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StingRayExplorer
Hi everyone. I have practiced on and off for the last 10 years. I have just started practicing again these last few days and I realise I was always too hard on myself during meditation when the mind wondered. I know see it as a gift every time I notice it wondering instead of a failure. I have suffered a great deal these last 3 years because I was not sitting. The most important reason I have joined this group is so I can have a sangha for support and to hopefully be able so support others. For the first time in 10 years I realise how important it is to be part of a sangha because this path can be very lonely!!
@SpinyNorman one could still be sitting in the correct posture and meditating in the correct way in accordance to the method being used and may not attain a feeling of calm due to all the stress and … (View Post)
Hi @dooksta123 and during those three hours did you have any "bad meditation sittings if you did those were probably the good ones for your spiritual progress! (View Post)
Hi @dooksta123 I have thought a lot about your post after having read it a few days ago. You sound exactly how I used to sound when I first started setting about 10 years back. I used to measure succ… (View Post)
Thank you @lobster and @how The both of you have made me aware that this feeling of "loneliness" is just another emotion that will pass and is part of the meditation and the path. (View Post)
Hi During and after meditation I have been feeling a sense of being alone on this path for the first time in 10 years. It's not a need for another person as such but more of a deep feeling of being a… (View Post)