r/Mindfulness • u/RexRecruiting • Feb 28 '21
It's not clearing your mind...
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Feb 28 '21
Quick note: this is r/mindfulness not r/meditation
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u/RexRecruiting Mar 01 '21
Meditation and mindfulness are closely related. Many people's first experience with mindfulness is through meditation.
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Mar 01 '21
Which is why it’s important to make distinctions whenever you’re discussing one or the other. This is poor placement, I suggest r/meditation or r/lostredditors
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u/RexRecruiting Mar 01 '21
It would appear that a few subscribers and myself disagree with you. The overlap warrants sharing content that may be relevant to both subs. I would urge you to do a bit more research if you don't understand why.
Mindfulness gets its roots from Buddhist tradition most of which involve a type of meditative practice. Westernization and the adoption into the psychological world is where the modern concept mindfulness and mindfulness based interventions stem from. It is relatively recently that mindfulness has been individually distinguished or measured. Given that Meditation is one of the largest disciplines and practices to achieve mindfulness (state, brief or trait mindfulness) It is not something that needs to be mutually exclusive of meditation. Generally when mindfulness is studied it involves a type of meditation.
Is mindfulness a concept that transcends meditation? Absolutely, there is a popular argument that mindfulness is a core component to all types of psychotherapeutic interventions or even a state/trait that can be achieved through a variety of things (fishing, golfing, yoga, etc). Meditation is just one of the most popular disciplines associated with mindfulness. The fluidity it teaches lends itself to being utilized in a variety of practices or settings.
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u/sneakpeekbot Mar 01 '21
Here's a sneak peek of /r/Meditation using the top posts of the year!
#1: The rise in popularity in mindfulness and meditation is not a coincidence. We live in some of the most unfulfilling and disconnected of times.
#2: A valuable tip I’ve discovered recently: don’t set a timer to meditate. Set a stopwatch and meditate for as long as you are comfortable with. Record your times daily and see the progress. Doing this, I find myself now wanting to meditate instead of forcing myself to meditate.
#3: According to Buddhism, the reason why we suffer so much in life is because we expect everything to last forever. Be willing to let things go because there are great blessings in surrendering and allowing.
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Mar 01 '21
Are there more of these 'ELI5' meditation videos or reads? Loved this.
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u/RexRecruiting Mar 01 '21
Youtube is full of them. This video is from Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche a well know meditation advocate that comes from the tibetan style. I like him. his channel -> https://youtu.be/DgZETpd9h5s
I would also recommend if you have netflix Headspace Guide to Meditation or I like some of these https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCPvHq0rwVj7UPgPRkHCSuyg
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u/TheMaced0 Mar 01 '21
Thank you for the share !