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Once you are at 20, you might want to use a timer and go to 25, that for 3 days and then add another 5. You could stick with 30-45 or keep going. Once you can easily do 45 and have done it for a month then you could keep it or go back to 20. Some people who do Transcendental meditation for 20 minutes for years. If you set a timer to a time, have a timer where the alarm alarms but it shuts off after a short period and you don't have to manually shut it off. That way you can sit longer if you feel like it without having to shut it off.

this bench has to designed properly. It has an angle on it. The same concept here with a spacial pillow Here is the pillow used to make cross legged easier Here we have the pillow used for this seiza position Big advantage, no device needed. I recommend doing this over the other methods, it's much easier than the half or full lotus. So one could do this 4 days in a row and then on the fifth day sit on a chair or conventional stool so you can mediate longer without thinking about your legs. Asian people in cultures who use chairs less are already accustomed

Just build up flexibility gradually. If you have to stand extend you legs or stand for a minute it's ok, you can sit back down and return to meditating. As Mr. Fripp noted you can once in a while do sitting meditation in a chair ( but you must not touch the back of the chair., not even once) because you are not having to deal with you legs you can't sit longer without interruption, try meditating in a chair or stool with a timer for 46 minutes. Look at this thread where the Burmese and Seiza positions are discussed. If you are outside you can see the advantage of not having to rely on a chair. However in the meantime using a chair or stool will allow you to do longer meditations (but keep working on the legs in different sessions)

I'm not sure if you brought up that saying about society or you mean it on a personal level. "learn from your mistakes" it seems is the message in either case. The hard part about it can be "old habits die hard" and fear of change

Chumbimba is not trying to get out of his head now. He changed his focus since this thread . He says he need to self-reflect more and go into his pain and misery to solve his problems so he can purify myself and solve them

Letter to Peter Ralston by Leo Gura (page 15, mid of scroll ) (I'm not sure why it says summer 2020 but anyway: The above questions are not really pure questions. It's Leo saying these things are true and then asking Ralston does he knows they are true. For instance in the first question he does not ask "are you God?" he says Are you conscious that you are God? And I'm not sure if we assume that a person is God why would they have to become conscious they are what they are How could God not be conscious that he is God? If people are God why would you ask a person if they are person? But anyway the question presents the idea as true and ask does he know it's true. "God" is not one of Ralson's favorite words Ralston says "Yes " but no to the last part of the first question which is (Are you conscious That ) your will and intelligence creates the entire Universe? Ralston says There is no "will". So in this context will means his intention. I suspect he also does not think he created the universe. You would have to message him to see further on what he means that There is no will. However look at his answer to the 4th question, that might shed some light on it "no human mind can be omniscient, and in absolute consciousness there is no need for it, because nothing exists..... no state, no matter how grand, is enlightenment "

People the question has been updated in a new thread:

Edmund Burke (1729-1797) The commonly used expression, "Those who ignore history are bound (or doomed) to repeat it" is actually a mis-quotation of the original text written by George Santayana (1863-1952), who, in his Reason in Common Sense, The Life of Reason, Vol.1, wrote "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Santayana's quotation, in turn, was a slight modification of an Edmund Burke (1729-1797) statement, "Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it." quotes from A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (1757) by Edmund Burke A definition may be very exact, and yet go but a very little way towards informing us of the nature of the thing defined. The first and the simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind is Curiosity. The person who grieves, suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time. I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one, in the real misfortunes and pains of others. Compare: Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections, xv: "In the adversity of our best friends we always find something which is not wholly displeasing to us" No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear. A great profusion of things, which are splendid or valuable in themselves, is magnificent. The starry heaven, though it occurs so very frequently to our view, never fails to excite an idea of grandeur. This cannot be owing to the stars themselves, separately considered. The number is certainly the cause. The apparent disorder augments the grandeur, for the appearance of care is highly contrary to our idea of magnificence. Besides, the stars lie in such apparent confusion, as makes it impossible on ordinary occasions to reckon them. This gives them the advantage of a sort of infinity. Custom reconciles us to every thing.

There are primary personal causes. Then you are walking down the street and someone gets a little too close to your personal space and you curse under your breath after you pass them. The degree of the anger can attached to latent anger in your life that you are already angry about. The little things only spark it. Some of this can also be anger at oneself. You thought you left it at home but then someone sparks it and you realize it was there all the time, just under the surface. Psychotherapy can sometimes uncover this and writing about yourself helps.

what misinterpretation are you referring to ?

what you were doing is what you were saying after, is mindfulness, focusing on the moment. That exposes the repressed anger (which caught you be surprise) and that can be unpleasant (but necessary to work through) However concentration meditation, "Samatha" is not focusing on the moment it is focusing on that one thing, one word or a mantra or a candle with the eyes open (gazing) . It is quite different and also called tranquility meditation When not doing meditation there is also the psychotherapy approach, trying to uncover root causes or past traumas which may have imprinted. That's vague. You probably have 1-3 primary anger points about something more specific. It may take a while for clarity on that. these things can be scary and if not understood can go on for years., one's demons. I have some myself

You have anger, it is repressed. The meditation you have been doing has revealed it , hence the value in mediation 2) concentration meditation four things to do self hypnosis, concentration meditation, mindfulness meditation, walking meditation . 1) self hypnosis when you are getting ready to go to sleep or waking up your brain is in a different wave state, more open to suggestion. Don't underestimate the effectiveness. this is more effective as a question and then a command to your subconscious . Mark on a piece of lined paper or make dots indicating 40 places. this is going to be tedious but after 40 times it's over. You write down this and say it out loud as you do it. "can I manage my anger? Yes manage the anger now, I am stable" Don't question this it's a simple concept not a philosophical issue. You say it 40 times then go to sleep what you want to happen something like this that you want to happen, as a question and then a command. Something doable and realistic not giant. After 3-4 days of this your subconscious will accept it and make it happen. You have anger, it is repressed. The meditation you have been doing has revealed it , hence the value in mediation 2) concentration meditation 30 minutes. With this you will select a statement you want to feel and say it over and over again. In this case a command. "relax be calm" or if you prefer a word with no meaning "Om" or just make one up. This approach is to focus on something, one thing to keep the anger out and replace it with something positive or neutral. This concentration blocks out the anger and leads to tranquility. You lose the concentration but then return to it, this one thing you have selected. It doesn't matter what it is 3) Mindfullness meditation with noting, any duration minimum 30 minutes. This will be a different approach. You will be aware of your breathing and of all thoughts and feelings, everything that is going on as you sit there. However when one of these thoughts and feelings come up you make up a label for it (noting) In your mind when something comes up you say in your mind "anger, anger anger" or "stiff back, stiff back, stiff back" or "old memory, old memory old memory" "bicycle, bicycle, bicycle" "sex, sex , sex" " Walter, Walter , Walter" It doesn't matter what it is if you have the thought or feeling you take not of it. You take note of it and identify it as if to say " yes I see you there thought" What this does is makes the thoughts and feelings pass more easily. We are human we cannot shut off our mind. But what we can do is not cling to these things we feel and think. And between the noting will be gaps of silence and those will be peaceful. this approach is not to suppress the feelings and thoughts we have or encourage them to pop into our minds. It is to realize the fact they are a part of us. So we step outside of ourselves, observe this automatic thoughts and impulses and learn to let these things rise and fall without clinging to them. You have the feeling you aren't the feeling 4) Walking meditation, pick a method https://liveanddare.com/walking-meditation/#2_Zen_Walking_Meditation_Kinhin before the concentration meditation or mindfulness meditation, to a couple of sets of push ups to release pent up physical energy. Also realize anger is an energy that can be transformed into a motivation and be transformed by channeling it into something positive but in order to do that you have to establish a positive thing you will channel it into, that could be many things not necessarily meditation. Shinzen practices these mediation methods still he found need at one point to do some psychotherapy, this being to talk to somebody and understand root causes of the self issues __________________________________________________________________________________________

3 hours is a lot harder than 30 minutes, that is a big jump. What is the nature of the anger? What type of thoughts? Angry about what?

. . Below some legal links to 19th and 20th century books on infinite love from a Christian perspective on googlebooks, including many excerpts available to read there https://www.google.com/books/edition/Little_Book_of_the_Work_of_Infinite_Love/6_WNDAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq="infinite+love"&printsec=frontcover THE LITTLE BOOK OF THE WORK OF INFINITE LOVE is a brief summary of the life and mission of Mother Louise Margareet Claret de la Touche (1868-1915), a Visitation Sister to whom Our Lord gave many intimate details concerning the love of His Sacred Heart for men. Of special importance are her revelations about the Sacred Heart and the Priesthood, showing how Our Lord desires to transform the world by love in particular, by the superabundant supernatural love He desires His priests to show mankind. This Little Book also contains a description of the Priests Universal Union of the Friends of the Sacred Heart, which Mother Louise founded, an outline of their duties, and selected from her writings. This last will be found suffused with simplicity, directness and holy penetration common to all the Saints. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ https://books.google.com/books?id=qoZleh9ulb0C&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=Infinite+Love.+By+By+Euboulos&source=bl&ots=haHF3VRdAZ&sig=ACfU3U1yST_5frMtBq5Rc4f8gL_yA4Vtmw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjq0bSPj_XpAhVuoXIEHVuPAKAQ6AEwAXoECAwQAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false Infinite Love: a meditation 1867 by Euboulos Basanistes

@AlwaysBeNice To say "You are God" is that Christian?

1) A "personal" god usually refers to a god that cares about you if you have faith in god. 2) Another form of god is impersonal, an energy or essence behind nature which doesn't care about things, it is not human-like in that regard 3) "You are God 1" everything is personal and derives from you there is no other consciousness but yours 4) "You are God 2" , "you" means all of consciousness, everything is also personal 5) "You are God 2" , "you" means all of consciousness, "personal" is a meaningless concept So depending on which god you believe in.

what if you walked into a room and when the house had been constructed 17 years ago a guy named Ed found an old golf ball lying around and had put it inside the wall in the gap for no reason and you have no idea it's there, this golf ball. On top of that there's also on raisin in there that the other worker Juan had accidentally kicked in there with his foot that Ed dropped on his lunch break. So there's this golf ball and raisin inside that wall and you have no idea they are there

I agree Mars is fake (as is everything but consciousness)

similar to the Christian message, Mark 12:31

awareness has limits, you can't see what's behind a tree and if somethings tail is not sticking out

He explains it well but I don't agree with his preference. Mindful meditation being aware when a thought or feeling arises, acknowledging it is there and letting it disappear. In Burmese Therveda (Vipassana) this is done by "noting" A thought comes you label it "thought " this makes it pass easily. You are not listening to the thought's issue. You are watching what your mind does naturally. It has thoughts and feelings. You act like an outside observer so these thoughts and feelings may pass quickly and there there is a short nothingness in between which you experience. Another thought arises, then it falls. You don't cling to them. You are not trying to solve problems. You are letting go of thought. They come and then they go. This trains you not to be reactive to the automatic way that thoughts and feelings come in to you head and at the same time experience the stillness between the thoughts. You don't try to stop the thoughts. You become aware of them in order not to cling to them, you notice "there's that one again" . You are not trying to solve a problem, you can do that when you are not meditating. You are learning not to fear these things, to have a set period of time where they do not bother you. You may still feel bother by one. Note feeling bothered and move on. Do Nothing meditation Zen mediation is often the above type, Mindful meditation, being aware of one's breath, and thoughts how they rise and fall and paying attentions to one's breath which also rises and falls and has it's natural irregularities. However certain practitioners have also mentioned "do nothing" meditation. This is similar to mindful meditation, for given amount of time you sit with back straight and do nothing bu there is no there requirement other than you don't try to do anything. Self Inquiry you ask yourself "who am I" ? You turn inward to ask "who is doing the questioning" . There is no one at the bottom of that. Again you feel there is, again "who am I"? This is internal you are not focusing on random thoughts you are focusing on this question. Where are the thoughts and feelings coming from? Who is really having them? Is there anything really there? Concentration meditation (Samatha tranquility meditation) you decide on something to focus on, a random word or set of words repeated over and over again with eyes closed (vocalizing optional) or with eyes open on a candle or a visual point. Your mind drifts and then you remind your self of the focal point. You are not trying to be aware of things , thoughts and feelings to train your self no to be reactive to them like in mindfulness. And you are not asking yourself who you are. You have selected a random focal point and are using concentration to keep your attention there repetitiously. This leads to tranquility and focusing ability , like a baby been rocked to awakeness. Transcendental mediation is one of the forms of this type. Also similar to prayer and devotion Trance, repetitious sensory stimulus is used, sometimes sound and music, sometimes body movement, , could include intense breathing techniques or hallucinogens, sometimes done with other people or shamanic guides. Varying combinations of these things This is to inspire visionary experience and changes in physical perception and mystical experiences

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHUajtPXPDw VIDEO: Self-Enquiry & Mindfulness Meditation

Are Zen and Advaita Vedanta atheist?

that's why I didn't include puppies