Void Meditation is not limited to meditation

[Aquarius]

What I'm trying to say, is that void meditation should not just be limited to when you are meditating, it should be a way of life.
In our daily life we are flooded by so many useless and energy draining thoughts, that's why we should always strive for a mind free from these distractions, the results are gonna be great, your willpower is gonna increase and you're gonna get more stuff done.
Let your mind flow with feelings and intuitions, not useless chatter.

Of course don't bring it to an unhealthy extreme, we still need to a certain degree to think things, void meditation is gonna allow you to give more thought to important thoughts.

A focused mind will also allow you to detach from any negative thing you attached your mind to, and it's a lifr saver. If I would've known about "detaching", as in just ignoring negative thought patterns and concentrating on "reality" or "the here and now", I would've avoided a lot of unnecessary anxiety years ago.

 

[Shadowcat]

What I'm trying to say, is that void meditation should not just be limited to when you are meditating, it should be a way of life.
In our daily life we are flooded by so many useless and energy draining thoughts, that's why we should always strive for a mind free from these distractions, the results are gonna be great, your willpower is gonna increase and you're gonna get more stuff done.
Let your mind flow with feelings and intuitions, not useless chatter.

Of course don't bring it to an unhealthy extreme, we still need to a certain degree to think things, void meditation is gonna allow you to give more thought to important thoughts.

A focused mind will also allow you to detach from any negative thing you attached your mind to, and it's a lifr saver. If I would've known about "detaching", as in just ignoring negative thought patterns and concentrating on "reality" or "the here and now", I would've avoided a lot of unnecessary anxiety years ago.

Especially when i am focusing on a task or when i am at work, which is usually when i am doing something that requires concentration and attention to detail i will often feel in my mind this phrase repeated "everything is meditation" or basically mindfulness or focusing your energy or attention to something. Having laser focus is crucial, distraction is the root of all failure and comes in many forms. Honetly as a welder, behind the hood is one of the greatest times for me for void meditation. :lol: unless that pos cheap rod or tungsten decides to be a bitch and stick lmao. I find void meditation easier by performing and tunnel visioning on a single task weather its at work,driving, focusing on my chakras or trying to visualize something.

 

[Retrospect]

Thank you for sharing, simple but really helpful

 

[Username]

This is very true.
Often we go on with the flow even if the things in the flow even if it troubles us. However, we never think to just cut off from the flow.
It can also be equated with 'being more awake'. If one persists in meditation, he/she becomes more awake. From what I see, people are still asleep even if their eyes are open. They do not focus much on what they are feeling right now but focus more on thoughts and on anything that is not their present emotions,feelings intuition.
I feel that after a person starts meditating, he she becomes more tuned in with their feelings and emotions. They are more aware and feel it at the present moment.
We also start to think rationally and slowly come out of self denial of certain things.

On the other extreme end, people focus on their feelings too much till they basically become a slave to it.
A normal person's though process would be to feed off or feed into negative thoughts or emotions if they encounter it.
A more aware person would basically detach or cut off this thought process easily because he/she knows that pondering upon such things is a waste of time and harmful to themselves. Rather they would start asking:
"Hmm....From where did these feelings and emotions come from ? "
"What does it tell about me or what does it signify ?"
They would start asking many what's or why's and then start seeking the answer to those questions.

If every kinds of emotions or thoughts were to be described as a frequency of a radio then void meditation and such would be the ability/slider to change between different available radio stations/frequency at will or the switch to turn off the station completely.

 

[NinRick]

What I'm trying to say, is that void meditation should not just be limited to when you are meditating, it should be a way of life.
In our daily life we are flooded by so many useless and energy draining thoughts, that's why we should always strive for a mind free from these distractions, the results are gonna be great, your willpower is gonna increase and you're gonna get more stuff done.
Let your mind flow with feelings and intuitions, not useless chatter.

Of course don't bring it to an unhealthy extreme, we still need to a certain degree to think things, void meditation is gonna allow you to give more thought to important thoughts.

A focused mind will also allow you to detach from any negative thing you attached your mind to, and it's a lifr saver. If I would've known about "detaching", as in just ignoring negative thought patterns and concentrating on "reality" or "the here and now", I would've avoided a lot of unnecessary anxiety years ago.

Void meditation is when our Gods can give us advice more easily.
Great reminder, friend.

 

[Aquarius]

Just to add, your mind is not "you", your thoughts are not "you", the mind is a tool with which you can do anything you want.

 

[Sunny]

The enemy brings people into a truly wretched state of mind, body and soul.

Don't exercise and don't eat healthy and then you become obese and what you get is deadly diseases and expensive and dangerous treatments.

Don't exercise mentally and you won't be able to control your emotions and thoughts and you won't have good concentration and mental power.

Don't train and develop your soul and what you will get is weakness and inferiority and then you will be mortal and doomed.

 

[Elite]

What I'm trying to say, is that void meditation should not just be limited to when you are meditating, it should be a way of life.
In our daily life we are flooded by so many useless and energy draining thoughts, that's why we should always strive for a mind free from these distractions, the results are gonna be great, your willpower is gonna increase and you're gonna get more stuff done.
Let your mind flow with feelings and intuitions, not useless chatter.

Of course don't bring it to an unhealthy extreme, we still need to a certain degree to think things, void meditation is gonna allow you to give more thought to important thoughts.

A focused mind will also allow you to detach from any negative thing you attached your mind to, and it's a lifr saver. If I would've known about "detaching", as in just ignoring negative thought patterns and concentrating on "reality" or "the here and now", I would've avoided a lot of unnecessary anxiety years ago.

Well, what you did say is great but I have still problems with void meditation, "not thinking" is still hard to me eventhough months passed since I've started. But if you can do it for a whole day, I am sure you may have some techniques. If you have, could you share those with me?

 

[Hermit of 13 Swords]

Just to add, your mind is not "you", your thoughts are not "you", the mind is a tool with which you can do anything you want.

This is something i think about a lot. "You" isn't exactly spirit, councussness, body, mind or any part of our being. It's, for me, best described as an unison of these. Every part can be isolated and cleaned/empowered/improved. Just like a mechanic gets a part from a machine, cleans it then puts it back to it's place.

This way of thinking, brought both weird feelings and new ways of seeing things to me. Word "me" became more complex and more personal at the same time. More things to understand, i guess.

 

[Henu the Great]

Just to add, your mind is not "you", your thoughts are not "you", the mind is a tool with which you can do anything you want.

I like to think that my mind is me, though. Otherwise I might have an identity crisis.
My entire being, including my mind, can be the tool with which I can do anything I want. But my mind is still me, and mine.

You are the one who observes, not the observed aka the mind.

 

[Aquarius]

Just to add, your mind is not "you", your thoughts are not "you", the mind is a tool with which you can do anything you want.

I like to think that my mind is me, though. Otherwise I might have an identity crisis.
My entire being, including my mind, can be the tool with which I can do anything I want. But my mind is still me, and mine.

You should dedicate some time to figuring out yourself and your mind.

 

[Aquarius]

unless you explain.

Thing is, I can't. I wouldn't even know how to explain it in words :lol:

 

[Henu the Great]

Your car is yours, but you are not the car. You ride the car.

I see myself aka soul and the ownership of the soul - body-mind as separate, but in-connection.

 

[Henu the Great]

Fair enough. I just find that calling those things "me" helps me feel more deeply connected to them, which I value.

I wouldn't call my car "me" since there's no need to connect to it, but being one with my mind and my body is very important to me. I don't want to detach from any part of me, and if there are any issues then I want to solve them at their root instead of ignoring them.

I may be biased though, since I suffered severely from depersonalisation-derealisation disorder when I was a teenager. As such, being aware of what constitutes "me" and in what way I exist in this world, and not detaching too much, are very important for me.

Understandable viewpoint.

Perhaps a healing working related to that could help you not tread the possibility of detaching from the mind. Because after all, these three, body-mind-soul are in reality all different parts, altough working together constantly.

 

[Aquarius]

Your car is yours, but you are not the car. You ride the car.

I see myself aka soul and the ownership of the soul - body-mind as separate, but in-connection.

Very nicely said.
I actually experience anxiety if I don't detach from my mind, if I knew that detaching would make anxiety go away I would've done it years ago, when I had trouble functioning because always associating with my mind.

 

[Henu the Great]

That's a really interesting idea. When it comes to some problems, it's literally only a matter of time until they're solved since some requirements need to be met; but they end up bothering and distracting me a lot even though all I have to do is wait. It would be useful if I could detach from them while I'm wait, but I'm afraid to do so because I'm scared of losing sight of myself or reality again.

Between being bothered by it the entire time I wait, or being able to focus fully on other important things that I can do right now, the latter would clearly be preferable. I already recently managed to stop thinking about things that are irrelevant or meaningless, because I realised they weren't an important part of me. But these problems are so incredibly relevant and important to me. The thought of no longer being bothered by them before they're solved terrifies me, because it would mean to lose sight of something important to me.

But I realise there's a balance to be had. I can keep the knowledge that I'm bothered by it; my feelings on the topic won't change until the problem has been solved at its root. But by trying not to think about it, I can avoid wasting any thought or emotion on it (since I can't do anything about it right now anyway and only have to wait), allowing me to focus on other things more easily. I can let everything that's important to me remain a part of me, without getting needlessly distracted by it. That would be much better.

I'll try to come up with a working to help myself with that. Thank you very much for the suggestion.

What I learned by doing sports you need to learn to compartmentalize your feelings from hours of hard work and focus on the task at hand. The things in the background do not go away, but they will be not prioritized in the processing resulting in better overall focus. Pushing it to the background, so to speak. Lack of focus results in errors at task at hand or other unwanted things. This skill will help people outside of sports as well, as it is one key component in controlling your mind.

However you get to learn it is up to you. For me it has been mostly sports.