i want to be clearer and be able to think in a more focused manner. how do you properly meditate and what are your experiences with meditation.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditation

never meditated but honestly brother what i'd recommend doing is putting your time into s*** you love or are interested in. learn some new s***, dabble in arts.

I get a f***ed up headspace here in there when I go into defense mode and s***, but i'm always level headed.

Just gotta learn to be happy with yourself, if you're not already. Find s*** to help you escape reality for a lil especially the given circumstances.

youtube, music, video games, art, etc. gonna be your best friends

Think of your conscious mind as a river and your thoughts are leaves just floating on top.

Take note of them but you don’t wanna focus on one for too long

Meditation to me is like willed evolution in a sense

Decent advice but that stuff isn’t substitute for meditation really

speaking more to his mental health, because I know he's going through s***

The river thing is good

Just observe ambient sounds & imagine them taking shape on their own like you would with music. When you hear wind blow leaves just think about the texture of that sound detached from the source

Just a good excersise in becoming more comfortable or familiar with your thoughts with no other stimuli going on

Close your eyes

finna start a journal

i've been practicing zen buddhism and meditation since 2012. i haven't had depression or anxiety ever since. i also experienced ego death. i've accumulated so much good karma that i only get positive experiences.

me·di·a·tion
/ˌmēdēˈāSH(ə)n/

noun
intervention in a dispute in order to resolve it; arbitration.

Ego death from meditation?

Great way for getting some weight off

yes

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How was that

i like to center myself on my breathing

intense, overwhelming, scary, and awesome

How do you think you got there? I tend to do mindful with a bit of transcendental mantra’ing for centering

meditating 15 to 20 mins a day for 30 days now, feels kinda great sometimes. Skin is improving. I also combine it with wim hof breathing right before meditating, it enhances it a lot. Just need to up it to 40 mins a day.

I recommend it to everyone, it really kills your stress-levels. I
ve read an article that said: very low stress levels can change grey hair to old color, now it is not like I have grey hair, but this is what it definitely leads to!

OP get into it, start 5 mins a day, then after 2 weeks 10 etc. etc. Just keep doing it

made me lol