Mindfulness in everyday Situations vs seated meditation

[Eonwe5]

Hi guys, 

I've been substituting my seated meditation sessions for mindfulness exercises on my commute (walking and sitting in train) for a while now.

I feel like I'm now making great use of otherwise "unpoductive" time, but I was wondering whether or not I am missing out on something special when leaving out uninterrupted seated meditation.

 

Thanks!

<3

Edited June 14, 2019 by Eonwe5

[GreenWoods]

@Eonwe5 It's awesome that you try being mindful on your commute.  But I wouldn't stop the real meditation session. You probably won't have big breakthroughs or get into a deep meditative state while standing in the train. The best is, of course, that you do both and don't substitute

[Shin]

You need both.

Seated meditation will boost your capacity to stay conscious throughout the day.

Mindfullness during the day (24/24) will make you capable of having a stable consciousness level on every moment of your life.

The biggest mistake one can do is to neglect one for the other.

No chance in hell you'll finally be free of your crazy mind if you don't do both consistently.

Edited June 14, 2019 by Shin

[tsuki]

48 minutes ago, Eonwe5 said:

I was wondering whether or not I am missing out on something special when leaving out uninterrupted seated meditation.

Yes, you are 'missing out' the specialness of meditation and that is precisely what ought to happen.
Meditation should carry on uninterruptedly into the rest of your day, even the productive parts.

Formal sittings are useful in the morning to undo the initial contraction after waking up.

Edited June 14, 2019 by tsuki

[Eonwe5]

Thank you guys for answering

1 hour ago, Shin said:

Seated meditation will boost your capacity to stay conscious throughout the day.

Mindfullness during the day (24/24) will make you capable of having a stable consciousness level on every moment of your life.

@Shin , could you please explain this in more detail? I'm not sure I understand the difference between these two yet. ^^

 

1 hour ago, tsuki said:

Formal sittings are useful in the morning to undo the initial contraction after waking up.

@tsuki, what exactly do you mean by initial contraction?

 

 

[tsuki]

1 minute ago, Eonwe5 said:

@tsuki, what exactly do you mean by initial contraction?

You do not 'wake up' in the morning. "I" does.

[Shin]

33 minutes ago, Eonwe5 said:

Thank you guys for answering

@Shin , could you please explain this in more detail? I'm not sure I understand the difference between these two yet. ^^

 

@tsuki, what exactly do you mean by initial contraction?

 

 

There is no difference.

Sitted meditation is just being conscious/mindful for a definite period of time without distractions.
Mindfullness throughout the day is being conscious/mindful during everyday life activities.

The first one helps the second to be more consistent (IF you try to practice the second).
The second is what you're really striving towards.
(And that's why many people can still be inconscious even with 20 years of meditation)

What you really want is to be conscious all the time, which is not enlightenment, and is not a pipe dream
NOT having a blank mind with no thoughts at all, that's a misconception of what being conscious means.

Being conscious just means being conscious, It has nothing to do with having a blank mind.
It just means having a distance from your thoughts and emotions
That's all what it means.

Edited June 14, 2019 by Shin