Meditation
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Just, stop inhaling, okay? Stop inhaling or put the joint out.
Edit: I still don't understand what you mean, but no. The closest thing I do to meditation is just setting up a playlist of music and then sitting perfectly still while listening to it, eyes closed and headphones on.
Just, stop inhaling, okay? Stop inhaling or put the joint out.
Edit: I still don't understand what you mean, but no. The closest thing I do to meditation is just setting up a playlist of music and then sitting perfectly still while listening to it, eyes closed and headphones on.
The whole crossed-legs, "Ohm" meditation is a bit goofy to me. But the general relaxing, clearing your mind, etc. makes a lot of sense, especially in this over-stimulated society. My form of meditation is going for a drive. Radio off, just focus on the road on the horizon and it clears my mind. Very relaxing.
I've tried it in the past but I always had trouble focusing for long peroids of time (I haven't tried meditating in ages).
To be fair, he could have just been bored when he created the thread. I'm not so sure he had the munchies at that time, if you get my meaning. But anyhow, when I need to wipe upsetting things from my mind, or when I just need to relax, I like to listen to white noise. There's a few good examples of it on YouTube, and it's really quite pleasant to listen to.AmrasCalmacil said:
It's brilliant.
To get to sleep, I assume the corpse position, flat on my back, and then really tense up each limb in turn (including fingers and toes) and then relax them, one after the other, something I learned when my sister dragged me along to yoga classes years ago. Then I can clear my mind of the days bullshit with some 'breathe in blue, breathe out red' exercises, really calming.
Perfect sleep, right through to morning without disturbance, and it only takes a minute to do. It's amazing the power that the mind has over the body if you can just control it properly.
EDIT: I use some deep breathing techniques when riding the bike. At 140mph, my heartbeat barely rises above resting. It helps with focus.
To get to sleep, I assume the corpse position, flat on my back, and then really tense up each limb in turn (including fingers and toes) and then relax them, one after the other, something I learned when my sister dragged me along to yoga classes years ago. Then I can clear my mind of the days bullshit with some 'breathe in blue, breathe out red' exercises, really calming.
Perfect sleep, right through to morning without disturbance, and it only takes a minute to do. It's amazing the power that the mind has over the body if you can just control it properly.
EDIT: I use some deep breathing techniques when riding the bike. At 140mph, my heartbeat barely rises above resting. It helps with focus.
I meditate once a day. I found that it brings a sense of inner peace that nothing has come close to (well, almost nothing, but that's cheating)
I meditate. It's not silly as such (unless you expect some super powers like levitation or mind reading from meditating) but refreshing and relaxing. I use it to stop thinking, or start thinking, or to relax all my body and go in a semi-concious state in which my perception of time changes drastically to stretch each second to infinity or make the sun rise and fall in the blink of an eye.
Yah.
Mostly I fall asleep when I try it though, no matter the position.
Yah.
Mostly I fall asleep when I try it though, no matter the position.
Tried meditation a few times, but i get bored. If i tried a bit harder and commited more maybe i could do it properly.. but i dont really have any incentive todo so.
The closest thing i do reguarly is some pretty serious heavy-duty day-dreaming, usually on long car journys, walks, or when in the bathroom or whatever... hell, i have invented several universes already lol, which i like to mess around with via my imagination.
The closest thing i do reguarly is some pretty serious heavy-duty day-dreaming, usually on long car journys, walks, or when in the bathroom or whatever... hell, i have invented several universes already lol, which i like to mess around with via my imagination.
Oh it can calm people down. It can even help with withstanding pain (as long as you prepare well enough before hand and you know the pain is coming).
However, like many things, Hollywood has hyped it up beyond belief. Meditating will not help you understand the "mysteries" of nature or "the universe". That is done through science and experiments, and not by sitting down cross-legged all day. Meditation can reduce stress but cannot stop mental illness, can't cure cancer, can't "unlock hidden powers" and generally it's just a glorified type of relaxation technique.
Some people go on and on about Yoga and Meditation, as if they were the hidden keys to unlock a golden future for humanity. Sheer nonsense. People have been meditating for hundreds, if not thousands of years. I have yet to see any meditating society achieve "perfect harmony" or "perfect peace", and none of them can do the super-natural things that some claim they are capable of.
Meditating IS not entirely useless. But neither is it special.
However, like many things, Hollywood has hyped it up beyond belief. Meditating will not help you understand the "mysteries" of nature or "the universe". That is done through science and experiments, and not by sitting down cross-legged all day. Meditation can reduce stress but cannot stop mental illness, can't cure cancer, can't "unlock hidden powers" and generally it's just a glorified type of relaxation technique.
Some people go on and on about Yoga and Meditation, as if they were the hidden keys to unlock a golden future for humanity. Sheer nonsense. People have been meditating for hundreds, if not thousands of years. I have yet to see any meditating society achieve "perfect harmony" or "perfect peace", and none of them can do the super-natural things that some claim they are capable of.
Meditating IS not entirely useless. But neither is it special.
I'm actually listening to some now after you said that, it's rather odd and I'd have expected myself to get a headache by now, but it's making my head feel sort of tingly.The_Oracle said:
Very interesting.
I tried to meditate, but it actually makes me more nervous ("why am I not calm yet," and stuff like that pops into my brain).
For me the best way to promote inner peace is through outer violence. Gears of War is surprisingly soothing. Yes, I am crazy.
For me the best way to promote inner peace is through outer violence. Gears of War is surprisingly soothing. Yes, I am crazy.
Actually, I'm completely clean. The whole "aaaaa!" thing is actually the title of a game on steam, and it has a level where there's nothing really on screen, and a voice going through the steps of a simple meditation.AmrasCalmacil said:
I decided to follow them and it really calmed me down and made me feel good, which inspired me to create this thread.
Well, I think it's rather special. And here's some scientific proof to back it up. Basically 4,000 people practiced transcendental meditation in Washington D.C. over 8 weeks and the violent crime rate went down 20%.Korolev said:
Yes. I do it frequently. I also go to 3 Yoga classes a week. That's really where I first started meditating
I think its awesome because it can shut down the part of your brain that keeps track of where your body is so you "feel at one with the universe". Its like self-induced phantom limb syndrome.
If you really get into it meditation can do some wierd stuff to your brain.
This is what I've heard, at least.
If you really get into it meditation can do some wierd stuff to your brain.
This is what I've heard, at least.