anyone do frequent meditation here?

[vital]

for stress relief and relaxation? what are your experiences? please discuss.

 

[E equals MC2]

I used to pray and do QT as a Christian. It brought my so much relief and comfort.

I've abandoned my faith as an agnostic now. I look back and realize it was just a self-induced comfort in delusion.

 

[Perknose]

Meditation is an exacting discipline, and stilling your "monkey mind" an elusive, if an exemplary goal.

Once you start to still your mind, to empty it; it reacts like a woman (or ATOT poster) scorned. It simply WON'T stopping babbling and racing from point to point to point.

 

[Cerb]

OK, gotta ask: QT?

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: Cerb
OK, gotta ask: QT?

Google says it stands for Quiet Time. Lol, leave it to mainstream whitebreadism to call their discount version of a two millenia older practice something that sounds more like a kindergarten punishment.

 

[Crono]

The only meditation I do is on the Word of God (which relieves ALL of my mental stress). I also stretch daily, incorporating some tai chi elements, which helps relieve physical stress for me. I don't think philosophical meditation is a good thing (I think it's a waste of time), but self-examination and setting goals in a peaceful atmosphere can be.

 

[bigredguy]

It helps me relax. I don't do it very often, but when I do my heart rate and blood pressure drop noticeably and I am capable of making more level headed decisions. I have a few different techniques I use, nothing I have read or been taught, just methods I have discovered to help me step back and relax.

 

[LittleNemoNES]

I've abandoned my faith as an agnostic now. I look back and realize it was just a self-induced comfort in delusion.

That is so true...to a point. I simply read a portion of the bible and think about how it applies to my life. No need for trances.

I believe prayer is more for personal comfort. While I believe god can be active, i think it is mostly in the case of few and far between miracles.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: vital

Topic Title: anyone do frequent meditation here?

for stress relief and relaxation? what are your experiences? please discuss.

Yes, :beer: works for me vital!

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: E equals MC2
I used to pray and do QT as a Christian. It brought my so much relief and comfort.

I've abandoned my faith as an agnostic now. I look back and realize it was just a self-induced comfort in delusion.

Rocks or thorns?

 

[Compton]

Kelnoreem usually once a day.

 

[E equals MC2]

Originally posted by: Crono

Originally posted by: E equals MC2
I used to pray and do QT as a Christian. It brought my so much relief and comfort.

I've abandoned my faith as an agnostic now. I look back and realize it was just a self-induced comfort in delusion.

Rocks or thorns?

wha?

 

[Xyclone]

Anyone who goes to church meditates...

 

[PhoenixOrion]

I used to mountain hike quite a bit.

.......reach the top in 2 hours of grueling pain and you feel successful in a place so peaceful.

half of the time i just go down the local massage place for "stress relief and relaxation."