I could see my thoughts shoot off in different directions and just asked why. I don’t have to go there. They can be to fill in space when I don’t need to. I can just be. Enjoyed this and I’ve done lots of meditation before too
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Seeing how thoughts so quickly and randomly jump from one worry and thought to another from an almost 3rd Person Perspective was kind of interesting
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I was indeed able to see the quickness of the mind jumping from one thought to another and slowing down. Yes from a 3rd person perspective for me as well.
This was easier than a typical meditation session but felt like I was spectatoring? Easy to let the mind drift
I kinda felt distracted
Mind is ever thinking I need to accept thoughts as only thoughts
It’s one thing after another, if it’s not to do with my girlfriend coming over tomorrow, then it’s to do with what am I gonna do for work, what am I gonna do with my son this weekend. Those thoughts come and go as long as I don’t ruminate on them
Like skipping radio stations, sometimes it’s static (quiet), then other times it’s talk radio, or rock and roll, or classical hour on npr.
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Like siting in a busy office lobby, watching one department go to the next with info.
It’s almost similar to a low frequency white noise. I couldn’t really pinpoint any specific thought, it was just constant distraction in my mind and several random thoughts and discouragements even.
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I noticed that when I had a negative thought about my sexual wellness, my mind immediately stepped in and said “woah” and I wasn’t really affected by the negative thought. It was so reassuring!
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My monkey mind was heavily influenced by my inner critic, who was saying the meanest, scariest things he could think of to me. Most of it had little to do with sex. I felt pretty calm during this, but I still feel a bit on edge
There’s clearly a lot on my mind and i noticed the theme of things that are stressing me lately: work; dating; past relationship; health; things I’ve got to do. Observing and accepting these thoughts was interesting and helped me actually feel a bit calmer by the end.
At times during, I observed. I was thinking about my recent increase in porn consumption, if I’ll be relaxed when I next see someone I’m seeing my current living situation (not terrible but not ideal). It was different to mediations I’ve done before but still helpful
My mind felt calm but at the same time absolutely all over the place at 1000mph, there was so much noise and thoughts flying all over the place that I couldn’t actually focus on one thing, so I almost glazed over and became relaxed. This did make it difficult to observe my mind though, even when I tried to “not fight it”, I still felt like I couldn’t observe it properly because there was so much happening
My monkey mind likes to run 100 mph, and it’s almost like a merry go round of thoughts. I can forget about one thing or let something go, but it’s almost replaced by another thought or worry.
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Hard to be an observer of the thoughts without getting caught up in them
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I just don’t get it
Being an observer while also letting the thoughts come is really difficult, but there were pockets of time where I did feel like my mind was able to shut off.
Constant thoughts of what I have to do today and the list of things that I haven’t gotten done. While trying hard to let all the shit I haven’t completed in life not bother me I was only somewhat successful. This is typical cause my mind never shuts tf up