Posted by Creaky_Neurons on February 7, 2003, at 13:57:24
In reply to Mind your Left Brain, posted by jrbecker on February 6, 2003, at 13:29:34
i've been meditating for three months (using a holosync CD recommended by a friend) and here's what i've noticed.
at first, i could barely make it through 10 minutes of the CD. i thought there was no way i could EVER make the time for an hour a day of sitting there like a carrot. but i stuck with it.
now, i feel that the investment of time with my meditation translates to such better use of time elsewhere, that the cost/benefit is totally worth it.
i've been through years of therapy and learned a great deal about my past. but while meditating, i've had the most practical, obvious insights into my personality and the road blocks i self-create. in fact, it's been the opposite of anything new age or spiritual for me. it's been beautifully mundane I guess.
i suppose mental health is an interplay of our environment, history, and expectations about the future combined with individual biology. everybody's got this idiosyncratic mix. what i think meditation is really helping me with is the little things that form my belief system. these beliefs can be the cause of future depressive episodes.
i was a total skeptic. now i'm not. what else can i say?
creaky.
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