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- Thu Jun 06, 2013 8:10 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Anxieties
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1444
Re: Anxieties
I've had a lot of practice meditating. Been ten years now and I still dont understand why I'm self conscious about meditating at home or why my social anxieties have yet to lessen. ideas? Thoughts? Perhaps you've been meditating (and engaging in "spirituality") with the intention to becom...
- Tue Jun 04, 2013 10:32 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Anxieties
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1444
Anxieties
I've had a lot of practice meditating.
Been ten years now and I still dont understand why I'm self conscious about meditating at home or why my social anxieties have yet to lessen.
ideas? Thoughts?
Been ten years now and I still dont understand why I'm self conscious about meditating at home or why my social anxieties have yet to lessen.
ideas? Thoughts?
- Mon Jun 03, 2013 7:27 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Will I ever be able to sit comfortably?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2172
Re: Will I ever be able to sit comfortably?
The more I read about posture and try out new things, the more I see my own very bad posture - from years of slumped sitting on chairs, little or no exercise and so on. To those of you who have gone from primarily chair based sitting, to crossed leg/floor based sitting when in meditation, or even o...
- Sun Jun 02, 2013 11:51 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: The Breath, and Cherry-Picking for Cultural Convenience
- Replies: 146
- Views: 28493
Re: The Breath, and Cherry-Picking for Cultural Convenience
Master Gautama detailed 40 meditation objects over the course of a 45-year teaching career. So why is it that Western Buddhists focus on just 1 or 2 of these objects (eg. anapanasati and metta)? Is it because our dhamma teachers don't feel that contemplating the elements or recalling the qualities ...
- Sun Jun 02, 2013 8:53 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: My foot keeps falling asleep
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3418
Re: My foot keeps falling asleep
Get a pillow. I was never able to sit comfortably after slouching all through high school.