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[–] 35 points 2 years ago (1 child)
  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I thought with mediation you should ignore that voice and focus on being in the present.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Depends on the form of meditation. For general, workplace-endorsed "mindfulness" meditation, you allow yourself to think whatever you think, but instead of reacting to it, you merely observe and acknowledge that you're having that thought. You don't let yourself get carried along with it though. You let it pass and let another thought come along, observing your own mind. Other types of meditation are about striving to think nothing, and it's expected that you'll fail, and take years to accomplish that after a great deal of practice.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    workplace-endorsed "mindfulness" meditation

    That sounds pretty dismissive. It's very sad that capitalism co-opts these things to squeeze out even more energy from workers, and that people think this is just something PR or HR or whatever came up with.

    Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and similar techniques (e.g. autogenic training) are effective and empirically proven methods to combat depression, eating disorders, chronic pain, etc.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Every mediation final goal is to achieve tranquility of mind which is only possible if mind is in present and when you quietly listen to inner voice without reacting, it slowly start fading away and meditator goes in one of the jhanas state

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    With meditation you stop resisting any voice in your head and thoughts

    They eventually will go away on their own if you don't resist

    You do also need to be comfortable, relaxed and in a distraction free environment

    Dim your lights and turn off any bright sources of light that keep your body awake

    Edit: practicing meditation does also help as well because it does get easier to do over time if you practice

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This doesn't explain the entire method to meditation

    Meditation is easy once you know how to properly do it

    You also need to know how to relax your body and get comfortable along with finding a distraction free environment

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Also, getting distracted doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong.

    noticing that you got dostracted and getting back on track for a while until it happens again is what it is all about (if you ask me)

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

    Why is she in the middle of the road?

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah no thanks. The voice in my head is an asshole.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    the voice in my head is normally completely incomprehensible

    not silent more like gibberish

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    If anything I probably listen to it too much.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)