all in the title. meditation just plain bores me! it is not that i can not focus, it is just that it absolutely bores me! my mind gets bored. are there any techniques that yall use to make it less boring?
Thanks so much!
Lucid Dreamer wrote: all in the title. meditation just plain bores me! it is not that i can not focus, it is just that it absolutely bores me! my mind gets bored. are there any techniques that yall use to make it less boring?
Thanks so much! What exactly are you trying to do when you meditate?
There are two kinds of meditations: Active and Passive.
You're probably trying a passive meditation, whereby you focus upon one thing in an effort to clear your mind of all surface thoughts?
Try an active meditation instead. With an active meditation you focus upon creating a scene and running through that scene in as much vividness and realism as you can muster.
Both have the same end goals... but approach that goal differently.
If you're still bored after that, then you're seriously not "getting" what meditation is about. If I had the time, I could sit meditating for hours... there's a special feeling about being alone with your consciousness.
How close is active mediation to day dreaming
Peter wrote: How close is active mediation to day dreaming Synonymous
Oh dear, I need to fess up then and admit that I do meditate
hmm. actually, i can not recall witch metedative process i am using that bores me. once i remember ill reply. sorry.
Peter wrote: Oh dear, I need to fess up then and admit that I do meditate You dirty, DIRTY MAN!! ;)
Yup, more people meditate than they think.
Lucid Dreamer wrote: hmm. actually, i can not recall witch metedative process i am using that bores me. once i remember ill reply. sorry. Well, don't push it. :) You'll come to enjoy the process that is "being alone with your consciousness" one day. It'll come when you need it to though.
Until then... just enjoy life.
haha, that is deep. but okay thanks.
Yeah I only meditate when I feel I need to, if I dont need to and I meditate I get to a point where I figure out what i need to do in "waking life" and I just think "Wtf am I doing I should be doing this..."
However when my thoughts start rascing throughout the day and I seriously cant concentrate on my study (studying 4 advanced maths papers at uni really demands your concentration) then I use meditation to simply slow things down so I can focus. It also lets me find myself, sometimes if you go about the daily routine for too long you forget what its like to be yourself, which is what I think Ryhan was referring to when he said being alone with your consciousness.
Remember nothing magical is going to happen when you meditiate, you arent going to get zapped into another dimension or anything ridiculous like that, in my opinion its a tool, a process, nothing more.
Jack Reacher wrote: Remember nothing magical is going to happen when you meditiate, you arent going to get zapped into another dimension or anything ridiculous like that, in my opinion its a tool, a process, nothing more. Actually, you just might get "zapped into another dimension"... it's called "Projection", and doing it consciously means learning meditation. :)
Oh so you can get into that state with meditation? Never knew that, I always got into that state accidentaly with WILDS or by taking strange drugs within dreams.
The best meditation is when you sit and do nothing and expect nothing and just let go. If you get bored doing that then you have a long way to go.
Ryan wrote:
Lucid Dreamer wrote: all in the title. meditation just plain bores me! it is not that i can not focus, it is just that it absolutely bores me! my mind gets bored. are there any techniques that yall use to make it less boring?
Thanks so much! What exactly are you trying to do when you meditate?
There are two kinds of meditations: Active and Passive.
You're probably trying a passive meditation, whereby you focus upon one thing in an effort to clear your mind of all surface thoughts?
Try an active meditation instead. With an active meditation you focus upon creating a scene and running through that scene in as much vividness and realism as you can muster.
Both have the same end goals... but approach that goal differently.
If you're still bored after that, then you're seriously not "getting" what meditation is about. If I had the time, I could sit meditating for hours... there's a special feeling about being alone with your consciousness. It bores me too :/
well thanks guys.
Passive meditation bores me too and the only scene worth daydreaming about is completely unrelated to lucid dreams at all and I would hate to end up in that world as part of a dream. Instead, I focus my brain by doing little mental challenges. I will try to list 50 countries and by then, my mind is completely focused on the subject and my body is relaxed. I used to do this even before I knew about meditation and lucid dreaming as it helps me get to sleep.
thanks lavendula. i will try that next time.
You guys need to then focus on whatever excites you. If you're actually still interested in meditation, then you should aim to find one that you don't find boring.
If you still can't find one... then give it a few years and then come back to it, see if it becomes your "cup of tea". :)