which meditation is best for accepting the present moment?

[Viking]

As i often post, i feel empty so i crave entertainment, connection with people, food, etc. I want to be able to more easily accept that emptiness and accept every suffering that comes. More generally, dismantle the resistance of the ego to life.  Which daily meditation is best for that?

[zambize]

I really recommend do nothing, but you could focus on your inner smile throughout the do nothing meditation and maybe that would produce better results for you

[Viking]

Just now, zambize said:

 inner smile

what's that?

also i very often get lost in thought when i do do nothing, will that go away? generally i was extremely lost in thought throughout most of my meditation sessions and ive been meditating for a year and a half already.

[zambize]

Wait a minute I remember telling you all this ready, and many other people had their recommendations.  Do you really want to be happy?  Ask yourself that seriously because it seems like you are stuck in thoughts about what to do.  I had a link in your last thread that had like 12 different techniques, exactly how they work, exactly why you would do it.  If you are serious about being happy, youd go through that whole list and read through every technique.  It would take 15 minutes or less and be invaluable to you, I'm fully willing to help you with these techniques but you have to try them seriously and be very specific about what didnt work 

[Salvijus]

Vipassana

[Viking]

Just now, Salvijus said:

Vipassana

would that be effective as a 20 minute meditation?

@zambize ill look into it, thanks.

[Jack River]

Do habits fall within the field of resistance? 

If we accept or condemn is that not still a reaction to what is? 

[zambize]

5 minutes ago, Viking said:

would that be effective as a 20 minute meditation?

@zambize ill look into it, thanks.

Whatever you put in will be effective, 20 minutes is definitely in that range of effective.  I dont want to be harsh on you either but i really need you to document exactly what's wrong and how the technique worked or didn't work for me to help.  I was the same exact way, with depression and apathy, I never felt like starting I had to just bite the bullet through it, I feel like you're waiting to have a good enough idea of a technique that you feel like doing it, you cant control if you feel like meditating, you may never feel like it, if you could control whether you felt like doing it your press the switch and make yourself feel like being happy but you just gotta bite a bullet and fight through the not caring.  Please just do like 30 minutes tonight and let us know how it went, any technique 

[Salvijus]

I dont know actually. 

[Viking]

@zambize lol dude chill im ok, i think im gonna do the awareness of thoughts meditation that was in the list you stole from nahm.

[zambize]

1 minute ago, Viking said:

@zambize lol dude chill im ok, i think im gonna do the awareness of thoughts meditation that was in the list you stole from nahm.

Good choice!

[Salvijus]

Are you aware of self-inquiry and Mooji?

If you want you can try his letting go meditation. Just as an experiment. Maybe you'll like it

Also if you like observing the thoughts you can try self-inquiry. It's the same but deeper. 

Edited January 5, 2019 by Salvijus

[Viking]

@Salvijus thanks but i hate self inquiry actually i think im not ready for it

[Shin]

Focus on the emptiness itself ☺