ErikMeskanen

I'm certainly falling into this trap of believing everything Leo says in blind faith and not taking enough effort to venture out to my path of discovery.

Same thing for me. I think they will get it fixed soon.

Been doing daily loving-kindness meditation towards 4 different individuals since October 2019. Now having difficulty with finding individuals I have conflict/distress with since they are not in my life anymore or I do not have "negative" emotions towards those individuals any longer. What to do about this? To solve this issue, I have just targeted my loving-kindness to 2 individuals I do not know well, but meet occasionally - "neutral" individuals. I picture the individual extremely happy and try to feel their happiness in my heart as I do metta meditation. Would it be better to picture their faces in my mind as I repeat the loving-kindness phrases towards them and try to feel their happiness in my heart? I use Insight Timer with an unguided timer of 25 minutes. Usually standing, eyes closed. My daily metta practice: First I select a close individual and repeat the following phrases in my head: "May (name) be safe." "May (name) be well." "May (name) be free of suffering." I picture the individual extremely happy and feel the meaning of the phrases in my heart. I meditate for about 5 minutes repeating these phrases (ofc NOT looking at the timer) for each individual. Next, I continue on myself. I repeat the same phrases towards myself for about 5 minutes. Then I continue on a neutral individual, which is usually an individual I meet perhaps once a month or once a year. Again 5 minutes. Lastly, I try to find an individual I have conflict with. I find this extremely difficult now, since I feel I have let go of all the pain I have felt towards those individuals I used to have "negative" emotions towards. Any tips? Another 5 minutes for this individual. Yes, as calculated, this is a total of 20 minutes, but usually as I don't open my eyes and look at the timer, I usually meditate longer for each individual and eventually the metta meditation session lasts for 25 minutes.

@okulele Right. Thank you for this practical advise!

I will only target light on what I do on mornings to start my day with motivation, inspiration, innovation and creation. The first thing I do is hydrate my body with plenty of water, continue on with brushing my teeth, am aware of stiff body parts and raise my consciousness with a 10 to 90-minute yoga session (the session depends completely on arranged meetings and goings of the day). After the session, I journal for 30 minutes. If I do not have the time to journal right after my yoga session, I journal somewhere during the day. I meditate for 25 minutes each evening. This routine has raised my sense of clarity and reduced my impulsive actions tremendously. I highly recommend trying this out for a while to see if this suits you. Currently, I am in college in the environmental field and becoming an environmental inspector after graduating (in about a year). This, however, isn't my passion as I wish to pursue my mission as a yoga instructor. Human anatomy, physiology and the capability of the human mind are highly interesting, which I wish to delve deeper upon graduation as I will be doing volunteering work after graduation.

I have a confession to make. I have a bad habit of watching TV until 3 am nearly every day while drinking green tea or ginger tea and eating cookies and chocolate. Therefore, I usually wake up at 10 am the earliest. 1. I wake up and drink as much water as my full stomach can bear. 2. I brush my teeth. 3. I remove my pyjamas and only leave my boxers on. 4. I do surya namastar (sun salutation) at least once for my right and left body to awaken my concentration and body. If I have energy and I am not in a rush to university, I do a utkatasana (chair pose) sequence, trikonasana (triangle pose) / natarajasana (dancer pose) and/or a bunch of chaturanga poses. Usually my morning yoga is from 20 minutes to an hour. 5. I wipe my sweat and leave for university. If I have a day off, I do my 30-minute morning meditation. 6. If I have a day off, I eat breakfast after my meditation session. 7. Doing something I reckon as productive.

What an interesting doc about the mathematician and physicist who undermined their way to new branches of their field. Thank you for sharing this insightful watch.