meditation - Needing advice and material

[Human Mint]

I have experienced how empowering meditation can be, but lately my mind doesn't want to focus that much and it's bitching a loooot.

 

Do you have a guided meditation that really helps you?

What tips would you give me to raise the impact of the meditation?

What other practices should i give it a try?

 

What i want from meditation is to get clearminded, inspired and rested, so it affects positively my life.

thanks!!

[Human Mint]

Ö Meditation
Ö Prayer
Ö Reflection
Ö Deep Breathing
Ö Gratitude

[Consilience]

Would definitely work through “The Mind Illuminated” by John Yates. Extremely powerful meditation system designed to cultivate shamatha. If your looking for more of a vipassana approach, Shinzen Young’s See Hear Feel is rock solid. 

[TheSelf]

Try to be aware of your breath as much as you can throughout the day without having to force yourself to sit down and meditate in a specific way, make it a habit for yourself to watch your breath whenever you find your mind wandering.

This much watchfulness of breath can bring a nice clear state of mind after some time.

Edited March 16, 2021 by m0hsen

[Nahm]

2 hours ago, Human Mint said:

I have experienced how empowering meditation can be, but lately my mind doesn't want to focus that much and it's bitching a loooot.

Gently, lovingly, notice focus is on thoughts, and return it to feeling the involuntary breathing from the stomach. If it persists, never leave that approach (imo). Don’t look for something “more impactful”, etc, etc. Those would all be thoughts and the thing to do (again imo) is gently return focus to breathing from the stomach. I’ve talked with many people who’ve meditated years and decades not noticing that. Don’t underestimate the sneakiness. 

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Do you have a guided meditation that really helps you?

These meditations are all oriented towards feeling better, feeling the true nature, as well as with releasing any discord that may arise, to make it easier to forgive or apologize, etc, and experience mental and emotional equanimity. 

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What tips would you give me to raise the impact of the meditation?

Impact doesn’t really apply to meditation. It’s like asking how to use a hammer to kiss someone. ‘Raising’ the impact sounds like you’re expecting results from meditation, as if there’s something to fix. I’d wager impact isn’t really what’s desired. What you likely want is to feel absolutely amazing as much and as often as possible, because life just flows and clicks into place when you do. As if the universe itself were playing along.  Pretty sure Confucius said something like “happy person knows no problem”. Sinking into feeling in meditation is the obvious way to go, but bring understanding & expression to the mix, outside of meditation, for life, balance and well being. The emotional scale is one of the easiest and most efficient ways. After a few reads and some going back to it, expressing & raising your vibration, the body mind starts attuning itself, and it’s awesome. When you use the scale, it’s really like one minute with each emotion. Not looking for a whale of a release or anything, just a thought or two expressing each emotion. Light, easy, fun. 

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What other practices should i give it a try?

Here’s a list of tools intended to open up the creative expressive mind, and connect more with being / feeling. 

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What i want from meditation is to get clearminded, inspired and rested, so it affects positively my life.

That’s your true nature, clarity, inspiration, peacefulness / repose, what remains when the thought activity settles. I wouldn’t frame those up as ‘something you can get from meditation’. I get what you mean though. Enjoy. ?

[Human Mint]

3 hours ago, Nahm said:

Here’s a list of tools intended to open up the creative expressive mind, and connect more with being / feeling. 

Those are nice.

Thank y'all 

[Human Mint]

 

8 hours ago, Nahm said:

Don’t underestimate the sneakiness. 

Do you mean the sneakiness of my mind?

 

Also: What do you guys think respect the use of weed. Have you ever experienced with it to help you in this? How was it? I have the feeling that it doesn't construct a solid base, but it inspires me, that's for sure 

Edited March 17, 2021 by Human Mint

[Human Mint]

I think what i need the most is to be creative.

"Creativity in any one category carries over into all other categories"

 

[Human Mint]

I feel intimidated by things, that is not helping me

[Nahm]

4 hours ago, Human Mint said:

Do you mean the sneakiness of my mind?

Of thought. ‘My mind’ is a thought, that’s how sneaky it is. 

3 hours ago, Human Mint said:

I feel intimidated by things, that is not helping me

Things are really just thoughts. 

[Human Mint]

On 17/3/2021 at 8:27 AM, Nahm said:

‘My mind’ is a thought, that’s how sneaky it is.

oh right