Guest guest Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 I am fairly new to all this and while going over lesson 2meditation practices I do most of this my problem is though I am add self diagnosed and I have a hard time keeping my mind quite or keeping on one topic in meditation my question is there anyway without medication I can do this to quite my mind without thinking about a hundred things at once? I have also noticed if I don't have some kind of noise this inevidably happens to be the quiter it is the more my mind wanders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 Catlady, I have that problem from time to time too. I use to have it every time I did yoga. With time this is what helped me to quite my mind. I go back to the basics. Counting my breath. If you go deeply into breath control and count (try backwards too) that should help! Good Luck, Harriet Where you can find my ART: aMusedArtist.etsy.com http://search.ebay.com/amusedartist_W0QQfkrZ1QQfromZR8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 One of the things I realized when doing meditations is that the mind is like a computer and meant to multi-task. So it's natural that we tend to want to process many programs at the same time. If you give yourself permission to allow the thought, note the thought and then release it, you will find that soon, the thoughts begin to wain away. In other words, don't fight it but don't focus on it either. If you spend all your time wishing it away it will never leave. Just allow the thought to occur. Then go back to focusing on your breath as suggested. Good luck! Akasha Kundaliniyoga wrote: ______________________ ______________________ Message: 1 Thu, 12 Jan 2006 09:42:01 -0000 "catlady496" how to quite the mind I am fairly new to all this and while going over lesson 2meditation practices I do most of this my problem is though I am add self diagnosed and I have a hard time keeping my mind quite or keeping on one topic in meditation my question is there anyway without medication I can do this to quite my mind without thinking about a hundred things at once? I have also noticed if I don't have some kind of noise this inevidably happens to be the quiter it is the more my mind wanders. Let my every word be a prayer to Thee, Every movement of my hands a ritual gesture to Thee, Every step I take a circumambulation of Thy image, Every morsel I eat a rite of sacrifice to Thee, Every time I lay down a prostration at Thy feet; Every act of personal pleasure and all else that I do, Let it all be a form of worshiping Thee. From Verse 27 of Shri Aadi Shankara's Saundaryalahari Photos Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Dearest Catlady, others have made some excellent suggestions on how to facilitate meditative states through focusing on breath and watching rather than trying to control thoughts. Part of the process and usefullness of meditation is watching our thoughts...without judgement, attempts to control or change them, or suppress them. it is a wonderful way to get to know what we think (what we think we think is often not what we really think! and then to let go of obsessive thoughts. We all have obsessive thoughts and chattering minds until we learn to accept and let go of the ego's need to control. Breathing deeply will certainly calm our thoughts as our body is calmed. One other thing, it is dangerous and not particularly useful to self-diagnose ourselves for a number of reasons. One being that we don't have the requisite distance from ourselves to truly see ourselves with unbiased clarity. Two, unless we are trained and experienced in whatever area we are diagnosing in, we don't have the requisite knowledge to make a proper diagnosis. This can lead to us falsely conceiving of ourselves as "sick" when we're not (which can lead to us not taking proper responsibility for our own wellness), or to using an inadequate or even dangerous remedy in an attempt to cure our false diagnosis. Just because you find it hard to concentrate doesn't mean you have ADD, perhaps you just never learned to concentrate properly and need more practice? This is a very common condition in our world where people grew up watching TV, only reading shallow magazines, and where many have little patience with themselves and others (we cannot give what we do not have). Before placing yourself in the limiting, and very possibly untrue, box of having a mental and behavioural disability seek diagnosis from a professional. Once you know the truth then you can look at your options and choose how to proceed with the requisite information to make the best choice for yourself. blessings ovasoul Kundaliniyoga, "catlady496" <catlady496> wrote: > > I am fairly new to all this and while going over lesson 2meditation > practices I do most of this my problem is though I am add self > diagnosed and I have a hard time keeping my mind quite or keeping on > one topic in meditation my question is there anyway without > medication I can do this to quite my mind without thinking about a > hundred things at once? I have also noticed if I don't have some kind > of noise this inevidably happens to be the quiter it is the more my > mind wanders. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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