•  dsprick
•   Spiritual
• on Apr, 23, 2020
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I realized recently I needed to focus on listening to keep myself present during meditation. I thought my issue was with having a wandering mind that visualized a lot, but that’s not the case at all. I’ve since realized that sound is how my brain distracts me. I might play through imaginary conversations in my […]

•  dsprick
•   Spiritual
• on Jan, 06, 2019
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Since I’ve been meditating for 20 minutes daily, my dreams are more vivid and memorable. The following account I am writing about four hours after I woke up and remembered it. The first scene I remember was sitting in a nearly empty bus in near complete darkness on a street while looking at a second […]

•  dsprick
•   Spiritual
• on Dec, 30, 2018
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I don’t think I ever knew what brain fog was until I started meditating daily. Even now, I can’t be entirely sure I know what it is. However, as you can see from the data (image below), I had a low point between two high points. That day, I had a very hard time meditating. […]

•  dsprick
•   Spiritual
• on Dec, 23, 2018
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This is another way to think of the state of mind that meditation achieves. I noticed at one point that during meditation, it seemed like I was “gazing softly” at myself being in a body and could feel my consciousness in my head. I drifted between active focus and relaxed dreaming to maintain that perfect balance […]

•  dsprick
•   Spiritual
• on Dec, 16, 2018
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Caffeine, fatigue and other problems may thwart your ability to be in a state of open focus or wonder. I’ve noticed that even with my techniques, general fatigue can make it harder to remain present. If I meditate at a particular time of the day when I feel exhausted or somewhat in need of rest, […]

•  dsprick
•   Spiritual
• on Dec, 09, 2018
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I practiced my “it’s all connected” technique the next day and managed to increase the amount of time I stayed in open focus. As I did that, I felt a new sensation. A tingle came over my body: in my arms, in my back, up my neck, down my thighs. I realized I had rejected […]

•  dsprick
•   Spiritual
• on Dec, 02, 2018
•  Comments Off on It’s All Connected (Meditation)

As I meditated more recently, I noticed that I didn’t need to hop around, so to speak, to notice my breath, my heartbeat, my body posture or the black space behind my eyes as separate things. I realized all of these things were interconnected. The space held the air I breathed, so I was connected […]

•  dsprick
•   Spiritual
• on Nov, 25, 2018
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When I started meditation with my Muse, I really didn’t know what to expect. I meditated before without the Muse, but I didn’t know what was helpful during meditation. It’s taken several sessions to figure out what it means to let my thoughts go and focus on my breath, and it has been very much […]