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Meditation apps/timers
skullchin
Veteran
I just got this app called "Zen Timer" for my iPhone. It really beats using the alarm on my watch. I was wondering what else everyone uses for timers out there?
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What does this app do that a regular timer or alarm would not provide..
I love old snakey!
I actually bought the app after seeing this post. It's pretty nice and handy!
:bowdown:
When I have a full-fledged computer, I just write my own timer.
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/09/03/stress-less-with-meditation-timer-for-the-iphone/
Woah, patent that bad-boy quick!
I used to use a gong-recording that broke a selection of meditation sittings into regular intervals (for staged meditation practices). I don't have an iPhone, so now I just use a quiet alarm, or just sit until I fall asleep, or feel I have to move else go insane
it is at the same time a good idea to just forget about time keeping meditation timeless
subjectively we experience time very different in meditation, so we must taste time and figure out how the clock of the universe runs within us and outside us and through us
while also it is good to experiment with different timers and things that mediate between you and time....... such as meditation music, or self generated hand claps , or a poor asian orphan you hire from the street to strike a gong for you and prepare the aftermeal rice dish
It's things like that which get my hopes up about finding a karate-kid-esque mentor whom will personally oversee my martial and spiritual practice to the point of hollywood awesomness! :mad:
There's no real 'good' or 'bad' meditation - as long as you do whatever 'meditation' you do, there will always be something to reflect on, or some cultivation, or some weird insight regarding a new version of chocolate chip cookies!
BTW @ the Just sit app for the android phone, i like that too. Very simple, but works just fine.
And lol, Ladyfire, I couldn't stop giggling when I started. I can't even figure out why, but I would just start laughing or something for no reason. It was almost like being stoned for the first time. /shakes head. Maybe that just means we're awesome. /high five.
I time my morning one because if I didn't I'd be late for work.
http://www.treeleaf.org/meditation.html
For myself I made my own mp3 timer using garage band.
I've read that having a set time for the beginning and end of a meditation session, helps in giving the practice some structure and this in turn makes it easier to maintain through a long-term period. Supposedly it's also helpful if you meditate at the same time of day every day.
Lol, way to go off making sense and stuff.
You don't need to procrastinate, you can meditate right now. It can be as short as five minutes, or one minute. You can let go of everything right now, in this very moment.
btw, just because I'm silver it doesn't mean I'm a robot
just a couplea thoughts.
Historically there have been other ways of timing meditation, such as incense sticks.
import android
android.Android().droid.view('file:///sdcard/bell.ogg', 'audio/ogg')
import android
droid = android.Android()
total = 0
for delay in [0.001, 15, 35, 10]:
total += delay
droid.scheduleRelative("bell.py", 60*total)
[The last two lines have to be indented by four spaces. I can't figure out how to make this html editor indent them.]
The numbers "15, 35, 10" are the delays in minutes between bells during my meditation sessions. You can change this list to whatever set of delays you like to use. The initial "0.001" means that a bell goes off as soon as I start the session. I use this to make sure the timer is working, and is set so that I will be able to hear it.
i turn it back to the in-breath
that usually does what needs doing
i guess i do look at the clock
and the last time i was there
i was there 35 min or so
Yes it can be. Aversion to timers is also attachment.
Paradoxically, setting a timer can help one become less attached to time
Pieter
I heard that if you have a concept of time and how long you have been meditating for etc, this hinders the outcome and isn't the way to go about doing it. But I also heard a monk say that you should not believe what a monk says, or what somebody tells you or even what the buddha said. You need to find out for yourself :P But that means you should not believe that statement, another paradox!
What made you stop at 14 minutes?
I find it useful to sit through those periods and try to observe what my mind is doing. That's where timers come in useful - you know that you shouldn't get up before it rings, which helps deal with restlessness.