MEDITATION
Meditation has helped me understand my own mind. Before I started meditating, I never thought about what was going on inside my head , it would just happen, and I would follow its commands like an automaton. These days, all of that still happens, but more and more, I am aware of what’s going on. I can make a choice about whether to follow the commands. I understand myself better (not completely, but better), and that has given me increased flexibility and freedom.
Types of Meditation
Mindfulness meditation.
Mindfulness meditation encourages you to observe wandering thoughts as they drift through the mind. The intention is not to get involved with the thoughts or to judge them, but simply to be aware of each mental note as it arises.
Through mindfulness meditation, you can see how your thoughts and feelings tend to move in particular patterns. Over time, you can become more aware of the human tendency to quickly judge an experience as good or bad, pleasant or unpleasant. With practice, an inner balance develops.
This a type of self observation.
CONCENTRATION MEDITATION
Concentration meditation involves focusing on a single point. This could entail following the breath, repeating a single word or mantra, staring at a candle flame, listening to a repetitive sound. Since focusing the mind is challenging, a beginner might meditate for only a few minutes and then work up to longer durations.
In this form of meditation, you simply refocus your awareness on the chosen object of attention each time you notice your mind wandering. Rather than pursuing random thoughts, you simply let them go. Through this process, your ability to concentrate improves.
Guided Meditation.
Meditating is not always easy to actually do. This is especially true for beginners, which is where guided meditation can come in handy. Guided meditations are now available all over the Web completely for free, on YouTube.
Guided meditation helps with visualisation and relaxation.
I also live to Zentangle as a negative form of art.
If you are new to meditation , challange yourself, to a week of gradual build up from 10 minutes a day - 20 minutes a day , continue until it becomes part of your daily activities.
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