I’m trying to develop the habit of meditation so I’ve given myself the goal of meditating 20 minutes every day for 30 days in a row. So far I’m on day 6 in a row, which is a good start. I thought it also might be good to jot down occasionally how the meditation goes or what the experience is like so that I can look back at it later.
Almost all meditations begin by focusing on the breath and that’s how today’s went. Once calmed, I focused on experiencing the feelings and sounds around me as “2D”. I tried to experience them as you might a 1980’s video game where the sounds aren’t immersive but are more externally generated. The point of this meditation is to realize that the reality we experience isn’t true reality but rather a construct of mind and perception. The meditation fell apart a bit at the end. I’m not yet at the place where I can concentrate singularly on a particular subject such as breathing for the entire time, but rather I fall into deep meditation for a period of time and then my mind begins to wander and I have to lead it back to my breath or whatever it is I’m trying to achieve that day.
After 6 days here’s what I’ve noticed of meditating:
- I have a generally more positive outlook
- I’m less tired
- When I’m upset I have less intense feelings of anger or frustration when things don’t go my way
Next week I will add running back into my routine so I’ll be doing that in addition to meditating.
