Day 2
It was difficult today, but I found some insights about my mind I didn't really think about:
- My thoughts wanted to imagine the future and get me lost in thought to distract myself from the present.
- "When's that dang timer gonna go off?"
- Felt anxious and the fear of "Did I turn the alarm on?"
Whether it's being addicted to my mind, fear of things that may or may not happen in the future, or doing things before time runs out then I'd be happy, I let these thoughts go and returned back to the present-- using all of my senses to perceive the environment and my self.
I recommend to anyone to check out a video from Eckhart Tolle about How Do We Break The Habit Of Excessive Thinking?
Here's a quote from the video:
Here comes Day 3 of not doing anything!
It was difficult today, but I found some insights about my mind I didn't really think about:
- My thoughts wanted to imagine the future and get me lost in thought to distract myself from the present.
- "When's that dang timer gonna go off?"
- Felt anxious and the fear of "Did I turn the alarm on?"
Whether it's being addicted to my mind, fear of things that may or may not happen in the future, or doing things before time runs out then I'd be happy, I let these thoughts go and returned back to the present-- using all of my senses to perceive the environment and my self.
I recommend to anyone to check out a video from Eckhart Tolle about How Do We Break The Habit Of Excessive Thinking?
Here's a quote from the video:
Many people are addicted to all kinds of things. Thinking is one of the greatest addictions known to man. You can't stop thinking, it's like you can't stop drinking, you can't stop smoking, you can't stop eating. It's a pseudo sense of self.
Presence is a state of no thought. It can still be in the background even when thinking is happening and
you can still not be completely involved in thinking. Thinking loses the ability to create havoc in your life and confuse you.
Your choice then is not to understand more, or bring some intellectual analysis to the practice, but to practice the state of not thinking-- which can be arrived at by various ways as you probably know: If you don't think about it, just do it. Becoming more aware of the present moment and accepting it as it is, slows down the overactive mind. Because a lot of the overactivity of the mind is an attempt to get away from the simplicity of the present moment. So become more aware of the present moment as a practice. ~ Eckhart Tolle
Here comes Day 3 of not doing anything!
Doing this really helps out a lot for me, even outside of meditation. Any thought that gets me to overthink, I override and force push that sucker by making that (mmmm) vibration sound. It's hypnotic to listen to your vocals drumming internally.Then i realise if i make this noise ( like mmmm , vibration kind) i get very alert instantly.
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