Meditation: This is the secret. Do nothing at all unless it is necessary to do something. So forget everything, even this sentence. Because being busy with this sentence will destroy the stillness. |
- This is the secret. Do nothing at all unless it is necessary to do something. So forget everything, even this sentence. Because being busy with this sentence will destroy the stillness.
- I built an app that uses ML to give people the meditations that help them the most
- Youtube guided meditation recommendations?
- Focusing on natural breath- without force- during a wild panic attack
- Feels like nitrous oxide?
- How do I keep meditating?
- Losing awareness in meditation vs. sleep
- The surprising intersection of anxiety, meditation, CBT, and physical pain
- Any advice for meditating despite (?because of?) loud neighbors?
- Have any of you been to a Yogi's Samadhi?
- ADHD meditation
- Do you agree with the following statement?
- If I meditate while intoxicated, I will come to completely sober.
- How do I get into a community?
- Is there a basic beginners guide that you would recommend?
- Rage while daydreaming on the cushion (TW)
- Question: Is it okay to experience and enjoy happiness?
- When is the best time for Meditation?
- Lower chakras
- What is and isn't meditation?
- How do you feel when you stop meditating?
| Posted: 05 Jun 2021 10:26 AM PDT We are talking so much about what we should do. And it is beautiful to get some knowledge, and to for example know how to meditate. But please, the whole point of meditation is just doing nothing. And I want to remove the word ¨Doing¨. So learn from everything, but also forget everything. You are already in the now, you are already present, you are already connected to the universe. But everything you do will narrow your view. Because your focus will be on the things you are doing. So just do nothing. Just ............... And even forget all this And if you are struggling to take a break. Here is a telegram channel in which you will get a daily reminder to rest for a moment [link] [comments] |
| I built an app that uses ML to give people the meditations that help them the most Posted: 05 Jun 2021 10:41 AM PDT I'm a college sophomore and during the pandemic I witnessed a lot of my peers struggling with mental health issues. Our school provided online resources and counseling but I noticed that student's rarely used them and when they did, they were frequently unsatisfied. This inspired me to make something better. So, for the past year or so, I've been working with some friends and a couple PhD students on a mindfulness app that uses artificial intelligence to give people mindfulness exercises that help them the most. Instead of having to scroll through options, every exercise is prescribed based on data. Currently, there's two types of exercises in the app - guided meditations like these and videos like this. Once we learn more about what helps people the most, we want to add more variety (e.g. mindful physical exercise). Although the app is far from perfect right now, because of the algorithm, the more you use it, the better it gets. The app is 100% free and my goal is to help as many people as possible, especially as we transition out of the pandemic. Here is the link to download if you're interested in checking it out. I'd also really appreciate honest feedback, so feel free to reply with your thoughts (even if you hate it). I also started a subreddit in case there is anyone interested in having a more in depth conversation about how we can improve it going forward. Thank you! [link] [comments] |
| Youtube guided meditation recommendations? Posted: 05 Jun 2021 04:00 PM PDT Hi all. I was wondering if anyone is like me and does majority of their meditations from guided YouTube meditations and had some recommendations? I usually prefer spiritually based meditations and some of my favorites are from great meditation & leeor alexandra. Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| Focusing on natural breath- without force- during a wild panic attack Posted: 05 Jun 2021 03:17 PM PDT Today, I spiraled. It started off with a trauma trigger. Someone who I looked up to as a father, and saw as a guru, wasn't who I thought he was. I felt abandoned...by the world, by god, by myself. I laid at the park trying to remain present- and emerged this loud cry of pain. Thoughts like "I don't want to think this way anymore" or "I just want to feel better" my spiritual search was spiraling as I tried to conjure up more videos on YouTube to calm me down and make me feel safe. My throat tightened- as it always does to scare me more. My mentality was nothing I've felt before. So alone in totality- so hopeless- so "I'm not going to make it in this lifetime" feeling. So depressed because I've sort of been here before, it got better, now I'm back...feeling. I so badly cried to god, that I want to be normal. Why this anxious brain everyday? I don't understand? I'm consta fly monitoring myself. I can't stop! I wanted out. The only "positive" experience that was pulled from this was that I managed to not do anything today...sit on my back porch..& follow my natural breath. The thoughts raced by- I couldn't find anything peaceful in there, I couldn't find a "watcher". But I followed my natural breath. I watched it pull in and let go- without control. For 30 min. Without jumping forward- or expecting anything...I can at least say I feel a little lighter. I don't want to think that if I keep meditating I'll change my state because I don't want to use it as a nother vessel for happiness- but I hope it does over time anyway lol [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Jun 2021 02:53 PM PDT Since I started meditating 2 years ago, I've had lots of interesting bodily experiences as well as noticing more sensations and movements in my body and brain. Today has been strange however as its felt like I have a pulse emitting in my head, creating a sort of balloon-like high. Was wondering if anyone else has experienced anything like this and if anyone knows what it might be :) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Jun 2021 10:04 AM PDT Hello! I've been trying to meditate for about 3 years. The longest I kept going was probably a month, 10-15 minutes meditation every day. But 90% of those 3 years were days when I didn't meditate. I find it very hard to keep going. It's like my head refuses to practise it every day. I know that it's all about letting go and embracing what you feel and let the thoughts pass by, and it seems like exactly what I need in my life, but I haven't been able to keep it up so far. I would really welcome some advice, your thoughts, on how to deal with this. I feel like what I need it just practising it and being patient, but all I do is whine and feel restless. [link] [comments] |
| Losing awareness in meditation vs. sleep Posted: 05 Jun 2021 08:16 PM PDT Everytime I meditate, I end up not quite falling asleep but losing conscious awareness and then it seems like I, "wake up" right after I lose it. However, I will notice an hour has passed and it only felt like a moment of a few seconds between losing awareness and bringing it back. Afterwards, I feel great and my mind is much more clear and focused than when I typically wake up from regular sleep. What is this experience? [link] [comments] |
| The surprising intersection of anxiety, meditation, CBT, and physical pain Posted: 05 Jun 2021 11:30 AM PDT TLDR: meditation and CBT made my anxiety worse because I used them to avoid acceptance of pain A few months ago, during a stressful academic period, I developed moderate/severe finger pain when typing on my computer or phone. My front line treatment was to try to fix the physical problem. I spent hours researching the pain, getting medical scans, trying various medications/supplements, and even buying a $300 keyboard and learning a new keyboard layout for improved ergonomics. None of that worked. In addition to suffering physical pain, I began to suffer severe anxiety from the pain. I'm young and healthy and wasn't willing to accept that I may have incurable physical pain. I felt hope when I realized that there was probably a psychosomatic aspect to my pain. I thought that if I could eliminate my anxiety, I'd overcome the pain. I adopted a pretty consistent meditation practice that initially helped reduce my anxiety, but the pain didn't leave and my anxiety eventually worsened. As a last measure, I tried to combine CBT with meditation and expose myself to increased pain (safely), but that didn't work either, and at this point I was feeling very lost and dark. I then realized that maybe it would help if I let myself be negative about the pain. So I said to myself, "Yeah, this pain sucks and it might not go away. I genuinely might not be able to earn a living and I might have a disability forever." Suddenly I felt better. I had done a sort of exposure and acceptance exercise on myself. I realized that I had been treating physical pain the same way you might treat an anxious thought — I was noticing it and not reacting to it. However, in doing so, I was failing to understand that pain requires a different treatment than thoughts, at least for me. I had to let myself drill down into the hole of negativity before I could excavate the gem of true acceptance. I used meditation and CBT as a frantically-built wall to hide the truth of physical pain — that I needed to react to it to accept it. [link] [comments] |
| Any advice for meditating despite (?because of?) loud neighbors? Posted: 05 Jun 2021 11:01 AM PDT Hello everyone! I have been meditating on and off the past few years and found it incredibly useful for my anxiety (when I stick with regular meditating). I Just bought a new house, which was a stressful experience for me, so I have tried to get back into a regular practice. However, I'm having a hard time meditating because my neighbors play very loud music at all hours of the day/night. Obviously, I can just wear earplugs when I meditate, but once the meditation is over and I take them out, my anxiety ratchets back up. The disruptive music is greatly impacting my anxiety and I'd rather not live my life with earplugs in. :/ I have been trying to use their music to keep bringing myself back to the present moment. I have also tried practicing loving-kindness (these people seem to be afraid of being alone in the quiet with their own thoughts, and part of me wants to give them a hug). I have also tried to let go of the desire for peace and quiet. Maybe I just need more time with all of these things, but any other ideas or advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank you all for this group! <3 [link] [comments] |
| Have any of you been to a Yogi's Samadhi? Posted: 05 Jun 2021 07:13 PM PDT Yesterday I decided to go to a place where a yogi had left his body consciously. They had made a samadhi for him. When I went in the ashram everything felt okay. But as soon as I entered the room where the samadhi was, it felt like the environment was completely different. I was extremely skeptical of all this but when I entered the place it was more unrealistic than even I had ever thought. The air was on fire. My whole body started vibrating immediately and I felt like electricity was going all across my body. I usually sit for mediation and can meditate easily for an hour. But when I sat there, I couldn't sit for more then ten minutes. My body wanted to jump and run out of that place. I felt so threatened there. As if there was a tiger in front of me. I just wanted to run away but at the same time I wanted to be there. Then a yogi took me to a small cubicle like cave where his guru had sat in Nirvikalpa samadhi for one whole year. It was a really small cubicle. Just enough for a person to sit. By that time I was shaking. He asked me to sit in that space. But as soon as I put half my body there I knew I can't bare the energies. I took my body out and just got out of the samadhi space. I couldn't bear it. It was too much for me. Any of you experienced this? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Jun 2021 07:09 PM PDT Try a concentration practice followed by body-awareness meditation/ Yoga nidra. My concentration practice is fixing gaze on point on wall, playing music (i.e. oasis, beethoven, soungarden etc.), then focusing attention on the music. Traditional breath practices, nor wanky posts about the nature of reality, did anything significant for me whatsoever. [link] [comments] |
| Do you agree with the following statement? Posted: 06 Jun 2021 02:02 AM PDT The more stressed and tense you are, the harder it is to feel the benefits of your meditation. [link] [comments] |
| If I meditate while intoxicated, I will come to completely sober. Posted: 06 Jun 2021 01:44 AM PDT Title says it all. I of course wouldn't do anything such as driving even if I think I was sober, but this has happened multiple times to me on multiple drugs and alcohol. I will be thoroughly sloshed or intoxicated off of something, meditate for roughly 15 minutes, generally focusing on rotating the fluid in my brain clockwise, and when I come to it will be as if I never drank or consumed anything on the first place, it will be as if the intoxication was merely a dream. Does this happen to anyone else? I'm a novice meditator but I find this incredibly strange. [link] [comments] |
| How do I get into a community? Posted: 05 Jun 2021 12:15 PM PDT So meditation has definitely been the biggest catalyst for change in my life. I read the power of now by eckhart tolle 2 years ago and it's contents have meant more than anything to me in my life. I would just love to be able to share my joy of interests with other people. Whether it be psychology, spirituality, history or anything. While I have friends and some good ones, I just feel like to don't have anyone in my life to share these interests with. [link] [comments] |
| Is there a basic beginners guide that you would recommend? Posted: 05 Jun 2021 08:04 PM PDT Would like to get into meditation but not sure where to start. [link] [comments] |
| Rage while daydreaming on the cushion (TW) Posted: 05 Jun 2021 11:37 PM PDT (TW abuse) As a child I endured emotional and occasional physical abuse at the hands of my father. I was quite angry then, but I haven't felt that way towards anyone in a very long time. Yesterday, when I was sitting to meditate, I had a sudden daydream-like vision of my father towering over me, his arm up to hit me. I have a tendency to daydream and I usually correct myself quickly, but this one sucked me in. In my mind I was ducking his blow and then violently reacting, punching him repeatedly in the face. The emotion behind it was overpowering. I stopped myself as soon as I realized, but I was/am quite shocked by my emotional reaction. Typically I am a person who does not experience anger. At work (nursing) I am cussed at/hit/spit often, or take care of people with disturbing criminal histories; I feel genuine compassion and loving-kindness for every one of my patients despite this. I even feel compassion for my father, as I know he was abused and his actions (while inexcusable) are the result of his own sufferings. So as you can imagine, I'm quite taken aback by both this sudden mental image, and my reaction to it. Why would something like this come up suddenly during meditation? Does anyone else experience this kind of thing? And how can I respond if it comes up again? [link] [comments] |
| Question: Is it okay to experience and enjoy happiness? Posted: 05 Jun 2021 07:46 PM PDT Hi everyone, I am just starting to get into mindfulness meditation to keep my anxiety under control. From what I have been learning so far, it sounds like the key to mindfulness is to simply note emotions and let them go. I can see the benefit of doing this for "negative" emotions like stress and anxiety, but am I supposed to do the same for "positive" emotions like happiness? If so, is mindfulness roughly equivalent to a constant state of apathy towards the emotions I feel? Would love to hear from those of you who are more experienced in mindfulness meditation. Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| When is the best time for Meditation? Posted: 05 Jun 2021 11:33 AM PDT When do you fit meditation into your daily routine? After breakfast, before bad, when u get home from work etc? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Jun 2021 07:16 PM PDT What are some simple ways to ground yourself if you're having too much energy on the upper chakras? Thanks 🙂 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Jun 2021 02:42 PM PDT What exactly is meditation to you? Is it the absence of thought? Is "not thinking" the goal with meditation? For me I find my mind does not quiet. Ever. I meditate by focusing on being aware of the fact that I'm meditating and I'm not exactly sure if this is "correct". Also my method of meditation changes multiple times during the same session. So for example I'll do a body scan for a while and then I'll just sit and listen and wait to focus on things I can hear, things I can feel, then I'll just wait and see what naturally grabs my attention and focus on that for a while. I'll recognize thoughts as they appear and remind myself of the fact that I'm meditating, I'll look for stress in the body and relax it, then I'll focus on my breath. So on and so forth and I'll just continue like this until I stop. Is this actually meditation? It feels too erratic to me to be meditation. One thing is constant for me. I always, always have "verbal" thoughts consistently throughout my sessions. Is it even possible to stop them? Is this even the point? What's the difference between meditation and just plain mindfulness? Sorry for the long post and multiple questions but I would be really grateful if some seasoned meditation veteran could help me understand what I'm missing. Thank you. [link] [comments] |
| How do you feel when you stop meditating? Posted: 05 Jun 2021 02:51 AM PDT I stopped meditating for like a week (super bad idea) and I noticed I'm more anxious and I guess annoyed by stuff. I was meditating every day for a while but sometimes I stop and this happens. I just wanna know if my extra anxiousness and irritability is in my head, or if it's due to not meditating anymore. I'm definitely going to start again once I feel motivated enough to do so. [link] [comments] |
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