Meditation. Do`s & Dont`s ?

[Alien]

@Leo Gura in an episode ,I dont know which one, you said that it is important to not let meditation or inquiry or any other technique to become mechanic. 

Now ,im at a point where I do meditation/self inquiry dayli, yet I have the feeling its becoming a thing of "do it so that its done and you can cross it on the checklist" type of thing. What alternatives do I have besides sitting down in the same place and posture ?

 

(Sry for my English if its incorrect, im german?)

[shamaanitar]

You are resisting meditation if you feel it's a chore. Try to learn how to enjoy the process, try to feel how nice and peacefull it is to just be and enjoy the moment. If you can't stop resisting meditation, just meditate less, you could start with really short sessions, like just 5 minutes. Don't push it. Eventually you will want to meditate longer.

[Shin]

You could do walking meditation, but it's way more difficult if you're not ground in your body or already have a peaceful mind.

I don't recommand to substrate traditional sitting for walking meditation though.

[Alien]

@shamaanitar thanx I will remember that ❤?

[Joseph Maynor]

When you meditate, don’t manipulate, just watch.  By watching you will learn a lot about reality that you didn’t ever really notice before.  Let the Mind do its thing, and watch it like a scientist sitting still and silent amongst a family of gorillas observing their behavior.  Can you imagine that?  That’s meditation — just watching what’s happening with full awareness.  And you’ll get to the point where you are always doing this, even when you are not formally meditating.  This is a major way your awareness is raised in this work.  It’s called mindfulness.  Meditation is very focused mindfulness.  

Edited November 26, 2017 by Joseph Maynor

[Alien]

@Joseph Maynor thank you a lot! I also see as I apply awareness in my dayli routine, that i Ioose interest in stuff like TV,junk food and other stuff 

[Joseph Maynor]

2 hours ago, Alien said:

@Joseph Maynor thank you a lot! I also see as I apply awareness in my dayli routine, that i Ioose interest in stuff like TV,junk food and other stuff 

You got it!  Raising awareness is all we’re doing in this work.  Your life starts to naturally right itself as your awareness improves.