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Many times when I am marinating on a problem, I come up with the most simple and obvious solution in 90 seconds after I open my eyes in the morning. I attribute

by papito 5y ago

Many times when I am marinating on a problem, I come up with the most simple and obvious solution in 90 seconds after I open my eyes in the morning. I attribute it to the monkey brain not drowning your thoughts in crap, but then the tsunami comes in and you lost your chance. It's truly amazing what an uncluttered brain can do. I began seeing value in "practical" meditation. That is, focusing on something mundane like doing dishes, to distract the brain from those other things. Sometimes it's all the busy us can afford. Not everyone has Jerry Seinfeld money to meditate in peace for one hour each day (he does).

jbkkd 5y ago
You don't need money to meditate for an hour a day, you need a conscious decision to do so. Start small. Meditate for just a few minutes, as you currently do with the dishes, and slowly increase that, minute by minute. You'll might find that you have that hour in your day.
- papito 5y ago
  I don't know.... The apartment won't clean itself and the food won't cook autonomously ;)
  - perfmode 5y ago
    meditation can help one to realize the various other unnecessary things we do on a daily basis.
    - Arubis 5y ago
      …like cleaning one’s home and eating food? Without context, your statement is true; as a response, it seems a bit of a stretch.
      - bluejellybean 5y ago
        Could always hire a cleaner and order delivery. Doesn't seem like that much of a stretch to me.
        papito 5y ago
        All of those things cost money. You are kind of making my original point that it's a privilege.
        bluejellybean 5y ago
        Don't really need "Seinfeld money" to do it though. I'm agreeing with the top sub-comment to yours. If you don't have time for 1 hour, should really find a way to do 2.
      - perfmode 5y ago
        i recognize this qualifier was buried, but if you look closely, you'll see i wrote "other" things. > meditation can help one to realize the various other unnecessary things we do on a daily basis. surely, cooking and cleaning aren't the only ways the parent spends their time. for instance, they're writing comments on HN!
        pomian 5y ago
        Is that then a sense of meditation? It seems to fit. It's a relaxing, distraction, with the benefit of often being educational, at the same time. Relieving stress, allowing return to other things which need attention.
        perfmode 5y ago
        sure, why not
mandmandam 5y ago
"Meditate for an hour every day unless you are too busy. In that case meditate for two hours." - many Buddhist teachers, in many variations.
mysticmode 5y ago
That is fine. Doing "practical" meditation and "real" meditation per se is not far-fetched. All we need to be is with awareness. When you start feeling that - then that is what I would say meditation. I walk, I do slow walking every night reflecting on things that had happened in the day or just walk in silence. That helps me to ease my pain and have more space to think what is important at the moment and make decisions. In other words, this is also related to the original comment which says about "patience". It doesn't happen all at once, practicing with patience is the key for progress.

by papito 5y ago

jbkkd 5y ago

You don't need money to meditate for an hour a day, you need a conscious decision to do so. Start small. Meditate for just a few minutes, as you currently do with the dishes, and slowly increase that, minute by minute. You'll might find that you have that hour in your day.

papito 5y ago
I don't know.... The apartment won't clean itself and the food won't cook autonomously ;)
- perfmode 5y ago
  meditation can help one to realize the various other unnecessary things we do on a daily basis.
  - Arubis 5y ago
    …like cleaning one’s home and eating food? Without context, your statement is true; as a response, it seems a bit of a stretch.
    - bluejellybean 5y ago
      Could always hire a cleaner and order delivery. Doesn't seem like that much of a stretch to me.
      - papito 5y ago
        All of those things cost money. You are kind of making my original point that it's a privilege.
        bluejellybean 5y ago
        Don't really need "Seinfeld money" to do it though. I'm agreeing with the top sub-comment to yours. If you don't have time for 1 hour, should really find a way to do 2.
    - perfmode 5y ago
      i recognize this qualifier was buried, but if you look closely, you'll see i wrote "other" things. > meditation can help one to realize the various other unnecessary things we do on a daily basis. surely, cooking and cleaning aren't the only ways the parent spends their time. for instance, they're writing comments on HN!
      - pomian 5y ago
        Is that then a sense of meditation? It seems to fit. It's a relaxing, distraction, with the benefit of often being educational, at the same time. Relieving stress, allowing return to other things which need attention.
        perfmode 5y ago
        sure, why not

mandmandam 5y ago

"Meditate for an hour every day unless you are too busy. In that case meditate for two hours." - many Buddhist teachers, in many variations.

mysticmode 5y ago

That is fine. Doing "practical" meditation and "real" meditation per se is not far-fetched. All we need to be is with awareness. When you start feeling that - then that is what I would say meditation. I walk, I do slow walking every night reflecting on things that had happened in the day or just walk in silence. That helps me to ease my pain and have more space to think what is important at the moment and make decisions. In other words, this is also related to the original comment which says about "patience". It doesn't happen all at once, practicing with patience is the key for progress.