@Biginthegame read it all and im very grateful i did cant tell you how much i appreciate your post and the effort behind it thank you so much. this is something ill day by day have to understand and hopefully as i meditate more and more, ill gradually accept it for what it is

thank you again❤️

im glad the post resonated. How long u been meditating

just started last night

was having a great, fun long day but for some reason my brain was so stressed about something i had to do tomorrow and this weekend and it prevented me from enjoying my time at all

it frustrated me so much so i really want to start this path of learning discipline slowly and putting aside thoughts about the past and future. specifically negative ones of course, its a pointless thing and i dont want to waste my days stressing about something that doesnt exist

Real as f***!! usually people have that realization when theyre old. i love when us young folk find The Way.

time is trash. It f***s us up and it doesnt even exist in the sense we know it to be, our conceptions of the past and future are mere aberrations, and its such a relieving fact

Imma start sending u some dope zen s*** i find. This s*** is legit bro. I wanna join u on ur journey!

please brother ! couldnt ask for anyone else to help me with this we already have that bond so it would be such a comfortable thing for me

thank you seriously for doing this

I gotchu bro always!!!

Yo check out that podcast i linked and listen in order. Its such a good start into zen and mindfulness. Its recommended to start in order but start on “dharma talk - beyond mindfulness: the radical practice of undivided presence.”

open.spotify.com/episode/3KZCd2yQ8JlSNBoCG0kUKH?si=IOt9XKhlTqGgp0AOQ1e39w&dl_branch=1

It illuminates the pitfalls of mindfulness when its misunderstood and gives u the real s***. Although she describes it as a whole new approach altogether. Undivided presence is mindfulness! This will save u from many misunderstandings.

<3

Im alive, learning and grateful

Riding the waves of emotions. Coming and going

Back to meditating again consistently after a few months. Already after a week I feel myself more aware and less reactive.

I want to heal man, I'm tired of letting anxiety and fear rule my life.

“Children, living in awareness means to live in the present moment. One is aware of what is taking place within one’s self and in one’s surroundings. One is in direct contact with life. If one continues to live in such a way, one will be able to deeply understand one’s self and one’s surroundings. Understanding leads to tolerance and love. When all beings understand one another, they will accept and love one another. Then there will not be much suffering in the world.”

Excerpt From
Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha
Thich Nhat Hanh

Kundalini awakening is no joke ting

Is that the cover or a painting?

Never heard of this elaborate?

Its zen calligraphy art. Called DAO by alok hsu kwang-han

I'm not well-read (and I don't really want to be... because I know my mind will just go in circles from here, I'd rather just go through it) in that field, but to my understanding the more academic explanation could be when you've unlocked all your chakras and can make your self do 'supernatural' acts. It was most commonly practised in the traditional spiritual disciplines practised in ancient east Asia and Africa.

Anyway... I noticed I had some of the experiences and I had been deliberately cleansing chakras through the nutrition etc for years now and involuntarily through dreams.

It is such a humbling experience too, because you see without any other distortion from thoughts and the mind feels fresh/active all the time. I guess thats why it only happens wholly in dreams for me and only partially when awake.. 🤔

But thing is many ppl been doing it for corrupt agendas like controlling others or just displaying it as something to sell and consume.

Looks incredible! 😍

First off, love what u said about not being well read. keeping a beginners mind and figuring out your own way is essential in zen practice.

But onto the kundalini awakening, seems interesting af its a nutrition/dream based practice? Or is that the path u chose to take? Either way thats f***in incredible

Havent seen zen calligraphy that wasnt godly. Its one of the most elegant art forms ive ever seen

I've heard someone describe it as the first step into stream entry. But I have no experience with that

Its not limited to dreams and nutrition, thats just the path I took.

There's other practices as well that could lead you to that awakening and its usually different for everyone. Meditation is one of those factors that could lead to kundalini awakening so the more you do it, your energy will eventually start to level up.

When your body is ready it'll just start adjusting too so there's not much you need to do but allow it to happen naturally.

Also for all this to happen you need to have let your ego go because there shouldn't be a 'you' experiencing the awakening. Its only energy present.

I guess that's why that person called it the first step into stream entry... cause it enables anyone to access energy most refer to as the 'subconscious' as if you were the subconscious itself

I need to look at more of these

Looks godly indeed!

IN

Been trying mindfulness for years and never got it down. I need to try some other form of meditation but it seems like a chore to research it and everything