You breathe in, and then you exhale. Nothing else matters besides this. Don't worry about if it will work or not. Don't worry about if it will help or not. There is nothing that needs help. There is nothing that needs fixing. Don't worry about if it will have any effect on anything at all. None of this is your concern. You have no concerns. You just have to breathe in, and then exhale. There's nothing else besides this. Just let it all go. What if it is pointless? Doesn't matter. What if nothing changes and it doesn't work? That doesn't matter either. What if it's a waste of time? What if you don't have enough time to meditate? Doesn't matter. What if it's stupid and only pretentious hippies meditate? Doesn't matter. What if I get my hopes up and I feel like a chump for thinking that simply breathing in and out would solve my problems? I don't think you understand, it literally doesn't matter. Nothing else matters besides breathing in and exhaling. Your wife doesn't matter. Your kids don't matter, not even your kid who got suspended from school yesterday for getting into a fight. That doesn't matter either. "How dare you say that!" What I said doesn't matter. What you feel about what I said does not matter. It's all simply a distraction your mind is playing on you to get you off track from your sole responsibility, which is to breathe in, and then exhale. Why does your mind do this? Because your mind has been trained for 30 years to do this. Your mind is undisciplined and gets swept up by whatever positive or negative emotion or thought appears. It is time to become grounded. It is time to ground yourself. If you think, "Okay fine, I just have to meditate for 30 minutes, then I can get back to work (then I can go back to what actually matters)" then you have already failed. You have already failed your mission and your purpose before you even started. You will have to realize this eventually, so you might as well save yourself the struggle and energy and just realize it now. "But how can I go to work and make money to afford food, if I think that breathing in and out is the only thing that matters?" Guess what . . . Can you guess? That's right. It doesn't matter. The question doesn't matter, the contents of the question don't matter, the confusion doesn't matter, the emotion you feel well up inside of you when you think about this doesn't matter either. You just let it all go, and you return to your breath. Let it all go. It will be the greatest gift you give yourself in your entire life. [link] [comments] |
| Are you finished? (Part 1: Why you should meditate) Posted: 05 Jun 2021 02:18 AM PDT Are you finished? That's the one question I have for you. It's been 20 years. 25 years. 30 years of worrying and stressing out. And not just stressing out about things that happen in your life, but you even start to stress out... about your very own stress itself. That's right. You stress out about something that happened in your life, and then you think, "Oh God, I'm stressing out again! I'm doing that worrying thing I always do... God. Why do I have so much anxiety about everything." It's been 20 years. Has all of your worrying and stressing done anything to help anything? I mean even just a little bit. Have you solved any of your problems, made any breakthroughs, are you any closer to self-actualization after all these years of worrying? Is your financial situation more stable, because you worry about things every day? I am guessing, that the answer is no. I am also guessing, that not only has it not helped, but all this worrying has actually made everything in your life worse. Your relationships, your work, your mental and physical health. Over the years these have gotten worse due to your worrying and your stressing. So I'll ask again. Are you finished yet. Or do you need a few more years of worrying and stressing out before you're willing to give it up and just let it go? Some of you will read this and you will agree with this intellectually. You will agree with it theoretically. But emotionally, you will tense up. Your emotional mind will think, "well my mom is sick right now, so I can't stop worrying yet. In a few months, I will be able to stop worrying and really give meditation an honest try." Then, a few months later, well now you have that job interview to worry about... and then you are moving to a new city.. now you have to worry about meeting new friends in that city, now you're in a relationship, oh look now it's time to worry about your relationship. Are you finished yet, or do you need a few more years of worrying and stressing out? Do you need to waste your life and hit absolute desolate rock bottom, like most people, or are you brave and strong enough to let go and focus on your breath right now? The funny paradox is this will be the hardest thing you ever have to do... until you do it. Once you do it, and realize how easy it is, you will laugh and you will think "wow, I could have just done this 10 years ago! I can't believe I've been worrying all this time!" Then after a while, you'll fall out of your meditation practice, start worrying again, and you will get that tight, twisted, knotted up feeling inside of your chest and stomach, and you will once again become attached to your worrying. And once again, it will seem like the hardest thing in the world. Unless. Unless you decide right now that you're finished. Once and for all, enough is enough. You don't need to worry any more. It's time to give it up. It's time to let it go. [link] [comments] |
| Why be non-judgemental of all thoughts? Posted: 04 Jun 2021 06:08 PM PDT I am starting to get into meditation and there is something I can't seem to grasp: why be non-judgemental of all thoughts? What about good thoughts? Clearly some thoughts are good and better (ie "I want to help others") than others ("I don't want to help others"). Why should we not acknowledge this. I suppose the broader question here is how, if we remove all judgement from thoughts, can we be able to tell the difference between right and wrong? [link] [comments] |
| Recognize your thoughts and emotions Posted: 05 Jun 2021 12:19 AM PDT You want to get to the place where, when there is depression, instead of running and hiding from the depression by trying to grab at the next high, you turn around and look at the depression as though you were looking the devil in the eye. You say to the depression, come on depression, do your trip, because you´re just a depression, and here am I ~ Ram Dass Here is a telegram channel in which you will get a daily reminder to rest for a moment [link] [comments] |
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| Did your friends and family notice change in you after you started meditating? Posted: 04 Jun 2021 06:22 PM PDT |
| I will be doing 90 days meditation challange! Posted: 04 Jun 2021 06:12 PM PDT From 4.6 to infinity but at least 90 days i want to be meditating whopping 1 hour. I want to finally have my mind back, healthy mind is only thing you need for good life in modern age. [link] [comments] |
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| Two things I realized today while meditating.. Posted: 04 Jun 2021 10:54 PM PDT Just sharing notes. Maybe helpful to someone else. Also would like to hear any views on these points. I sat for 40 minutes today and encountered drowsiness most of the time. While dullness is not at all unusual for me, what was surprising was that this was happening after a 9 hour sleep! #1 No matter how I prepare myself, no matter what my expectations may be, the mind does its own thing. I realized that my practice (and expectation) should be only to train my introspection to recognize the state of mind moment to moment, to know the ground-situation, and take action. Now, I did take action to ward off drowsiness - sitting more upright, opening the eyes a little, forcing my focus on breath. They all worked for a while and then I could feel the dullness again. My 40 minutes was mostly battling the dullness. #2 Random noise from the street can be annoying at times when I am trying to meditate. But if I wear a smile while meditating, I feel much more accommodating. I realized that this is what they mean when they say to "simply welcome the troublesome things that arise during meditation". I remembered to smile when I heard the interruption - and then I was not at all irritated by it. I was actually thankful to it for pulling me out of my dullness - even if for a while :) [link] [comments] |
| Some guidance required on handling thoughts related to life altering situations. Posted: 05 Jun 2021 02:39 AM PDT I am a person who is heavily affected by thoughts. Thoughts are my sign of life and i always used to dwell in them. Meditation over the last 2 months has taught me a lot of things about my body, sensations, mind and the thoughts. I no longer give importance to unwanted thoughts. I use mindfulness to switch my awareness between thoughts and whatever is "present". This way i unburdened myself from the weight of thoughts. Currently, i am in the midst of a serious life altering situation. Thoughts regarding this situation keep creeping into mind regularly all through the day. In a way i am proud of myself - had this happened 2 months ago, i would not have had this calm or poise. Even though these thoughts feel so vivid and real, i am not being carried away as much as i used to. But still, i should learn to handle these better as in a few more days or weeks these may become overwhelming. What should i do now? Should i just put energy to stop thoughts about this situation from coming(i feel this is contrary to what i learnt from meditation)? Should i keep myself busy with other things? Or should i just keep doing what i am doing and wait for them to go away in a few days or weeks? [link] [comments] |
| Meditation/Mindfulness and Being a Success Posted: 05 Jun 2021 01:34 AM PDT Meditation/Buddhist beliefs is all about living in the moment, right? But if you structure your mindset around always living in the moment and enjoying what you currently have how do you then accomplish things in life? I've got a lot of big goals I want to reach in my life and the only way I see to head towards these goals is to have a mindset of hard work and planning and organising your tasks for each day so you can get to these goals. My main interest with meditation is to relieve anxiety in my life, I've always had terrible social anxiety and a degree of generalised anxiety and I'd like to learn how to stay calm and have clear thinking in situations so that I can react in the best possible way and also to stop the constant feeling of impending doom and negativity towards social situations. but the whole living in the moment thing and stopping thinking makes me anxious that I'm going to fall behind in my plans and screw up my organisation which will be detrimental to achieving my goals. I like to have my mind focusing on hard work, no pain no gain, always being hungry to improve but then I don't know how that fits in with the Buddhist sort of philosophies of accepting and appreciating what you have, living in the moment etc. I'm thinking maybe I've got my understanding of meditation/Mindfulness muddled up, or maybe it's just not possible to subscribe to both these two different mindsets? but any advice would be appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| The prickly blanket of anxiety Posted: 05 Jun 2021 12:44 AM PDT Today I realized how my anxiety and rumination had become a habit. I've recently tried to be more attentive to my thoughts, and while driving today I was feeling calm. When I became aware of the calm I was experiencing, my mind went into overdrive to find some worry or another. My mind wanted its familiar, comforting, prickly blanket back. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Jun 2021 12:42 AM PDT The divine connection is made when a man or woman is conscious of nothing as an inner state of being while existing as a body of awareness in the sensory world. To the normal perception this seems impossible because the mind functions as a focus of intelligence on a particular part of existence and not the whole. The divine connection is both consciousness and awareness operating simultaneously as a unity of pure intelligence. This state of being, sometimes referred to as 'mindfulness', eliminates the gap between then and now, which induces a shift in time from the past to the present. However, the divine connection is unable to be realised to its full potency until an individual has passed through thoughtfulness, which surrounds the mindfulness of being. Thoughts are facets of mentalised matter which encompass the human psyche, just as satellites and debris from discarded space stations orbit the earth in outer space. The idea is to pull back from the thinking mechanism as an exercise in self-mastery. The most effective way to do this is to practise giving up thinking in the good times when there are no external pressures to disturb the emotional self. In most people undisciplined thought patterns form a constant drone which, surreptitiously, reduces the subtle emanation of the wellbeing always present in the body. Wellbeing and peace of mind are synonymous as aspects of Divine Being. The more time given to entering the body in stillness and humility, the more the inner space becomes divested of emotional negativity which fuels the momentum of the mind. Gradually a perimeter of purified space surrounds the field of the mind's perception, which is not unlike the way a castle moat keeps hostile or negative forces outside its fortified centre. This is registered inwardly as a greater sense of equilibrium and absence of the normal anxieties of everyday life. In the approach to the higher states of mind, the attachment to existence as any reflected intelligence is voluntarily discarded; this means to be centred in the body with no position of mind or anticipation of the next moment. To know something is to experience existence, whereas in the spiritual state there is an absence of any acquired knowledge. However, whatever is needed at any moment to participate in the practical affairs of the world is provided under the aegis of the egoic intelligence, which is forever vigilant as the unifying principle between both inner and outer realms. Thus does the most evolved human being embody the three realms of existence, namely the mind, body and spirit, as an integrated state of being. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Jun 2021 06:26 PM PDT So focus on your body and hold the focus there? If the focus is in the head you are more likely to start using your mind which is what you do not want? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Jun 2021 11:23 PM PDT Why is it that so many meditators are also musicians? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Jun 2021 05:25 PM PDT If this post falls outside the scope of this sub please feel free to delete. I've been meditating for 6 months or so using guided meditations I've found a n YouTube, from a few books I've read, and unguided meditation with various frequency, shaman drum ms, etc... Lately I've felt like I've achieved all I can with these options and feel like something is missing... like I'm ready to take meditation to the next level but am unsure what that means or where to look. Anyone have a recommendation for a good book that may help me identify "what's next" and change my meditation style/routine, achieve a higher level of consciousness and gain more meaning from my time meditating? Or perhaps I'm thinking about this all wrong and would appreciate a recommendation for a book to help me get on the right track. Any suggestions or thoughts? Thank you! [link] [comments] |
| What changes (big or small) have you noticed in yourself after you started meditating? Posted: 04 Jun 2021 10:14 AM PDT |
| Beginner to meditation over here, any tips? Posted: 04 Jun 2021 10:10 AM PDT I struggle with OCD and after seeking therapy, mindfulness and meditation were frequently recommended to me. Despite my mother being a yoga teacher, ironically enough, I've never meditated consistently. But I want to start making it a strict part of my routine. Any tips on how to start, what apps I should get? (right now I'm using one called Medito and I love it) but how do I make it a permanent part of my routine instead if straying away from it? Also, should I use an app or just stick to YouTube videos? Does it make a difference either way? [link] [comments] |
| Don't take a bite out of the apple the mind offers you. Posted: 04 Jun 2021 05:42 AM PDT All religious baggage aside, the story of Adam and Eve is deeper than most people realise. Some people take it literally, which is silly because it has more meaning metaphorically. The way I see it, the garden of Eden represents the present moment, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil represents the mind, the snake represents the ego and Adam and Eve represent human beings. Taking a bite out of the apple means identifying with the mind. Before Adam and Eve ate from the tree they were at peace in paradise, which was here on earth. Once they took the bite out of the apple, they were instantly taken away from paradise, but they were still in the garden of Eden. So this means that before they listened to the ego and identified with the mind (ate the apple) they were in the here and now, at peace. But once they identified with the mind (the tree of knowledge) they became distracted and their attention wasn't in the present moment anymore and that was the real "sin". That word actually comes from a Greek word that was used in archery meaning "to miss the mark", and when one isn't living in the present moment they are definitely missing the mark. [link] [comments] |
| Meditation advice needed: Pema Chödron's "be with the out-breath" Posted: 04 Jun 2021 10:55 PM PDT I've been listening to Pema Chödron's meditation instructions (chapter 4) in "Wisdom of No Escape" several times. She says to "focus on the out-breath" and let go. The letting go part I interpret as relaxing the body and the mind - it works somehow. However, my problem is with the "focus on the out-breath". For starters, I am hyperaware of the in-breath that feels cool and I also seem to tense up when I want to "be with the out-breath". This results in my out-breath being short or tense. Do you have any advice for me how I can "be with the out-breath" without overly focusing on the in-breath and tensing up? Thank you! 🙏 [link] [comments] |
| The only bad meditation is the meditation you don’t do. Posted: 04 Jun 2021 06:42 PM PDT |
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