eekoh
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Post by eekoh on Sept 4, 2018 12:24:05 GMT
My partner has recently got interested in mediation. He seems to be enjoying it having done a few sessions and we both thought it would probably be a good thing for me too. He has some guided meditation sessions on his computer that are 23 mins long - that seemed quite ambitious for me as a first go, but thats what we've got so I gave it a try.
We completed the session and then chatted afterwards to compare our experiences. He said he didn't really get into it til about 1/3 of the way through. Me too, though i took much longer to settle and my brain never really went quiet, the images and thoughts jumping about like a hoard of excited monkeys just slowed their pace a little. He says he had about five thoughts interrupting during whole thing. ONLY FIVE!! How does a person have so few thoughts that they can actually give it a number?!
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spikeyxx
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Post by spikeyxx on Mar 27, 2019 11:27:11 GMT
I practice Zen Buddhism, and I feel meditation is beneficial with a little prep work mentally. I think there's a few concepts / ground rules that can be considered that if you choose to follow, and they work for you, can really make it productive. One, I don't use guided meditation. I start by sitting, focusing on my breathing and keeping my eyes open staring at the floor at a 45 degree angle. I focus on my posture, and sort of engage in body scan, becoming aware of my body. I then try to simply be. Rather than see myself as a driver behind my eyes, aware of myself, and aware of the world, I try to just let thoughts slip by without pursuing them. This part of the meditation is valuable as you quickly realise A) how many thoughts you have and B) what is currently on your mind and important to you. This is not always clear in the busy hum drum of life. My next process is to accept all things, all good, all bad, and just renounce all attachments for the time I'm sitting. It doesn't matter what there is to do, or what I'm anxious about, this time is just to sit and practice "not doing". When a predetermined amount of time has passed, or when I feel the need to cease. I stop and do something else. I think what tends to happen is, you sit there, become aware of the passage of time, and wish it to be over so you can go and do something else. It's difficult! You just have to put your mind of that and power through. There is no point to it. You don't do it to achieve anything. If you're looking for something in the practice, the search will poison any benefit you do extract from it. That said, something does happen through the practice. An orderlyness.. a serene calm, an ability to look at things in life without being emotionally driven before you have a chance to let the mind look at things logically. There is definitely a benefit. I wish you success and hope you continue
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