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I’ve never meditated a single time that has felt like people describe it, but maybe there is an analogy here to yoga. I used to think yoga was a thing you set aside intentional time for and it was suboptimal (at best) without a mat, loose clothes, and an instructor. Now I feel it is a relationship to my body: what muscles do I need to use right now, and how little effort is actually needed? I either practice yoga for a few hours a week or every waking hour, accordingly. Except I can feel how tight my muscles are, think back to the last time I injured myself doing everyday activities, etc. And now that I don’t ‘practice yoga’ and instead practice relaxing muscles that are tensed for no reason, all of those metrics are better than they have ever been. To circle back to meditation, I guess I’m just hoping that I can allow thoughts that are getting in the way of my purpose to drift away like they are supposed to during meditation, except all the time. It seems limiting to hope that someday I could allow unhelpful thoughts to drift away when I’m cross-legged in my darkened living room.. wouldn’t it be cool if I could do that in a boring meeting at work? Stuck in traffic? Because those are the situations where it would be the most useful to be able to stop my monkey brain from telling me how horrible the situation I’m in is.
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Thanks for the useful reply, I love "habit pressing" way more than "meditation," the former is delightfully generic. I will continue honing my tools!
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