Meditation

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It’s simply pointless to try to stop or change any thoughts or feelings you have when you meditate. If you try you will only produce more thoughts. As Sadh-guru said, the mind is like a car that has 3 pedals which are all accelerators. There are no breaks when it comes to the mind. Whichever pedal you press you will only create more thinking. Try this as an experiment to forcefully make yourself not think of a monkey. You will find that it is impossible. Whatever you try to avoid becomes the basis of your consciousness. So don’t try to stop thoughts when you meditate. Just leave the mind alone, and create a little distance between you and the mind. Let the mind run and just observe it as if it was something separate from yourself. See that whatever you think about is just an accumulation of impressions you have gathered throughout your life. There is rarely anything new happening in the mind. Even if you think about the future, it is still a projection of your past experiences masking itself as future. There is no such thing as past or future. This is only the mind’s projection. There is only ever this very moment. Past and future is in the mind. Just leave the mind alone. There is nothing interesting happening. It is all the nonsense from the past. You will find that it is very rarely you have a truly original or inspired thought. Most of what you think about is just garbage. It is all recycling of the old data you have already gathered. So you observe whatever is happening this very moment and leave the mind alone. After some time, if you don’t push any of the mind’s “pedals”, the momentum will start to run out. The amount of thoughts will slow down and the force each thought has upon your attention will decrease. Then you may enter into a space where you have clarity and peace of mind. Just try to sit for 5 minutes like this. Don’t do anything. Just observe the mind and what is happening there. It’s helpful to be aware of the breath and any bodily sensations as well. Just see if you can sit for 5 minutes without pressing any of the “pedals” in the mind. You may find that it is in fact very difficult and takes a lot of practice. This is meditation. When the mind ceases to have so much power over your attention, that is meditativeness. It’s a quality one has to work hard to acquire. submitted by /u/Euphoric-Welder5889 to r/LifeProTips [link] [comments]

Not too long ago, I made a post talking about the benefits of meditation. Well I'm here to talk about how meditation completely changed how I act and my outlook on life. I used to be very self conscious about myself. Because I stand out a lot due to being a black man that's a ginger. I get stares at A LOT, it used to work my nerves but now it doesn't even bother me. I was at Wendy's on my lunch break, I parked my car in the shade two people parked on both sides of my car. I wanted to smoke a cigarette so I got out sat on my hood and chilled as if the people weren't even there. I felt like I could just live in my skin. I also stop having anxiety around other people because I feel some kind of connection with everyone. Like I feel like they understand I'm human and not perfect and vice versa . I haven't been in a relationship since 2012, this doesn't bother me anymore as it used to. Now I prefer to be alone it's like I love being with myself, I also noticed BELIEF is very important. Even though my life been kinda tough, I always say everything is working In my favor. It seem like last minute problems solve themselves on their own. I also realized they way I viewed the world isnt absolute reality, it's just ideas I have through experiences. I'm kinder I don't walk around with this ego tough guy act anymore. I don't have a reason to . Ok but now to the weird stuff, I've noticed since I been meditating further I have some kind of connection to other humans. It's like everyone is living in my mind, because people are just appearing and everyone's appearance isn't a coincidence. It's very hard to explain but basically everything is becoming dreamlike. It's like my mind is syncing together, what I mean is it's like Im becoming one with everyone and everything again. It's hard to explain but this is my experience. Meditation is basically one of the most important parts of my life. Idc what you have going on you should always find time to sit down. Even in the midst of the chaos, the world is chaos because the one mind is in chaos. This is how I interpret it. But I'm still working through everything. Anyways thank you guys for reading ♥️♥️♥️♥️ submitted by /u/Akman722 to r/enlightenment [link] [comments]

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This is a personal anecdote of daily (99.5%) meditation practice spanning 10 years. I hope this will be helpful for those looking for motivation for their practice. Personally, I found external motivation essential in the first years. Approach Breath meditation first thing in the morning and last thing in the evening, avg. of 20-30 minutes. Using a simple timer. No music. Skipped a few days in first years, zero days in recent years. General mindfulness framework later naturally transformed into Buddhist framework. How life changed Negative emotions mostly gone. Turned out they are not necessary for living. Overall emotional volatility reduced by magnitude. Calm and peaceful state most of the time. Sleep schedule and quality improves dramatically. Don't use alarms anymore - naturally get up every morning after ~7-8 hours of sleep. Life slowly becomes a choice rather than a reaction to impulses. Most destructive behaviors naturally and gradually fall away. Environment changes - different people, different work, different activities - all towards more harmonious relationship with the world. Days mostly go smoothly. Having morning and evening rituals creates anchors that prevent drifting away into unskillful states and behaviors. Key takeaways Perseverance is key in the first years. Later, meditation becomes a natural part of life like breath itself. Framework is important. Western mindfulness approach can get very far but has its limitations - it doesn't answer fundamental life questions. Buddhism as a life philosophy (I'm not religious) worked well for me. Stoicism works well for others. I think many time-tested traditions will do, find what speaks to you personally. Bringing meditation states off-cushion is essential. Obvious obstacles are destructive behaviors: violence, addictions, toxic relationships, etc. Given enough perseverance, they slowly fall off. Things fluctuate - impermanence is an inherent quality of reality. It's important to keep the practice during difficult days, understanding that things will inevitably change for the better. Keeping the practice during good days is usually easy, but remembering that difficult days will come again is important. I hope this helps. May be I forgot something - will be happy to answer the comments. I wish your practice will bear fruit :) Edit: As people frequently ask it in the comments, I add two most transformative (free) resources that helped my practice immensly. The Buddhist philosophy books that avoid religious dogma: https://buddhadhamma.github.io/ Recordings of retreat talks that can be practiced at home: https://hermesamara.org/resources/all submitted by /u/Vladi-N to r/Meditation [link] [comments]

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Just a little milestone I’d like to share with ya’ll :) I’ve been trying to consistently Meditate for almost 2-3 years now and have always been on and off. This year I started doing the Triangle Breathing method while reclining and focusing on my third eye (basically looking at the centre of your forehead) and I do it for at-least 20 minutes (I need at-least 5-10 for my thoughts to settle) I’ve been doing it at-least 3-4x a week and if I can squeeze two in a day I will. GUYS it’s so relaxing! I’ve never been so relaxed in my entire life… it’s almost like a nap without falling asleep and I eventually get so deep I lose track of my physical body I can now see why Monks do it for hours every day… the external world just stands still and all you feel is BLISS. 5 out of 5 will do it again tomorrow and the next day forever and ever submitted by /u/Lemmonnpartyy to r/Meditation [link] [comments]

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No app, no music, no guru. I just sat still in silence for 10 minutes before bed for the past month. It’s stupid simple, but here’s what happened: • My sleep got noticeably better after the first week • I caught myself stopping impulsive habits more often (scrolling, snacking, reacting angrily) • I was calmer in high-stress moments at work • I even started noticing when I was overthinking, while it was happening You don’t need to “clear your mind” or “do it right.” Just sit in silence and breathe. Every night. Try it for a week. It’s basically a free upgrade for your brain. submitted by /u/Pranavtare to r/LifeProTips [link] [comments]

I’ve been meditating consciously with intention for a little while now, and I started to feel like I was really beginning to connect. But something happened recently that I wasn’t prepared for—and it completely changed me. I put on headphones and played 396 Hz. I meditated for about 40 minutes, lying still. At some point, I started seeing things—not just in my mind, but as if they were in front of my eyes, like reality had shifted. One moment stood out clearly: a pair of eyes, incredibly vivid and real. It lasted a second, but I’ll never forget it. Then, as I went deeper, I felt a powerful vibration throughout my body. My physical body was “asleep,” but I was still fully present. A bright white light appeared in front of my eyes—then something beyond words happened. It was like a million waves of bliss rushed through my body. My eyes opened on their own. I sat up, trying to grasp what I had just experienced. Since that moment, something inside me has changed. I feel lighter. Happier. More aware. More alive. submitted by /u/arch_consciousness to r/AstralProjection [link] [comments]

It’s simply pointless to try to stop or change any thoughts or feeling you have when you meditate. If you try you will only produce more thoughts. As Sadh-guru said, the mind is like a car that has 3 pedals which are all accelerators. There are no breaks when it comes to the mind. Whichever pedal you press you will only create more thinking. Try this as an experiment to forcefully make yourself not think of a monkey. You will find that it is impossible. Whatever you try to avoid becomes the basis of your consciousness. So don’t try to stop thoughts when you meditate. Just leave the mind alone, and create a little distance between you and the mind. Let the mind run and just observe it as if it was something separate from yourself. See that whatever you think about is just an accumulation of impressions you have gathered throughout your life. There is rarely anything new happening in the mind. Even if you think about the future, it is still a projection of your past experiences masking itself as future. There is no such thing as past or future. This is only the mind’s projection. There is only ever this very moment. Past and future is in the mind. Just leave the mind alone. There is nothing interesting happening. It is all the nonsense from the past. You will find that it is very rarely you have a truly original or inspired thought. Most of what you think about is just garbage. It is all recycling of the old data you have already gathered. So you observe whatever is happening this very moment and leave the mind alone. After some time, if you don’t push any of the mind’s “pedals”, the momentum will start to run out. The amount of thoughts will slow down and the force each thought has upon your attention will decrease. Then you may enter into a space where you have clarity and peace of mind. Just try to sit for 5 minutes like this. Don’t do anything. Just observe the mind and what is happening there. It’s helpful to be aware of the breath and any bodily sensations as well. Just see if you can sit for 5 minutes without pressing any of the “pedals” in the mind. You may find that it is in fact very difficult and takes a lot of practice. This is meditation. When the mind ceases to have so much power over your attention, that is meditativeness. It’s a quality one has to work hard to acquire. submitted by /u/Euphoric-Welder5889 to r/LifeProTips [link] [comments]

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I'm almost 30 now. I discovered meditation 15 years ago by accident. It's been an on-off relationship since then. 7 years ago I began listening to J. krishnamurti's talks who had a tremendous impact on my view of spirituality and enlightenment seeking. I have tried so many things, countless techniques, different schools of meditation and esoterism, different magic systems of initiation, different religious traditions... Only to circle back to the starting point which is "I do not know". So I ditched it all and remained with myself. 3 years ago I started the most basic and simple meditation technique there is: Stillness. And I realized that this was what I was searching for the past decade of my life. By just sitting still... It has always been there with me. By just keeping the muscles of the body dead still, including the eyes and the tongue, something happens... I am still exploring the experiences as it is new each time, but I think it could help somebody else searching for understanding. It is simple, as follows: Sit in a comfortable position. Clasp your hands and keep them in between your thighs. Keep your back straight and steady and hold your head in a natural position. Keep your tongue to the roof of your mouth and don't let it move. Now, your eyes should be closed and kept still facing toward the "third eye". ( When I started this, my closed eyes were just immobile facing in front of me. But they naturally shifted upward after sometimes, so I found this position to be natural and comfortable) Now, stay still like that for a while. Do not move a muscle (except for the breath) Your body will start "vibrating", you will "hear some in-ear sounds" and you may "see some colors" as your energies are naturally doing their thing. Just ignore them and let it happen. As you practice and practice and practice, your restless mind will follow the stillness of the body and it will become uninterested in the thinking process... And that's where it will happen... submitted by /u/ThePMOFighter to r/Meditation [link] [comments]

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I was reading through a post on here and meditation was mentioned and I was alarmed at how many people seem to think it's some sort of pseudoscientific nonsense and I'd hate for people to read that and think that's really the case. You can read more about the potential benefits and methods below and I'm sure more informed people will comment but please don't dismiss it out of hand. https://psychcentral.com/adhd/adhd-meditation#research Edit. To make it absolutely clear because I've come to realise this is a sensitive issue for people. I am not saying meditation is a cure for ADHD. I'm saying that it isn't nonsense, has potential benefits and can be a useful tool in your tool bag. It certainly shouldn't just be dismissed straight away. submitted by /u/Flabberghast97 to r/ADHD [link] [comments]

This may be obvious and/or considered common knowledge to many but when I finally understood this sentiment it completely changed the way I thought about meditation. I used to think that I was supposed to have this moment of great enlightenment during the actual act of meditation and it caused me to dismiss meditation all together as it seemed to be only a gimic. I realized that the moments of enlightenment and increased happiness happens at random while you are going throughout your day. NOT when you are meditating. I feel the need to mention this for all of the people who gave meditation a chance only to become frustrated when "nothing happened" when you were meditating and you didn't see any benefits. Give it another shot. submitted by /u/branwithaplan to r/LifeProTips [link] [comments]

Meditation is advertised everywhere as this overly benefitial tool, which will increase your focus, reduce stress, improve memory, relieve feelings of depression and so on. Having issues with all these thingd (as does everyone to a degree) I decided to give meditation a shot. It was maybe a year ago when I downloaded my first meditation app, it was headspace. The app seemed promising and I did the introductory guided meditations. In the first couple sessions I could really see the benefits, my brain went from 30 to 60 FPS and my mind felt declutered. I felt present and in touch with reality in a really positive way. Due to curiousity and lack of discipline I dabbled in many apps. And this has led to my unfortunate discovery of Sam Harris's app Waking Up. At the time the app had an introductory course in which you would gradually learn new techniques each day. Things like different breathing patterns, focusing on body sensations, focusing on sounds and so on. While utilizing these techniques I started to develop some weird sensations. I could permanently feel the sensations of clothes on my body, I sometimes felt compusled to just swallow consciously. I started being involuntary focusing on actions that are performed automatically like walking, picking up items and so on. My movements started feeling unnatural. The worst thing that came out of it was when I got to the sections which make you contemplate on questions like, "who is the one who is thinking", "what is the source your consciousness" and so on. These questions have made me feel like my brain is melting or going to explode. If I got really focused on trying to understand those questions, my head would start to move involuntary. I started to get feelings of existential dread, I felt that nothing in existence has substance. I felt like everything is a made up construct and has no intrinsic meaning. I became a spectator of life and I was no longer living. It's been a while since then, but I am still struggling. When I am in the moment having fun I will feel completely normal. But when there is nothing to distract my mind I return to my new baseline of feeling like an empty fucking shell. There are definitely other factors which could have influenced my state, but I still belive that meditation had significant impact. All in all I am convinced of the power of meditation and I hold no negative bias. However, I believe a lot of people who are teaching meditation don't really understand all depth, nuance and implications of this practice. I think it should be approached with more care rather than being advertised as this risk free cure-all blanket solution. submitted by /u/Life-Improvement-308 to r/Healthygamergg [link] [comments]

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