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RE: My first transzendentale meditation
I don't preffer meditations with mantra's. I just like to relax and let go all thoughts. Don't have fight with my mind because I trained it to know when is moment to stop.
then you are one of very few if you are cpable fo doing that.
How long you meditate?
Don't want to get in why our mind operates in way it does because it's long story for one comment. It can be useful for many things, for example reminding you must be in 5:00h at some place. Problem is when mind completely takes control over someone's perception, so mind chatter takes control over someone's perception. But in the end it's individual fault that happen. I think there is wrong perception we must fight our mind. To me that is completely wrong. Our mind is not stupid, in the end listen our command. If we want our mind to be quiet, it will be quiet. To someone who allowed mind chatter to take control, it will be longer process to be done because mind knows to fight, not because it wants to control you, it is because it's used to operate in some way. I will recommend tehnique 'I don't care' when mind starts it's own chatter. In the end if you stick with it, mind will realize he really don't care about my thoughts in this moment and I must let go. That can be very useful in every day life and in meditation in this case.
I meditate from time to time since I was teenager, well over 15 years.
Intersting.
I did not fight the chatter of mind and be more of a spectator while I focused on my breath.
With the mantra it felt quiet more naturally which I enjoyed a lot.
That is great! Everybody must find tehnique that is useful for them. I'm not mantra guy, but if someone loves it go for it. Didn't try various meditation tehniques because I like to have my own way. From few I tried I only liked breathing meditations.
Did you hear something about Stanislaf Grof and Akahi Riciardo?
no never heard of it but I will look it up later.
Yes I agree there are so many meditations out there.
I followed the vipassana meditation for quite some time but also ran in some problems there.