For Everyone Who Meditates An Hour A Day...

[Solace]

In a talk about energy circulation Matt Kahn commented on how anything done too often, even meditation, can lead to stagnation in our lives.

Just food for thought. Watch until 1:26ish.

[Amadeusz]

I'm brainwashed. FInally I managed to meditate ~90 minutes for like 2 months now and this guy tells me that this could be ego. But maybe that's the case. The time I dropped all shoulds in the past I became happier actually. I have only 2 such things: meditation and singing. I want to master these things therefore I do them religiously. But maybe that's an ego huh? 

[Heart of Space]

1 hour ago, Amadeusz said:

I'm brainwashed. FInally I managed to meditate ~90 minutes for like 2 months now and this guy tells me that this could be ego. But maybe that's the case. The time I dropped all shoulds in the past I became happier actually. I have only 2 such things: meditation and singing. I want to master these things therefore I do them religiously. But maybe that's an ego huh? 

It's important to understand the nature of ego and that it can be pervasive in spiritual practice as well.  But you absolutely cannot meditate too much as long as you are doing it correctly.  I wouldn't worry about it.  

[Forestluv]

My meditation teacher went mental after decades full of study and meditation. He’s no longer able to teach and the buddhist center closed down. He worked his whole life to create that center and now he lacks the mental stability to leave his house.

[Faceless]

@Serotoninluv

He went crazy? 

Maybe in trying to bring about order through the very mechanism that causes disorder things only got worse. 

Is he on the extreme side of mental? 

[star ark]

31 minutes ago, Faceless said:

@Serotoninluv

He went crazy? 

Maybe in trying to bring about order through the very mechanism that causes disorder things only got worse. 

Is he on the extreme side of mental? 

He was already crazy is my guess, he harnessed the crazy but now he's like eccentric surrealist genius writers or Telsa, a candle that burns so bright we all benefit from their torture but they snuff out too soon. 

[electroBeam]

1 hour of meditation is nothing.

Of course it can be ego. Meditation is just an idea, a construct in your mind. Its a story about a magical practice, that can lead you to this other cool idea enlightenment.

Mate, you need to be more diligent. Why do you even care if its ego that's making you meditate? What's wrong with meditating because of ego? Are you afraid? 

Afraid of what? Losing something?

Losing maybe, achieving this cool story called enlightenment?

Your ego is afraid of your ego taking away its cool idea of enlightenment hahahaahahah.

 

I wouldn't be so hasty as to post about the amount of hours we all should be meditating each day. What you should be doing is turning inward and understanding where your fears are coming from and why you're afraid of the ego so much, why you're afraid of loosing something. 

 

Follow your inner muse, follow your higher intuition. Not some dude on youtube. That's obvious but you're not doing it.

[Solace]

@electroBeam I have chosen loving my heart, and blessing all souls instead of formal meditation and contemplation; that's all. All paths lead to the same destination and the video is for those who may want to consider that path.

[Solace]

1 hour ago, electroBeam said:

Your ego is afraid of your ego taking away its cool idea of enlightenment hahahaahahah.

That's an awesome insight!