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how many among you meditate? please share your experiences and results

Discussion in 'Self Improvement' started by Z_the_B, Aug 20, 2014.

  1. Z_the_B

    Z_the_B Guest

    I personally love meditation. I just sit quietly and try to keep my mind empty/ be more aware/ observe in pure silence. It helps me with my concentration focus and helps me deal with my urges and increases my capacity for patience. You clearly need patience because an hour long meditation can sort of be boring but my dad is a pro at meditation hes read a lot of books and he's retired so he has a lot of spare time. He meditates for hours everyday and this helped him quit drinking/smoking and he says he never gets any urges and that thoughts about ciggarretes And booze don't even cross his mind. He says he doesn't even need them. He's also become more calm when a few months ago it was the complete opposite Lol. He says that he personally doesn't get bored of meditation for long hours because he never keeps track of time and says that time flies super quickly at a slow refreshing speed. Whatever the fuck that means lol.
    I can't meditate more than 10 mins and I'm not really regular at meditation but those who do it, please share your experiences and results.
    Also, I think meditation speeds up a reboot and helps rewire naturally if done correctly and regularly. Just plain old meditation nothing fancy. Your thoughts??
    Back in my last streak, I tried mindfulness meditation and I focused on feeling my penis and felt warm tingling sensation of life (it was dead down there for months) and I slowly got myself out of the flat line and started feeling really good down theree. But I fucked everything up with a bad mindset and a binge.

    I think regardless of a reboot,meditation is a good practice.
     
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  2. kumar123456

    kumar123456 Fapstronaut

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    gud to see ur interest in meditation.
    i would recomend u to do few breathing exercise b4 meditation.
    and make deep humming sound closing ur mouth.After this try to meditate.
     
  3. Emerge

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    Meditation is one of those things that should be taught in school. For me it is a godsend. I used to meditate all the time two years ago and it did wonders for my life. Life got busy and I stopped. A lot of issues resurfaced (stress,anxiety,anger,impatience,procrastination,etc). I realized that it is something you have to keep up with like the gym. If you stop working out your mind it will become weak. So recently i have started to reintroduce it into my life. At this point I can't believe I ever stopped.
    With meditation you realize that time does not really exist , at least not in the way we perceive it. We all carry around physiological time. It's like a carrying around a weight that has no purpose but to drain you. Once you get better at meditation, time no longer becomes a stress but a tool instead.
    I have been slowly getting back to it. I meditate right after I wake up. I literally roll off my bed onto a chair and mediate for at least 20 minutes. Doing it in the morning sets a tone for the entire day. The difference in my days when I don't meditate is outstanding. It helps a lot for NoFap especially.
    Anyhow I could go on for pages about the benefits of meditation, but you really need to try it for yourself to understand. Be persistent and the results will come.

    P.S. Read "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle. It's a must read if you are interested in meditation.
     
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  4. coolmike87

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    I think meditation is an amazing practice. I have tried so many forms and ways... Its really comes down to and is about just sitting down and focusing your mind i guess... Maybe focus on a deity? I have been using the rosary as a mantra and focus on Mary and the rosary mysteries.. I do that every night before bed and I always think about my addictions and all those suffering before I do this... I feel prayer/meditation has helped me achieve alot in the past year. Hope this helps. It couldn't hurt to add this to your tools to beat PMO addiction
     
  5. IWantABetterLife22

    IWantABetterLife22 NoFap Moderator

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    I meditate, and I find it beneficial to both clearing my head and controlling my thoughts, including unwanted sexual ones. "Unwanted" sexual thoughts are thinking about my post porn experiences and objectifying other women. I try to meditate for 10 minutes a day (I know some people suggest do it at the same time everyday but I do it when I have a few extra minutes). What I do is focus on white noise (music played on a radio, traffic, birds chirping, etc), just anything exterior of my own head. If a stray thought enters my head, I either imagine it blowing out of my head by a gust of wind or imagine static on a TV.
     
  6. Z_the_B

    Z_the_B Guest

    Thanks for sharing your experiences.
    I read a quote somewhere - you should meditate for 20 mins daily. But if you r too busy, then you should meditate for an hour. :D
     
  7. I dont meditate. Tho I have started reading a little bit since I started no PMO. First time really reading in like 7 years. Some call that meditation, I dont, up to you.
     
  8. c-l-a-s-h

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    To me, meditation is necessary for a reboot. I credit it with helping me loads. It also leads to a calming mindset. I'm at a very stressful point in my life right now. The only way I've stayed level and positive, meditation.

    You don't even have to meditate a lot. I only do ten minutes a day. However, commitment is vital. You have to stick with it to see results.

    Meditation is very easy to do, but also very easy not to do. You just have make it work towards your advantage. It's the Slight Edge.

    Anyone more interested in meditation can read this article:

    http://www.kratosguide.com/self-transformation-through-meditation/
     
  9. Z_the_B

    Z_the_B Guest

    Casual you have never tried it bro :p you don't have to believe in god or something to meditate. And although reading is like meditation (reading is an awesome habit I read at least 150 pages of something everyday), I think reading and meditation are two completely different neurological processes. Try it. Everyday for 5 mins. Just sit and keep still focus calmly on breathing. Just 5 mins everyday.

    Clash thanks for the link bro. You r a living example that meditation indeed pays off well in a reboot. :)
     
  10. I have been practicing meditation for about a year now. It definitely changed my life and is something I will do regularly from here on. Unlike people here might expect, I have not meditated with the purpose of controlling urges. For that, an all or nothing approach seems to work. If I PMO at all, then I do it regularly/frequently, if I don't at all, then I don't and the majority of the time it comes easily to me (just rare but very strong urges I have to get through).

    During my reboots, sometimes my meditation purpose is to transmute sexual energy or build it and embrace it as part of me rather than something I need to release. Mostly though, I meditate to clear my mind of attachments and egotistical thought, and open it to a more comprehensive understanding of reality. I encourage all fapstronauts to try meditation, as it is a powerful tool to accomplish any mental change, and as the mental has a strong influence on the physical, it can help with that too.
     
  11. Indeed I have never tried it. My massage therapist recommends me to try it especially now that I am working out 5 times a week.
    I am by nature very suspicious in trying new things and it take alot of guts to try something new in my case. It takes some time before I actually do try it.

    And, now that I am in a difficult part of my life and I am searching for a job every day, my neck is tight as hell and I feel generally bad. My hair is gorse because of not finding a job. And I am generally under A HUGH amount of pressure.

    But we'll see. I might try it out.
     
  12. Z_the_B

    Z_the_B Guest

    Don't be suspicious. I'm forcing you to try it. Yes. I am forcing you for a reason. Its a great stress buster and I'm generally more aware of things that r good or bad for me and I'm in control :) it doesn't hurt Buddy
     
  13. Z_the_B

    Z_the_B Guest

    I want to repeat that quote I read

    You should meditate for at least 20 mins everyday.
    But if you are too busy, then you should meditate for an hour.

    Don't take the meaning literally but this quote has a great point I was impressed
     
  14. AgnosticBuddha

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  15. How do I even meditate?
     
  16. IWantABetterLife22

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  17. SuperFan

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    For me, prayer takes the place of meditation, and I will say that my abstinence has been a LOT easier when I have an active prayer life.

    By "active" I mean a regular, consistently-through-the-day awareness of God's presence--I ask for things, I let him know my thoughts and desires, struggles, everything--and I've found that He's been faithful to give me a healthy disinterest in PMO, and a renewed desire for my wife. It's an amazing feeling.

    I'm reading a great book called "Why Revival Tarries" by a guy named Leonard Ravenhill. He's a turn-of the century revival preacher, and he doesn't mess around in this book. He talks about the importance of prayer, and how "a sinning man will stop praying, and a praying man will stop sinning." I realized that even though I believed God was good, loving, and wanted me to succeed, I wasn't accessing any of that power through prayer. No wonder I was having such a hard time abstaining. Now, I pray a lot more often and the temptation isn't nearly as bad as it used to be.

    It works.
     
  18. Mystical•Citra

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  19. davenofapfrance

    davenofapfrance New Fapstronaut

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    i meditate most of the time it helping me on my NoFap path
     
  20. LESIO

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    I read the Bible and personally it helps me a lot when staying focused. :)
     

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