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πŸ”οΈ Breathe Freely 🌊 | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 They say that you meet yourself when you meditate πŸ˜„ I don't mean that as an offense at all, I hear you. I find myself very annoying at times during meditation. But that's exactly the stuff to honestly process. Sadhguru put this something like that: "If you sit in silence and it's unbearable, then you are not keeping yourself good company."
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Mysth | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I can spend a day walking or hiking by myself, and I actually enjoy that. No phone, no music, no people, just me. 

So I don’t know if I found myself annoying during meditation or if I found meditation annoying, but I recall that staying still for so long felt like a waste of time and energy, and didn’t bring me anything positive for the rest of my day.
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πŸ”οΈ Breathe Freely 🌊 | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Fair enough πŸ˜‰ 

Performing an activity where your sense organs are highly active and your mind 'distracted' with your natural surroundings is different though.

The reality of how you and your mind works reveals itself much more strongly when you are in silence with yourself, having reduced the activity of the sense organs to a minimum.

Once you master that kinda silence, the awareness it brings can be applied to any activity in life.
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Mysth | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Maybe I will have the opportunity to try it again someday. 😁