Meditation: "...don't worry about the future, don't worry about what progress you're making. Just be entirely content to be aware of what is" - Alan Watts |
- "...don't worry about the future, don't worry about what progress you're making. Just be entirely content to be aware of what is" - Alan Watts
- What meditation or technique do you recommend for self love?
- Back to meditating after a loss.
- Choose compassion
- Best meditation position?
- What do you do when your grief and depression is so bad it causes you physical pain?
- Any suggestions for Dzogchen retreats in the US?
- Why do people pay for Headspace when there are free meditation content on Youtube?
- First time meditating today.
- A good explanation for the illusion of self?
- Restlessness and Impatience
- Do I have to be buddhist to feel my breath?
- Meditation vs. Hypnosis?
- Recent Meditation session with QA
- Gut Emotions
- How long do you meditate and how do you take the time?
- I've put a lot of thought into it and I've realized that meditation is something that's important for me yet I struggle with making it a habit. And I think I also know why yet here I am.
- Trouble letting myself fully relax during meditation.
- When you quieten the monkey brain, does it feel like it did when you were a child?
- White lotus in religious experience
- Best 5 minute meditation?
- Seeking Acceptence and Appreciation from family, friends and strangers.
| Posted: 03 Aug 2021 05:01 AM PDT Most of us know that one of the most important things in meditation is observing thoughts in a detached way, so that you don't identify with them. However, it can be challenging to learn how to be detached. The key is to listen to your thoughts as if they were just part of the noise in your environment. Listen to them in the same way you listen to the traffic or the bird outside of your window. Once you do this, you begin to feel a distance grow between you and the thoughts. They stop bothering you because they are just noise. And the interesting thing is once you observe your thoughts in this way, and don't resist them, they begin to slow down. This is why according to Alan Watts, we should listen to our thoughts as if they're just noise because most of them really are. [link] [comments] |
| What meditation or technique do you recommend for self love? Posted: 03 Aug 2021 10:39 PM PDT I've been dealing with a lot of depression and stress lately and find it a bit hard to meditate with all this negative brain fog. Any recommendations for a meditation practice? [link] [comments] |
| Back to meditating after a loss. Posted: 03 Aug 2021 06:03 PM PDT I've lost my dad almost a month ago. It was a sudden and unexpected loss. But after a few days of sadness, I've stopped feeling everything. Whenever the sadness showed up I locked it back, mostly because I need and want to be strong and help my mum. Before that, I used to meditate for 20 minutes every morning, but now I've completely stopped. It seems that the days are full of things to do and I feel like I don't have time for it, but deep down I know I simply don't want to meditate. I'm afraid of what may come up if I try to stop the train of thoughts about what I have to do and start to think about how I feel. I know I should go back to meditating, I know that in the long run it will be helpful but I don't know how to do it right now. I'm terrified of what it may unlock. Right now I simply feel stuck How can I go back to meditating right now? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 03 Aug 2021 12:01 PM PDT I posted recently asking for help with an alternate mantra In the course of reading, I stumbled upon a simple mantra: Choose _____ I was drawn to the idea of choice. I was drawn to the simplicity of two words. I was drawn to how I could link my breath to it. In: Choose Out: Compassion, kindness, optimism, gratefulness I could make it more complex: In: Choose kindness Out: Release anger I needed to remember that things don't just happen. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 03 Aug 2021 06:44 PM PDT Hello guys! I am very new to mediation, I absolutely love the idea and understand why it is so beneficial. I am very motivated to get fully into it. I have been reading things online about best ways to do it etc and a ton of people preach that you need to be sitting cross legged for the best results. The problem for me is I am quite tall and not flexible at all. Sitting cross legged for me hurts and I feel like I can't focus on anything except how brutally uncomfortable I am. I find laying down good but I fall asleep half of the time. Does position really matter or is there a better alternative way anyone suggests? Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| What do you do when your grief and depression is so bad it causes you physical pain? Posted: 04 Aug 2021 12:04 AM PDT I'm trying to get into meditation. I've been trying for a little while now. I have a few pretty intense stressors in my life (my mother is very sick, for one thing), but I don't feel that my thoughts are the problem really. I can be quite detached and quiet. It's that I feel this discomfort physically. Honestly, I feel like I've been stabbed in the stomach. I feel like being slowly crushed. I can't go to therapy because I can't afford it (also I did drain my bank account going to one and she said I should get medical help because of my sexual orientation, so that really pissed me off) Is there a way mediation can help with this? I know it's a lot to ask of a subreddit but I've got to do something about this and meditation is my next attempt. [link] [comments] |
| Any suggestions for Dzogchen retreats in the US? Posted: 03 Aug 2021 08:25 PM PDT I am an international PhD student in the US. I have some break time during December. I have been meditating quite regularly for the past year, mainly from Waking Up. I have also glimpsed non duality a couple of times, and I feel that a Dzogchen retreat (which Sam often mentions in his app), could help me grasp the experience more clearly. Could you please give some suggestions for good retreats in the California area in December? [link] [comments] |
| Why do people pay for Headspace when there are free meditation content on Youtube? Posted: 03 Aug 2021 05:48 AM PDT Why do people pay for Headspace? Why is it worth it to some compared to the free content on Youtube? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 03 Aug 2021 04:56 AM PDT I woke up today thinking I would have no time for family and friends so I thought i would clear my mind, and came across meditation. I tried for twenty minutes although I only completed fifteen. I got up and went out on my porch and looked perfect as if it were a painting. it was beautiful I looked around and a armadillo was napping on my porch. It shocked me every slowly went back to normal with the exception of my comfort. It's great I'll try again tomorrow. [link] [comments] |
| A good explanation for the illusion of self? Posted: 04 Aug 2021 01:05 AM PDT So I've been exploring this concept for months in my practice now. Its become clear that there is a self that we all relate to on some level, a kind of bottle which shapes which captures the thoughts we identify as defining traits of 'me'. For some its a poor self esteem etc. I've also been trying to find a simpler explanation than what most blogs say. The kind of exercises they propose are a waste of time because many people are overly confused or just purely misguided by what the exercise brings about. I've also claimed to understand the no-self before, but since there is no metric I've realized just how far off I really was. So I have 2 explanations, that in my opinion, best sum up the illusion of self.
I'd love it if someone could elaborate further, or teach me how exactly this switches perspective and brings insight. Cheers [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Aug 2021 12:27 AM PDT So I've been meditating for about a year, I'm very much interested in Dogen and Soto Zen so I started with breath counting and then moved on to Shikantaza (objectless meditation). My problem is that I have become very impatient with my practice, I get very restless. I usually meditate for 15-20 minutes every morning but lately, I seem to be anticipating the timer gong going off and thoughts of wanting the meditation to end keep coming. I do really push hard to keep going but I've noticed this anxiety rising with the distraction. I'd really like to be able to push through this and eventually meditate for longer, Any insights would be much appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| Do I have to be buddhist to feel my breath? Posted: 03 Aug 2021 11:31 PM PDT Because my hair is long. Do I have to be hindu to enjoy my breath? Because I take shower. I close my eyes and celebrate existence. Not only my existence but existence. Have you heard about this before? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 03 Aug 2021 11:05 PM PDT TLDR: typical meditations are hard for me & I feel more engaged in hypnosis. Can I substitute meditation for hypnosis? What are the differences? I'm manifesting more pleasure in my life and have found these amazing pleasure hypnosis on YouTube. This led to a rabbit hole of all sorts of hypnosis and I feel way more engaged/mindful than in normal meditation. Is this safe? I feel great after each one but I'm not sure if I need to maintain my meditation practice on top of this. [link] [comments] |
| Recent Meditation session with QA Posted: 03 Aug 2021 01:19 PM PDT Hi I just want to say I'm grateful to the teachers who planned and created the recent meditation session. I have no idea how I stumbled upon it or how to access it again if it comes up, but that was really a unique experience for me and I just wanted to share a little take-away from it that I felt. That was among the first meditations where I really used my imagination and tried to feel and release my energy into all different directions. Using direction as a metaphor for feeling what's infront of me, or what I'm receiving/sending really allowed me to visualize myself creating a safe space where I could ask myself those questions, and I believe in doing that I had a really mind blowing experience. It's like my heart already knew the answer and something was giving me the answer as I asked, and that was the first time I really felt disconnected from the thoughts that come to me or that I even create. It felt as though I was in a space where I was sitting with myself (as another entity) and I could ask it anything about me. With this, I just wanted to ask if anyone could speak a little more about this level of imagination, or how to harness it to a greater potential? Thanks, and I'll be at the next session (if I find out how to access it) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 03 Aug 2021 10:40 PM PDT How do you release them? I feel so numb and I can't really feel any emotions in my gut [link] [comments] |
| How long do you meditate and how do you take the time? Posted: 03 Aug 2021 12:11 PM PDT I'm kinda new to this and the first time I keep it up on a daily basis for more than a month. My question is do you set a timer like 10-15min or do you stop the time to meditate as long as you feel to meditate? I set a timer - sometimes I got the feeling it's too soon to end or the opposite I want the bell to ring quicker [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 03 Aug 2021 12:41 PM PDT It's 1am and I apologize that this post is so haphazard and unstructured. Let me start by saying that I see meditation merely as tool to exercise the mind, to hone focus, to practice abstaining. I do not believe it to have any spiritual or religious aspects. From past experience I've realized that using breath as an anchor just doesn't work for me. When I focus on breathing, it somehow stops being automatic and I've to manually draw breath in and out. I like focusing on the sound of whirring that my fan makes or the clock ticking (preferably the former). I also really like body scan guided meditation in Calm. But the problem is that I feel like all these methods are invalid and won't real render any "results". By results I don't expect anything magical or transforming, I just want to be able to have a higher "refresh rate" of the mind. I hope you kind of understanding my ramblings. I will sleep now but I look forward to your suggestions and advices. [link] [comments] |
| Trouble letting myself fully relax during meditation. Posted: 03 Aug 2021 12:16 PM PDT Hi guys. I know this sounds incredibly stupid, but I have have anxiety and panic disorder and I have trouble letting myself relax during meditation. When I meditate, I feel my body try it's hardest to relax. My hands and feet get warmer and see increased circulation. My breathing isn't fast. However, I always fight it. Always. I get relaxed and then go "oh I can't get too relaxed". "Why are my veins showing in my hand". "Why do my limbs feel warm" "why do I feel warm" "why is everything quiet". I can't get things out of my mind. I pay attention to every bodily sensation. I purposefully speed up my breathing to un-relax myself. How do I let it happen? [link] [comments] |
| When you quieten the monkey brain, does it feel like it did when you were a child? Posted: 03 Aug 2021 10:10 AM PDT So I've been trying meditation for a few days now. I feel it's been helpful but I still have my brain constantly badger me on most days. The only time that I can remember when this wasn't the case was when I was a child probably around 7-8? Which was a looong time ago. I know my need for approval, my brain telling me I'm not good enough and all the usual negativity was prevalent after around that time. It was also probably the only time I was truly happy, and I am wondering if I can tap into that sort of happiness with mindfulness and meditation? For those of you who've achieved some success with meditation, have you felt a similar child-like joy and happiness? [link] [comments] |
| White lotus in religious experience Posted: 03 Aug 2021 09:47 AM PDT Hello, I'm not sure where to write this experience, I thought people with experience on meditation might best recognize this symbolism. Last summer I had my first important religious psychedelic experience. At the beginning of the trip, I saw beautiful white lotus turning on itself and slowly opening up. One of the petals turned into a being that detached from the flower and looked at me with an inviting soft but firm look, as if it was saying 'so are you coming or not? Are you hesitating?' It seemed to be only a being filled with good intentions. And then it went up further away and the imagery turned into other things. During that very same experience, towards the end of it, I experienced what I would best describe like a rebirth. As if my spirit entered into the universe or something. It was the most beautiful moment of my life, it felt like I experienced my own birth while being aware of the whole time. The white lotus signifies a purification type of thing if I'm not mistaken, but what do you think the petal turning into a being symbolizes? Did anyone have a similar experience they would like to share? Thank you! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 03 Aug 2021 03:06 PM PDT I am currently in exam mode. During my 5 minute breaks I would like to implement meditation. What is your recommendation? I.e breathing, counting, listening, etc etc.... [link] [comments] |
| Seeking Acceptence and Appreciation from family, friends and strangers. Posted: 03 Aug 2021 08:57 AM PDT I cannot wait any longer for them to see me. I cannot wait for them to validate me. I am not going to accept the words that hurt me as my truth. I am not willing to be a victim. They do the best they can. I wanted to be supported for so long not recognizing that the only abbondenment that mattered was me abbondening myself. I just wanted someone to say the right words at the right time. To show me that I am worthy. I choose to become that person. That shows others that they are worthy and beautiful and valid and full of potential. I wanna be a blanket of love to them. Make them feel save and seen. But I have to start with myself. I have to become warm. Light starts shining from within till it is so bright that it breaks all boundaries. I want this light to be unconditional. Nothing they can do will stop me. No circumstance. No fear. [link] [comments] |
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