For a better life we want to enjoy our feelings. For a better life we also have to do something. Most of us cannot simply meditate the past away, we have to embrace and create life in order to be fully present, available, and free in this moment.
Meditation does bring our awareness to the present but the present can be very much of the same old routine. Not much excitement here. Boredom, loneliness, isolation would be the words that come to the still busy mind of many.
Meanwhile we are told we are to be more compassionate and kind to ourselves and everyone we meet. If we are honest with ourselves instead of being more ego less and giving, we often find ourselves with lots of judgments, with less energy, less enthusiasm for life, including family and friends. Its hard to be dancing with our shadow and the shadow of the world when we are routinely observing, feeling depleted, separate and a part from of our own light.
The word for mind in Chinese, Tibetan, Sanskrit, Pali and many dialects in Asia is the same word as heart. But in English and Western culture, mind and heart are two very different words and more important very different experiences. So while everyone is being mindful of what's going on in their head and body, the experience of the heart is getting little or no attention.
Meditation in the West has often become something mindful and heartless. It is no wonder that many people who meditate feel depressed.
A life of big heart is not the focus. Meditation in India, Bali, and many places in the East is a heart full experience. There is self acceptance and appreciation as we bring our awareness underneath our thoughts and feelings and discover our well of being in the heart. As we go underneath the waves of daily life there is the vast ocean of heartfulness to enjoy.
Heartfulness meditation is letting go of the thoughts which keep us busy while receiving the love inside our heart. Receiving and absorbing heart essence heals the habitual thinking mind. Relieving the thinking mind by receiving our heart can heal the memories, patterns of behavior, dramas in life which keep us unhappy. Meditation can be a soothing bath.
We soak in the simple peace of our heart. We are rejuvenated, relaxed, cleansed, and inspired. It is a relief to meditate and take our awareness back from the constant projection into our daily world where everyone and everything can be seemingly walking all over us. It is a joy to come back to the safe harbor of our own heart.
Meditation can be recharging to simply be. Meditation is taking time to breathe, like a sponge, in our source, our center, our own wholeness. It is a daily absorption practice of innocence, trust, well being. When we are sitting in the silent depths of our heart, instead of becoming dry watching our mental life, we are embracing literally the heart of life.
And we discover life is embracing us! Inside our heart is a vastness without thought, a great space of endless presence. While this is probably a good thing if your goal for meditation is to achieve enlightenment, if you goal is to reduce stress… Maybe try exercise first? I squeeze in min of vigorous ish exercise almost every day by following Youtube workout videos. This allows the perfect change of pace for my day as well, which helps alleviate concentration challenges brought on by my ADHD.
To be honest, when I receive an email whose first paragraph make my pulse rate spike, I still take a pause to observe my breath for five seconds. That is something taught in the practice of meditation. The observing breath part, not the five seconds part.
As I mentioned, everyone reacts differently to it and meditation might have positive benefits for you. While apps would work, what seems better, if this is accessible, is to follow the guidance of an expert.
After all, especially if you are planning to pursue meditation intensively, we are talking about the potential change of your mind. But listen, lots of people have reaped benefits meditating to apps so it might work for you too! However, if your goal for meditation is to help reduce stress, calm your mind, and increase emotional stability, I highly recommend the aforementioned strategies of changing your environment, changing your mindset, or incorporating exercise into your days first.
They have worked wonders for me, and with exercise, it is something I het a lot of joy out of doing! Fashion Lifestyle Wellbeing About Gloria. But did meditation make a significant difference to my life? Not really. This picture of someone meditating truly makes me calmer than meditation itself. Share 1. Tweet 0. Pin it 5.
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