It’s Metaphysical Monday! Today we will be offering tips to improve your meditation practice.
It seems that very few people seem confident with their meditation practice. If I ask people if they meditate, they say they don’t meditate as much as they should, or they try but they don’t know if they’re doing it or they think they should be better at it. Who knew there was so much pressure about meditation!
你的冥想練習不需要很複雜。它可以像讓自己平靜下來並有連接的意圖一樣簡單。你可以跟隨你的呼吸，也可以不跟隨。你可以以某種方式坐著，也可以不坐。你可以以靜止為目標，也可以不以靜止為目標。（旁注：我從來沒有能夠實現虛無。我最成功的冥想來自於讓我的大腦帶著一個廣泛的意圖去它想去的地方，在冥想期間我想做什麼）。真正重要的是您找到一個讓您感到舒適、讓您放鬆並讓您隨心所欲的空間。
Your meditation practice does not need to be complicated. It can be as simple as stilling yourself and having an intention to connect. You can follow your breath, or not. You can sit a certain way, or not. You can aim for stillness, or not. (Sidenote: I’ve never been able to achieve nothingness. My most successful meditations have come from allowing my brain to go where it wants to go with a broad intention of what I would like to do during that meditation). All that really matters is that you find a space that is comfortable for you, that relaxes you, and allows you to do whatever your intention is.
在冥想中入睡對人們來說可能是個問題，尤其是在我們忙碌的生活方式中。如果您是這種情況，請嘗試在當天早些時候進行冥想，或者坐起來冥想。
Falling asleep during meditation can be an issue for people, particularly with the busy lifestyles we have. If that’s the case for you, try to meditate earlier in the day, or meditate sitting up.
關於睡眠這個話題，如果你睡不著覺，半夜醒來的時候打坐。它通常會讓你重新入睡，如果沒有，冥想的行為相當於睡了幾個小時，這樣你早上就不會那麼累了。
On the topic of sleeping, if you have trouble sleeping, meditate when you wake up in middle of the night. Often it will allow you to go back to sleep, and if it doesn’t the act of meditating will equal a couple of hours of sleep so you won’t be as tired in the morning.
如果你在冥想中看東西有困難，用東西遮住你的眼睛。這會立即告訴你的大腦停止嘗試用你的肉眼看東西，轉而用你的精神視覺看東西。用稍重的東西遮住眼睛，例如加重眼枕，也可以幫助您更輕鬆地進入冥想。
If you have trouble with seeing things in your meditations, cover your eyes with something. This will immediately tell your brain to stop trying to see with your physical eyes and to switch to seeing with your psychic vision. Covering your eyes with something with a little weight to it like a weighted eye pillow can also help you relax into your meditation easier.
水是一個很好的放大器，所以如果你想加強你的冥想練習，在水中（安全地！）或靠近水的地方冥想也會很有幫助。
Water is a great amplifier, so if you are wishing to enhance your meditation practice meditating in water (safely!) or near water can be very helpful, as well.
當你在冥想時，懷疑你是否“在那裡”足夠或者這是否只是你的想像是很常見的。如果你很放鬆，你就足夠好了！繼續練習，在不知不覺中你會感到無聊，然後任何阻力都會消失，好事就會開始發生。
It is common when you are meditating to doubt if you are “in there” enough or if it is just your imagination. If you are relaxed you are in good enough! Keep practicing, before you know it you will get bored and then any resistance will ebb away and the good stuff will start happening.
我總是告訴人們不要太擔心某事是否“只是你的想像力”，因為你的想像力是通往大腦心理部分的橋樑。如果您立即將事物視為您的想像而放棄，那麼您在到達您想去的地方之前就切斷了自己！如果你只是讓你的經歷不加判斷地展開，那麼有一天你會對發生的事情感到完全驚訝，那時你會知道這不是你的想像，因為你的想像沒有能力讓你感到驚訝但是一次精神體驗絕對可以。
I always tell people to not get too caught up worrying about if something is “only your imagination” because your imagination is the bridge to the psychic part of your brain. If you immediately dismiss things as being your imagination you are cutting yourself off before you get where you want to go! If you just let your experiences unfold without judgment, what will happen is one day you will be completely surprised by something that happens and at that point you will know it’s not your imagination, because your imagination doesn’t have the ability to surprise you but a spiritual experience absolutely can.
所以你的冥想練習要輕鬆。實驗。讓它變得愉快並成為你自己的。相信它的展開。無論在此期間發生什麼，對健康的好處都是巨大的，因此永遠不會浪費時間。如果你在不知不覺中保持開放的心態，它就會成長並演變成對你來說絕對美妙和完美的事物。
So be light with your meditation practice. Experiment. Make it enjoyable and make your own. Trust the unfoldment of it. No matter what happens during it, the health benefits are vast so it is never ever wasted time. If you keep an open mind before you know it, it will grow and evolve into something absolutely wonderful and perfect for you.
Water is a great amplifier, so if you are wishing to enhance your meditation practice meditating in water (safely!) or near water can be very helpful, as well.
當你在冥想時，懷疑你是否“在那裡”足夠或者這是否只是你的想像是很常見的。如果你很放鬆，你就足夠好了！繼續練習，在不知不覺中你會感到無聊，然後任何阻力都會消失，好事就會開始發生。
It is common when you are meditating to doubt if you are “in there” enough or if it is just your imagination. If you are relaxed you are in good enough! Keep practicing, before you know it you will get bored and then any resistance will ebb away and the good stuff will start happening.
我總是告訴人們不要太擔心某事是否“只是你的想像力”，因為你的想像力是通往大腦心理部分的橋樑。如果您立即將事物視為您的想像而放棄，那麼您在到達您想去的地方之前就切斷了自己！如果你只是讓你的經歷不加判斷地展開，那麼有一天你會對發生的事情感到完全驚訝，那時你會知道這不是你的想像，因為你的想像沒有能力讓你感到驚訝但是一次精神體驗絕對可以。
I always tell people to not get too caught up worrying about if something is “only your imagination” because your imagination is the bridge to the psychic part of your brain. If you immediately dismiss things as being your imagination you are cutting yourself off before you get where you want to go! If you just let your experiences unfold without judgment, what will happen is one day you will be completely surprised by something that happens and at that point you will know it’s not your imagination, because your imagination doesn’t have the ability to surprise you but a spiritual experience absolutely can.
所以你的冥想練習要輕鬆。實驗。讓它變得愉快並成為你自己的。相信它的展開。無論在此期間發生什麼，對健康的好處都是巨大的，因此永遠不會浪費時間。如果你在不知不覺中保持開放的心態，它就會成長並演變成對你來說絕對美妙和完美的事物。
So be light with your meditation practice. Experiment. Make it enjoyable and make your own. Trust the unfoldment of it. No matter what happens during it, the health benefits are vast so it is never ever wasted time. If you keep an open mind before you know it, it will grow and evolve into something absolutely wonderful and perfect for you.
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