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Dan Harris was named co-anchor of ABC News' weekend edition of "Good Morning America" in October 2010. He is also a correspondent for ABC News' broadcasts and platforms including "World News with Diane Sawyer," "Good Morning America," "Nightline," ABC News Digital and ABC News Radio, and for four years anchored "World News Sunday."
Harris joined ABC News in March 2000 and has covered many of the biggest stories in recent years. He has reported on the mass shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, Aurora, Colorado and Tucson, Arizona, and has covered natural disasters from Haiti to Myanmar to New Orleans. He has also reported on combat in Afghanistan, Israel, Gaza and the West Bank, and has made six visits to Iraq.
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There’s no way a fidgety and skeptical news anchor would ever have started meditating were it not for the science. The science is really compelling. It shows that meditation can boost your immune system, lower your blood pressure, help you deal with problems ranging from irritable bowel syndrome to psoriasis. And the neuroscience is where it really gets sci-fi. There was a study out of Harvard that shows that short daily doses of meditation can literally grow the gray matter in key areas of your brain having to do with self-awareness and compassion and shrink the gray matter in the area associated with stress.
There was also a study out of Yale that looked at what’s called the default mode network of the brain. It’s a connected series of brain regions that are active during most of our waking hours when we’re doing that thing that human beings do all the time which is obsessing about ourselves, thinking about the past, thinking about the future, doing anything but being focused on what’s happening right now. Meditators not only turn off the default mode network of their brain while they’re meditating but even when they’re not meditating. In other words, meditators are setting a new default mode. And what’s that default mode? They’re focused on what’s happening right now.
In sports this is called being in the zone. It’s nothing mystical. It’s not magical. You’re not floating off into cosmic ooze. You are just being where you are - big cliché in self-help circles is being in the now. You can use that term if you want but because it’s accurate. It’s slightly annoying but it’s accurate. It’s more just being focused on what you’re doing. And the benefits of that are enormous. And this is why you’re seeing these unlikely meditators now, why you’re seeing the U.S. Marines adopting it, the U.S. Army, corporate executives from the head of Ford to the founders of Twitter. Athletes from Phil Jackson to many, many Olympians. Scientists, doctors, lawyers, school children. There’s this sort of elite subculture of high achievers who are adopting this because they know it can help you be more focused on what you’re doing and it can stop you from being yanked around by the voice in your head.
My powers of prognostication are not great. I bought a lot of stock in a company that made Palm Pilot back in 2000 and that didn’t go so well for me. But having said that I’m going to make a prediction. I think we’re looking at meditation as the next big public health revolution. In the 1940s if you told people that you went running they would say, who’s chasing you. Right now if you tell people you meditate - and I have a lot of experience with telling people this, they’re going to look at you like you’re a little weird most of the time. That’s going to change. Meditation is going to join the pantheon of no brainers like exercise, brushing your teeth and taking the meds that your doctor prescribes to you. These are all things that if you don’t do you feel guilty about. And that is where I think we’re heading with meditation because the science is so strongly suggestive that meditation can do really, really great things for your brain and for your body.
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Why am I the only one (by now) who has liked this comment? (And commented on it?)
The Buriers Faction yeah
Like a T shirt I once had said: "Meditation, it's not what you think."
genius!
its what you not think! right!? right !??
EpicBunty Lol 🤣
kwixotic -- It was Dan Hagen, author of several helpful little books🙏
I know what you did there
Comment sections on meditation are so much more peaceful than anywhere else on UA-cam
Icebender Beats it's very refreshing!
I dunno, the liquid drum and bass corner is up there too :)
Ain't that the truth, peaceful.
I’ll kick all your fucking asses! Jk
Maybe
FUCK YOU
"It stops you being yanked around by the voices in your head." I don't think there is a better way of saying how important meditation is...
Wow! I read this comment as the audio was saying it!
@@RaulVazquez-dh7sz I find I lose concentration in the video if I start reading the comments as it plays
Meditation healed my ptsd, social anxiety, depression, loneliness, and helped we move on from past events that I used to dwell on. Meditation teaches you how to let go of everything that gets in the way of love, happiness, and peace
What type of meditation did you do?
What method did you use to meditate ?
Me to. For those that have asked the author "what type"?
For me it wasn't just the meditation but the whole philosophy.
I found QiGong Taoism/Daoism. Don't get caught up in the name.
The Way that can be walked is not the eternal Way.
The name that can be named is not the eternal name.
The nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth.
The named is the mother of all things.
Therefore:
Free from desire you see the mystery.
Full of desire you see the manifestations.
These two have the same origin but differ in name.
That is the secret,
The secret of secrets,
The gate to all mysteries
You forget walk on the water 🌊
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I like this guy, well spoken and clear.
+sk8ingthemystery Well its his job. Haha
+Ziquafty Nny yeah you would think, fox news is another story
+sk8ingthemystery No it isn't
I was about to type the same thing.
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Try to eat dinner in silence while only concentrating on your food and the simple act of eating that is presently going on. Watch how many times your brain tries to take you somewhere else, anywhere but on what your actually doing, and thats just eating dinner... Sounds like an easy thing to do, but It's probably one of the most difficult things I've tried to do. Attention is not easy, but when honed correctly it has such wonderful benefits in many activities of life. Mindful eating (what it's called) also helps you loose weight because your actually paying attention to your actions. Seems trippy, but I promise it's 100% real and works. Vipassanna meditation seems to be the best ( personal opinion)...to those of you in the comments section asking which meditation works best.
I don't want to eat dinner in silence while only concentrating on my food, and the simple, monotone and boring routine of eating. I enjoy how my brain takes me on a journey through my own thoughts, memories and morals. It keeps me "entertained" (in a strange way), and I often engage in it willfully because I simply have nothing else to use my brain for. I'd rather go through my own mind than pull out my phone.
If "mindful eating" is indicative of what meditation is, I don't want to engage in it. An alternative to mindful eating would be to put less on your plate or prepare less food in the first place, and to think about whether or not to eat more at the appropriate time, when you can do something about it. (I have in fact lost weight this way)
Attention is not difficult, despite not meditating. I have no problem finding the discipline to pay attention or, conversely, losing myself in the moment of something I'm passionate about, interested in or generally enjoy. For example when eating, regardless of what my mind is doing, I can still snap in and out of it at the appropriate times to pay attention to how much I'm eating. It doesn't mean I can't pay attention in class, or when doing something difficult.
Meditation probably has beneficial effects, but I just feel like I'm benefiting from another way of thinking, which would be reverted with meditation. As if I AM in fact engaging in meditation, but of a different kind. A kind which can occur without preparation, and any time I wish for it.
AlmostThereDotCom wow, this really made me think. Brilliant! Haha. I was just about to participate in my first meditation ever, but your comment persuaded me otherwise. Odd.
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And you've just been led astray by someone who has absolutely no idea what mediation is or what it's for. Mediation combats unwanted thoughts, not wanted ones. It stops you being dragged away by worries and fears, not from creativity. Mediation has been proven to boost creativity. It allows you to be more creative by getting rid of the constant fears and regrets.
AlmostThereDotCom
At least know what mediation is and what it does before deciding it's not for you based entirely on a gross misconception.
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My intention was not to persuade anyone not to meditate, only to share my thoughts. I'm glad I made someone think though. :)
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I may be basing my opinion on a misconception, but the point of sharing my thoughts in a comment was to elicit a response which could further them. If your clarification is correct, I might just try it some time. Thanks for the response.
Meditation changed my life! I use to be angry all the time and now everything just brushes off of me!
Lol seriously?
erko78 No bullshit homie!
how long you are in this new state of fucking zen?
Mišo Vuković I've been fuckin zen for a couple months now and she's fantastic!! ;)
whats your meditation routine, like, daily?
I came across meditation in almost the same way as Dan, saw his anxiety attack when he was reporting news. There are many benefits to meditation.
Excellent video, well researched and well presented. Thank you for sharing!
GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE!
The easiest way to meditate: Breathe in deeply and focus on the breath at the same time. Breathe out deeply while focusing on the breath at the same time. Repeat for as long as you can.
This is the best method anyone's going to find. All I could add is try to go for 20 minutes a day and every week try to add another 10 minutes until you find yourself adopting an hour's worth of meditation a day, every day. Self-exam yourself for change in work ethic and levels of desire and you'll find that the former increases dramatically while the latter decreases. Good luck everyone
I like this
Sammy t Me too. Free happiness. Tell your friends but make sure they don't fall into the whole New Age bullshit associated with meditation. Keep them grounded
I have been for many years now :) Positively influence those around you.
If you have 7 hours a week to meditate, you are one lucky fucker :D In my experience I had a starter session of about 10 minutes, then did 20 minutes every day and after a few weeks I was already experiencing the benefits :)
I ride a motorcycle. While I am riding I live in the moment. Riding brings me great pleasure and makes me happy. Based on what was said I think the act of riding is a type of meditation, as past and future are of no concern to me... all I need to think of is 'now'.
"You can make anything whatsoever, any human activity into meditation so long as your truly with it." -Alan Watts
That I am ;)
alfredo smith Playing guitar and piano too I guess? Kinda meditative.
but driving a motorcycle is a more riskier method of meditation, you cant advertise that to the masses since it could be potential lethal than sitting down to meditate.
Agree, it just never occur to me that riding was a type of meditation...
Dear Tushar and friends. There is no wrong way to meditate. Some meditation is passive and some active. Meditation is simply being...being present in the moment...This moment. You may do powerful work by simply observing your breath and thoughts or visualization or allowing gratitude to flow through you or even being in the zone during sports. Meditation is letting go of judgment and observe yourself in this moment. Peace to us all. Thank you for learning with me.
"You're not floating off into cosmic ooze."
Where's that video? I would very much like to do that.
Is there any good video on how to meditate?
I can help you meditate. I have a few videos. But talking with me for 5 minutes I can teach you.
It's better to google articles than videos about it.
One thing I read, to test if you need to meditate. Whenever you are waiting in line or commuting, try to focus on the second hand of your watch and look and think of only that. You will be amazed at how hard that is. If you can't even focus for 30 seconds and clear your head, you need to meditate.
I started with 3 minutes of focus, now If I choose to I can go a whole 1.5 hours.
Don Unless you are directly talking to me :)
Try this: ua-cam.com/video/1NyCFQ-ROKo/v-deo.html
When I was training in aikido my Sensei taught us to meditate. We sat in a Japanese way (you know like when you see them sit eating at small tables in the movies) and the only thing we had to do is whenever we had a thought, we had to stop it. No matter what is the thought, you stop it. You can try it, Id love to hear what is your opinion of it afterward.
Meditation changed me too. I cannot stress enough how much the world needs meditation. The world would be a much much better place if all of us started mediating.
Dan Harris explains the neuroscience behind meditation, but reminds us that the ancient practice isn't magic and likely won't send one floating into the cosmic ooze. He predicts that the exercise will soon become regularly scheduled maintenance, as commonplace as brushing your teeth or eating your veggies. Harris, an ABC News correspondent, was turned on to mediation after a live, on-air panic attack. His latest book is 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story
man, this guy has a really nice resonant voice (no homo)
my mind wanders a lot when I am depressed and stressed out
+Sam Pheonix Being aware of that is half the "battle". A lot of people don't even realise they are lost in thought, so they get swallowed up by whatever stories arise in their mind. You can train yourself to only use the mind for productive purposes such as problem solving, planning and creative pursuits. The rumination and anxiety can be lifted up to be seen as just another part of the contents of conscious experience, like a cloud that passes, without you blindly following it. The thought becomes less engulfing of who you are and all you're left with is your pure potential in this moment.
Sorry, not sure if you were asking for help but that's my take on the pros of meditation.
+epiphany55 thank you...so much...that was enlightening.... but please tell that hiw should I train myself...I am always preoccupied with my job and education
+Sam Pheonix you can try writing. Just go and dump everything that worries you on the paper. It usually helped me a lot during depression. It's helping now too. I cannot say anything about meditation because I'm just starting out. Wish you luck! Depression is a b*tch but we can be stronger than it.
Oxana Bredikhina sure I'll try that out...thank you so much for these kind words
+Oxana Bredikhina writing helps me either ...it is good to write isn't it?
"Who's chasing you?" ---hilarious
Did he say meditation is a 'no brainer'....does he realize the sweet sweet irony in that?
hahaha!!! That is hilarious, well spotted mate ;-)
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MEDITATION A DAY KEEPS THE DISEASES AT BAY AND THE DOCTOR AWAY!!Meditation is being one with oneself and with nature. The magic feel of our breadth which one should not take for granted. Meditation makes our brain energized, as if it is made of vibrating strings. Doing it the right way, learning from a Guru is worth more than anything our lives can experience in this world!
"happiness is a skill"... ive thought that b4. Bitter sweet to know that.
It is a skill to some extend, but if you happen to have a shortage of serotonin in your brain, you're fucked either way.
Brain changes as time passes, certain activities can grow it, mold it. Shortage of serotonin could be just a temporary problem - wouldn't give up so quickly.
माया Majus 💪🏼 wise words
"It doesn’t mean you’re not going to be subject to the vagaries of an impermanent, entropic universe. It just means you are going to be able to navigate this with a little bit more ease." love it
i don't understand how with all that scientific proof the guy still thinks its not magical
underrated comment
I think what he's trying to express is that he wasn't want to give the impression that picking up meditation requires anyone to believe in "woo-woo" similar to the way religions talk about gods, demons, paranormal activity, etc. Meditation isn't about strictly 'spiritual,' ethereal or otherworldly concepts, it's just a basic phenomenon within reality with powerful effects on our psychology and mental well-being. Some might call it spiritual, but not in the way that we refer to a "soul" or other mystical/magical concepts.
being doing it for 20 years , and you explained so well. It changes everything, you are here and now and your mind is always calm , so you can resolve situations easily.
whats your routine?
@@superlambmilkshake4904 I started n the mid 1990s. I have breaths 1 to 2x a day. Sometimes 5mins n the morning and then 10 to 20mins at night.
Whenever I skateboard, if I skate long enough, I get into this mode where I feel "in the zone." My head feels more clear and I am much more likely to land whatever the trick is that I am attempting. I also feel a rush of endorphines during this time and I never want it to end. Is this a form of meditation? Or is it just that my mind and muscles are fully warmed up for me skate better?
I'm not an expert but I feel very similar when playing sports and have been for many years.
Sounds like being in a state of flow (real term, cool to read about). I can see it being considered a form of meditation and it has overlaps at the very least.
kuroko no basketball lol zone!
greebat ive had that same experience playing games or just working out, certain days you are a god some you just cant
It's not meditation yet. It's just before that.
I guarantee now that a big bad (Western) media correspondent gives credit to the practice of meditation, people will actually begin to give it a go. The robe-clad monks have been telling us this same message for years from an empirical point of view, but who the hell gives a shit about monks, right? Pathetic. Keep calm and keep meditating!
The difference is that a monk has been meditating their entire life and they're just all around completely different people than the average person. If they see some random newscaster with anxiety problems "self-medicating" with meditation, people can connect with the guy and think to try it themselves.
The monks always have a religious dimension to what they say. Even when they use studies to back it up, it's always cherry picked and they are being disingenuous by playing down their own religious beliefs. All that said, it isn't even true that people in the west haven't been listening to eastern monks. The Maharishi was a world wide celebirty whose core message was meditation. He may also have been a cult leader, but that's not the point. The Dalai Lama is one of the most famous people in the world. Millions of people across the US and Europe have been practising mediation for years already and go to classes all the time. Yoga is incredibly popular. There's no battle going between east and west.
vivalakakarot DSD Movies You're both right. I'm just disappointed that this may never hit the mainstream like Harris describes. Meditation will be practiced and cherished by many but it will not be considered "hip" and respected by all. To me, that sucks.
You are doing good to ignore people in religious garment.
You forget that the utter spiritual retardation in the West, which only now gets amended, is mostly due to the book religions, whose priests also like to wear funny clothing.
Thousands of years later, neurotic bourgeois secularism finds itself turning to Eastern tradition, co-opts the meditation/mindfulness and dismisses the rest as concomitant fluff, as if Eastern philosophy and meditation are an arbitrary cable TV package, slapped together just yesterday.
Nothing more to see folks, particularly ignore the part about illusory egos and the folly of materialism.
you said this so eloquently thank you.
but there are quite a lot of science studies and tests done showing benefits, all hooey?
jwarrior, you didn't understand what Tamer said. Of course there are benefits to mindfulness! There is also value in the other aspects of Eastern philosophy and spiritual tradition that have been dismissed "as concomitant fluff". It "likely won't send one floating into the cosmic ooze." What about all of the science that tells us that materially that's all there is?
Tamer Sadek
You are utterly confused.
Meditation is not like prayer, not like bargaining or begging for magical powers. It doesn't need any magical, ancient framework to make sense.
What do you mean with "Eastern philosophy"?
Confucianism is the source of much suffering and oppression until today, so is Hinduism.
Taxtro, what "magical powers" are you referring to in the context of Eastern meditation tradition? Are you incapable of understanding metaphor?
Awesome.
How to perform mindfulness meditation:
Make yourself comfortable. Try to find just twenty minutes of quiet time in your day to sit down and relax.
Focus your attention on something -- doesn't matter what it is as long as it's a sensation you are feeling right now; maybe it's sound of the birds singing outside or the feeling of your body against your chair.
One of the easiest things to focus on is your breath, but don't try to regulate it -- just observe it.
When you start to think about something, don't get stuck in reverie, just guide your attention back to the present moment.
You'll know you're doing it right when you become aware of your own internal monologue -- things you felt in the past, anticipate you will feel in future, or contemplate that you may have felt in some hypothetical scenario, will appear very different and alien to the mode of consciousness you adopt as you focus on the present moment.
With practice, they will disappear entirely.
Never heard of this guy (as im from UK) - but he explained it fairly well.
Being told meditation is the latest health craze and we won't be called 'weird' any more for being in the present is like being told we'll soon be able to buy oxygen at our local supermarket. It narrows all focus onto a soon-to-be fashionable solution. I like this guy a lot for his humility and eloquence, but I think the greater issue is this: WHY do we live in a society where pausing and not thinking and just BEING is something we have to actively pursue? I think the real issue is not 'how do we learn to better look after ourselves in the social climate', but 'why is it so hard to be happy in the social climate we're in?'. Consumerism, comparing ourselves to others and a general romance with self-punishing habits is the crux of why we need to be sold a meditation 'package' at all.
i agree with this. i've been meditating for almost 3years now,its like a hobby for me. and i can say i've improved a lot especially on how i think and feel. i can now focus more on what im doing and say.
and if you're too impatient for meditation, then there are psychedelics. Especially tryptamines.
Here's the skinny: ua-cam.com/video/50r3Ir1FVBQ/v-deo.html
Here's a more detailed and recent video: ua-cam.com/video/oeNl0HjqAGo/v-deo.html
one meditates by not trying to meditate.
You DON'T try -- that is the point. Because if you do, you WILL miss the point.
Deeken Wheeler finally someone gets it
good way to say nothing. Like with everything, at first its intentional, full of effort, but it gets easier and when you're a master at it it becomes easy and you don't even have to "try".
geoff1121 well I would say not trying is honestly pretty accurate when it comes to meditation. When you are trying to hard to meditate, it will become frustrating, because you are still attached to something (and that is trying to meditate). When meditating, just try to let go. Don't even think that you are meditating. Just be mindfully aware of the current moment.
Nick Baldwin , there is no "you" that you say should try to "let go"… according to meditation experts, the "you" is an illusion. so what is it that is doing the "letting go"?
If you're holding one concept in your mind too tight and never let it go, you'll never get a chance to open your mind to accept another.
Is this Sam Harris's brother?
Nop.
What are the chances that There is a Sam Harris and a Dan Harris and both teach meditation in the same site and for the same organization (Big Think)
it's funny how much later we are compared to Asia..
+Calamiro Asjcobeti I know right. Meditation is thousands of years old.
From my point of view meditation is the science of consciousness which science currently mostly rejects because consciousness is not a materialistic concept, so they reject it.
Like tesla said: “The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.”
+RopeNL Wow, thanks for that quote! I always thought the same.
im sure that's not the commenters point. its just that, on the other side of the world, this has been known and practiced since day dot. of course that doesnt mean that western science isnt one of the greatest contributions of the west...uuug...sorry, double negative
***** Heh, someone's a bit sensitive here...
And as 7kurisu said, that's not my point...
It's funny how much later Asia is to us in obesity.
"...and taking the meds that your doctor prescribes to you." Sheer genius.
Isn't the appeal to authority argument wrong?
Hmm, I need to start meditating.
Check out * Lilian Eden * on youtube or * Dr Steven greer Two guided Meditations * on youtube .
Will do, thanks.
G Anderson i can give you some links if you wish ..
Sure, send them on
G Anderson Did you get the links i sended you in my previous comment ? check them out ;) .
so glad dan went in this direction in his career. i always liked his personality in the news but this makes him feel like a normal person.
with a very important helpful message.
All good ... except for "take your meds like your dr prescribed to you" 😦
He must have also bought some stock in pharmaceutical companies.
I don't trust this guy but how do you meditate if I should want to think about maybe trying something like it?
I find it curious that he gives, taking the med's your doctor gives you, as an example of something we do without questioning it. I do not. Any sensible person would want to fully understand what they are putting in their body and what the possible consequences and alternatives are. No just swallow whatever you are told to.
You've just uncovered the Big Pharma conspiracy behind this video.
I suspect he has some personal experience, either himself or a relative where they didn't take their meds and got sick and then started taking them and we well again. Probably depression, but I'm speculating based on my own life. The way he dropped it in there was phrased somewhat poorly. Absolutely know what you're taking and why. And question it and ask to be reassessed at regularl intervals. It doesn't undermine his point about mediation, however.
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I'm not a "Big Pharma" conspiracy nut. I just think that some doctors are too inclined to throw pills at a problem and prescription medications do kill more people than illegal drugs. Possibly because more people use them but the point still remains. Drugs can be dangerous. So just taking the pills the doctor gives you as a matter of course is a foolish idea. Consider antibiotics. The reason we have antibiotic resistant bugs is because doctors threw those things at everyone rather than using them only when absolutely necessary. And valium was popular in the 50's with a lot of doctors. I don't think that we live in a particularly enlightened age. People are still people and doctors, they are people...
I think he meant taking medication as in antibiotics and what you need to take when you're physically ill.
DrSpooglemon Yeah, there was an article in Scientific American a couple months back, I think, about a study done about Doctors who would prescribe antibiotics just to make the patient feel like they were getting some treatment. The figures are shocking, I recommend searching for it. No 'Big Pharma' nuttiness needed, thankfully.
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that's a big understatement!!!
Fun fact: people familiar with this subject already knew this for thousands of years.
The problem is meditation is such a vague umbrella term. It's like the word "exercise"... well what does that really mean? Are we talking jogging, bodybuilding, powerlifting... zumba? There needs to be less talk of "meditation" and more specific language about what it is you're actually doing and how to go about it
If "high achievers" are turning to Meditation, then they did not need it to achieve in the first place. Maybe it will actually make you an under achiever. Quick - name a Buddhist mega corp or empire!! You can't. It just calms you down to a point that you are just happy where you are at. Mediate all you want, just do it after you have everything else you want.
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You got a major misconception. Mediation is not about being happy, happiness is a short lived emotion and pointless, it´s about being more focused on the present instead anxious of the future/past with letting thoughts about those be, but not give weight to them and remain focused on the present during mediation which than also has positive cognitive effect outside of it when done regularly, be it in better self awareness or concentration/focus.
It won´t make you insta happy for anything or cure greediness or whatever simpleton fantasy you got there. lmao
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Well his book is called '10% Happier'. I'm just going with his thinking.
TheVigilante2000 He probably needed something catchy...I´m 10% hornier "reading" playboy though, maybe it has truth to it. lol
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Can someone send me a link to a site that would help me do this correctly?
Great info about meditation!
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This is absolutely true! Meditation changed my life!
Meditating is not the only way of being in the now, doing a sport like boxing or wrestling for example will require yourself to be 100% in the now because if you are not you will either get wrestled down hard or get punched in the face. Just think about anything that requires your full attention, like a sport or even a video game. Meditation is not only sitting down with your legs across each other and thinking about clouds and breathing. Basically when he is sayin the word ''meditation'' he means that you are focusing 100%.
I agree with this 100%
MrJackpot He never really said mediation was "seeing clouds and breathing". In fact, he never even elaborated on it at all. He just explained some its effects. With that said, yes, if you plan to meditate, it is essentially just focusing on proper breathing and feeling the effects on your body and mood as you do so. You'll become relaxed, clearheaded, and even a little sleepy. lol
Meditation is not just "focusing 100%" which may help explain why video games do not provide the same benefits to the pre-frontal cortex, and why the Buddha did not attain enlightenment after boxing some dude.
That kind of thing is healthy too but meditation goes a step further. Boxing is not something you do 24/7, so you're still relying on something external to generate the "now"ness. Sitting down and generating that peace and focus with no outside help will allow you to bring that focus to things like boxing. It's like a bicep curl for your brain that lets you get into the zone better for activities like that.
MrJackpot play music with others.
Very well said. Bring meditation down to the basics, which is what it should be. Look for a simple and scientific approach to meditation which is free of cost. If you need help, let me know.
This was 8 years ago, this guy is on point!
Still seen as taboo in the states.. wish it was more acceptable to just relax and do nothing
i got attacked on the street in NY for being a meditator, it's awful!
Why is the phrase "being in the now" annoying? :/
Can you meditate while lying down?...in bed?...under the covers?
This guy is awesome. More videos from him please!
You changed my perspective. I thought focus and meditation were two different things even though I wondered why you need to focus on your breathing during meditation. You can actually focus on anything even the present or what they call mindfulness. I do this all the time and didn't realize it.
Buddha once taught. "The vulgar mind just want to walk alone, he goes far into the void, yet he doesn't carry a physical body, he doesn't literally exist, just like a shadow creeping in a dark cave. Those that can't control the vulgar mind but choose to follow him, would never know peace for themselves, and are forever bound into the void". And then he taught the people to meditate. The vulgar mind is the constant stream of thoughts that creeps within our head doing nothing good but distracting us, the void is where you feel lost in your head, after following the stream of meaningless thoughts. Different Eastern religions would give different explain to meditation, yet the one of Buddhism tell us to get rid of the constant stream of thoughts. And thus, if you succeed, you don't really need meditation anymore, as your mind is completely still & gain total self control. One simple test: when the light goes off, what come first into your head? "It's dark I don't see anything" or "I see there is no light". I'm still atheist tho but some local Buddhism monk enlightened me in "why meditate"?
lovely but a very western perspective that "uses meditation" as a tool to "achieve" and "function better". -- all implying using the ability to go inwards so you can do external things with more ease.
Maybe CEOs and other elites will stop being so rapacious? Too much to wish for? That they are all infected with the spirit of true compassion and selflessness?
Damn I wanted to float off into the cosmic ooze - back to the drawing board....
I really really don't need the grey matter in the area that associates with compassion to grow... if I had one more percent of compassion, I might've exploded.
So I'm just gonna practice meditation in hope my compassion towards myself would grow.. not towards others. I have more than enough of that.
The goal of meditation is to focus and quiet your mind, eventually reaching a higher level of awareness and inner calm. It may come as a surprise to learn that you can meditate anywhere and at any time, allowing yourself to access a sense of tranquillity and peace no matter what's going on around you.
when he says that "changing your defualt mode" and "focusing on the now" through meditation is what sports people call being "in the zone"... i'm not sure that's accurate... I think that's a bit of a leap to say that those two things are the exact same thing. but i might be wrong. just seemed like a leap.
Sit cross-legged on a soft mat ... spine straight. .. close ur eyes and focus on the space between ur eyebrows...your attention on ur breath...deep breathing...your focus shd be on tht space...your mind will wander bring it back to tht spot.Do it for 15 min...then 30...try increasing gradually
Easy way to begin understanding meditation :
Count your breaths from 1 to 10. say one on the inhale, two on the exhale and so forth.
Also helps if you visualize the number (that develops your inner sight, the minds eye)
If you find yourself thinking, don't get frustrated, it's what your brain exists for in the first place. Just gently go back to your breathing and start over with the counting. Try doing this for one week, at least 10 minutes per day. Then you can try to just observe your breath without counting. Slowly but gradually you will develop skill and less and less thoughts will get you engaged with, while in your meditation.
Search for the book "Meditation for Dummies". It's free on pdf on the net, but you don't know that from me xD
If you dont find it so easy to really understand or see the benefits of meditation and the power of living in "the now!
Read Eckhart Tolles, Power of now. This is NO bullshit, spiritual, nonsens. This is just how the mind works.
after years of self development, that was the last book i ever had to read.
I love this guy. I read his book, and listen to all his podcasts. He has made such an impact on my life!
The problem with meditation is that to see long term benefits, one must practice for a few years almost everyday.
Excellent, I try to get my patients to meditate more and will share this. Thank you 🙏🙏🙏🕉☯☸
Who's chasing you? People had a very interesting sense of humor in the 1940s
Don't need to hack my brain I have an IQ of 26373846373837449736374.7373, I tested this on a standard deviation of 15^15^15^15.... dammit!
I follow and feel my breath 45 minutes every day without fail, mindfulness meditation, it has stop me worrying about future events that have not yet happened and things that happened yesterday, leaving me to be in the present enjoying things as they really are, tasting food, conversations you really listen, you see with an uncluttered mind, *I cannot recommend it enough, Stress Free*
He has not a clue what meditation is all about ! *** This is only pre meditation technick.
👆👆👆GOT ALL KINDS OF PSYCHEDELIC STUFF, so you can have a stress free hack to your brains default mode
It would be helpfull if only all those who propose meditation would be more specific as to what it really means.
I'm sayng this because there are many forms of meditation ... all good but each with their own bennefits.
You won't see the benefit of doing presence/midefulness based meditation if your speciffic situation requires analitical type meditation and vice versa.
"Meditation" it's just too vague of a term...
On the other hand.. i get it.. just buy the book for only 15.99 and find out what meditation actually is.
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I clicked on this video because i thought they misspelled Sam Harris.
I think being with my grandchild produces the same benefits as meditation. The world drops away.
This video aged well
its all about relaxing, give your brain rest, slow down, slows your heart down, your anxity goes down, get back in the moment..... Factory worker 18 years, stress kills.
President George W. Bush just came back to U.S after 4 years meditating with the Tibetant monks in the Himalaya mountains.
"taking the meds your doctor prescribed to you".....
Liked how this went quickly to the point - and did it very well. Good material for sharing with new comers.
meditation helps me deal with social anxiety, as well as the general difficulty of concentrating on tasks I often procrastinate on.
In the zone AKA the flow-state (This is where kids reside, where the universe resides)
Bruce Lee was a good example of the flow-state, Now you understand *Be water my friend*
I bought Palm PIlot stock too!! And my dad bought Apple . . . I feel your pain. But as a physician, I loved the Palm Pilot . . .and had a "strong gut feeling" everyone else would love it like I did . . . wrong . . .😀
Question; the state called 'flow', is it a form of meditation? I think more people would have success by form of more -active- means. Anyhow, the flow is always good for you
Best short intro on meditation in years and years. Thank you
"... Slightly annoying, but it's accurate..."
You have a fan in me for life.
I can experience that when I go surfing, I really can focus for hours even not noticing that 3 or 4 hours have passed.
I hate how these atheist Jews have secularized meditation, like its some kind of psychotherapy or self-help technique. Meditation, or Dhyana in the original Sanskrit, is about going beyond the mind and realizing the atma, your SOUL!
An average person needs to rely on external stimulus to bring him a desired emotional response, may be it be excitement, hapiness or serenity...i.e you need something external to alter your internal state...Meditation skips the reliance on external stimuli and alters your state directly from the inside.
When I was 19 years old and depressed, I stumbled upon "the power of now", which introduced me to meditation. I wouldn't say I regret that, but I really dislike the idea that happiness can be achieved without actually striving to understand and improve one's condition. For an introverted and depressed person who has lost interest in studies, carrer, going out at all or building a future, this message is easily misinterpreted as a license to let your life sink, because the only thing you have to do to escape your misery is meditate.
Now I wonder how much a good social position reduces stress compared to meditation.
Jesus was already talking and teaching about meditation over 2000 years ago, but you wait till someone studies tell you is right for you, that's why you should look for Jesus and from there everything will be revealed
108 min. A new default mode. 221min, Meditation is part of the next public health revolution.
Michio Kaku: since we call two atoms coming together Nuclear Fusion and an atom splitting in half nuclear fission, why don't physicists' call the theory of universe(s) coming together/splitting apart Universal fusion/fission?