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- An interesting analogy from Eckhart Tolle that I've always found very useful while meditating.
- The biggest ego trip is getting rid of your ego.
- happy of my progress
- My MRI experience.
- Regular pendulum movements while meditating
- How exactly does this work?
- MN 118: Anapanasati Sutta — Mindfulness of Breathing
- Unicorns & Rainbows: A Meditation Fail
- Exercises that help me feel 'selfless'
- Can't make a good posture during meditation, any advices?
- Feeling bad after meditating
- My eyes scrunch while meditating.
- Why do our human bodies (meat sacks) hold us back?
- Meditation is basically about watching everything that arises in the present moment, without getting involved or disturbed by any of it.
- Meditation practice is nothing special
- Thank you, Ringo. My daily practice saved me from myself.
- Trauma & Meditation. Letting go of the story? Or go into it?
- I observe my mind(thought-feel) since childhood, specially before waking up or falling asleep.
- Scary connection while meditating
- Peace is always availableee
- Did I just meditate for the first time?
- Why does it feel like my head is throbbing during meditation?
- I think I'm realizing the paradox at the heart of trying to love myself. We push away the things we reach for...
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| An interesting analogy from Eckhart Tolle that I've always found very useful while meditating. Posted: 15 Jul 2021 06:19 AM PDT "Close your eyes and say to yourself: "I wonder what my next thought is going to be." Then become very alert and wait for the next thought. Be like a cat watching a mouse hole." You may realise it took a while for this next thought to appear. This is because you were alert and present for this time. [link] [comments] | ||
| The biggest ego trip is getting rid of your ego. Posted: 15 Jul 2021 09:09 AM PDT | ||
| Posted: 15 Jul 2021 04:40 PM PDT so today as i went to bed i realized i will finally have my first daily meditation on the waking up app from sam harris. i have done the introduction course of 28 sessions, started in january and this month i did half of them. i'm looking forward for the first daily meditation and wanted to share. keep on practicing, even when you skip a day, a week or a month. so i am long time lurker on this sub and i want also to say that i really love to see your posts too. this post took me way too long. i have to go and meditate. good night reddit and thank you [link] [comments] | ||
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| Regular pendulum movements while meditating Posted: 15 Jul 2021 10:32 PM PDT Hello everyone, today I was doing meditation and at the last part of meditation my upper body started to move like a pendulum and I hadn't any control of it. I just could concentrate and open my eyes because it was going to continue and getting faster. Is it dangerous? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 15 Jul 2021 12:49 PM PDT So I have quite bad anxiety and started meditation properly about a week ago. I think I do it quite well during the meditation I reach a state of pure calmness and even cried a few times however the benefits only last during the meditation and when its over all the anxious thoughts come back again? If I keep doing meditation will this relaxation last longer and can I make it a permanent part of me? [link] [comments] | ||
| MN 118: Anapanasati Sutta — Mindfulness of Breathing Posted: 15 Jul 2021 02:14 PM PDT MN 118: Anapanasati Sutta — Mindfulness of Breathing One of the most important texts for beginning and veteran meditators alike, this sutta is the Buddha's roadmap to the entire course of meditation practice, using the vehicle of breath meditation. The simple practice of mindfulness of breathing leads the practitioner gradually through 16 successive phases of development, culminating in full Awakening. https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.118.than.html [link] [comments] | ||
| Unicorns & Rainbows: A Meditation Fail Posted: 15 Jul 2021 09:52 PM PDT I have a slightly irreverent (and clearly juvenile) sense of humor so I apologize in advance if I seem…well, irreverent. I couldn't calm my mind tonight while trying to meditate, so I selected an audio track to help me focus. As the sound morphed from sighing wind to bubbling water, I envisioned sitting on a rock in a stream that flowed through my favorite meadow. Every leaf and flower and blade of grass sparkled with morning dew—calm and lovely and soul-nurturing. Then OUT OF NOWHERE this white unicorn with a sparkly pastel horn comes pounding out of the woods towards me, trailing rainbows behind. As I watched the rainbows unfurl into an unbroken stream of color in its wake I thought, "Hm. So rainbows are just unicorn fart-trails" and then "unicorn farts smell like wet grass." I started giggling until I completely fell apart—as did my meditation. I tried to get back into the flow but that damn unicorn and its rainbows would not get out of my meadow. I eventually gave up and collapsed laughing at myself for disturbing my own meditation with fart jokes. It may have been a meditation fail but it was the purest laugh I've had in a very long time. [link] [comments] | ||
| Exercises that help me feel 'selfless' Posted: 15 Jul 2021 11:05 AM PDT Hi all. I've been meditating for around 10 years off and on, sometimes intensively, sometimes not. For the last 18 months or so I've been listening to Sam Harris's daily meditation on the waking up app after doing the introductory course. I finally feel like I am experiencing what could be described as selflessness and thought I would share. What selflessness means to meIt's a bit of a loaded term so I thought I should clarify. I don't think I'm enlightened, all my problems haven't suddenly gone away and I don't have any great wisdom to impart. Sam uses the terms ' center' or 'centerless' quite a lot and that has been key to my understanding. My normal way of experiencing sight, sounds, and feeling is a joined-up mental model. If I see an object and I hear the noise I expect it to make, my mind joins them up. I attach the label 'car' to the combined experience of seeing car shapes and hearing car sounds. Another example is the feeling of being inside my head. I see the world, I feel my head and I connect them so it feels like I am seeing out of my head. Recently I have been experiencing those three inputs (sight, sound, sensation) separately. Vision isn't coming from my head, it is just appearing out of nowhere onto consciousness. The sensations from my body also appear on a separate screen. Unless I am thinking and making models there is nothing linked about these experiences. I feel I experience 3 different inputs with no central screen. Without the thoughts, it becomes quite clear that there is no space for 'me'. I am not sight, I am not sound and I am not just feelings but there is nothing else. ExercisesOver the years I have done many styles of meditation but these are the specific instructions I've found most helpful. This let me experience the sensation for the first time but wasn't very stable/ repeatable
As I said earlier I can feel the sensations of my face and see my visual field and my brain connects them into one experience. I have found that this doesn't survive closer scrutiny. I first feel the sensation of the top of my cheeks and my eyebrows which are normally quite obvious to me. After I'm aware of those I pay closer attention to the sensations of my eyelids, eyes, and blinking. At some point, I realize that I'm expecting this huge expansive visual field to fit in this tiny amount of space I can feel between my eyelids and the illusion shatters. It's a very sudden but subtle shift. I agree with the idea it's like choosing to focus on glass or look through it. This gives me a feeling similar to the result of the first exercise but it is much more dependable for me. It is my go-to when I'm feeling stressed or realize I am caught in thought .
When I notice that I am attaching sounds to my vision I perform similar steps. Feel for sensations around my ears, slowly focusing in on the ears and then into the ear canal. There isn't as much sensation here. At some point, the illusion breaks, and sounds appear unconnected on its own 'screen'. I found this much easier with consistent sounds like an appliance humming or road noise. I found it much harder with things like ticking clocks.
When Sam instructed me to 'resolve sensations into a cloud' I always struggled. I had very clear mental images of my body and it made it feel like I could feel all the detail that I could visualize. I'm having some success looking at a part of my body that is feeling a strong, easy to feel, sensation, like the sun shining on my hand or my feet when they are cold. I look at the body part and feel the sensation and try and separate the two. Often I can do exercise 2 and that makes this easier. Subtle and sudden change. I find this one particularly useful when trying to resist bodily urges like hunger or lust. I separate body sensations, I can feel my stomach, for example, it will feel different but not unpleasant or unbearable. Having that separated out to make it easy to realize how much of the urge to go and get a snack are just thoughts that come and are gone again. If I can hold this for a minute or so, acknowledging the thoughts, letting them pass, the urge has normally passed.
If I'm in a state where all sensations are separated out I normally still have a lot of thoughts. Many of the thoughts are about being excited my meditation is going well or telling myself to double down and try harder and get to the feeling of selflessness. As Sam says though 'You can get there from here". I can only realize the illusion of self when the thoughts stop and I realize there is no space for an 'I' in the raw sense data that is left. So the very thought of 'me' to feel a certain way is the main obstacle. The best way I have found is to do a long relaxing activity like going for a walk or sitting in the garden. I don't listen to music or an audiobook or anything else stimulating. I try to maintain the feeling of separation but otherwise relax and have low expectations. Occasionally I get the feeling of selflessness. I should warn people that sometimes this can be unpleasant. I feel a little like I don't have free will and the panicked thought ' What if I get stuck like this?' is often what snaps me out of it. I'm not sure how coherent or helpful this will be to anyone but it has helped me and I thought I would share just in case someone can benefit. [link] [comments] | ||
| Can't make a good posture during meditation, any advices? Posted: 15 Jul 2021 05:12 PM PDT I had enough of this, maybe i should quit and let everything negative eating my mind like a relentless swarm of insects rather than stading with that awful loto position. Seriously, my back is really messed up and i really consider to stop. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 15 Jul 2021 11:06 AM PDT I did a workout before and as I was stretching I closed my eyes and focused on my breathing. When I was finished I felt extremely odd, I don't know if my body was feeling anxious because of the lack of anxiety (I'm not diagnosed but I'm pretty sure I have an anxiety disorder) or what. I almost felt numb at some point and maybe even depressed (which is new to me) and felt strong desire to lay down and do nothing. I want meditation to work, I'm sure I can benefit from it, but how can I cope with the side effects until I start to see improvement? Will I see improvement at all? [link] [comments] | ||
| My eyes scrunch while meditating. Posted: 15 Jul 2021 12:57 PM PDT Hello. I am 23 M and have been meditating on and off for over 8 years. And one thing I noticed if my eyes scrunch while I meditate. Though I feel okay while doing this, My head starts aching after I open my eyes. I don't know if this is a good practice or not. I don't even know if I'm alone in this. I need some more information on this. Thank you. [link] [comments] | ||
| Why do our human bodies (meat sacks) hold us back? Posted: 15 Jul 2021 08:05 PM PDT I have severe ADHD (one of the worst cases doctors have seen) and it's been a disaster for my life. I started meditating because I've heard about all the benefits for ADHD people. And now I've finally reached the point where I understand that our consciousness and human body are separate. I've even had a few of those moments where I'm "separate" from my body. But that's only left me frustrated when I'm NOT meditating because I lose that clear focus and motivation. It's as though I can think clearly when I'm fully meditating. But, when I'm not my brain feels broken again! My regular consciousness is being constrained by brain chemicals (like lack of dopamine), hunger, thirst, boredom, or tiredness…among other stupid human things. And all those things prevent me from fully being present in life. The thing is…they aren't holding me back when I'm meditating, though! When I'm meditating, I have motivation, clear understanding, the ability to organize my thoughts, plan things properly, and all my priorities become aligned. It feel as though my ADHD is gone when I'm meditating. But, as soon as I stop, I have no more control over those same priorities. I can no longer wrap my head around the clear way I had thought/felt while meditating. It's making me extremely depressed because all I want to do is spend time with loved ones but as soon as I stop meditating my motivation is GONE and I'm back to slobbing around, frustrated that I don't have the drive to do those things I wanted to do 30 min beforehand. Does anyone else experience this? I hope I'm explaining it correctly. How do you fix it? [link] [comments] | ||
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| Meditation practice is nothing special Posted: 15 Jul 2021 04:02 PM PDT There's nothing remarkable or special about meditation. There probably is no such thing as enlightenment. Meditation is just a simple technique to learn to bring your mind back to your physical sensations, internal and external, and to stop privileging your thoughts. But what a sweet practice it is. When you're practicing well, problems are impossible. Your boss might be fighting you and it's fine. You might be lonely and it's fine. You might be suffering from something serious, yet it's fine. The flowers shift in the breeze, the cars broom around slowly. Maintain a daily practice. It's the only way to find joy in an ordinary life, with nothing special. [link] [comments] | ||
| Thank you, Ringo. My daily practice saved me from myself. Posted: 15 Jul 2021 03:40 PM PDT
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| Trauma & Meditation. Letting go of the story? Or go into it? Posted: 15 Jul 2021 11:23 AM PDT 25 years later, my sexual abuse secret is now coming to haunt me. It's coming out, I told no one that I was abused as a kid. But because of meditation it is coming up and wants to be healed…like a shadow from the dark. I'm recognized how deeply this has pained me. I continuously practice letting things go, letting go of a story, holding onto anything attached to a "me"… But when it comes to this story I get stuck. It feels like silence is a lie. That I must go deeply into how I was wronged. That I need to let my person cry it out. But I'm not sure if I can ever see myself letting go of this as just a "story" it feels so wrong to let go of it. Like I'm lying. I leave space for it to come up but it totally drags me back into "me" "I" "person doing" "story" of victim hood and grief. I get all that is allowed but is letting it go just avoiding the pain? How do I know if I'm actually processing this or just letting it go to move on? [link] [comments] | ||
| I observe my mind(thought-feel) since childhood, specially before waking up or falling asleep. Posted: 15 Jul 2021 05:07 PM PDT And I think there are lots of people like me doing this without even knowing what meditation is. Observing thought-feel is real and it is super healty skill. If you are aware of yourself wholly, you will understand other people as well. But I have a question for mind-observers: Can you do it in day time, I mean, when you are fully awake? All replies much appreciated. [link] [comments] | ||
| Scary connection while meditating Posted: 15 Jul 2021 04:06 PM PDT I'm a beginner in meditation, I've been practicing for maybe 3 months. Last night I was focusing on my 3rd eye and trying to get in touch with my spirit guides. I did do protection before attempting. At first a saw a couple of visions, one of a swamp and another of a masquerade. I asked "Are you my spirit guide?" I heard "Yes." I then asked "What is your name?" I heard "Moloch". I got scared and tried to visualize my protection but the light around me was dim and I couldn't seem to make it brighter in my minds eye. I ended the connection. I googled Moloch and he seems to be a Cannanite God. There's not a tone of info because he is so old but one of the things majorly emphasized was child sacrifice. I have a daughter who is almost two so this understandably freaked me out. I've never heard of this entity before so I don't think it's like unconscious suggestion. I'm not really sure what to do from here. I'm scared of meditating again. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 15 Jul 2021 08:01 AM PDT take a break, pit stop! pet some puppies, cuddle and rest. plans and schedulin will all work out, just lay down for a second. close my eyes. open my heart and realize. i matter. the journeys i've travelled have shaped my current perspective. it's a beautiful thing, comin to fruition. with practice, anythin is possible. observe heart space. watch prayers be answered. just ask for knowledge and wisdom. meditate! [link] [comments] | ||
| Did I just meditate for the first time? Posted: 15 Jul 2021 02:52 PM PDT So I've been meditating may be now for a few years. If I'm really anxious I find it gets rid of it and I'm not great at relaxing and it helps with that. I also think it's helped me catch myself between thought and emotions so essentially cbt. I started out with body scan apps and then moved onto sam harris as he seemed to actually be teaching it. So most times I'm just there focusing on different senses, moving my focus around but for some reason today after doing that for a bit I seemed to stop focussing on any single sense and my mind was quiet but it was like I was getting all the senses. Very odd feeling but blissy. Didn't last that long but did feel different. Sam does say at the end of the sessions, I do 20m, now just stop focusing and let it happen. Normally at that point I stop thinking about my shopping list and say fxxx it start focussing on my breathing then it ends. I guess I did what he was saying finally.. thoughts? [link] [comments] | ||
| Why does it feel like my head is throbbing during meditation? Posted: 15 Jul 2021 02:36 PM PDT I am relatively new to meditating but whenever I do it it's almost as if I become aware of this throbbing sensation in my head. I have recently gotten out of about a 4-5 year period of constant, extreme psychological stress where I would become so stressed out my nose would start bleeding. I'm doing much better now and meditation has been helping tremendously but the throbbing/thumping in my head is very distracting when I try and meditate, does this go away on it's own or do I need to change my technique? Currently I do mindfulness meditation where I focus on my breath outside for about 10 minutes a day, then I close my eyes and do a relaxing guided meditation on youtube for about 15-20 minutes each night before I go to bed to help me sleep. Also sorta irrelevant question but might as well throw it in here, how do you avoid things like random itches when meditating? Should you itch it or just try and ignore it? Thank you! [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 15 Jul 2021 02:23 PM PDT The very act of "trying" to love myself is the very void I feel in "not being enough". Likewise "trying" to accept myself "as I am" too is something of a similar paradox. If I don't accept or love myself I can't magically will these things into existence. And the effort in trying creates and adds fuel to the fire that is the tension at the very heart of the mater. It's an odd paradox because the solution still seems to feel on the surface to be "accepting myself as I am" lol. But it's not so much about that , more so a pivot away from the very question towards actions I want to take in my life. Walking away from the battlefield so to speak while carrying an awareness that life will being me back to the battlefield again and again, and THAT is what I can work on accepting. The need to solve the question of loving myself creates the very void I feel. Instead go and do the difficult things in my life that I avoid because I "don't love myself". And hold myself in compassion and acceptance when life knocks me back off the path again. [link] [comments] |
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