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WordKeeper · 04-19-2009, 02:39 PM

last month - somewhere on this forum - I committed to a 30 day - daily meditation commitment. I did not complete it. But I am completing a 30 commitment of tapping on a Prosperity Affirmation on another forum and find myself drawn back to meditating.

I know there is much to be gained and wonder if anyone else here would like to make the 30 day committment and share what comes of it.

I am committing to sitting 2Xs daily with a goal of 20 minutes each period (but a minimum of 5 minutes).

Anyone else want to join me?

state101 · 04-20-2009, 02:28 AM

Yes...this is what i have been looking for...someone else to help me commit to 30 days of meditation...20 minutes twice a day sounds good to me..,Twice a day will be better than once.

So, to stay on track would you like to report back here after the 2nd meditation session, and write somthing on the post..for EG

2 twenty minute sessions completed

anything experienced

you know just to see how we are traveling with commitment to show we are on track....

Im strarting today Monday, and will write my post 1st post later 2nite. PEACE

David Cain · 04-20-2009, 02:33 AM

Hi WordKeeper,

I am actually in the middle of this same thing right now, you may have seen it on my site.

I have found it quite difficult to keep up. I very often experience resistance to the idea of sitting down. You can see my progress here.

Keep us posted on your progress.

WordKeeper · 04-20-2009, 04:26 AM

State you are a day a head of me. It is still Sunday where I am but aside from the time difference I am agreed to start on Monday and report back here. So glad you and are are going to keep each other company along the way. Hope others will join along.

David - I am looking forward to reading what you have written. I definitely ran into resistance last month and expect I will again. But it definitely helps to post on-line and to agree to join with others. This helped me keep my committment to the Joe Vitale affirmation. For some reason the evening sitting is much more difficult for me that the morning one. Who knows?

state101 · 04-20-2009, 02:46 PM

Day 1 Monday 20th April.

I did meditation for 30 minutes with holysynce binural beats at around 10 AM.
While still doing the meditation of breath of light to the bottom of the stomach and holding it as if your thought where in your stomach ( what i was tought is the best way via a teacher)

Did a 2nd session of 20 minutes at 11.PM ( without binural beats)

For some reason i find it harder without the binural beats?

So that was my first day...over the 30 days i hope to do at-least 50mins to 1 hour a Day/Night.

WordKeeper · 04-20-2009, 03:13 PM

Well done State.

I completed my morning 20 minutes - by the hardest.
But I know that the key is the doing of it - period.

state101 · 04-21-2009, 11:32 AM

Day 2 Tuesday 21st April

Morning session with holysynce of 30 mins at around 10am

2nd session of 30 mins with holysynce at 8pm

I find it easier to do the night session earlier on in the night as if i do it around 10 or 11 pm i cant get to sleep due to the energy and awareness from the meditation.

Day/Night 2 1 hours total 2 down 28 to go

state101 · 04-22-2009, 12:48 PM

3rd Day Wednesday 22nd

Morning 7.30 Am 30 mins holysynce

After work hard day...stuck to the night session and glad for it.

30 mins holysynce at 9.00 Pm

WordKeeper · 04-22-2009, 08:06 PM

Often when I focus on something I find that the resistance to the change goes up exponentially.

Meditating has been VERY difficult. That is all the more reason for me to cement my commitment. I thank you state for doing this with me.

Today I became aware of something that I had allowed to slip into denial. I am bumping into a powerful block of anxiety. I know axiety - perhaps have suffered from it my whole life. I thought I had gotten over it. What I got over was the type of anxiety that stood in the way of leaving the house, going to social events, answering my phone and similar "normal" activities.

But while those things are no longer such a problem the anxiety does indeed stand in my way of several very important activities. The meditation helped me recognize that.

I feel disappointed in making this realization. I will transform that disappointment into thankfulness. Over the past couple of years I have practised a number of techniques that help overcome severe anxiety that actually exacerbated my heart beat and adrenalyne to the point that I could feel them. This is much more subtle. I overcame the more severe anxiety. I can overcome this.

Though I feel disappointed to be facing anxiety again (in truth it never left only got better) I am thankful that I know several methods to use against it and am thankful that I know what this block is.

state101 · 04-23-2009, 04:42 PM

Day 4

Morning 7.30 AM 30 mins usual

feel like i can cope till about 3pm..

Ive never felt like i can get out of the anxiety also...bad huh...i think the mind takes over and then it becomes that emotion of guilt/anxiety/non calm/un happy/nervous/what eva you want to call it....and its clear the feeling is familiar! ( feeling is important and to make it good will take dedication)

I Failed a night meditation 2nite...to go a drink beers...altho i will continue the day night MED 2moro!

What can be done to feel good? Isnt that the answer everyone is seeking!

Well it is, In my opinion thru meditation the truth within yourself will come..it will also take healthy eating and water intake every day!

And it seems like such an impossible take ay?

As you said it...its in the doing...and practical is always better than theory based pro's and cons!

So the 30 days will be done...and lets see the results True? Yes

Resistance has come across on day 3/4....can be DON..FOR SURE!

WordKeeper · 04-24-2009, 07:19 PM

Resistance and lapse and failure will not deter. The dark, necrotic will not overcome.

Quote:

Well it is, In my opinion thru meditation the truth within yourself will come..it will also take healthy eating and water intake every day!

Excellent points.
I will move into healthy eating after making more progress with meditation. Certainly vitale.

state101 · 04-27-2009, 04:07 AM

Well i have missed 3 days of the meditation and really i need to do it...

It is now Monday the 27th and i have done half hour morning session and feel alot more clear...but wont be doin great untill i have a good run of 2 or 3 days in a row...

the reason i missed the 3 days was drinking and that was just for 1 night....

what you put in is what you get out....i meditated for 4 days nearly an hour each day and felt so so good...so back on track for me now...going to drink a litre of water

WordKeeper · 04-27-2009, 04:10 AM

Getting a break through. Meditation very clearly responsible in quieting the left-brain which keeps the unconcious suppressed. As the meditation becomes a discipline the onconsciouis begins to emerge.

It is unpleasant - actually unpleasant is a euphamism - it is miserable but as things emerge they takecare of themselves.

WordKeeper · 04-27-2009, 12:45 PM

Morning meditation
Felt a shift - difficult to explain but it was a shift in the psyche. It came about is subtle dream like position. Clearly more meditation will give strength to the shift.

WordKeeper · 04-28-2009, 03:22 PM

This regular meditation is opening up a vision or insight or something indescribable into a place I am acting out of.

I am going about my day and suddenly am flashed into an experience of the past, an interaction that seeks to keep me down and I see how I gave into that and still give into that.

state101 · 04-29-2009, 12:16 PM

Meditation is coming less like a chore...I want to mediate..

I meditate in the morning and feel so fresh through out the day so clear and peacefull...the same goes at night time if i meditate at night i feel so connected with everything....

Mediation is helping me alot...The EGO/constant mind chatter isn't there...

If it is there i become aware of it...The days i didn't meditate tho i found very daunting i was in identerfication with my thought things went wrong and i felt it hard to cope!

The thing i need to work on is...if i am feeling lazy and unclear go and meditate!

WordKeeper....You are opening into the vaste realm of peace.

WordKeeper · 04-29-2009, 06:55 PM

State 101, I am very glad for you.

I am looking forward to getting where you are one day.
Things are opening up for me certainly.

I didn't sleep last night.
Two very nice external events happened for me today but I am too tired to get done the things that were on my list. I was feeling very self-critical until I realized that I opt to focus on what good changes are coming and let go of the other.

Able to do this thanks to meditation.

liamona · 04-29-2009, 07:36 PM

I've recently started to meditate regularly again. After a week or so, I noticed that my dreams have been extremely vivid.

If I wake up at night and have trouble sleeping, I try to meditate lying down. I often go right back to sleep. I wish I had realized before that this is the perfect way to quiet down the monkey mind that used to keep me awake!

state101 · 05-03-2009, 09:03 AM

HELP??

Man im lost..lost in thoughts...how i see myself...and how i see the World!

I think substance abuse is doin it to me...

Alcohol binges and the next day cant get out of bed..

One thing tho is i know i could get out of the rutt by doing the right things..

Yet i always seem to see myself drinking on a weekend and drinking alot then feeling **** house....alot of other people drink this way and are fine the next day...

Maybe i have a low threshold or its a combo of sefl esteem issues??

04-19-2009, 02:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
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04-20-2009, 02:28 AM	#2 (permalink)
state101 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 15	Yes...this is what i have been looking for...someone else to help me commit to 30 days of meditation...20 minutes twice a day sounds good to me..,Twice a day will be better than once. So, to stay on track would you like to report back here after the 2nd meditation session, and write somthing on the post..for EG 2 twenty minute sessions completed anything experienced you know just to see how we are traveling with commitment to show we are on track.... Im strarting today Monday, and will write my post 1st post later 2nite. PEACE

04-20-2009, 02:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
David Cain Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Canadian Prairies Posts: 274	Hi WordKeeper, I am actually in the middle of this same thing right now, you may have seen it on my site. I have found it quite difficult to keep up. I very often experience resistance to the idea of sitting down. You can see my progress here. Keep us posted on your progress.

04-20-2009, 04:26 AM	#4 (permalink)
WordKeeper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 814	State you are a day a head of me. It is still Sunday where I am but aside from the time difference I am agreed to start on Monday and report back here. So glad you and are are going to keep each other company along the way. Hope others will join along. David - I am looking forward to reading what you have written. I definitely ran into resistance last month and expect I will again. But it definitely helps to post on-line and to agree to join with others. This helped me keep my committment to the Joe Vitale affirmation. For some reason the evening sitting is much more difficult for me that the morning one. Who knows?

04-20-2009, 02:46 PM	#5 (permalink)
state101 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 15	Day 1 Monday 20th April. I did meditation for 30 minutes with holysynce binural beats at around 10 AM. While still doing the meditation of breath of light to the bottom of the stomach and holding it as if your thought where in your stomach ( what i was tought is the best way via a teacher) Did a 2nd session of 20 minutes at 11.PM ( without binural beats) For some reason i find it harder without the binural beats? So that was my first day...over the 30 days i hope to do at-least 50mins to 1 hour a Day/Night.

04-20-2009, 03:13 PM	#6 (permalink)
WordKeeper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 814	Well done State. I completed my morning 20 minutes - by the hardest. But I know that the key is the doing of it - period.

04-21-2009, 11:32 AM	#7 (permalink)
state101 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 15	Day 2 Tuesday 21st April Morning session with holysynce of 30 mins at around 10am 2nd session of 30 mins with holysynce at 8pm I find it easier to do the night session earlier on in the night as if i do it around 10 or 11 pm i cant get to sleep due to the energy and awareness from the meditation. Day/Night 2 1 hours total 2 down 28 to go

04-22-2009, 12:48 PM	#8 (permalink)
state101 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 15	3rd Day Wednesday 22nd Morning 7.30 Am 30 mins holysynce After work hard day...stuck to the night session and glad for it. 30 mins holysynce at 9.00 Pm

04-22-2009, 08:06 PM	#9 (permalink)
WordKeeper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 814	Often when I focus on something I find that the resistance to the change goes up exponentially. Meditating has been VERY difficult. That is all the more reason for me to cement my commitment. I thank you state for doing this with me. Today I became aware of something that I had allowed to slip into denial. I am bumping into a powerful block of anxiety. I know axiety - perhaps have suffered from it my whole life. I thought I had gotten over it. What I got over was the type of anxiety that stood in the way of leaving the house, going to social events, answering my phone and similar "normal" activities. But while those things are no longer such a problem the anxiety does indeed stand in my way of several very important activities. The meditation helped me recognize that. I feel disappointed in making this realization. I will transform that disappointment into thankfulness. Over the past couple of years I have practised a number of techniques that help overcome severe anxiety that actually exacerbated my heart beat and adrenalyne to the point that I could feel them. This is much more subtle. I overcame the more severe anxiety. I can overcome this. Though I feel disappointed to be facing anxiety again (in truth it never left only got better) I am thankful that I know several methods to use against it and am thankful that I know what this block is.

04-23-2009, 04:42 PM	#10 (permalink)
state101 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 15	Day 4 Morning 7.30 AM 30 mins usual feel like i can cope till about 3pm.. Ive never felt like i can get out of the anxiety also...bad huh...i think the mind takes over and then it becomes that emotion of guilt/anxiety/non calm/un happy/nervous/what eva you want to call it....and its clear the feeling is familiar! ( feeling is important and to make it good will take dedication) I Failed a night meditation 2nite...to go a drink beers...altho i will continue the day night MED 2moro! What can be done to feel good? Isnt that the answer everyone is seeking! Well it is, In my opinion thru meditation the truth within yourself will come..it will also take healthy eating and water intake every day! And it seems like such an impossible take ay? As you said it...its in the doing...and practical is always better than theory based pro's and cons! So the 30 days will be done...and lets see the results True? Yes Resistance has come across on day 3/4....can be DON..FOR SURE!

04-27-2009, 04:07 AM	#12 (permalink)
state101 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 15	Well i have missed 3 days of the meditation and really i need to do it... It is now Monday the 27th and i have done half hour morning session and feel alot more clear...but wont be doin great untill i have a good run of 2 or 3 days in a row... the reason i missed the 3 days was drinking and that was just for 1 night.... what you put in is what you get out....i meditated for 4 days nearly an hour each day and felt so so good...so back on track for me now...going to drink a litre of water

04-27-2009, 04:10 AM	#13 (permalink)
WordKeeper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 814	Getting a break through. Meditation very clearly responsible in quieting the left-brain which keeps the unconcious suppressed. As the meditation becomes a discipline the onconsciouis begins to emerge. It is unpleasant - actually unpleasant is a euphamism - it is miserable but as things emerge they takecare of themselves.

04-27-2009, 12:45 PM	#14 (permalink)
WordKeeper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 814	Morning meditation Felt a shift - difficult to explain but it was a shift in the psyche. It came about is subtle dream like position. Clearly more meditation will give strength to the shift.

04-28-2009, 03:22 PM	#15 (permalink)
WordKeeper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 814	This regular meditation is opening up a vision or insight or something indescribable into a place I am acting out of. I am going about my day and suddenly am flashed into an experience of the past, an interaction that seeks to keep me down and I see how I gave into that and still give into that.

04-29-2009, 12:16 PM	#16 (permalink)
state101 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 15	Meditation is coming less like a chore...I want to mediate.. I meditate in the morning and feel so fresh through out the day so clear and peacefull...the same goes at night time if i meditate at night i feel so connected with everything.... Mediation is helping me alot...The EGO/constant mind chatter isn't there... If it is there i become aware of it...The days i didn't meditate tho i found very daunting i was in identerfication with my thought things went wrong and i felt it hard to cope! The thing i need to work on is...if i am feeling lazy and unclear go and meditate! WordKeeper....You are opening into the vaste realm of peace.

04-29-2009, 06:55 PM	#17 (permalink)
WordKeeper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 814	State 101, I am very glad for you. I am looking forward to getting where you are one day. Things are opening up for me certainly. I didn't sleep last night. Two very nice external events happened for me today but I am too tired to get done the things that were on my list. I was feeling very self-critical until I realized that I opt to focus on what good changes are coming and let go of the other. Able to do this thanks to meditation.

04-29-2009, 07:36 PM	#18 (permalink)
liamona Family Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,460	I've recently started to meditate regularly again. After a week or so, I noticed that my dreams have been extremely vivid. If I wake up at night and have trouble sleeping, I try to meditate lying down. I often go right back to sleep. I wish I had realized before that this is the perfect way to quiet down the monkey mind that used to keep me awake!

05-03-2009, 09:03 AM	#19 (permalink)
state101 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 15	HELP?? Man im lost..lost in thoughts...how i see myself...and how i see the World! I think substance abuse is doin it to me... Alcohol binges and the next day cant get out of bed.. One thing tho is i know i could get out of the rutt by doing the right things.. Yet i always seem to see myself drinking on a weekend and drinking alot then feeling **** house....alot of other people drink this way and are fine the next day... Maybe i have a low threshold or its a combo of sefl esteem issues??

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