I'd like to run a scenario by y'all about a person I know who has been meditating for 30 years and get your opinion about if you think meditating was the key factor for this person's healing. Said person had a head injury with what i was told was a "hemorrhagic contusion", spent a week in ICU hospital, long term effects but functionally "normal". (Self care & self rehab, they had no insurance at the time) 5yrs later: Brain MRI showed holes from the injury on one side of their brain but they were still functioning at what appears "normal" & thriving in different areas than before injur ..read more

I recently noticed that by deliberately thinking, "There is nothing to think about", my mind begins to grow quieter. At first, other thoughts might arise, like "Does this really work?", "Wow, my mind is actually quiet now," or "Haha, see, this isn't working." But over time, the number of these thoughts drastically decreases. This works because you are shifting your focus from the mind to simply being or to something else like breathing, sounds, or sensations. Another observation I made is that recurring thoughts tend to become less frequent, while unique thought, seem to happen more often. It ..read more

Say you suddenly reached satori, and you were articulate enough to explain the experience, how would you go about letting the world know. submitted by /u/cerebralprophet [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

How did u start finding the time or remembering to add this to your day more often? Honestly I live a pretty chaotic lifestyle and I’m trying to calm things down and change but I swear all the sudden the whole day is gone and nothing is done and I know I feel better when I meditate I just like keep forgetting or not having time ugh submitted by /u/StormiiSeductress [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I know there is this concept of "right effort" I believe in Buddhism, though I don't know a lot about it. I'm mainly thinking of technique in mediation itself. Over the years I've found that as I've progressed that it's become aparrent that it often feels like walking some kind of knife edge. But also approaching it from that kind of anxious need to get it right is also wrong. It's definitely not an anxious need to get anything, you have already walked off the path at that point. But I definitely notice if I put in no effort then I'm just sitting thinking and day dreaming. If I try to force i ..read more

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How can I meditate? I have been trying to meditate for over 3weeks now it seems am wasting my time, when I try to focus my mind on something I deviate from it. I need someone to help me out. submitted by /u/Lilywise07 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

For example, before doing breathing meditation or mindfulness breathing, hold your breath for 60 seconds and do this 3 times, or another example, whenever you see your mind with a lot of intense thoughts or emotions (like anger), which are so difficult to keep your mind in a state of peace, so in this case you hold your breath. Would it be a good idea to acquire this habit or not? Would there be any problem? submitted by /u/SAIZOHANZO [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hey there! So I just pretty recently got into meditation. I feel like I’m supposed to be learning things about myself or that it should be a little more challenging but it’s not, and makes me feel like I’m doing it wrong. I like it because it’s super relaxing and a good way to escape the chaos of life even if it’s just for 10-20 min, but I’m not so sure it has any deeper effect than that. I usually practice the mindfulness meditation, where you focus on your breathing and keeping your mind empty by letting go of any thoughts that come up. I have found that I am pretty damn good at not thinkin ..read more

Hello everyone. I am new to meditation. I was recommended the book “Wherever you go, there you are” by Jon Kabat-Zinn. If you read this book, could you please give me some reviews? Thank you. submitted by /u/CoffeeorNap [visit reddit] [comments ..read more