Most people think that to meditate, I should feel a particular special something, and if I don't, then I must be doing something wrong.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The problem with meditating is I generally go to sleep, and that's because I'm doing it wrong.
But I deal with this meditating and by understanding I've been put on the planet to serve humanity. I have to remind myself to live simply and not to overindulge, which is a constant battle in a material world.
To meditate is to familiarise our mind constantly and thoroughly with a virtuous object.
I don't meditate before I play or compose, but I see playing and composing as meditative acts.
I meditate, and I try to do that twice a day.
I don't meditate in any formal way, but I often lie in bed or find myself in nature and enter into that state of quiet where I get images, feelings, or melodies.
I meditate. I breathe out what I can't control and focus on the positives.
I was constantly looking for things outside of myself to make me feel good, and I think now that feeling can come from the inside, and that's why I meditate now twice a day.
When I do something that's stressful, I have to find a moment of peace, so I tend to meditate and get in the flow. It's a regular practice of mine.
Meditation is to get insight, to get understanding and compassion, and when you have them, you are compelled to act.
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