Comments on: My Favorite Meditation http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/08/my-favorite-meditation/ Personal Development for Smart People Sat, 09 May 2009 21:45:19 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Time Cube Traveller http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/08/my-favorite-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-9498 Time Cube Traveller Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:43:21 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=241#comment-9498 I am struck by the Cubic symbolism of this blog-entry. The room-like space would obviously possess a ceiling and floor in between which exist 4 walls and 4 corners. And the two chairs facing each other represent static opposites, kinda like the North and South poles. Furthermore, increase that 5-year interval a little, and one would begin to cover a large portion of the life-metamorphosis: baby, child, parent, grandparent. It is certainly beneficial to one's 4-corner apprehension to reflect beyond one's present-time corner. Also beneficial are the websites http://www.timecube.com and http://www.cubicao.tk : check them out. I am struck by the Cubic symbolism of this blog-entry. The room-like space would obviously possess a ceiling and floor in between which exist 4 walls and 4 corners. And the two chairs facing each other represent static opposites, kinda like the North and South poles.

Furthermore, increase that 5-year interval a little, and one would begin to cover a large portion of the life-metamorphosis: baby, child, parent, grandparent. It is certainly beneficial to one’s 4-corner apprehension to reflect beyond one’s present-time corner. Also beneficial are the websites http://www.timecube.com and http://www.cubicao.tk : check them out.

]]> By: Phylameana http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/08/my-favorite-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-9474 Phylameana Sat, 10 Sep 2005 21:24:25 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=241#comment-9474 Your future projection visualization (meditation) is one of my favorite submissions to the Carnival of Healing that was published today at http://healing.about.com/b/a/200997.htm - thanks Steve! Your future projection visualization (meditation) is one of my favorite submissions to the Carnival of Healing that was published today at http://healing.about.com/b/a/200997.htm – thanks Steve!

]]> By: zannie rose http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/08/my-favorite-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-9093 zannie rose Tue, 30 Aug 2005 04:56:32 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=241#comment-9093 I love playing with stuff like this and reckon that each time we do such a meditation in expands the potential for our evolution in this lifetime zannie rose I love playing with stuff like this and reckon that each time we do such a meditation in expands the potential for our evolution in this lifetime

zannie rose

]]> By: Nikki http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/08/my-favorite-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-8988 Nikki Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:14:51 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=241#comment-8988 This is an excellent technique. I've been meditating for years and I have never heard of this. It's great. This is an excellent technique. I’ve been meditating for years and I have never heard of this. It’s great.

]]> By: Dru http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/08/my-favorite-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-8757 Dru Sat, 27 Aug 2005 04:19:09 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=241#comment-8757 Brilliant. Just tried it and it was an eye-opener. The idea of transcendence... really helps one overcome the present. My thanks are beyond words. Keep up the great writing. Brilliant.

Just tried it and it was an eye-opener. The idea of transcendence… really helps one overcome the present. My thanks are beyond words.

Keep up the great writing.

]]> By: Erin http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/08/my-favorite-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-8593 Erin Thu, 25 Aug 2005 04:06:33 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=241#comment-8593 Insomniac, try this method for falling asleep. Lie on your back when you're ready to go to sleep. Keep your eyes open. Even when you're ready to blink try to force your eyelids to stay open. It's okay to blink though, just give it an extra few seconds before you succumb to the urge to blink. Your eyes will become tired doing this. Your lids will want to close more and more desperately. Every time your lids go to close, snap them back open. Do this for like 10 or 15 minutes and eventually you will be too tired to open your eyes anymore. You will fall asleep. While doing this exercise be sure not to move, keep you head straight, don't let it fall to the side. Don't jerk your limbs while snapping your eyes back open, just keep your body relaxed while concentrating completely on your eyelids and keeping them open. Now, this works for me, and I learned about it years ago, but I'm not sure it will work on an insomniac. So that's my disclaimer. I wish you luck though. Insomniac, try this method for falling asleep.

Lie on your back when you’re ready to go to sleep. Keep your eyes open. Even when you’re ready to blink try to force your eyelids to stay open. It’s okay to blink though, just give it an extra few seconds before you succumb to the urge to blink.

Your eyes will become tired doing this. Your lids will want to close more and more desperately. Every time your lids go to close, snap them back open. Do this for like 10 or 15 minutes and eventually you will be too tired to open your eyes anymore. You will fall asleep. While doing this exercise be sure not to move, keep you head straight, don’t let it fall to the side. Don’t jerk your limbs while snapping your eyes back open, just keep your body relaxed while concentrating completely on your eyelids and keeping them open.

Now, this works for me, and I learned about it years ago, but I’m not sure it will work on an insomniac. So that’s my disclaimer. I wish you luck though.

]]> By: Insomniac http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/08/my-favorite-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-8548 Insomniac Thu, 25 Aug 2005 01:48:04 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=241#comment-8548 Steve - do you happen to know any meditation or whatever method which can help hard-core insomniacs go to sleep? :-( Steve – do you happen to know any meditation or whatever method which can help hard-core insomniacs go to sleep? :-(

]]> By: Pavel http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/08/my-favorite-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-8544 Pavel Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:55:19 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=241#comment-8544 Steve, how often do you do such a meditation exercise? How long does it take? Thanks for letting us know this. It looks like a powerful tool. Steve,
how often do you do such a meditation exercise? How long does it take?
Thanks for letting us know this. It looks like a powerful tool.

]]> By: Arjen http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/08/my-favorite-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-8541 Arjen Wed, 24 Aug 2005 13:44:59 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=241#comment-8541 Thank you for this beautiful meditation exercise. At first I was confused by the sentence "So now I’m the future self looking back on my past self." in the fourth paragraph. Maybe this should read "So now I'm my present self..."? Here's an introduction to meditation I found - I think it's very to the point: http://www.abhidhyan.org/Teachings/Beginning_Meditation.htm The Wikipedia entrance on meditation offers a lot of background information and lots of links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditation The Meditation Society of Australia offers free meditation lessons. (Note however that you have to e-mail them for a password for lesson 2 and onwards, but it's free.) Also they have downloadable MP3s with meditation music and guided meditations - haven't tried it yet but looks nice! http://www.meditation.org.au/ In a previous post you spoke about audio content. I think this meditation would be great material for a guided meditation in MP3/audio format! Thank you for this beautiful meditation exercise.

At first I was confused by the sentence “So now I’m the future self looking back on my past self.” in the fourth paragraph. Maybe this should read “So now I’m my present self…”?

Here’s an introduction to meditation I found – I think it’s very to the point: http://www.abhidhyan.org/Teachings/Beginning_Meditation.htm

The Wikipedia entrance on meditation offers a lot of background information and lots of links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditation

The Meditation Society of Australia offers free meditation lessons. (Note however that you have to e-mail them for a password for lesson 2 and onwards, but it’s free.) Also they have downloadable MP3s with meditation music and guided meditations – haven’t tried it yet but looks nice! http://www.meditation.org.au/

In a previous post you spoke about audio content. I think this meditation would be great material for a guided meditation in MP3/audio format!

]]> By: Shawn http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/08/my-favorite-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-8540 Shawn Wed, 24 Aug 2005 13:31:18 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=241#comment-8540 What a gift! Thanks for sharing this, Steve... What a gift! Thanks for sharing this, Steve…

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