I'm a fairly nitpicky person and a fine debater, if I do say so myself, and I have nothing to remark upon here. If you write a book on meditation or start sharing in any other modalities than this blog, I'll be there for it!
Like many of your posts, this one is making me feel validated, supported, understood, all the while affording me more clarity and new horizons of exploration. Thank you friend!
I really loved this essay. Thanks for all the links and references. I noticed as I clicked through the links, I started to feel overwhelm, a sort of decision fatigue. As a novice meditator, I feel a bit lost with all these options. I have so many different styles to chose from, for example I use mostly guided meditations from either Waking Up or InsightTimer apps, plus all the recommendations you suggested, and I find myself flitting around, trying different things. Do you have any advice to offer? Is it better to try all the things and see what lands? Or pick some type of path and stay with it for a while? Maybe its the perfectionist in me, that I need to do the "right" thing, or I'm wasting my time.
super helpful even for a decades-long meditator! I tried the standing practice last night. beautiful. it was like a solo craniosacral + womb surround session + maybe action theater? wild where my body took me. thank you so so much.
Oh my gosh. So simple. So perfect. Just do nothing. I’ve been wanting to meditate for so long on my own (without a group class) and this is exactly the direction I needed. Thank you so mug for Nothing.
This is so genuinely bizarre to me. If you’re having some kind of intense experience doing nothing, you must be doing way too much all the time… Speaking from the perspective of a several hour a day “nothingness meditation” practitioner…
“Our capacity to be fully engaged depends on our ability to periodically disengage.” - The Power of Full Engagement
Yes!! Nothing IS Everything. This is one of your finest posts (caveat: I seem to type those words fairly frequently).
Every time this man drops a post about meditation, it's like suddenly being able to see a new color for the first time.
Nothing will always be there. It’s all there is!
YES. This is best-in-class meditation pointers.
I'm a fairly nitpicky person and a fine debater, if I do say so myself, and I have nothing to remark upon here. If you write a book on meditation or start sharing in any other modalities than this blog, I'll be there for it!
Like many of your posts, this one is making me feel validated, supported, understood, all the while affording me more clarity and new horizons of exploration. Thank you friend!
It's uproariously something that adult humans may need a professional to carefully explain to them how to let their body do whatever.
I tried it but didn’t seem to notice anything arising that wasn’t “monkey mind” type thoughts. Do I need to do it for longer?
I really loved this essay. Thanks for all the links and references. I noticed as I clicked through the links, I started to feel overwhelm, a sort of decision fatigue. As a novice meditator, I feel a bit lost with all these options. I have so many different styles to chose from, for example I use mostly guided meditations from either Waking Up or InsightTimer apps, plus all the recommendations you suggested, and I find myself flitting around, trying different things. Do you have any advice to offer? Is it better to try all the things and see what lands? Or pick some type of path and stay with it for a while? Maybe its the perfectionist in me, that I need to do the "right" thing, or I'm wasting my time.
super helpful even for a decades-long meditator! I tried the standing practice last night. beautiful. it was like a solo craniosacral + womb surround session + maybe action theater? wild where my body took me. thank you so so much.
great idea. sounds a lot like wallmaxxing ala cuckfucius: https://cuckfucius.substack.com/p/staring-at-a-wall-somehow-fixed-my?r=3npuwx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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Simple, accessible guidance genius - for anyone wanting to experience the profound benefits of meditation for the mind, body, and spirit.
this is wonderful. :) may your trader joes line waits always be portals to mystical delight.
Oh my gosh. So simple. So perfect. Just do nothing. I’ve been wanting to meditate for so long on my own (without a group class) and this is exactly the direction I needed. Thank you so mug for Nothing.
This is so genuinely bizarre to me. If you’re having some kind of intense experience doing nothing, you must be doing way too much all the time… Speaking from the perspective of a several hour a day “nothingness meditation” practitioner…
I love this concept. Do people practice nothing in small groups, or always solo?