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How long am I supposed to bring my mind back for? Based on my past experiences: Every time I try, it's gone again so fast that that it's like an endless loop.
by hirvi74 3y ago
How long am I supposed to bring my mind back for?
Based on my past experiences:
Every time I try, it's gone again so fast that that it's like an endless loop. And that's if I am conscious enough to catch it. Hell, my mind can wander for minutes at a time without me even realizing that I was supposed to be focusing on something else.
Not trying to argue against your recommendations, but I am really trying to dig deeper into the topic to figure out where the disconnect I am facing is.
- nabla9 3y ago> Every time I try, it's gone again so fast that that it's like an endless loop. Only advice I have to you is: 1. Do no take meditation advice from the internet. Or try to battle with your difficulties endlessly alone, with books, or the internet. Internet is full of fools. Deeply into the mediation who just try to be helpful, but have no experience (even if they claims so). 2. Start training in a group where teacher has trained for decades and taught others for a very long time to give you instructions (Happens often in religious Buddhist setting, but if they know what they are doing it does not matter, mindfulness teachers for profit generally don't know shit, they just repeat what they learned in the course).
- tasuki 3y ago> How long am I supposed to bring my mind back for? One point of view is that once your mind no longer wanders, you no longer need concentration meditation. The whole purpose of the exercise is for you to learn to bring your mind back. Don't worry about your mind wandering, it's normal. When you notice, bring it back. There is no disconnect, you're doing fine.