No. Go for a walk. Listen to Mozart. Don't waste your money on grotesquely overpriced "e-learning" resources like MeditationSHIT.Does anyone still do it beyond the 21 days? Results?
No. Go for a walk. Listen to Mozart. Don't waste your money on grotesquely overpriced "e-learning" resources like MeditationSHIT.Does anyone still do it beyond the 21 days? Results?
Does anyone still do it beyond the 21 days? Results?
Like you, I've been doing it off and on for years but then got serious about it. It is a game-changer in so many ways - not just with business, but with my personal life too. Once you learn you don't have to participate in the bullshit your mind is putting out, life changes for the better. I also 2nd the meditationSHIFT program...easy to understand and follow their plan.
Day dreaming is easy to do because it's very enjoyable. It's like sex, you want to do it! In contrast, i find meditating a bit of a chore.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%Thanks for the response, I have gotten some funny reactions when I have told people about meditating - I'm not sure why the people I talk to have such closed-minds. I am glad you validate what I'm saying. Everyone should look into it.
The thoughts that come to your while meditating is part of the meditation, do not banish it, if you pay no mind to it, it will vanish, just come back to your breathing whenever you can. Remain light like a leaf falling and floating in the forest, become one with your breathing, don't fight anything, just let it all go.I've been trying to meditate, 10 mins a day twice a day, for a few weeks now and I'm just amazed how difficult it is, when you'd think it would be so simple. (I don't repeat any phrase or "mantra", I just concentrate on my breathing, which I've read is a legitimate form of meditation.) I can't keep my mind from wandering - thinking, thinking, thinking. It's ridiculous. It's become a challenge now, I'm determined. I mean, cripes, is my concentration actually that bad that I can't focus my mind on my breathing for 10 short minutes? It's weird. But I think the very fact that it's that difficult shows how much junk is in our minds (or my mind, anyway), how much clutter and crap.
As I say, it's become a challenge now, I am going to frigging do this.
I've been trying to meditate, 10 mins a day twice a day, for a few weeks now and I'm just amazed how difficult it is, when you'd think it would be so simple. (I don't repeat any phrase or "mantra", I just concentrate on my breathing, which I've read is a legitimate form of meditation.) I can't keep my mind from wandering - thinking, thinking, thinking. It's ridiculous. It's become a challenge now, I'm determined. I mean, cripes, is my concentration actually that bad that I can't focus my mind on my breathing for 10 short minutes? It's weird. But I think the very fact that it's that difficult shows how much junk is in our minds (or my mind, anyway), how much clutter and crap.
As I say, it's become a challenge now, I am going to frigging do this.
. The goal isn't to control anything, it's to observe then gently bring your focus back to the breathing, word etc. The repetitive "failure" to keep your mind on the breath, is building the awareness muscle so that, in everyday life, you'll soon catch yourself thinking things and observing those thoughts rather than BECOMING the thought.