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meditation question
    #21777713 - 06/08/15 08:12 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

I know its a stupid question but could the time while your laying in your bed waiting to fall asleep be considered a form of meditation?


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Re: meditation question [Re: MagicMush123]
    #21777729 - 06/08/15 08:19 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

If you're meditating during that time then yes. I usually don't fall asleep if I'm meditating unless I'm to tired to really focus. But if you can't stay awake while meditating, then your body probably needs more sleep. IMO


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Re: meditation question [Re: SirShroomsAlott]
    #21777741 - 06/08/15 08:23 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

But even if you aren't purposely medidating it fits the criteria doesn't it? PS I don't mediate,  I just started trying


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Re: meditation question [Re: MagicMush123]
    #21777743 - 06/08/15 08:27 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

No....absence of thought isn't the goal. It's the awareness of thought that pops up when you're trying to focus on one thing, in my case the breath Is the focus point.

There are many forms of meditation though so someone might say it's fine but I don't think it's meditation personally


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Re: meditation question [Re: SirShroomsAlott]
    #21778018 - 06/08/15 09:54 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Now that I'm on my lunch break I'll elaborate, but TBH I taught myself how to meditate so I can't claim it's exactly right.

I do mindfulness meditation, you keep your focus or awareness on your breath, follow all motions, up down up down, notice the pause in between breaths, without realizing it, your mind will start to wander, it might start thinking about anything. You're supposed to become aware that your mind is wandering, and bring it back to your breath, and this will happen over and over and over. After a while your thoughts will start to slow down, or have more clarity to them, once you're deep enough in meditation, you can follow the thought and watch where it goes, the feelings that come up with it, and then when you're done bring it back to your breath. You can be sitting, standing, laying down, however you feel comfortable, and it doesn't have to be your breath, but you should have a focus point, and since breathing is one of the few things you do unconsciously it doesn't require any effort to do and you can just follow it.

It's mainly all about awareness, you keep your awareness on your breath, your mind will unfocus on your breath and start drifting in thought, you realize you are drifting in thought and bring it back to your breath. Sometimes you can get to a point where it almost is like absence of thought and it's just this kind of mental clarity and peacefulness.


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    #21778109 - 06/08/15 10:17 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Let things come, let them go. If you hear dogs breaking or doors slamming just observe the sound but don't attach feels or thoughts to it. Let them rise let them fall. Don't cling to anything just be.
This is how I do it.


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    #21778519 - 06/08/15 12:08 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

I guess u can say we are constantly meditating, even when we are not aware of it. sometimes it is good meditation, other times not so much.

Meditation is being aware of what goes on when we are not aware..


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Re: meditation question [Re: SirShroomsAlott]
    #21780287 - 06/08/15 07:24 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Thx your advice is pretty helpful,  but how can you follow a thought that comes up, before going back to breath?  In that moment are you not meditating?


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Re: meditation question [Re: MagicMush123]
    #21780382 - 06/08/15 07:47 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

And how long does it take to "learn" meditation?


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Re: meditation question [Re: MagicMush123]
    #21780399 - 06/08/15 07:50 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

U learn rather quickly but it can take years to master. It's not really a race either. There are many different kinds of meditations it really depends on what u are trying to achieve whether it is inner peace or just a simple answer to one of ur simple questions.


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