60 Days of 60 Minutes of Meditation - Let's Not Do Anything Together

[ZCP]

@Sheens when can i line B up for giving me a massage?

 

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[ZCP]

@MTF thank you again for this thread. i've been using the 'accept and dissipate' a LOT.

Get off on a mental tangent .... breathe, accept, let it go, back
Laying down to sleep panic attack for all the shit i have to do tomorrow ..... breathe, accept, dissipate, it's ok

Will try to increase the 'intensity' or at least the depth of the filter with some yoga this week.

 

[EatMan]

Day 40! I'm not sure if I fell asleep or if I got into that "no mind" state people talk about, but 55 minutes into the meditation, my body just took a big breath (as if I was underwater) and I came back. It felt like I just woke up, but I was conscious of myself before that. It was a strange experience, but I feel great now that I'm done.

Maybe its because I'm reaching that "inbox zero", but its nice to have an hour every morning where I'm almost certain I'm going to be at a calm tranquility. (2/3 way done!)

 

[MTF]

Day 50 completed.

Solid session. I feel like I'm getting much better at semi-effortless relaxation. As in: I don't have to force myself to watch my thoughts super intently for long periods of time to let them go. I just realize they're there, I refocus, and that's it (at least for the ones that don't bother me that much, more intense thoughts are recurring and require more work).

Also, it's 50 days already! Just 10 days left to finish the challenge (not that I plan to stop meditating after).

 

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[Matua]

Day 49

I had an alright session.

It's clear I'm falling a little behind for doing meditations consistently, so I will meditate the moment i get up in the morning, without distracting myself away from it.

 

[Olimac21]

Day 55 done.

Excellent session, I had some peaceful and a-ha moments too.

 

[Madame Peccato]

Day 8

The first part went great, however, around 30 minutes in, my neighbor's alarm clock went off, and he didn't bother to turn it off for a good 10 or so minutes, which basically killed my session. I still completed the hour, but I could not refocus.

 

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[redshift]

Day 8

The first part went great, however, around 30 minutes in, my neighbor's alarm clock went off, and he didn't bother to turn it off for a good 10 or so minutes, which basically killed my session. I still completed the hour, but I could not refocus.

View: https://youtu.be/dSsAEWkmBFU

 

[Matua]

Day 50

Did meditation in the morning and I felt a lot better and comfortable doing it.
I like to see my self doing this several mornings in a row and be fully prepared for the rest of the day.

 

[Madame Peccato]

Day 9

Very good session, my mind was a lot quieter today. Also I noticed it's easier for me to focus when I'm sitting straight up ignoring my chair's backrest instead of relaxing onto it.

 

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[MTF]

Day 51 completed.

Chaotic session. I was too sleepy.

 

[Olimac21]

Day 56 done.

Very good session, I cannot believe I am getting to the 60 days this week amazing!

I was wondering how do you guys deal with your "shadow"/dark side? Sometimes I just see myself having some dark/revenge kind of thoughts out of the blue haha at this point I think I have acknowledge this and also some dark traits of mine, but there is still room for improvement ofc.

Get To Know Your Shadow

 

[MTF]

I was wondering how do you guys deal with your "shadow"/dark side? Sometimes I just see myself having some dark/revenge kind of thoughts out of the blue haha at this point I think I have acknowledge this and also some dark traits of mine, but there is still room for improvement ofc.

There are no dark traits or dark side. It's just things from the past you stored inside of you that you didn't let go of. For example, revenge thoughts is nothing else but storing inside you the negative emotions an event in the past caused you. Since you're keeping them inside, they keep bothering you. The only solution is to let go of them, to find a way to finally say: "I'm done letting this stuff from x years ago affect my life today."

Michael A. Singer:

Anytime anything creates disturbance, it's your friend, not your foe. Because it's showing you where you're still blocked. "What do I do if I start to get disturbed?" You let go. It has to do with you being willing to let go instead of struggle. You relax your heart, release your shoulders, and you don't invest your energy where it used to go. And over time, and it does take time, this stuff will go, and you will start to become who you are, which is an extremely beautiful being who needs nothing from anybody but has the natural tendency to give. When you're whole and complete, all you do is give.

Your heart will open to everything and everyone, no matter what they do to you, no matter what they say, nothing will close you anymore. Why? If you don't need anything, then nothing can bother you. Things bother you because you have a need and they interfere with your ability to get it. If you don't need, nothing bothers you. This is what it means to transcend.

Every day, a piece will wanna come up. You'll feel a lacking, a disturbance, you feel something bothering you. That's the piece that needs to let go today. Relax and release through it. Over time you become the most beautiful thing there is on this Earth. A whole being. You have a psyche that's not bothering you.

 

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[Matua]

Day 51

Meditated in the morning and it was so much better to do than the evenings.
It was great overall and I stopped holding myself back from experiencing the negative feelings I had accumulated over the course of the week. I also experienced positive ones, which helped me stay grounded and become at peace.

I was wondering how do you guys deal with your "shadow"/dark side? Sometimes I just see myself having some dark/revenge kind of thoughts out of the blue haha at this point I think I have acknowledge this and also some dark traits of mine, but there is still room for improvement ofc.

I personally lay out my entire baggage in front of me and accepted the things that bothered me. They still bother me from time to time, but it really takes time to let them fully go. In a way, meditation for me is kind of like healing internal wounds (spiritually/mentally). You see that you have problems, but you deal with them in a way that it no longer becomes a problem for you.

 

[Madame Peccato]

Day 10

My mind is getting progressively quieter and I can focus for longer times on myself. I'm in awe at how well I feel during and after my meditation. It's only day 10 and I still have a long way to go, but I am starting to see the first real improvements..

I still drift away a lot and I still don't refocus as quickly as I will in the near future, but my focus lasts longer now. It feels like magic. Wow.

 

[MTF]

Day 52 completed.

Feeling anger and meaninglessness so this wasn't a particularly productive session.

 

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[Olimac21]

Day 57 done

A very "clean" session, super good.

 

[Matua]

Day 52

Just being able to deal with my inner self gives me peace because of the silence it brings.
Thoughts and certain feelings that usually bother me, doesn't really affect me that much now.
Suffice to say, it was good.

 

[Sheens]

Day 52 completed!

When there are so many exciting things going on in a day, my mind is a wonder. Ping pong match to keep present and still very awesome.

There's been one day in 52 that I wasn't feeling really good going into the session and my attention was rapt in feeling my heart beat through my chest. It was a deep and uncomfortable feeling that I'd sooner not repeat for 60 minutes. The lesson was I should have worked out directly before and changed states completely. My fault.

52 days and still figuring this out... doesn't matter to me it it takes 352. Loving the process.

 

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[MTF]

Day 53 completed.

Terrible session. Couldn't focus and by the end just fought not to fall asleep.

 

[Olimac21]

Day 58 done.

Good session overall. Woke up a bit earlier today so that made things easier for me

 

[Madame Peccato]

Day 11

The session was going poorly, up to the point where my mind asked a couple of questions that changed my perspective on past situations, which salvaged everything.

Still lots of chaos in my mind, I will be better tomorrow.

 

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[Matua]

Day 53

Not too bad. I'm starting to feel a little better for the past few days of meditation.
Decent, but good session overall.

 

[Madame Peccato]

Day 12

Decent session, I've had a couple of great moments followed by moments of chaos. I could refocus somewhat quickly except once where my mind really drifted away. I'm on a good path.

 

[MTF]

Day 54 completed.

It was a weird session because I had some strategic (life and business) thoughts coming in and it felt right to listen to them instead of pushing them away. But in between these thoughts it was refocusing as usual.

 

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[Olimac21]

Day 59 done.

Strange session, at the beginning I struggled a bit and then started to get much better. Tomorrow last day! I was thinking about trying TM meditation after the challenge, anyone has any experience with that technique?

 

[ZCP]

day xx
letting the thoughts melt / dissipate often reveals a solution .... almost like boiling down the sauce as you are cooking to get to the good stuff

'letting it go' helps me refocus.

now to adapt it to the FULL freaking hour! lol. To really see what this can do.

i often do this at the beginning / end of a day, and predictably fall asleep.
as it warms up, i may leave the office and walk over to the park and sit and do this in the sunshine

 

[MetalGear]

day xx
letting the thoughts melt / dissipate often reveals a solution .... almost like boiling down the sauce as you are cooking to get to the good stuff

'letting it go' helps me refocus.

now to adapt it to the FULL freaking hour! lol. To really see what this can do.

i often do this at the beginning / end of a day, and predictably fall asleep.
as it warms up, i may leave the office and walk over to the park and sit and do this in the sunshine

So happy you are experiencing the clarity Z!

Plenty of people I know come to eureka moments by mentally putting problems down, letting it simmer, and taking a walk, running, lifting, doing yoga, etc.

 

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[Matua]

Day 54

I almost had no thoughts that ever bothered me, so today was another good day.
Random ideas also popped up during meditation for my project. Sometimes, I think (maybe a little too much) about coming up with ideas, but my mind just instantly came up with new things with no effort at all.
It's definitely better to let things flow and not force it.

 

[MTF]

Day 55 completed.

An okay breath-focused session.