Meditation: My drawing after meditation. |
- My drawing after meditation.
- People judge themselves based off their past and their intentions but judge others based off of their actions.
- What is the difference between detachment and repression?
- About Time happiness scene
- Treat your thoughts as if you were window shopping...
- Is it normal to feel detached from the World after meditation?
- My book about meditation
- Haven’t been finding the motivation to meditate as consistently as I have in the past lately
- A magical time Meditating.
- Tension: An observation and a question
- Whenever I pay attention to my 3rd eye I notice my mental problems go away instantly. Or is this placebo effect?
- Share your experience: what perspective or technique really helped you appreciate meditation?
- Why do i constantly feel inferior to those around me?
- People who are expert at meditating and being meditating more 5 years, do you still get sad and angry?
- When I meditate I feel like I get put into a completely different world or realm.
- BULGARIA 4K Video Ultra HD - Stunning Nature with Calming Music
- Why do I feel frustration when someone I know gets an opportunity, achieves something?
- What happens during meditation and self-awareness?
- My thoughts on the meditation app, Headspace
- I'm new but have had powerful reactions
- Most effective meditation to develop a daily sense of PRESENCE?
- Does meditation require the highest concentration?
- New to meditation have a question
- Best Videos for Meditation?
- Is this what I'm doing meditation?
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| What is the difference between detachment and repression? Posted: 17 Jun 2021 02:30 AM PDT I was going to ask this on a psychology sub, but I didn't see any that seemed to allow it and also be active, so I thought I'd ask here instead. Recently I watched a video from a counselor who was advocating for meditative practice to help someone practice detachment, which made me wonder what the difference detachment is from repression. It seems like detachment might carry the risks of bringing about repression when I think about it. What do you think? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2021 02:41 AM PDT There's this scene from the film About Time where a father passes on some advice to his son, both of them have the ability to travel through time: "And so he told me his secret formula for happiness. Part one of the two-part plan was that I should just get on with ordinary life, living it day by day, like anyone else. But then came part two of Dad's plan. He told me to live every day again almost exactly the same. The first time with all the tensions and worries that stop us noticing how sweet the world can be, but the second time noticing. Okay, Dad. Let's give it a go." I decided to take the fathers advice and apply it to my meditation. It revived something I once practiced before, a constant present intention. And it has made me very joyous! If you are looking to create happiness then I recommend giving this a go. Instead of getting frustrated with the state you are in or the minds wandering or the intrusive thoughts, just notice them... What once was frustrating will turn into a beautiful act of connecting. Here's the clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RxlJ2TdYPo [link] [comments] |
| Treat your thoughts as if you were window shopping... Posted: 16 Jun 2021 04:37 AM PDT Look, but don't touch. Or to put it another way, watch them but do not engage or identify with them because that is a gateway to suffering. The way I see it, meditation is essentially about being centred more and more as the watcher of thoughts, instead of getting entangled in whatever they happen to be saying in any given moment. And the more I stay as the watcher, the more at peace I feel in my everyday life and this quality of just watching thoughts in a detached way has become a way of life. Wherever I am and whatever I'm doing, I just stay as the watcher. Feelings and thoughts come and go, I just watch them. Sometimes anxiety and sadness come up and I watch those too. People talk to me and I also watch myself responding and so on. It's actually a very liberating way to live and I even felt inspired to write a song about this way of life called 'The Art of Watching'. Life is just a play; you're all the characters, the writer, the director and also the audience. And the beauty of it is you can take part in the play and you can also watch yourself taking part it. When you live this way, you become less serious because what is there to be serious about? It's all just a play. [link] [comments] |
| Is it normal to feel detached from the World after meditation? Posted: 17 Jun 2021 11:53 AM PDT I've done some meditation here and there a year ago but nothing serious, however due to my severe depression a friend recommended Waking app a few months ago. I used that app to actually learn to meditate properly and for the past month I've been meditating for at least 10-15 minutes a day. I didn't really go into meditation to improve myself since I had kind of lost all hope but only did it to see what all the fuss was about. The longer I meditate the more I feel detached from world, I've started to care less what people think of me and I also don't care about what others are doing. I no longer get depressed over being broke or single still living with my parents. I no longer care if I die alone and single and broke. I would be happy to live alone in the woods on one meal a day. Is this a Nihilist approach? I've been wanting to improve myself, you know get a job, a car and maybe one day be in a relationship but I'm feeling detached from these thoughts. I feel like I no longer care or want any of this. I just want to live alone for the rest of my life, practise meditation and eventually die peacefully at an old age. Does anyone else feel this way or I'm a I just weird and mentally messed up? [link] [comments] |
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| Haven’t been finding the motivation to meditate as consistently as I have in the past lately Posted: 16 Jun 2021 07:24 PM PDT I've had good experiences from the practice and I believe it's helped me become more centered and conscientious, but for some reason, that's not enough for me to maintain it in my daily routine. I'll make sure to mediate right after this post but I'll definitely be able to read and reply to any advise or insight afterwards. Thank you. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2021 10:52 AM PDT I was meditating today to a random video that popped up, I had this sensation of energy full of colours shooting into my body I was full of laughter definitely a great start to the morning. [link] [comments] |
| Tension: An observation and a question Posted: 17 Jun 2021 08:38 AM PDT So to make things simple I have really, really, REALLY bad tension headaches. I've had em for a year and boy have they been debilitating. I've done everything. Tizanidine, occipital massages, migraine hats, etc etc etc Meditation worked once. Then it stopped. Why? I asked myself that a bunch and I remembered once my therapist told me, essentially, "Well maybe you're not just meditating long enough." So I did a little experiment. Normally I meditate daily for ~10 minutes. I did 50 minutes. And that knot in the back of my head, in my trapezius and sub occipital muscles, while it's still there and while it still makes me feel like I'm in a horrendous brain fog, seems to have opened up just ever so slightly. 1% slightly. But if it bleeds, we can kill it. So this leads to my question. I never really thought about the length of meditation, but could you say that, if mediation isn't releasing tension, could it just be that I'm not meditating long enough? Thanks in advance. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Jun 2021 07:17 PM PDT Because of the person I am whenever I meditate I don't get noticeable results so the next day I have no desire to do it although I know that progress takes time But I was playing this game called aimlabs, very simple game that I believe is a meditation practice? And I relax intensely, and I focus on my third eye when I play it and it's almost like it's a literal eye that I could see out of and it made my intuition (trust in myself) a lot stronger. In everything I did for that day. I did this for probably 3 hours of playing this game and by the end of it colors were more vibrant, right under a tab of lsd, And 2 days later today I realize if I just focus on my third eye when I notice a nasty thought coming everything goes away and stabilizes within 5-10 seconds. Is this actually a thing or is placebo having effect on me? [link] [comments] |
| Share your experience: what perspective or technique really helped you appreciate meditation? Posted: 16 Jun 2021 10:31 PM PDT Hoping this becomes a thread filled with good insights that people can refer and learn from, including myself! I've been meditating for the past year, and the first 7-8 months had very little learning. The past 2 months have, however, been filled with moments where I better understood how to navigate mindfulness. If we can get some good inputs this can really help people who are unsatisfied with their practice (I've seen a few on this sub). Try to keep your insights short, so that people get the main pointers in your experience Here's mine: When I sit down to meditate, I am no longer trying to change anything. Prior to this, it was about self-improvement, but I don't think you can sit down with any intention except one to just notice. Calling on meditation to change your behavior is quite a popular and misguided approach that doesn't let you really experience mindfulness for what it is, much bigger than just a technique to improve. [link] [comments] |
| Why do i constantly feel inferior to those around me? Posted: 16 Jun 2021 10:46 PM PDT I'm 22(M) and I am at this stage in my life where I'm supposed to be making it in the world (the way I want it to) and sustaining myself but I can't help but think I don't have it in me or that I'm good for nothing. This feeling manifests in my social interactions too where I find myself pleasing everyone else just so that I'm viewed as someone of value or so that I am appreciated, and in the pursuit of the same many times I'm making unhealthy choices for myself. Even in relationships, when I see women I find really attractive I just feel that this won't happen for me or that I'm not as good as the other guys that approach her, I'm boring in comparison.. I got lucky with this girl I met recently and she's gorgeous and really takes care of herself, I admire her for that but at the same time feel like I need to love her enough so she doesn't leave me. This has happened before in other relationships with other people too. How do I feel whole and worthy of anything? I meditate and work on myself, learn things and understand that in essence we are limitless and can do anything but then again get carried away by this feeling of inferiority and get frustrated. How do I believe more in myself and not do things for others? It's really take a lot from my life. I know I can be doing so much but time just passes and I'm in the same state. Please my lovely folks, throw your boy some advice. Sending u, reading this, loads of love and positivity [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2021 10:45 AM PDT I saw a post on instagram that made me felt sad and lonely, so i tried to be aware as they say if a thought comes just let it be and not get attach or judge what in my mind but it didnt help much. People who are advance, who do you deal with such? [link] [comments] |
| When I meditate I feel like I get put into a completely different world or realm. Posted: 16 Jun 2021 01:32 PM PDT |
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| Why do I feel frustration when someone I know gets an opportunity, achieves something? Posted: 17 Jun 2021 03:07 AM PDT I'm 22(M) and I've noticed this frustration that comes about when I see somebody do something good or achieve something. It almost feels like they're taunting me after they've achieved or gotten lucky wherever they have.. It's eating up my energy, these thoughts but I can't help but react to it and feel confused. I know this is super petty and ideally I do want my friends and loved ones to do good but why do I get this feeling inside, why do I build resentment towards the person? It's super unhealthy. I think it's got something to do with me comparing my life to theirs. I feel that right now in my life I have nothing to show for and it makes me sad. Perhaps the milestones that others achieve just remind me of that fact and that's why I feel the frustration. Please guys, help me out. What should I do? Love u all [link] [comments] |
| What happens during meditation and self-awareness? Posted: 17 Jun 2021 07:49 AM PDT So i got a lot of questions hoping someone would answer, and share their insights about this deep introspective practice. So how i practice my meditation nowadays is putting a timer on my clock. Sitting down in lotus in my sofa, back against the pillow. Sitting upwards, and keeping my body alert and awake. Then i close my eyes, and go inside. And observe what is really going on inside. What i find is: one thought after the other. Followed by a commentary like a voice inside telling me, this incident is not fair, they should not have done this to me and so on. I keep my practice going by keeping my focus inside my body as a total, and trying to anchor the awareness on the breath as i breathe in and out. What i find which is very interesting, is that whenever i observe my breath i always take control of it. Like the breath is both automatic and under my conscious control. So it is not so easy just observing the breath, it mainly gets in the hands of me/my ego/my awareness whatever you wanna call it. So i find that my human awareness is a locus of attention which i am the commander of and can maneuver and put my attention wherever i want. Like if i want to focus on how badly i got hurt back in the past, then i will be stuck there, back in the past... Or when i constantly ruminating about an imaginary future.. Let´s get over to the more interesting part which is how to let go, and let go of what? Under my meditation practice i like to put my attention inside my body, and try to find out with non-jugdmental awareness what is going inside my feeling body. Today i noticed a sticky feeling inside my stomach, a little bit left to my solar Plexus area. So i get curious, what is this? what is happening in there? is there deeper feelings in there? maybe trauma, maybe some of my past is stuck inside of my body? I have a lot of curiosity around the total package of myself and what is going on. Where i am at this moment in my life is a full curiosity around what i am experiencing from moment to moment basis. Like the things that happen externally by situations and people that trigger something in me. Is it happening inside my brain/Psyche or is it something which goes on inside the body. Is it possible to work it all out? I also have this constant feeling of not feeling and thinking that i am not good enough. Which i know stems from my past, upbringing and childhood. I know they always say that you are complete, whole and all that stuff. But why do we suffer so collectively by this feeling of not being enough. Who is not enough? my ego? What i come to find from moment to moment is that i am really not who i think i am, i am not my body, my name or even my story. They are just concepts my mind made from every experience i have encountered so far. There is a deeper self inside of me and is inside all of us. And i think this deeper self has been there always. We can call it pure awareness, the silent witness, soul or whatever feels suitable.. When for example i do something which brings forth a feeling, i now immediately recognize which feeling the human i am is experiencing. I try to non-jugdmentally not punish my self or push my self further down the emotional scale. But i find it hard from time to time not doing the same things which brings back the same emotions followed by the same thoughts. This brings me back to the idea of how we are all programmed from birth and through childhood. They say 95% of who we are is a recollection of a program, the same thoughts, feelings, behaviours and attitudes where created back then when we were little. So i am thinking that it is not easy to change oneself, but the way to do it to become aware that you are on the hamster wheel, and bringing mindful present moment awareness to everything you are doing everyday. That is one way you can change, by breaking out of the program, and choosing to do something else. And maybe the most ingrained habits takes more time to break the curse and remove the spell. But i do think silent sitting meditation is one way one an become conscious of what one is doing, thinking and so on. And i really don´t think you need to sit and meditate but you can be present and meditate whatever you are doing, like making dinner, walking in the woods or when you are exercising. It is not really that hard, but it is a challenging task to become conscious. And maybe it is the soul´s journey. We came in here knowing exactly who we were, then we got into the hands of our damaged system, and parents (maybe we choose them, who knows) And the main task of one´s life is to break out of the program little by little. Last question is: what are feelings and emotions? and how do you locate them? is it something going on within the body as mentioned earlier? Why can it be sometimes be so hard to let them go? and do you let them go by just placing your awareness on them and letting them be? Or maybe it is an easier way? I would be very grateful for every comment one has to share, and i am totally open for change, and that i am completely wrong on something. Even though these are just my perspectives <3 [link] [comments] |
| My thoughts on the meditation app, Headspace Posted: 16 Jun 2021 08:52 PM PDT I've never been one for the whole self care thing. I recently started getting into meditation though, as to better myself and learn how to let my thoughts come and go. I really enjoy using Headspace for meditation, and it's quite helpful in managing emotions, in my opinion. While the free version doesn't give a whole lot of potential, it's still very helpful to the point of wanting to pay for the full version. The voices are very calming, and it almost feels like no time has passed after meditating. Id like to try different applications, though. If anyone has any suggestions, may that be YouTube channels, other apps or anything else, please message me. [link] [comments] |
| I'm new but have had powerful reactions Posted: 16 Jun 2021 03:01 PM PDT Hello all, I hope you are living your Bliss or if not, I hope it comes to you soon. I started meditation for the first time last week. My home has been in upheaval recently, we are trying to move out and it's been rough on us, but is showing signs of turning around I was agonizing over finding an apartment as my Mother lost her job due to Covid Layoffs and has had a rough go with finding work - I saw a video in my YouTube Feed - Sadhguru on Calming the Mind, I had no idea who this man was, but his words and demeanor spoke to me I took his advice and have turned to Meditation, it has definitely helped my outlook and stress levels. Sometimes I have to do it 3 or 4 times a day to cope but it always helps I found a "Manifest your bliss" guided meditation on YouTube and during the process I full on started to cry during the affirmations. And now whenever I think about what I want (To be a Script writer for Film and TV) I cry from a feeling of happiness, almost immediately, and just hear "it's coming" in my soul I suppose I am asking In uncertain terms: do your emotional reactions show indication of affirmations? Thank you for reading, may you all be blessed and happy for many years [link] [comments] |
| Most effective meditation to develop a daily sense of PRESENCE? Posted: 16 Jun 2021 08:15 PM PDT Sorry if this is a common question, I'm struggling with this and need help. I realize that most of the day I am lost in my thoughts and distractions. Especially noticeable when I'm with people - and I realize "shit, I'm barely even there". It's actually quite scary - like I'm missing out on my own life. What practice has been effective for YOU to make you more present in day to day life? [link] [comments] |
| Does meditation require the highest concentration? Posted: 17 Jun 2021 02:12 AM PDT Hello, I recently read a book called deep work which talks about the importance of being able to concentrate for long periods of time whilst working without distraction. I was hoping to apply this to mathematics but my focus is absolute shit right now. I have already started meditating for half an hour a day so far for just general wellbeing, but I was wondering if I wanted to improve just my focus would I be able to see a greater improvement in my focus by doing more mathematics or trying to meditate longer, which activity requires more focus? [link] [comments] |
| New to meditation have a question Posted: 16 Jun 2021 05:23 PM PDT I know when you meditate you should focus on the breathing. I recently got out of a 6 year relationship, so when a thought comes into my head like my ex girlfriend, am I supposed to ignore the feelings associated to the thought? I know I should not ignore my thoughts themselves, but what about any negative feelings? Block them or let them do there thing? The feeling can be best described as a wave of sadness with an uneasy pit in my stomach. I want to meditate the correct and healthy way. Any advice would be appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Jun 2021 03:55 PM PDT Hey everyone! So I'm pretty new to the whole meditation thing and wanted to ask the community if they have any good videos they would like to share? I've heard some good things about Sound Channel on YouTube but other than that don't know where to start. Any videos that you like would be awesome!
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| Is this what I'm doing meditation? Posted: 16 Jun 2021 07:16 PM PDT Hello! Well, into the story, i started meditation 8 months ago after I found out I have ADHD and i also have ptsd and chronic anxiety/depression. It had a lot if positive effects and the pitfalls of self knowledge. But about two months ago things changed and i couldn't do it anymore as much as I tried but lately i found out if i sit or lie down with my eyes closed and hearing some tibetan bowls I relax completely and with no guide after a few minutes I start feeling things as if they were called by the music and my own mind throws a lot of thoughts and feelings I just observe and eventually it has like a question "where are you?" and i start feeling a lot of fear to the point my muscles twitch and i experience the fear but my breath and heart seem the same frequency. It's like I'm calling fear out and asking it to stop hiding and finally let itself go. It eventually goes away and i almost fall asleep. Is this meditation? I'm practicing 1 hour a day, which is the time of this process maturally [link] [comments] |
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