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Have you ever practiced meditation? Did you get anything out of it?

Posted - November 13, 2021
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  • 13395
    The only time I tried practicing meditation was in a therapy group dealing with drug/alcohol addictions, the leader guided our meditating sessions with music that I found very relaxing but I could never really get any kind of in depth sort of 'soul changing' benefits.
      November 13, 2021 8:27 PM MST
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  • 11087
    Same here.
      November 14, 2021 5:21 AM MST
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  • 19937
    Meditation requires complete quiet.  Living in NYC, that is not a possibility.
      November 13, 2021 9:27 PM MST
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  • 53524

     

      I once managed to finagle my way into a group of women who were undergoing meditation therapy in order to channel all their pent up desires and sensual fantasies toward me.



    ~

      November 13, 2021 10:19 PM MST
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  • 11087
    And did you get any benefit from it? Meditating, that is.
      November 14, 2021 5:23 AM MST
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  • 53524

     

      Oh, was I supposed to mediate too? I thought it was just an exercise in them meditating about me! Oops.

      I guess I’ll have to reestablish contact with each one of them and meet to hash that out . . .


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      November 14, 2021 10:52 AM MST
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  • 10662
    I practice meditation all the time.  Yet despite having been taught by many theriosist, I still can't seem to get it right.  (sigh)  Guess I'll never be a professional meditator.  (a-a-u-u-b.... I mean.... a-a-u-v-m ...I mean ... a-b-c-d-e ..or is it ... v-a-c-u-u-m ...?   I just CAN'T remember that secret word!)
      November 13, 2021 10:48 PM MST
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  • 3024
    Only when I took a mediation class.  I've never experienced formal mediation in real life. 
      November 13, 2021 11:06 PM MST
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  • 16826
    I do, in contemplative prayer. Helps me tune out the world and focus.

    My better half uses meditation as part of her daily routine. Medication alone wasn't cutting it, combined with meditation she's now the one telling everyone ELSE to calm down.
      November 13, 2021 11:28 PM MST
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  • 44649
    Nah. Just a bit of self-medication.

      November 14, 2021 8:28 AM MST
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  • 3024
    Poison for the mind and soul. 
      November 15, 2021 9:13 PM MST
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  • 16826
    1 Tim 5: 23. Moderation is the key.
      November 15, 2021 10:29 PM MST
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  • 17614
    No.  I did learn, practice, and use Lamaze though. 
      November 14, 2021 9:38 AM MST
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  • 11151
    Kind of. Every year I go into an aboriginal sweat/healing lodge. You have to meditate to clear your mind so that Spirit Bear will pay you a visit and guide you to a better path. I think I got some positive things from it including clean pores. Cheers! This post was edited by Nanoose at November 14, 2021 1:31 PM MST
      November 14, 2021 9:59 AM MST
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  • 1305
    Yes, but not guided meditation, just awareness. It made me aware of all the noise, smells, feelings, and touch, the brain misses out on in everyday life. It also made me aware of how our thinking and feeling keeps us hostage in the past and future, and stops us being present in the moment. It made me aware of how shallow I breathe, and how out of touch I am with my own breathing, this type of breathing causes problems else where in the body. It also encourages you to really look at something for the first time, a fresh, as you did when you were a child, because once we start learning language, a tree becomes like any other tree, and you miss the individuality of everything. I would recommend it. This post was edited by kjames at November 16, 2021 6:18 AM MST
      November 14, 2021 1:22 PM MST
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