That’s the thing where you just kinda stare into the distance, wondering where it all went wrong, as opposed to being, like, a productive member of society, right? All the time.
I’ve gone through phases of it recently, ideally want to practice daily.
Would recommend checking out vinay gupta’s meditation app, it’s simple and tries to get you out of just trying to meditate calmly but also meditate on problems in your life / negative emotions:
I do several different varieties, personally. I recommend trying a few, seeing if they work for you. For some people, it’s practically necessary. For others, it’s a pointless waste of time. Most people fall in between, and just need a style that makes them feel comfortable.
I try to do the little one minute mini-meditation things with the Apple Watch Breathe App when it bugs me to. I’d like to step up to a more involved practice of sitting and breathing, but it’s hard to squeeze it into my day. Best I’ve ever done is maybe four to five days with that Headspace app.
@RiotDemon interesting. I start at the top and go down, based on how high school gym teacher taught it.
I don’t think in 30 years of doing it I’ve ever made it to my knees, so have gone through life with tense(r than the rest of me) toes. How far up have you always fallen asleep by?
@RiotDemon I have done this for years myself. I did this with my children to help them go to sleep when they were to old to ask me to sing to them. I never thought of it as meditating. I suppose it is.
@mollama maybe I went the other way around, not sure. Been a while. Since I stopped drinking caffeine, I can sleep pretty easily now unless I have something terrible on my mind.
I know a few times I got really distracted and started thinking about something else.
@rockblossom I was thinking that same thing. I hate getting in the middle of an argument, so I try to steer clear of the mediation thing.
Same thing with meditation. The problem there is trying to get my mind to shut up. It gets really busy trying not to think about anything. “Gee, how do I not think about anything?” “Is is cleared out yet? When does the relaxation start?”
I haven’t in what I understand to be the Buddhist sense of meditation, but definitely in the “focused reflection” sense.
That’s the thing where you just kinda stare into the distance, wondering where it all went wrong, as opposed to being, like, a productive member of society, right? All the time.
As much as any good Sith Lord does.
@mfladd
Wanna Be.
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@mfladd
That ain’t you.
I’ve gone through phases of it recently, ideally want to practice daily.
Would recommend checking out vinay gupta’s meditation app, it’s simple and tries to get you out of just trying to meditate calmly but also meditate on problems in your life / negative emotions:
http://cuttingmachinery.org/app/
http://deconstructingyourself.com/meditation-will-wreck-life.html
https://medium.com/@Triquetrea/an-hour-a-day-keeps-the-monsters-at-bay-c8a7e538ade9
I’m afraid it would drive me insane.
I do several different varieties, personally. I recommend trying a few, seeing if they work for you. For some people, it’s practically necessary. For others, it’s a pointless waste of time. Most people fall in between, and just need a style that makes them feel comfortable.
I mediated ooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnce…
Sometimes I mediate
I try to do the little one minute mini-meditation things with the Apple Watch Breathe App when it bugs me to. I’d like to step up to a more involved practice of sitting and breathing, but it’s hard to squeeze it into my day. Best I’ve ever done is maybe four to five days with that Headspace app.
The only meditation I can remember doing is when I couldn’t sleep so I’d try to focus on relaxing each body part starting at my toes.
If I want to zone out, I listen to music, or go somewhere like the beach and stare at the water.
@RiotDemon interesting. I start at the top and go down, based on how high school gym teacher taught it.
I don’t think in 30 years of doing it I’ve ever made it to my knees, so have gone through life with tense(r than the rest of me) toes. How far up have you always fallen asleep by?
@RiotDemon I have done this for years myself. I did this with my children to help them go to sleep when they were to old to ask me to sing to them. I never thought of it as meditating. I suppose it is.
@mollama maybe I went the other way around, not sure. Been a while. Since I stopped drinking caffeine, I can sleep pretty easily now unless I have something terrible on my mind.
I know a few times I got really distracted and started thinking about something else.
@don I guess that’s another question, of what people consider meditation.
My brain always confuses meditation and mediation, so when I try to relax and focus on nothing, I end up in the middle of someone else’s argument.
@rockblossom I was thinking that same thing. I hate getting in the middle of an argument, so I try to steer clear of the mediation thing.
Same thing with meditation. The problem there is trying to get my mind to shut up. It gets really busy trying not to think about anything. “Gee, how do I not think about anything?” “Is is cleared out yet? When does the relaxation start?”
Yeah…no.
no option for “No, I hate meditating”
Not unless you count meditation through medication.
Alexa, Daily Meditation. Better than nothing. Actually, not bad.
@OldCatLady I’m gonna ask her this afternoon.
@sammydog01 Need to enable the skill first.
@OldCatLady And into the Alexa skill rabbit hole. I didn’t find a meditation one I liked but I did find “goat compliments”. You should try it.
Wait, you mean meditate is NOT in here anywhere
Does daydreaming count?
uh yeah!, all the time… same as everyone else… kind of a personal question there @medicorebot…
OH Wait…MEDITATE!
I. read… something else…
cheri huber. that’s all . turned me on to a new life.