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I love this space
I just felt this gratitude well up in me. I don’t always feel overwhelmingly comfortable sharing my insights or helping others because I categorize it as none of my business or that they won’t respect or take me seriously or they will not value what I have to share and it would be a waste of effort or even that I need to conserve my energy as much as possible (possibly a survival mechanism)…. Anyway…. I feel drawn to support and share deeply with people in this space. I feel connected to you people. Thank you for being here ♥️🫶🥹
Identity
Hi, currently in my life I’ve been focusing on my looks and health it’s kinda weird because I been seeing progresss but when I stop doing that for 1/2 days I start noticing regression and that frustrates me…so idk if I should just let go or keep going 👁️
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I feel like on my journey, I have experienced similar, stopped and returned later, was more consistent - saw more results and as time progressed I could see healthy patterns developing like for example. I used to use usually large amounts of butter in my cooking, as I have educated myself on nutrition and healthy dieting, even giving it a try; although it didn’t “fix” my tendencies leading to weight gain or acne or unhealthy habits, over time it got better. By better I mean, today I was cooking eggs and I went into the fridge to grab butter for the scramble, I usually would put like a tbsp of butter in there thinking it was better for cooking. I told myself… maybe just a small sliver will be enough with just a few drops of olive oil. I tried it and it came out perfect, just the same or even better than when I would put so much butter. It’s like my brain, over time of trying different things found itself in a middle path… not no butter at all but just a sliver. From a spiritual perspective - I try different ways of expanding my awareness, challenging my beliefs, exploring my philosophies and seeing what really melds. Sometimes, rather it be physical wellness or spiritual, I don’t like eating healthy or meditating because it is unfamiliar, uncomfortable. The dread or discomfort associated with trying the new thing or keeping doing it (like waking up early)… pulls me away from new habits and into old ones (“it’s fine, just lay in bed for a few more hours.”, “just add the full tbsp, it will taste best.”). It is ok to me today that I am not perfect… that I try to do better and sometimes fall short because that try is like adding a droplet of water into a bowl, it might not look like there is much filling up one drop at a time but over months, the bowl fills. I believe in the process of awakening and enlightenment in all areas of existence. Much love and respect my friend ♥️🫂🖤
Meditation again…
I just learned today that the buddhas teaching talks about how depending on the persons nature, they may be more apt to certain meditation practices and like a doctor prescribing medicine, it only makes sense why one may take the one that is often proven to yield good results. I just read this entire book in just one day. So good.
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Meditation again…
Mental Formations
I was listening to this dhamma talk by this lady and this is what I got from it in my personal reflection. I experience mental formations from discomfort, pain, grief, sadness or stress, everyday difficulties… my response can be mental formations to distract, comfort me as fantasies or recursive thinking of situations, looking for something validating, comforting or that will make me feel smart, wise, powerful or witnessed or admired. It can also manifest in the desire to use people, places or things as tools to comfort me or please me or distract me. Also it can manifest as an aversion, an avoidance of things that I feel uncomfortable or fearful or sad or insecure about. When I don’t want to be present with the discomfort or the inevitable pain of living as a being, I can recognize these manifestations, without judgment, acknowledge it is hard or painful and find myself in the gap between the temporary and fleeting escape hatches and rather be present with the discomfort.
Meditation
Hello guys. Been awhile. I have recently been spending more time in meditation, allowing the discomfort or wanting to be present and sat through. I had an interesting experience meditating the other day. I found myself during meditation at one point, focusing on breathing then a mantra then suddenly I found myself focusing on nothing… actually maintaining my focus on the lack of something. It was wonderful. I am looking to hear if anyone else has had this experience or just what your experiences in meditation have looked like and what it brought to you.
2 likes • Jun 7
@Erhard H. Last night I had the most wonderful feeling and experience. It’s hard to describe but as I lay there, there were very honest and caring thoughts that were very clear and unobstructed as I rested and fell asleep. I feel like these experiences and such great glimpses into new and beautiful experiences in having. I love hearing from you. Thank you for your help and reflection.
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