Tag: Meditation
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Why Meditate? 為何打坐？
To meditateis to unlearn our relationship with time, self, and then reality. 打坐是重新認識與時間、自己、和現實的關係。
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Mornings 🌄
These days, these pandemic / lock down heavy days, I have two types of mornings. Type 1: 430-5: Wake up 5-540: meditate 540-740: Breakfast, laundry, read, write Type 2: 430-5: Wake up 5-7: Exercise 7-720: Meditate 720-740: Breakfast, laundry, read. Why do I struggle with it? How am I struggling with it? First, I dread…
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Side Effects of Anti-depressants: Accidental Mindfulness
I have been battling with my mind for a few years now. I tried talk therapy, CBT, medication, meditation, exercising, morning routines, dusk routines, pre-sleep shut down routines, mushroom elixir, you name it. What I have learned is some of these might work for some of the time. Hence it is important that I accept…
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6 Words for the Next Decade
That might make our suffering slightly more bearable . Source: https://www.libertaddigital.com/internacional/mundo/2015-03-26/tatooine-el-planeta-de-star-wars-a-punto-de-caer-en-manos-del-estado-islamico-1276544142/ On the last day of this decade, I couldn’t help but to be lamely sentimental. The following six words are very trite but alas this is who I am. After all, I am the kind who believes in the force and adores Bambi. Confusion, Conflicts,…
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How Do I Want To Feel in 2020?
“Like this?” (https://tw.manhuagui.com/comic/2592/450147.html#p=113) I did it. In 2019, I quit my 20+ year-long corporate career and started to be on my own. I did it. In 2019, I went to a 10-day meditation retreat. I did it. I achieved my 2019 goal- I did it. Hence in 2019 life has taken a few turns and…
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為乜靜觀？
如果你問我打坐/冥想究竟有乜實際用途，唯一一樣野我可以好肯定咁答你，就係我依家比以前更加為意到，其實我經常唔為意自己嘅行為同思想。
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The Ultra Review: 10-Day Vipassana 🧘🏻♂️ Silent Retreat in Hong Kong (Part 1 of 3)
This was not a relaxing “retreat.” It felt more like a Buddhist monk boot camp: lots of discomfort, self‑inflicted pain, strict rules, wanting to quit, feeling like a failure, and then a strange sense of reward at the end. People reading this are probably: Friends who want to know what happened to me People thinking…
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The Ultra Review: 10-Day Vipassana 🧘🏽♀️ Silent Retreat in Hong Kong (Part 2 of 3)
Stardusts, gong baths, and the madness of Vipassana (insight) Meditation (Part 2 of 3. Go to Part 1, Part 3) The whole point of this “boot camp” was meditation. The rules and setup were there so we could feel the intense effects of meditation as strongly as possible. Vipassana meditation is about noticing body sensations.…
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The Ultra Review: 10-Day Vipassana 🧚🏼♂️ Silent Retreat in Hong Kong (Part 3 of 3)
Torture of pillows, insanity, greatest game on earth. (Part 3 of 3. Go to Part 1, Part 2) 6. Quitter, wimp, pain About 20% of the men quit the course. Most left on day 2, and a few dropped out around day 6 or later. Inside my head, I quit every other day. I kept…
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Attunement: From 靖 to 齊
Attunement: From 靖 to 齊 My own pep talk before a 10 day silent meditation retreat. I am anxious. I am worried if I would sleep well, if I would lose my muscle mass, if I would lose my shit, if I would quit early. I want to achieve too much: something closer to enlightenment,…