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Originally Posted by verklingen
meditation is like, really important guys
brain scans of meditators show a thickening of neurons in areas related to attention, decision making and memory. and if you ask me, meditating keeps me in tune with myself so i'm not just idly cruising through life on auto-pilot and continuing to regret what i end up getting myself into. it really just tempers your will to be. there's an expanded clarity of self-assured confidence. the fact that it affects your brain this way is truly phenomenal. . . it's like brain centers are evolving right before our eyes! and that's exactly how meditating, by helping me to develop what sage aptly likes to call "mindfulness," makes me feel: like i'm moving ahead to the next stage!
the simplest method is to sit or lie comfortably, close your eyes and simply breathe; evenly, deeply. there's just you and your breath. see where it takes you
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I certainly agree with everything you said Verk. Just sitting and watching my breath is often what I do. However it's one of the four things to work with, within the body.
So, I mainly posted some ideas for people since, I observe, there is there over whelming feeling of not doing it right. Which basically can't happen, but I thought it would be nice to through out some scaffolding that people could leap from.
When he have insights into our behaviour we are alloted the time to choose as we become more aware of how thoughts arise, therefore each time we actively move to a positive action and new neural pathway is strengthen as the former habitual pathway atrophies. You were more specific to the area, but you touched on this as well. Our brains are a 'muscle' and must be used actively to maintain health overall.
I would like to add, that for me, the confidence you spoke of comes from the place of non-attachment to the happen to me and my, and rather focus on awareness happening and 'me' being the set of factors there to relate it in a relative and ultimate sense. Discovering that we can learn to bend and not break with the things that arise on the cushion, dramatically effects our means of recovery time off the cushion.
Namaste
~Sage