Meditation: Weekly Discussion June 28, 2021 |
- Weekly Discussion June 28, 2021
- How long have you been meditating and how has it affected your life?
- Have you ever felt like you don't belong in this material world?
- Follow up to a post I made 6 years ago here: "My experience after 1 year meditating 15 miutes"
- I feel like when I meditate it doesn't take my stress away like it used to.
- This May Be the Last Time I Will See This Person
- I’m here again
- In the middle.
- I cant meditate without feeling watched
- Seeing the heartbeat in the veins inside the eyeballs when meditating?
- Am i sleeping or meditating?
- What do you guys like about Meditation music?
- Random though: does mantra meditation divert discursive thought
- Daily meditating question
- Terrible experience after first meditation. Anyone relate?
- Meditation and Journaling
- Looking for some structure or "curriculum" in my practice. What are some paths to consider?
- Emotionally overwhelmed
- Finally understanding mindfulness
- Scared to Meditate
- Seeing a dead relative during meditation
- Experience with meditation and bad emotions (Kind of a rant)
- Meditation feels lonely
- Just a brain shart - I've realised that meditation has changed my relationship with "negative" bodily sensations
| Weekly Discussion June 28, 2021 Posted: 28 Jun 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] |
| How long have you been meditating and how has it affected your life? Posted: 27 Jun 2021 11:58 PM PDT Has it improved your attention span, helped with anxiety etc. [link] [comments] |
| Have you ever felt like you don't belong in this material world? Posted: 27 Jun 2021 12:04 PM PDT I've been feeling like an alien. I've felt pain, and I've felt pleasure, and I've felt peace. I've felt hopeless and I've also felt hopeful. It's not depression or petulance, and it's not even 'wanting to die' feeling, but I just feel like I don't belong here, it's like a missing tick in eternity kind of feeling. Edit: Since few people think this is ridiculous, I'd like to clarify it's literally not "being an alien" feeling. I just feel deeply out of place. Like my real purpose isn't to follow the day to day constructs of humanity, it's much higher than that. I'm probably doing a poor job of articulating it, and this is probably why I don't bring this topic more often. As someone in this post advised, I'll just go try to journal it so I can get acclimated and be more at ease with this feeling. [link] [comments] |
| Follow up to a post I made 6 years ago here: "My experience after 1 year meditating 15 miutes" Posted: 27 Jun 2021 10:03 AM PDT I haven't really been on reddit since. Just now re-read this post. Looking back on the six years since this post is pretty amazing. I've moved to the city of my dreams, married the woman of my dreams, I'm now finally doing the "work" of my dreams (doing what I've wanted since I was a little kid). I can't say that it's all due to meditation, but re-reading this makes me realize that maybe it had more to do with my new life than I ever thought. Now days I rarely meditate. Maybe once every six months. I think i'll start again. But I just don't ever feel the need because I feel so thoroughly at peace. Even when anxiety creeps in I'm able to look at it, label it, acknowledge it, and then it just dissipates and goes away. When I do feel stressed or anxious, it won't last for more than 24 hours. And I can remember times in my 20's when I would be doubled over with painful, paralyzing anxiety. Absolutely crushing. I feel such empathy for others who suffer. But I insist to you, if you go on the journey of self-exploration and examination, you can defeat the monster of anxiety. Of course, I don't think it can be "cured" or destroyed. Just like you can't cure or destroy storms, or bullies, or whatever dangers occur in the world. But you can develop such inner strength and peace that anxiety won't bother you. Someone in the comments of the old post asked how to begin to identify which ideas are ours and which are not. In my experience, my early childhood experiences with my parents created deep impressions and patterns which were essentially programs running my brain--my habits, responses, preferences, beliefs were all fashioned from childhood, and the dynamics from my parents' relationship. Although I did some talk therapy - in total i've probably done 6-12 months with 3 different therapists. What really, absolutely and unequivocally helped me was experiential therapy - where I did different exercises in a group. The best place to do this is by doing The Hoffman Process. If you're interested, look it up and research it. I believe that doing the Hoffman Process allowed me to process the patterns I learned from childhood, and to finally integrate them into my adult self. I became a man. And here's where I'm kinda landing on anxiety (and why meditation was so helpful). Ultimately, I believe my anxiety was my refusal of the call to adulthood/ manhood. I tried to make myself small and acted like an entitled brat for my 20's (the same way little children feel entitled to the world). And as a consequence I was an anxious wreck (even when I had some "success." ) I believe each and every human is meant to mature and become a fully integrated, self-actualized ADULT. But we have a society where most of the grown-ups are still running around like little kids, projecting their hurt and anxiety on the world. And consequentially, these grown-children aren't able to set proper boundaries for their own children, who are becoming increasingly fragile and anxious and "triggered" and scared - of course! It's the only proper orientation for children when they're raised by other children. So, for those of you interested in meditation. Just start. Don't worry about the proper sitting method. The proper technique. The proper anything. Just try it. Close your eyes. See what your mind does. Watch your mind. See if you can make it 1 minute. 5 minutes. Then 10 minutes. Same as if you were about to start lifting weights. You start with a small weight at first. Then grow. Good luck. Happy to answer questions. [link] [comments] |
| I feel like when I meditate it doesn't take my stress away like it used to. Posted: 27 Jun 2021 07:23 PM PDT I used to meditate after a stressful day or when I needed to recollect. Maybe I just need to get back into the routine. What does mediation do for you? [link] [comments] |
| This May Be the Last Time I Will See This Person Posted: 27 Jun 2021 07:45 AM PDT Making the smallest changes can sometimes have the effect of snapping us out of autopilot and really appreciating the present moment. This is the second in a series of posts about mindfulness exercises that you can incorporate into your day. On first reading, this sounds incredibly depressing, but hear me out. When someone is talking to you on the phone or you're going to meet someone, the exercise is to remind yourself that "This may be the last time I will be with this person". Notice any changes in how you speak and interact with this person. Often when we talk to people - especially people we see very regularly - we are distracted and only half paying attention. The thought that we might not see them again, snaps us back into the present moment and helps us view the conversation in a different light. Source: How to Train a Wild Elephant & other adventures in mindfulness [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Jun 2021 02:42 AM PDT It's been years. Meditation helped me back then but I don't know now. Will have to relearn how to do this effectively. The past years have been hell. I need this. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Jun 2021 04:17 AM PDT Sit not too tight or not too loose. Sit with inward and outward without focusing on anything. Sit in the middle with centerless attention, be with inside and outside at the same time which is "now". Living is in the middle. Thanks for reading. [link] [comments] |
| I cant meditate without feeling watched Posted: 27 Jun 2021 09:09 PM PDT for a while I have been trying to meditate to both black-out meditate and lucid dream to try and figure out where I want to be spiritually but everytime I do I feel like I am being watched, I am a fairly paranoid person but this is real, I can sometimes see these shadows too, is there any way to protect myself while opening my mind and to keep hat away? [link] [comments] |
| Seeing the heartbeat in the veins inside the eyeballs when meditating? Posted: 28 Jun 2021 05:56 AM PDT I got into a focused enough state so that I became aware that my eyeballs have veins inside them through which blood pumps. This pumping causes the most subtle vision distortion, akin to a light flickering. Is there a word for this kind of perception? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Jun 2021 05:43 AM PDT I keep struggling with, am i so relaxed and without thoughts or am i just falling asleep? Any tricks or tips how i can figure this out? [link] [comments] |
| What do you guys like about Meditation music? Posted: 28 Jun 2021 05:31 AM PDT There are so many meditation music videos out there on youtube. So my question is what does a good meditation video look like? [link] [comments] |
| Random though: does mantra meditation divert discursive thought Posted: 28 Jun 2021 05:22 AM PDT Something just occurred to me. I've never practised mantra meditation because I've always viewed it as a bit of a 'magical' approach to access concentration, but I suppose if you're repeating a phrase then you're commandeering the part of your brain that handles discursive thinking - the thinking were you ruminate on conversations, talk to yourself negatively etc. If that's the case then it's more likely to achieve mental stillness than focussing on another object like the breath, body etc - where discursive thinking can still occur. Does that sound right? I think I'm going to give it a go... [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Jun 2021 12:22 AM PDT I need some advice. I would like to meditate everyday at the same time but my work schedule is one week on night shift and on my week off I go back to regular day hours. Any ideas on how to keep my meditation consistent with a night shift job? [link] [comments] |
| Terrible experience after first meditation. Anyone relate? Posted: 28 Jun 2021 03:48 AM PDT So, I (23M) wanted to get into meditation to help with my stress and health anxiety, but my first attempt was pretty abysmal. Before lunch, I followed a pretty standard 15 min guided meditation on YouTube, but during and especially afterwards, i felt my heart racing, i was dizzy and lightheaded, my apetite was gone, i couldnt focus or think straight and all in all just felt way worse than before. Is this just something i have to push through or am i doing sonething wrong? Because of my health anxiety getting symptomps like this is only making things worse. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 Jun 2021 11:15 PM PDT Does anyone have a practice where the meditative and once done - do some journaling/ law attraction type. Thinking of combining the two practices - any thoughts ? [link] [comments] |
| Looking for some structure or "curriculum" in my practice. What are some paths to consider? Posted: 28 Jun 2021 06:37 AM PDT Hey all, I hope everyone's having a fantastic day. I love meditation but I'm a bit resistant to the modern wellness and app-based commercialization of it, and am hoping to learn a bit more about the historical basis, belief systems, practices, etc. Confused where to start. I adore my meditation and breath work, and am starting to take it a bit more seriously with a dedication to practice more regularly. Before, I'd do it a few times a week, sort of spontaneously. But now, it's feeling like it can and should be a bigger part of my life. Part of me wants a bit more structure though. I'll simply close my eyes for 10 minutes, focus on my breath. That has been great, but I know meditation is connected to all sorts of different belief systems, philosophies, etc and I'm hoping to build my understanding of those. I'm super interested in the historical context. I'm just really confused where to start. Does anyone have any recommended resources of meditation literature? As in, specific practices coming from a specific belief system? Does this question make any sense? If anything comes to mind I'd really appreciate it. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Jun 2021 02:36 AM PDT During my last meditation session, by the end of it I was in tears and I couldn't stop crying. I felt so much better after the crying session. But the whole thing really scared me. Anybody else gone through the same the thing? [link] [comments] |
| Finally understanding mindfulness Posted: 27 Jun 2021 11:11 AM PDT I've been meditating for a few years now and just recently I thought I had hit a plateau in my practice. After a couple of days of researching and listening to different guided meditations I think I've come up with a way of framing the practice that makes a lot of sense and makes the meditator practice what I now understand as proper mindfulness. I call it the "COME AT ME THOUGHTS" method. You feel your breath and as soon as you are focused on it you then let the mind wander and see where it goes. Once you feel it has landed on a particular subject area you notice this and simply go back to the breath for a few seconds. Then repeat. If your mind goes to a very traumatic area you reel it in and simply spend a few more seconds than usual 'till you are focused on the breath and then you let go again. I used to think mindfulness was about emptying the brain and achieving a very relaxed state. Now I understand it's more about creating a "safety buffer" between you and your thoughts so you don't react in an uncontrolled emotional way. Give it a try, tell me how it went! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Jun 2021 05:47 AM PDT Had a bad weekend, one of those stretches where you are just down no matter what. I sat down this morning a little afraid to meditate because of all these bad thoughts I'd been having and knew they rise to the top during my session. All that worrying made things worse and I feel like I'm building a dam to protect me from those thoughts, but by not thinking about them I'm even more consciously aware that they are there and when the dam breaks it will be worse than it needs to be. I powered through and got it done, so idk if I'm looking for advice or what. Maybe just putting this out there to see if anyone can relate. [link] [comments] |
| Seeing a dead relative during meditation Posted: 27 Jun 2021 08:45 PM PDT Just a bit ago I decided to meditate, to try and open up some new things and possibilities, although it didn't go as planned. To give a little bit of background story, I don't usually meditate. But when I do it's because of some overwhelming feeling that's telling me to meditate. I don't know why this happens but the amount of supernatural "coincidences" has increased a lot, it seems almost creepy and spelled out. Anyways, back to what I was saying. When I meditate in order to stay concentrated I usually visualize my house or just my room in general. This time being my room. I was starting off good and normally, but about 20 minutes later, I saw my grandpa standing in a corner near one of my windows. but I did not see him physically, I saw him in my mind and felt a strong presence to the direction that I saw/felt him; he was smiling at me and in a way it felt like he was letting me know that he was okay. Ever since his death my mom and I believe that he has been trying to give us signals from the grave. Weird stuff used to happed like electronics (TV, washing machine, lights, etc.) turning off and on for days sometimes. Does anybody know anything about this? I need to know if he's trying to contact me or if maybe it was something else. [link] [comments] |
| Experience with meditation and bad emotions (Kind of a rant) Posted: 27 Jun 2021 08:38 PM PDT Hello, a few weeks ago I was starting meditation because I needed to relieve stress and tension, on my first 2 or 3 days it really worked and it helped me relax, but I noticed I was getting frustrated more easily throughout the day, I stopped feeling relaxed after each session and things just started going the opposite way, I felt depressed. I looked up this problem and apparently this is meant to happen, it's like cleaning your mind by enhancing these emotions I had locked up, I don't know the veracity of this but.. I decided to stop. Honestly I'm not at a moment I can be dealing with anger, sadness or frustration, it was the reason I started meditating but I didn't know it could make things worse for a while. It took me about 4 days to recover and feel good again (as in being able to focus on my things). I want to know about similar experiencies or how much has this negative stage lasted for you, the thing is I'm legitamately interested in meditating and I'm itching to try again, but the possibility of having to deal with an awful mood and a busy week again holds me back, on a side note I've also read there's a percentage of people for whom meditation doesn't do well, I don't know how I could find out if I fit in there. Did you have a similar experience? Did you overcome it? Did something other than meditation itself caused it? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 Jun 2021 05:44 PM PDT So I've always thought that meditation seemed like a big waste of time, especially for someone like me who doesn't suffer any anxiety or stress at all. But I had heard so much praise about it so I decided I would try it for a month and then at the end I can make a fair assessment of it, rather than just continue to assume. I've been doing it for 20 minutes for the past 5 days so far. Normally you're supposed to be pushing out thoughts that make you stressed and stuff, but clearing my mind makes me feel lonely because the thoughts that creep into my mind while meditating are fun and interesting. When I catch the thoughts and go back to focusing on breathing and feeling my senses and clearing my mind it's honestly kinda sad because it separates me from the feeling of others. Just wondering if anyone had the same experience or just had any input on it. I'm still gonna finish the month so I can make an analysis but that's what I've felt so far. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 Jun 2021 11:23 AM PDT I'm quite a hyperactive person and when I started meditating I found it so hard not to scratch itches and stay still. But now through practising body scan meditations and general mindfulness whenever I feel itchiness or pain I can notice it and accept it, even using it as a tool to focus on and feel more present. How exactly does my itchy arm feel? Where exactly is the pain in my back? It's nice to finally feel at home in my body and accept the sensations that come with it. [link] [comments] |
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