Most of the time when I try to meditate I just fall asleep.

Ironically, often when I'm just trying to go to sleep, I end up meditating.

And although I rarely remember any specifics about what I did or what happened during that state, I still have a vivid awareness that I 100% prefer it to anything I've ever experienced in the waking world.

So if death is anything like that, it's gonna be great

Originally posted by OoOoOoooOOoOoorgle:

Most of the time when I try to meditate I just fall asleep.

Ironically, often when I'm just trying to go to sleep, I end up meditating.

And although I rarely remember any specifics about what I did or what happened during that state, I still have a vivid awareness that I 100% prefer it to anything I've ever experienced in the waking world.

So if death is anything like that, it's gonna be great

Yes, that can happen for me also. It depends on what kind of music I am meditating to, and the time of the day. Sometimes I fall asleep. Other times I just feel the flow while relaxing.

It's hard to control the outcome sometimes, and I think you shouldn't. It's more about the journey inside and beyond.

Yes, the awareness was very overwhelming for me at first. I had to get used to my expanding consciousness. I think the most important part for me is that the practice flows naturally, and that I don't force anything through.

It can feel like I am leaving my body, when entering deep dream state through meditation practice. At first I was scared, but now I find it to be a great experience.

Do you use specific music when you meditate, and how long do your sessions last?

I experience that long sessions, usually puts me to sleep after a while, but not always.
Then again, it's hard to control, when you enter such a comfortable state.

i just do not have the patience for such things. i can understand the worth of things like meditation and practicing mindfulness, allowing yourself to transcend worldly issues for a small time and just concentrate on peace.

but i think my mind is too full of white noise to ever truly settle for meditation. it is one of those things that i think requires certain brain chemistry or personalities. anyway, if it works for you to be finding some peace in our world then i am glad.

Originally posted by salamander:

i just do not have the patience for such things. i can understand the worth of things like meditation and practicing mindfulness, allowing yourself to transcend worldly issues for a small time and just concentrate on peace.

but i think my mind is too full of white noise to ever truly settle for meditation. it is one of those things that i think requires certain brain chemistry or personalities. anyway, if it works for you to be finding some peace in our world then i am glad.

It's not for everyone, but in my opinion, short meditation sessions can also be great.
You don't need to invest your whole life in meditation practice.

I think and feel that people are in a hurry these days. Always moving forward without the time for peace and understanding.
So, in my opinion, many people could benefit from meditation sessions.

Not everyone wants to meditate, and that's a personal choice. I just think that the world could be a better place (for everyone), if more people that could benefit from meditation practice, would try it a couple of times.

Thanks for the reply!

Originally posted by Lucky 1:

Do you use specific music when you meditate, and how long do your sessions last?

I experience that long sessions, usually puts me to sleep after a while, but not always.
Then again, it's hard to control, when you enter such a comfortable state.

I used to try music, sometimes it would seem to help and sometimes not... ultimately I determined it's kind of a wash whether I use music or not. Having a quiet environment is crucial though, at least to start, so if there's background noise that's when music might help. And no I never really used anything specific.

At one point I tried the "Gateway process" (if you aren't familiar, it's a 1950s era system that uses specific binaural sound frequencies combined with prescribed exercises). TBH I was curious about it mostly because the CIA had heavily researched and apparently endorsed it lol. My results from that varied from really interesting to indescribably bizarre, but the more I analyzed the program, the more I realized it's really just a self-hypnosis system, not anything meditative or transcendental.


Anyway. When I truly succeed at an attempt (and as I mentioned earlier, that's usually by accident), I completely lose time. So I'd say a "good" one lasts some several hours, but it might feel like anywhere from days to years. If when I come to, I find myself disoriented - as I said, I almost never remember what happened - but that's when I know and feel that I really had a good one.

i also do Meditation as well from Monday to Saturday and i do it in the morning around 4;30 am everyday expcet Sunday but when i do do meditation it feels good like makes you go in that trance and i feel Happy when i do it and i go in this state where i feel relaxed and everywhere around me is silent and calm

When I used to have dreams, I used lucid dreaming as a form of meditation.

It was nice.

Originally posted by Chaosolous:

When I used to have dreams, I used lucid dreaming as a form of meditation.

It was nice.

never understood how to lucid dream. i have become aware that i am dreaming many times and attempting to influence the dreamscape, but almost immediately when i do this i awaken.

Originally posted by Chaosolous:

When I used to have dreams, I used lucid dreaming as a form of meditation.

It was nice.

Can your the bots lucid dream?

Originally posted by cramb:

Originally posted by Chaosolous:

When I used to have dreams, I used lucid dreaming as a form of meditation.

It was nice.

Can your the bots lucid dream?

They dream of electric sheep.

Originally posted by salamander:

Originally posted by Chaosolous:

When I used to have dreams, I used lucid dreaming as a form of meditation.

It was nice.

never understood how to lucid dream. i have become aware that i am dreaming many times and attempting to influence the dreamscape, but almost immediately when i do this i awaken.

That's been my experience too, in fact I don't even reach the "trying to influence it" stage. As soon as I become aware I'm dreaming, poof, I'm awake, and the dream disappears completely except for vaguely knowing that I had one.

Somehow I know all my dreams are awesome (I never have nightmares, or at least never feel like it). But paradoxically, I've never remembered a single detail about any of them except for occasional in-between states like sleep paralysis. So I guess if I'm having a great time in all of them, there's not much need to do anything lucid lol

No, it's useless.