No, no no no. You cannot make it shut the fuck up. Trying to is resisting, fighting, being in conflict with the mind, and then you are not at peace.
Meditation is allowing the thoughts to come and go, and choosing not to interact with them. When you find yourself following a thought, no matter how far, just acknowledge it and then return to center. Healthy meditation is allowing the thoughts to flow around you like water, without getting wet.
It is easy to practice, but hard to master. Very fulfilling of you do, though.
8 Comments
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 22 pts · 286d
I’m not on medication and I’m not having sex either :(
Mim@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 286d
I have made peace with the fact that I'll probably die a kissless virgin.
absentbird@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 285d
Agent641@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 285d
Pretty sure meditation is NOT listening to the voices in your head
titmouse@lemmynsfw.com · 6 pts · 285d
Yeah for real. It's mostly practicing making it shut the fuck up.
Agent641@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 285d
No, no no no. You cannot make it shut the fuck up. Trying to is resisting, fighting, being in conflict with the mind, and then you are not at peace.
Meditation is allowing the thoughts to come and go, and choosing not to interact with them. When you find yourself following a thought, no matter how far, just acknowledge it and then return to center. Healthy meditation is allowing the thoughts to flow around you like water, without getting wet.
It is easy to practice, but hard to master. Very fulfilling of you do, though.
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 285d
I thought meditation is trying to silence the noises in your head or at least being passive to the thoughts?
QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 285d
I mean, this unironically.
Estiar@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 286d
How did they know my inner most thoughts?