People who meditate everyday, what are you practicing?

[TripleFly]

I've never been able to hold meditation for more than a few months.

What is your practice?

And how long have you been practicing?  

[Adamq8]

I am using waking up app, and then I do solo meditation usually in nature, or in a peaceful cemetary,  there is something special about a place like that, it is very peaceful and atleast where i live i almost always get to be alone or not disturbed atleast.

Im my opinion it is better to meditate 10 min a day then 3 times a week for 1 hour etc.

On and off for about 2 year, it is the last few months that ive not missed a day of it.

It is fantastic how much more fluid perceptions becomes for me and I can easily put my self in a concentrated state that almost collapses my visual field into a ball of colour.

But the most profound is the clarity one gets and especially about the nature of conciousness 

I like to alternate between open eyes meditation,  guided meditation,  or with closed eyes.

 

[Gabith]

Wow thanks for the idea ! I love Cemetary and never thought about medidating there before ! But indeed it's a good idea it's peaceful, very few people go there...

I meditate 5 to 20 minutes everyday right before sleeping it's been 6 years. It became naturally a habit after +- 1 month

I try to meditate when I wake up too, but sometimes I skip days

[Goldzilla]

DISCLAIMER: this is my practice, experience and opinion. Try it out if you wish, at your own risk. Don't take these practices as better than other practices. Do your journey and that wich suits you best. 

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What i do is listening to my breath without controlling the breath in any way. So i meditate even when i work, the attention all times on my breath, this is how super focus is achieved. This is natural for me now, listening to my breath above anything else, it became a way o life, is what they say out there, meditation is not meditation anymore when is just being, is something natural we are born with and we remember the natural state how we should be, the discovery of what is. 

Shambahvi Mudra when i don't have stuff to do, and just sit. 

Doing the mudra time passing is very different, many times i think i meditated 20-30 min, and when i watch the clock 2-3h have passed. Is that enjoyable for me. 

I also do shamanic breathing and heavy breathing, but only when i want to reach a certain state of mind faster or certain pshychic practices. 

To charge faster the crown chakra, what i do is using my hands and swipe my hair with the hands, like 2 combs. This is the reason i have long hair, i discovered this years ago, and in my opinion that is the reason to have long hair, i don't care about the looks. Also staying in the wind with long hair is a totally different experience, women know what i mean. The electrostatic electricity it will wake you up unbelievably fast. 

5 years of practice now. 

Edited August 12, 2021 by Goldzilla

[noticeom]

My daily practice is basically "resting with reality." So I'm not concentrating on any one particular thing. Personally I've never liked those techniques and never saw any value in it. I consciously follow the natural flow of awareness. Whatever arises, wherever awareness wants to go, I am intimately present with it. And eventually the bounds between you and the object disappears.

I feel that this is a more natural way of going about it. You're not wrestling with your mind, or awareness. After all, awareness is the main thing we're dealing with and trying to understand. It's really just about letting go of all control. You don't have to suppress your thoughts. Theres nothing wrong with them (just step back and stop identifying with them). So don't get too involved with the mental chatter. Just let the mind do it's thing and it'll calm down on its own with enough practice. The only thing is, when you're not concentrating on anything and being open, you're more vulnerable to going unconscious. When that happens you're likely to start daydreaming. When this happens and realize it, I come to the breath for a moment to get centered once again, and open it back up to the whole experience.

In the beginning I think it's important to exercise discipline and learn to sit still. But once you can do it comfortably for like 45 minutes you don't really need to keep track of time. And it really doesn't matter how long you meditate for. 5 quality minutes of fully letting go is better than 50 minutes of pure struggle. Don't torture yourself! Just enjoy it and get up when you feel an intuitive sense of completion.

It's very important to me to do this everyday. Even if it's just for 5 minutes. Been at it for about 6 and a half years. I really do it to pursue self realization. But I also need it at this point to stay "grounded." To stay clear and calm.

 

[edit] It's about letting go of control and embracing everything. There are no distractions. A "distraction" is just something you are bothered by and what the mind labels as a distraction. You don't have to be bothered. Just rest with reality.

Edited August 12, 2021 by noticeom

[Adamq8]

@Gabith My pleasure ?

[undeather]

3 hours ago, TripleFly said:

I've never been able to hold meditation for more than a few months.

What is your practice?

And how long have you been practicing?  

Been practicing medidation for around 7 years now. 
Started with simple mindfulness-techniques and then some transcendental approaches

I started experimenting with "weirder" techniques around 2 years ago - for me, its just way more fun that way.
That includes:
- Chanting
- Pranayamas 
- Dharanas 
- Chakra Sadhanas 

 

[gettoefl]

bed at 8pm get up at 4am, i integrated meditation seemlessly

what else are you going to do all shops are closed except the home shopping network  

increased the timer by one minute a day for 120 days

just sit in awareness