Meditation, is it useful? Or is it bullshit? Any of you try it?

penguin_says_slide · 2015-12-30T08:44:35+00:00

Yes tried it. Helps A LOT. You do need to be patient though and ironically not focus on results, instead focus on your breathing :)

However I've also known people who can't stand it. Usually athletes. They use their respective sports as meditative techniques. So both are possible.

EmDeeEx14 · 2015-12-30T09:55:38+00:00

And you don't even have to do it that long...these guys do 30-an hour a day

Shit, I did 10. Lol

KetoSandwich · 2015-12-30T09:41:32+00:00

I try to meditate at least half an hour every evening, sometimes for an hour. I find it extremely useful because it lets me free my mind from all the distractions of the day and just let go for a little while and recharge. When I meditate I feel all the distractions of my everyday life dissapear. My temptation to play Fallout 4, watch some TV show, surft reddit, play a game on my phone, waste time answering some pointless text message, all gone, and replaced by a deeply thoughtful me who can sit down and concentrate on finishing the painting I started, or spent the next 3 hours relaxing and reading and interalizing a book and not have thoughts about my day come up and distract me from what I'm reading. For me meditating is turning the off switch on all the worldly distractions and turning the on switch on my personal self construction.

Sometimes I don't really meditate but just let my mind roam. I'll keep a notepad next to me when I sit down and write down stray thoughts or ideas that I think of while I let my mind float, after I write it down I mentally push away that thought and let my mind relax and wander from topic to topic.

The latter of these two approaches might be a good starting point while you build up your meditation skill, it's not something you can pick up in a couple of days. A lot of people say that clearing your mind and meditating is like training a muscle and it's true. When you first try meditating you won't be able to keep your mind clear of thoughts for very long, before you know it you'll be thinking about the conversation you had with the cute waitress that morning or how you could have done that drawing differently or any thousands of other things. Over time you will become stronger and get better at keeping your mind clear of those distractions and pushing them away when they pop up instead of not even noticing that you're deep in thought about them.

Here's a simple video that does an amazing job explaining meditation, I rewatch it every so often to remind myself of how easy and basic meditation is: https://vimeo.com/131682712

DiggerClam · 2015-12-30T11:11:21+00:00

Try 'Mindfulness' app on the Play Store or App Store; that's how I've been doing it for the kart few months. I found it incredibly difficult to start also.

EmDeeEx14 · 2015-12-30T09:55:09+00:00

Definitely helps. What it does is it helps you stop and think of how you are doing, feeling...the current situation at hand...all in a cooler more relaxed state.

[deleted] · 2015-12-30T16:42:05+00:00

Helps me to calm my thoughts, every time I'm in focused on a goal or goals in particular and I feel like I'm losing discipline to "outside factors" I just meditate for a while until my mind is clear enough that I can re evaluate why I should or shouldn't do something.

GuestsGetGreens · 2015-12-31T00:45:53+00:00

Look up binaural beats on YouTube. Try deep relaxation ones first. You're welcome

Title	Meditation, is it useful? Or is it bullshit? Any of you try it?
Author	SonGokku
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Date	December 30, 2015 8:11 AM UTC (10 years ago)
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