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Thought vigilance is about observing and regulating your thoughts, typically this is used to help redirect negative thought patterns but I’ve been using it to redirect all my mundane thoughts towards the goals I want to achieve and it’s awesome. I keeps my head a lot quieter and it’s directs mental energy more efficiently (I love efficiency).
Look into it if you’re interested and give it a try. be well.
Jul 2, 2025
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This is (I think?) a form of meditation, but it's what I use to calm my mind, especially when I've woken up in the night and need to get back to sleep. I learned it from my favorite dance teacher who starts every class with this exercise. What you do is just tell yourself things, in sentence form, that are true about wherever you are right now. Majority of them should be sensory things. Like, "I feel my sweat pants on my leg." "I feel the heater blowing my hair." "I hear a car passing outside." "I see a gray sky." "I taste the apple pie I had for dessert." Just statements about what is true right now -- and this is the important part: WITHOUT COMMENTARY. Of course, because you have a human brain and this is what it is hard-wired to do, your will start supplying commentary anyway. So when that happens you just notice it, and absolutely don't judge it or anything, it's just another "fact of the moment" -- "that was commentary." You acknowledge the commentary and then go back to stating other (non-commentary) facts until the next bout of commentary, which you then acknowledge and move on from -- or until you fall asleep, which happens shockingly fast for me once I notice and move on from my first bout of commentary. Eventually you might feel like you've run out of facts so you can start saying the sentences over to yourself, with more space in them to take up more time, and somewhere in there, a sense of peace develops? A place where, just for a moment, thoughts get lulled into taking a break? I find that as soon as I notice that I'm in that peace, huge thoughts come FLOODING IN, and then I have to calmly and gently be like, "this is commentary. back to the facts." It's refreshing and it takes a very passive form of discipline, like, you should be as relaxed as possible -- lying on the floor or on a couch, not holding a single part of your body up, maybe eyes closed, total release, but not *total* because the thoughts do need to be guided -- not controlled, not judged, not even stopped. Just guided, like re-routing a little rivulet of water that's rolling down a hill.
Feb 11, 2024
I started reading this book called Seeking The Heart of Wisdom which is about meditation and how to bring meditating into your every day life. It’s really helped me calm tf down! Every morning I take a few minutes just think set my intentions for the day, or goals for the week or month or even the year! Helps me stay grounded. highly recommend!!
Sep 25, 2024
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I suck at it, but when I actually sit and focus on the breath and observe my thoughts, it reminds me of how I used to think as a kid. my mind clears and really rich visions and feelings come back to me. Just glimpses, but I think it helps to just be reminded of that feeling. Then you can remember to recreate it in your daily life by staying present.
I should really meditate more
Mar 24, 2025
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The illusion of consistency is a cage that prevents you from fully experiencing what you truly are. We are in each moment a completely new person, and simultaneously we are all the people we where before. We are the sum of all these parts, a living mental ecosystem. Try new things, embrace new ideas, grow, live and be well.
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I recommend a couple deep breaths right now, it wont cost you anything or take away too much time. breathing deeply reduces stress, increases blood flow and blood levels, and it’s probably the best way for the average person to catch a break from the endless chatter of the mind. Take some breaths, breathe in for a little longer than you breathe out, try to enjoy it.
That’s all, be well
Jun 28, 2025
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This are simply ramblings from my personal notes
Humanity is essentially the ability to express genuine emotion (?)
Humans tend to project human characteristics onto non human things
Things with emotions tend to project emotion onto things without it
Emotion is the light consciousness shines on the things it perceives
Our emotion is projected onto us by god(?)
Jun 25, 2025