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Sort-of, yes, I meditate. As a teenager I played around with sitting quietly and increasing the time between thoughts, to the point where I started having "visi
by meristohm 3y ago
Sort-of, yes, I meditate. As a teenager I played around with sitting quietly and increasing the time between thoughts, to the point where I started having "visions" which felt like waking dreams. Now I just try to be "in" whatever I'm currently doing, and this way I almost never have that feeling of "where did the time go?" or "wow it's already summer?" I feel like I'm living each day, not necessarily to the fullest, but at least (I feel like) I'm more aware of my existence through time.
Related: since I went from coffee to tea to no caffeine (also very little alcohol, like a drink a month, for three years), my dreams are back, I generally sleep through the night, and I'm less grumpy. I let my mind wander in a "just noticing" way when my head hits the pillow (before quitting videogames my mind would spin with replays and possibilities from the game), and I fall asleep quickly again- similar, as with dreams, to how I remember my childhood and teenage years.
Simply taking a slow deep breath and sigh-ing it out and then pausing until I'm ready for the next breath is one of my favorite meditations. Started doing this after watching my dog do it.