How to design a good Meditation Plan (for both short and long term)

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7 hours ago, WellbeingSeeker said:

Do you have any links to guided "mindfulness with labeling" meditations and guided "do nothing" meditations? I usually do better with guided meditations in which the instructor guides the process but without talking too much, like once every few minutes is fine. I don't mind if the guided meditations last more than 40 minutes, I'm Ok with that. I attended a Goenka's 10-day Vipassana retreat in which we had to meditate more than 10 hours a day so I can withstand longer sits now

According to @ajasatya, "kindness, compassion, patience... all of these virtues show up when you're happy with this moment right now. when we practice "do nothing" all the reasons behind our discontentment become crystal clear", in other words, they are supposedly a natural byproduct of "do nothing". What do you @Space think about this? Besides, it would very interesting to know more about your experience using yoga, psychedelics and energy transmissions to develop love and compassion. Why do you think they are the fastest way? What about other techniques such as Metta meditation and Karuna meditation? Do you have any experience with those?

Check out a video I linked a while back for an sort of guided meditation with Shinzen Young: 

Watch Leo's guided meditation video called 'Guided Meditation - The Next Level Of Meditation'. I'd say that's pretty much Do Nothing.

 

7 hours ago, WellbeingSeeker said:

they are supposedly a natural byproduct of "do nothing". 

Sure I can see that being true. In the long run definitely. It's kind of inevitable. But for a lot of people it's only surface level, in my opinion. Watch Matt Kahn for an example of what it truly means to be kind, compassionate and loving. He's all about love. Even an enlightenment won't guarantee that you become super kind and compassionate though. You are inherently self-centered and egotistical after all. I have a sense that it's largely down to your genetics and body/brain physiology. So in most cases just a casual meditation practise is not enough. There's a lot of variables at play. It's difficult for me to advise you to be honest. Plus I don't really know what i'm talking about.

 

7 hours ago, WellbeingSeeker said:

Besides, it would very interesting to know more about your experience using yoga, psychedelics and energy transmissions to develop love and compassion. Why do you think they are the fastest way? What about other techniques such as Metta meditation and Karuna meditation? Do you have any experience with those?

I probably shouldn't have said they are the fastest way because that's probably not true for a lot of people. It's true for me though. I've had a lot of growth from psychedelics and energy transmissions.  Again, everyone is different and people are suited to different paths. I've never done metta meditation, or loving kindness. I'd imagine they'd be good for someone who already has an open heart.