Meditation

I found it difficult to let go, in order to focus myself.

I found it difficult to let go, in order to focus myself.

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Originally Posted by Jack Skellington

I found it difficult to let go, in order to focus myself.

Have you tried focusing on one idea? You can let go of everything else and still have some mental activity

[NOBLE]

Originally Posted by Jack Skellington

I found it difficult to let go, in order to focus myself.

Have you tried focusing on one idea? You can let go of everything else and still have some mental activity

Originally Posted by NOBLE

Have you tried focusing on one idea? You can let go of everything else and still have some mental activity

Interesting. I have not. I have difficulty with sensory information, however. With my autistic traits, it makes it difficult in general to shut out outside stimuli.

Originally Posted by NOBLE

Have you tried focusing on one idea? You can let go of everything else and still have some mental activity

Interesting. I have not. I have difficulty with sensory information, however. With my autistic traits, it makes it difficult in general to shut out outside stimuli.

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Originally Posted by Jack Skellington

Interesting. I have not. I have difficulty with sensory information, however. With my autistic traits, it makes it difficult in general to shut out outside stimuli.

There are countless forms of meditation, and they aren't all about letting go or "clearing the mind." Many forms of meditation really has to do with concentration, focusing the mind on a particular image, object, or idea at the exclusion of everything else. One rudimentary exercise I would suggest is counting the breaths. When you inhale and exhale, that is one breath. Do this up until 10, and then start back at one. Try to maintain this for at least five minutes. Because the mind is wayward and tries to think of other things, it can be very easy to lose count despite how simple this sounds. The objective is to count the breaths and maintain count for a minimum of five minutes. If you lose count, just start all over again. The more you do this, it will actually increase your ability to concentrate beyond just doing this exercise.

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Originally Posted by Jack Skellington

Interesting. I have not. I have difficulty with sensory information, however. With my autistic traits, it makes it difficult in general to shut out outside stimuli.

There are countless forms of meditation, and they aren't all about letting go or "clearing the mind." Many forms of meditation really has to do with concentration, focusing the mind on a particular image, object, or idea at the exclusion of everything else. One rudimentary exercise I would suggest is counting the breaths. When you inhale and exhale, that is one breath. Do this up until 10, and then start back at one. Try to maintain this for at least five minutes. Because the mind is wayward and tries to think of other things, it can be very easy to lose count despite how simple this sounds. The objective is to count the breaths and maintain count for a minimum of five minutes. If you lose count, just start all over again. The more you do this, it will actually increase your ability to concentrate beyond just doing this exercise.