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Just curious but are you able to maintain focus during the meditation period? Has your focus increased with time? Not being condescending (intentionally at lea

by leonroy 10y ago

Just curious but are you able to maintain focus during the meditation period? Has your focus increased with time? Not being condescending (intentionally at least) but I also meditate and some weeks it feels like I make no progress whatsoever with my mind all over the place and others a little bit of effort to still the mind before the meditation seems to really help in improving my meditations as a whole. More the former than the latter though, but I could easily see myself falling into a habit of meditating for years by rote without progressing or improving my focus.

kseistrup 10y ago
Obviously meditation is not a static thing – some days I'm able to maintain focus, other days I'm not. My longest meditation in one sitting was more than 8 hours, but I aim at 2 × 30 minutes a day (or 45 minutes in a single sitting if I'm unable to do 2 sittings for some reason). My general equanimity has definitely increased throughout the years, but I can't say meditation has decreased my procrastination (it has increased my general acceptance of procrastination, though).