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The thing I cant' understand though. How will doing 20 mins of meditation in a morning benefit me if I get anxious later on in the day whilst i'm at work?

Meditation isn't about fixing the anxiousness entirely. If you practise this over time, it then allows you to feel less anxious in the sense that you can let go of anything which causes you to be upset so easily. It also allow you to be a bit more focused on your feelings, and therefore you can make better life choices based on those feelings. e.g. living in that exact moment, and then decide to let go immediately or not, rather than to dwell, or think way back. If you practice this often, whether it is just meditation, or taking timeouts, you will find that you begin to build a sense of inner feeling and contentment inside you slowly.

 

It just allows you to be more in control overall, and also choose to decide to be involved in that moment or not. Sometimes people have Freudian slips, and it shows the nature of their mind, rather than participating in that actual moment. If you sit and watch what people say and do, you will be surprised at this. But if you want to present the real you as a person and be involved in all that you do, meditation will allow you to do that.

 

There is another angle from a spiritual viewpoint. Which is that if you practice this often, it also then allow you to be aware of when to be involved in something or not, and how. It comes from a compassionate place. When you do more of this, it then changes your actual reality as well in real life. When you get old, you will have this inner peaceful confidence and is not worried about what may happen. It's kind of very natural.

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Meditation cannot be done. It comes to you when you are ready and open for meditation to enter. When you meditate it is not a matter of you choosing or deciding to meditate. You can give witnessing room to grow, then the process will start depending on circumstances and awareness of that witness.

 

Anyone who thinks meditation is a choice they can make or use for something to be done will miss the boat completely. As meditation only comes when the mind becomes silent while the power of the presence grows. That awareness of the present moment is intense, joyful, tasteful, creative. And all that thinking reduces in strength and bigger gaps arise opening space for meditation to come to you. That is how meditation comes, when you are conscious aware and silent. You cannot reverse the process and make yourself do it or decide, choose to meditate, you close the door for meditation to happen when you want it.

Very few exceptional cases are there when someone can sit down and the mind becomes silent. Most people will not experience this silence when meditating and need to do preparation work to create little gaps to give this witness room to start growing again. Although it is possible in extreme cases for it to happen immediately it is more likely it is going to take a long time until you sit and the mind is absolutely silent for even a minute.

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Meditation cannot be done. It comes to you when you are ready and open for meditation to enter. When you meditate it is not a matter of you choosing or deciding to meditate. You can give witnessing room to grow, then the process will start depending on circumstances and awareness of that witness.

 

Anyone who thinks meditation is a choice they can make or use for something to be done will miss the boat completely. As meditation And all that thinking reduces in strength and bigger gaps arise opening space for meditation to come to you. That is how meditation comes, when you are conscious aware and silent. You cannot reverse the process and make yourself do it or decide, choose to meditate, you close the door for meditation to happen when you want it.

Very few exceptional cases are there when someone can sit down and the mind becomes silent. Most people will not experience this silence when meditating and need to do preparation work to create little gaps to give this witness room to start growing again. Although it is possible in extreme cases for it to happen immediately it is more likely it is going to take a long time until you sit and the mind is absolutely silent for even a minute.

 

Meditation like masturbation "only comes when the mind becomes silent while the power of the presence grows. That awareness of the present moment is intense, joyful, tasteful, creative." Unlike mediation masturbation is a physical form of gratification as opposed to an attempt at a psychological. Both share the fact threat the effects are somewhat temporary, as in the effect of one session or repeated sessions lead to further sessions, thus neither are an end in themselves.

 

Both meditation and masturbation are not fully understood, with the latter being seen as somewhat deviant, compared to the higher claim of mediation, which attempts to calm the sole. As for what the sole is, well not much research in that area, as not scientific.

 

Meditation offers the follower if adhered to and constantly practiced peace of mind, whereas masturbation is more a piece of fun, one denies sexuality the other attempts to embrace it, through a prison of guilt and other psychological impediments. Sexual intercourse is in essence masturbation between two consenting adults whereas both together get a prize, when seen through the mechanics of the situation, devoid of psychological flowering to make it seem acceptable and decent.

 

Can one achieve everlasting peace of mind in a patriarchal culture, predicated on male values designed to be repressive, and unequal? THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS NO! Thus both masturbation and meditation offer at best a sticking plaster towards peace of mind, but oe is apparently far more pleasurable. Those that prefer repression will choose one and those that attempt to embrace what it is to be human choose the other. So follow the crowd choose to be like the dominant culture and learn to repress yourself so that you feel you fit in.

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is a long youtube video but worth the effort to get a great basic understanding of mindfulness; includes a guided meditation.

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Meditation like masturbation "only comes when the mind becomes silent while the power of the presence grows. That awareness of the present moment is intense, joyful, tasteful, creative." Unlike mediation masturbation is a physical form of gratification as opposed to an attempt at a psychological. Both share the fact threat the effects are somewhat temporary, as in the effect of one session or repeated sessions lead to further sessions, thus neither are an end in themselves.

 

Both meditation and masturbation are not fully understood, with the latter being seen as somewhat deviant, compared to the higher claim of mediation, which attempts to calm the sole. As for what the sole is, well not much research in that area, as not scientific.

 

Meditation offers the follower if adhered to and constantly practiced peace of mind, whereas masturbation is more a piece of fun, one denies sexuality the other attempts to embrace it, through a prison of guilt and other psychological impediments. Sexual intercourse is in essence masturbation between two consenting adults whereas both together get a prize, when seen through the mechanics of the situation, devoid of psychological flowering to make it seem acceptable and decent.

 

Can one achieve everlasting peace of mind in a patriarchal culture, predicated on male values designed to be repressive, and unequal? THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS NO! Thus both masturbation and meditation offer at best a sticking plaster towards peace of mind, but oe is apparently far more pleasurable. Those that prefer repression will choose one and those that attempt to embrace what it is to be human choose the other. So follow the crowd choose to be like the dominant culture and learn to repress yourself so that you feel you fit in.

 

Yes erebus. Masturbation gives you that one short flash of that witness becoming one with that power of the present moment.

Only thing is that using sex to get there makes you more dependant on the body and it becomes an addiction often leading to a perverted mind in this society.

The most intelligent people in this world have been poisoned crucified and locked up by the dominant cultures.

It is possible to pretend and act as if being repressed like the crowd without actually being repressed yourself, if needed to fit in with dominant repressed society and you desire to go back there again.

Everlasting peace is not an achievement, winning elections making money or becoming the pope is an achievement. The simple answer is no because when it happens you are no longer there to think about it. Meditation is silence, not finding answers.

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Unfortunately it doesn't seem to cure insanity. It can help with some anxiety problems.

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