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Meditation is being fully aware of what's happening now. Washing dishes can be a meditation. Talking a walk. Focusing on the breath. Repeating a mantra. Liftin
by mudrockbestgirl 4y ago
Meditation is being fully aware of what's happening now.
Washing dishes can be a meditation. Talking a walk. Focusing on the breath. Repeating a mantra. Lifting weights. It doesn't matter what the technique is, the important part is that you are aware of what happening now and being present in that moment, from moment to moment.
For many people, focusing on the breath is an easy way to notice when the mind wanders, so they can bring it back to the now. It's an effective technique that helps your practice meditation through trial and error (bring the mind back when it wanders and repeat), but it's not a definition of meditation. It's a practice, just like you practice for a sport, with the goal of applying it to real life.
A good example of a meditation is what professional athletes do. Almost every athlete has some kind of "routine" that allows them to clear the mind before performing their act, be it lifting a heavy weight or hitting a ball. That's a type of meditation.
Another example of the result of practicing meditation is that it helps you to create a gap between trigger and response allowing you to make a decision. For example, when someone says something that hurts you, you may be tempted to respond back with something angry and hurtful. Often this happens by default or impulse due to strong emotions. It's not a conscious rational decision made by you. Practicing meditation can allow you to be fully present in that moment. Because you've practiced, you realize what you are feeling and thinking, what your choices are, and catch yourself before you respond back with something angry. You're in a mental state where you can make a rational decision about how to respond because you are aware of your own feelings and thoughts.
- jatins 4y ago> Meditation is being fully aware of what's happening now. Is scrolling TikTok meditation then?
- infpeace 4y agoYou could practice TikTok mindfulness. Pay attention to the feelings and sensations in your body as you watch. What emotions arise? What thoughts arise? How do you feel before you start, and how do you feel afterwards? What do you observe when you notice the instinct to scroll away from one video to the next? Can you feel the impulse before you take action? What does it feel like? What changes do you observe from watching each video? Does each video have a similar effect on you, or do you notice differences? What is happening to your mind, heart and body in each moment, as you pay attention with nonjudgmental curiosity and compassion?
- rramadass 4y agoYou joke, but If scrolling TikTok puts you in a particular State of Mind, then Yes. Simply put; Any Activity which causes The Subject (i.e. The Doer) to lose himself in the Continuous Contemplation of The Object (whatever it may be), is Meditation. The best example of this is the ancient Hindu Text Vijnana Bhairava Tantra which lists 112 types of Activities which if done correctly leads to "Meditative Dissolution". Start your study here : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vij%C3%B1%C4%81na_Bhairava_Tantra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vij%C3%B1%C4%81na_Bhairava_Tan...
- polishdude20 4y agoIn that regard, I find when I work on soldering PCB circuit boards for projects, it's a kind of meditation. Placing teeny tiny components exactly where they need to be and then hot air soldering them in place takes a lot of "being in the moment". It's really calming for me :)