Yeah psychedelics are nice, the only way I have felt present so far so it's nice to know that it is naturally possible without them.

Has weed helped your meditation progress at all?

Consciousness / Awareness is literally the only reality. If you aren't aware of something, then it quite literally does not exist in your reality. Being aware of something is creating it in your reality.

This is why meditation is so important. You are learning to shift your awareness from the exterior world to the inner world, your thoughts. You are literally altering your state of consciousness and this exercise, with enough practice, has the potential to reshape your entire life.

Meditation is very similar to shrooms.

its all good.

i want to try one, heard dope things about it.

Yeah I had this exact experience with shrooms, the brighter colors and everything. That's why I only want to try things like shrooms and weed every now and then, makes me question what is real and what isn't, but who knows if meditation influences that too.

Oh nah i meant an isolation tank. I got the psych plug on deck those are my d**** of choice.

But lets keep dat in the subs sxn

i love psychs as much as anybody but lets keep it to a minimum itt folks

Meditation is separate from all that

My cousin does that s*** but doesnt really tell anyone why. Bro spends literal hours with the water running. He probably unintentionally meditating looll

I get that sensation when i be staring in pitch darkness. S*** is crazy.

I really wanna go in an deprivation tank floating in water thats the same temp as the body. Sounds like such an experience

Not gonna lie I really enjoy Headspace,i think it helps me a lot.
But i dont have that much money to spend on a subscription lmfao,so i just pirated the files

Once I find a peaceful quiet moment during the day I'm going to start practicing today 🧘

I need to start practicing

Great thread idea! I use Insight Timer to clock the time and keep tracking it

gonna do this when i wake up

I guess I never actually felt a big difference during/after meditation so that's why I find it hard to do it everyday. Starts to feel like a chore. So many ppl talk it up like this goated life changing practice and I'm like dam I don't feel s***.

Ur expectations prob too high bro its not gonna change life by itself.

It just strengthens your pre frontal cortex which is basically the conductor of your brain, the main region of learning, attention, and emotional control.

It Helps you develop the skill of separating your thoughts from yourself, thus making it easier to get out of negative thought loops by noticing them for what they really are: just thoughts. But meditating for a goal kinda defeats the purpose. youre not supposed to really feel s***, that aint the point. Just focus on your breath and notice thoughts, let em go, then go back to the breath. and keep doing that until over. Its like doing mind reps, and You aint gonna go to the gym after a week or 2 expecting a mike tyson body. But you will feel a bit good after 2 weeks.

May not sound big, cause it isn’t, but in a way it doesnt matter cause mindfulness is a super powerful tool regardless esp if you find it easy to fall into your emotions, or have lots of mental fog.

I know you like hiking, you could practice mindfulness by focusing on your steps on a trail, how your feet feel on the dirt, the activity going on in your body, listening passively to the sounds of nature like music. Thats meditation too