Mind Over Matter: The Meditation Club

I bookmarked the snippet link to read later and a thought crossed my mind, I wondered if it ll be more resourceful if there was an index for your threads. Just that. Hope you didn't mistake.

 

@kaniths,

I agree with you on creating an index. For the past 30 minutes, I was reviewing how many snippets I had written about mind and somewhat related to mind, thoughts, meditation, emotions, etc. Boyooboy! I have been writing about it since 2012. It is an eye opener for me! Something makes me write about mind again and again.

As long as it won't take away what @Gauri03 is trying to accomplish in this thread, I will be glad to create an index myself and provide the links in one place. If all are in agreement, I can post the links here itself.

Viswa

 

Impressive!

Post here as well keep an index thread, both option could work (independently).

 

I am posting here the index of all that I had written about the mind either partially or completely in a snippet. If it is relevant to this thread, please give your comments here. Otherwise, please post your response in the snippet that is linked here.

I have arranged the latest snippets first for easy reference. You may notice that my writing was very different a few years back. My lack of experience in writing is the cause.

1) Preparation
2) Magic Bullet
3) Tip Of The Iceberg
4) Post-mortem
5) Journey Of Life
6) Sufferings
7) Intellect Vs Cleverness
8) Drop In The Ocean
9) Stimulating Gray Matter
10) Thumb Meditation
11) Stress and Mindfulness
12) Quality of life
13) Symphony
14) Meditation
15) Energy
16) Cia
17) Extraordinary
18) Knowing Vs Being
19) Forgiving
20) Goal in life
21) Matter, Mind & Motivation
22) D & a
23) Ego
24) Body
25) Cad
26) Present
27) From love to love
28) Que Sera, Sera
29) Trinity
30) Is happiness perceived or felt?
31) Object of the Soul
32) Discovering Self
33) Expectations
34) Chaithanya
35) Every experience is a lesson
36) Love and Use
37) Self confidence
38) Is there life after delivery?
39) Made in five elements
40) Equanimity
41) Compatible Parallel Being
42) Super Brain Yoga
43) Cleansing the parking lot
44) Knowledge Vs Experience
45) Introspection
46) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/conversation-with-the-lord.260216/
47) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/vibrations.254092/
48) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/sixth-sense.252834/
49) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/where-is-peace.252193/
50) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/flower-garden.248033/
51) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/big-data-analytics.244367/
52) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/the-best-form-of-worship.243238/
53) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/power-of-meditation-and-chants.243025/
54) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/emotional-rational-mind.241494/
55) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/born-with-a-silver-spoon.230037/
56) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/cracking-our-codes-and-rewriting-them.223316/
57) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/mission.222908/
58) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/is-ignorance-bliss.222472/
59) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/alignment.221906/
60) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/a-monkey-on-steroids.220478/
61) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/knowledge-experience.219690/
62) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/i-am-trying-to-be-what-i-am-not.209281/
63) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/in-search-of-peace.290521/
64) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/control-of-life.290458/
65) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/watching-my-thoughts.290441/
66) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/freedom-from-the-correction-facility.195054/
67) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/is-my-castle-built-with-strong-foundation.189992/
68) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/bmi.289933/
69) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/emotion.289922/
70) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/things-that-influence-our-thoughts.289699/
71) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/what-are-thoughts.289490/
72) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/control-alter-delete.289265/
73) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/knowledge.289150/
74) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/establishing-eternal-peace.289136/
75) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/character-personality-development.289133/
76) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/preparation-for-the-journey.289126/
77) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/receipt-reaction-response.289121/
78) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/the-purpose.289061/
79) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/brahmananda.289049/
80) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/self-is-supreme.289047/
81) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/is-my-goal-realistic.289002/
82) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/living-in-the-street.288951/
83) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/who-am-i.288939/
84) http://indusladies.com/community/threads/conditions-of-mind.288900/

Viswa

 

Awesome body of work! Hats off to you, @Viswamitra.

I would love to read all and assimilate and become a Gyani. Well, I really don't think I have that kind of intelligence or the intellect! Instead of reading those high funda books, it is better to read them here and seek clarifications and/or guidance directly from you, right?

 

Dear Smt. Geeta (@GeetaKashyap)

Frankly, it is accumulation of knowledge from the learned people and my own interpretation combined. I wouldn't suggest those words as guidance. Far from it. I would recommend making own inquiry to learn from experiences and educate me also with those thoughts so that I can learn from you.

Viswa

 

Then you may have to wait for the next birth. In this life, I have survived so far with a limited brain

 

@Gauri03 great thread. I'm officially stalking you .
Too much information for me to process. I remember once I was so much into mindfulness(influenced by my co-worker) I obediently went and ordered top 10 books that appeared on amazon search. Need to find that amazon box and start reading them .

 

Feb 18 / 18 (bed time) : 5 mins

Hm. A 'bad mood day'. Did a mini guided mindfulness on the topic 'Negative Thoughts', followed the session with some CBT thought analysis and reframing exercises later. The audio session talked about acknowledging negative thoughts without judgments, labeling them as they appear in the mind (like boxes on a conveyor belt) and send each one away to move on to the next box (or thought), eventually learning to let go and distancing ourselves from disruptive emotions. Enjoyed the session, felt better after and hope to keep in mind the technique.



Feb 19/18 (morning) : 7 mins

Insomnia + Anxiety. Did another guided mini session to start the day in a better mood, on topic "Calming breath". From the audio, I liked the analogy of air passing through the chest as cars passing through a tunnel. Only the cars move, the tunnel stays still so should the air we breathe and our chest be (for this technique maybe). On continuous practice this breath handling will become natural and be very useful during times of anxiety, I hear. Awesome that, Guess I ll.



I'm curious now, Do you guys do guided or unguided meditation? If guided type, What topics you choose daily / mostly or anytime? I alternate between both types, depending on the day. If unguided I always choose rooftop rain music to listen to, reminds me of home and brings up sweet vibes to the mind to settle down easy. Sometimes I prefer neither options but just blank silence. Works!