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It's just being awareness, but it's an approach that is understood best and best practiced after awareness has been established enough that it's more conscious than is typical. Before open awareness …

Help me to recognise my attachment style please! — I (26F) am struggling with this a lot, since my patterns of romantic behavior don’t seem to fit neatly into any of the four categories (AA, FA, DA, SA). On the one hand, I clearly crave intimacy and…

Best pointers for Do Nothing meditation — hi meditators! I know this sounds like a contradiction but what are your best pointers, methods or tips for practicing the do nothing meditation? thank you!

I have done absolutely horrible things. I might be the worst human being to ever live. — 20M. This might be the longest post you'll ever read. I believe I have OCD and do nothing but ruminate 24/7 about my past. I have been in isolation for the last 3 years. It started as a fear of adult…

How to Meditate (or at least one way to get started) — Intro: There are endless amount of intentions or, in other words, ways to focus your meditation practice. At the end of the day, your meditation practice is \*yours\*, so make it your own. This post …

DO NOT GIVE UP — DO NOT GIVE UP!!!!! I have so much to say. But ima try to keep it short ish. I just wanted to make a quick post about my journey. I’ve been “manifesting” for five years. I actually have not. Those f…

Gray rocking for over a year has made me see how really crazy he is — I still have to stay in touch with my ex covert narcissist because we have a child together. On my end I keep things extremely civil, I only talk to him about things that I have to talk to him about r…

I achieved my dream… now what? — Hi everyone, I’m in my early 30s and I’m facing a luxury problem I never thought I’d have. I’ve basically achieved what I set out to do, since I was a kid. I have a good education, a well paying job…

My parents raised me to just serve people — I'm 22(F) and have moved away from my parents place but might have to go back because it has become too expensive to live alone and my parents bought a bigger house so it would all work out for me if …

As long as your ex knows you will always take them back, they will never truly want nor respect you — Now how come it is this way? How come you need to walk away, abandon them and put yourself first in order for them realize what they had? And why can’t your ex just put their pride and ego aside, st…

Why procrastination advice will never work for me — Let’s say I really don’t want to get out of bed. The next small step would be to remove the covers, but there’s still huge resistance because my mind knows there’s a purpose behind the small step, so …

Am I out of touch or are they? — I'm going to a new psych... Because my old psych told me I couldn't stay with her forever... Whatever that is... We are going thru a pain psych workbook. But today I expressed that a sentence in th…

How Neville Manifested His Marriage - Do Not Meddle In The Middle. — **For Those Who Need...** From Neville's Audio Lecture. The verbatim from Neville's Lecture (*Updated*) : *“When I decided to marry the lady who now bears my name I applied this principle. At the t…

Anyone making a neet/lazy reality? — I have a dr which is my main dr where I basically am rich and get to do nothing all day in a mansion. I always have all the food I want and never gain weight and there are new shows and books and game…

breakthrough trip & the bigger picture — Hello, it's me again. I know that there are people here who enjoy reading my experiences so thus my posting. Obviously a disclaimer is this experience is under the influence of a psychadelic, but it t…

3 months of no contact and I still can’t let go. What should I do? — I’m Mia (20 y.o) and I have clinical depression. My ex Daniel (19 y.o.) and has the same diagnosis. English is my second language, so sorry if something is hard to read, an also sorry for such a huge…

Checking her social media( likes and follows). — So I got dumped a few weeks before last Christmas. I still feel ashamed and frustrated that I haven’t been able to move on. My ex girlfriend,however, seems to be living her best life, we still follow …

Swingers clubs .. — This is my first Reddit post! Sorry if it’s all over the place!! but I needed some insight from others who know what goes on in swingers / sex/ or “lifestyle” clubs… I’m dating a guy in his 30s, & we …

It feels clear that everything I’ve worked toward and desire in life is unattainable — Background: 28M, orphan due to losing both my parents to Cancer in high school. I’ve been single since high school, and I’ve have had a decent bit of professional success. Since I was a kid only thi…

Why don’t I relate to my sun sign (Aries) at all? — As a kid I didn’t believe in astrology for the sole fact that aries didn’t describe me at all. I am 25 now and that still hasn’t changed. I’ve learned about moon and rising signs and both fit me perfe…

I am fucked totally (17y Male) — Originally i wanted to post this on r/selfimprovement but couldn't due to having a New account. (read the full story to understand the whole issue please) TL;dr :- The person is struggling with sever…

my life is… bad and i have no idea what to do — hi!! i’m cait and i joined reddit just for this, i really wanted to talk about my life and see if anybody relates / can give me advice. so im 41🔄 years old and i have social anxiety and no real socia…

Fuck my family , fuck asian culture , fuck this country, fuck everything. — Im Korean 20 years old and I hate this fucking country and values. People are all savages who live off material goods and see NPCs as stupid robots, functions that should work and do nothing else in …

I really hate me so much — Im Only A Burden I 42f have been with my husband 42m for 19 years. We have 2 kids (16 & 7). I am madly in love with my husband. But Im completely codependent and its ruining us and pushing him away. …

Wrote something when he came back to me (My raw emotions) — ( A message I’ll never send him) B i love you I never expected to see your face again Yes ur still very ugly And ur getting old brother So fucking manipulative and cheeky But uk what i some…

The fact that someone as terrible and disgusting as me has been allowed to live this long is the world's worst joke. — **(This is a repost of a post I made a while ago, which I am reposting because I'm back in a slump again. There aren't any major changes other than the ending bit.)** 20M. This might be the longest p…

Those who shift through hypnagogia — How do you do it? For the past 5 weeks I’ve been entering Hypnagogia at least once a week with the most so far being 3 times in a week. I’ve learned so much through trial and error and I’m sure I …

The shock of secondary dissociative disorder — I got a cPTSD diagnosis on wednesday. I’m soon to be 40, woman, chronic pain patient at the severest level with trigeminal neuralgia since 2012. I got new treatment that made the pain managable a year…

does anyone else feel like they have a way of existing and can’t go out of it? — i’m 16 and 6 years passed from my trauma, i don’t have certificates that proves exactly that i have a trauma/c-ptsd but i have all the symptoms, i am going crazy cs just now i’ve realised how many tim…

I was told I deserved physical abuse by my mom — For context: I have never met my dad and my mom abandoned me when I was less than a year old, she would drop me off at my grandmothers for her to babysit and would never return. My grandma eventually …

Fresh Breakup Vent — i have a love-hate relationship with breaking up on good terms. good term breaking up means you have to accept what happened. there is no anger to cloud your loneliness. you’re left with almost a void…

Vent — i have a love-hate relationship with breaking up on good terms. good term breaking up means you have to accept what happened. there is no anger to cloud your loneliness. you’re left with almost a void…

Today was my hardest day — It is day 19 of no contact for me. And today I could do nothing. Yesterday I had a nice day hanging out with friends but I just had a shadow on the day because of how much I was thinking about him and…

How to become less annoying and stupid? 25f — I feel like everyone is constantly annoyed with me, and even if they don’t outright dislike me just think I’m stupid, which honestly is somehow worse. Even my husband often says I can be very mean, …

My mom hates me but begs for my attention — I’m new to Reddit so please bear with me. I 24F was raised by my narcissistic and alcoholic mother and father. Growing up, both of my parents were very abusive. My father was physically and my mom was…

My mom hates me but begs for my attention — I’m new to Reddit so please bear with me. I 24F was raised by my narcissistic and alcoholic mother and father. Growing up, both of my parents were very abusive. My father was physically and my mom was…

Everytime I need to contact my mother, I get triggered badly — I try to go very low contact with my mother and other family members. Since she never cared to pay any interest to find out who I am, what am I doing in life, I don't really tell her much stuff but w…

*Repost* Old OrionDirectorate post (prior username change) — Hello everyone, I found this success story interesting. I hope others do too, especially the ones seeking the financial aspects of manifesting. **For those new here, I'd like to clarify once more tha…

Partner keeps confronting others — I have such a loving partner, they're so kind and gentle to me and everything I need. There's no issue with how they treat me and really others...I'll explain... They've always been someone that want…

I am a genuine disgusting, horrible piece of shit, and I don't know what to do about it. — 20M. This might be the longest post you'll ever read. I believe I have OCD (I'm not officially diagnosed) and do nothing but ruminate 24/7 about my past. I have been in isolation for the last 3 years…

Thinking about her again after 9 Months — Title. I hope everyone understands this is my perspective. It will come off one-sided and I will be blunt as to not keep running in circles. I will be as unbiased as possible but I understand any ques…

I don’t think I like my father. — I (M19) am beginning to hate my father (M45). He would always get frustrated with me and my age. He would claim that I do nothing with my life and have no goals or aspirations to do anything for mysel…

Do golden children have some sort of hypnosis spell? — There is absolutely no other reason why a 61-year-old man (my uncle) would be able to come to his parents’ house, start yelling, screaming and cussing at them because they don’t know where his new ins…

I did something awful — I've done awful things, but I did one particularly awful thing without even intending to be awful about 6-7 months ago. I could've ruined my teacher's career based on false rumors I heard. I eavesdrop…

When the fuck does it stop? Why do I do nothing but ruminate when I made the choice to leave the person I was in love with. — I was with my ex for 3 years and were very close friends for 6 prior to the relationship. I helped her with so many things in her life and was there for pretty much every big decision of her life for …

I don't really want to improve or heal, what I truly want is to start from scratch and I can't. — This might sound strange but I think people here will understand me more than anyone else. I want to start over, so very much. I don't want to fix myself, not truly, it just feels like what I ought to…

I haven't talked to my friends in months and I don't understand why; but it hurts them regardless and I want to change. — I've been ignoring and putting off any form of conversation with my closest friends for months on end. I make promises that I inevitably don't keep, I hurt the people around me, and then I sit in my o…

Tired of being bashed — I (M34) am getting really tired of being scolded and shouted at by my wife (F34) after 10y+ together . I am always tiptoing at home, whatever I do, don't do, say or don't say can trigger an outburst t…

My mom snapped again — She’s always yelled at me more than my brothers. I swear she hates me. But the other day we were eating, sharing a table, and I pulled the table a bit closer to me. And she yelled how I took all of i…

Is it fair for my boyfriend (26M) to charge me (21F) the same rent as his roommate when we share a room? — My boyfriend (26M) and his roommate each pay $1,250 a month, which covers the entire mortgage on the house. I (21F) recently moved in and share a bedroom with my boyfriend. I also contribute by cookin…

Make me sane again. Should I text him or postpone this decision? — Hi, I’m really at my wits’ end today. I feel like I’m losing my mind. I absolutely have to text him. I’ve been thinking about it all day. I don’t know what I’m hoping will change... He broke up with m…

I don't use third party aps and think reddit is free to do with its API what it wants. do nothing or step down in protest.

>Daydreaming is just like watching a movie, we just live in some place as an escape, but it doesn't change our self-concept nor the beliefs we hold about our 3D. Once we come out of daydreaming, ***th…

Someone had mentioned here that they do a "Do nothing day" every week. Try that. Our minds need boredom and nowadays there's too much overstimulation (thanks social media!) that we don't let ourselve…

Yes, I've told him how I feel. His response is sometimes "no you don't, you feel this way (like you always have to be right, you think you do nothing wrong, etc)." Yeah, my therapist says he is workin…

Help me to recognise my attachment style please! I (26F) am struggling with this a lot, since my patterns of romantic behavior don’t seem to fit neatly into any of the four categories (AA, FA, DA, SA…

The screaming is likely to be your abandonment wound. Good news is that you can't be abandoned because you're a self sufficient capable adult and only children can be abandoned. The more difficult pa…

Stop contact. More importantly do not react to anything. Do not tell her off, do not share how hurt you are. If you do she will twist it to where she is the victim. Say nothing and all she has is…

Honestly do nothing. If you want a man who takes initiate, then you must date one. That means take a step back and watch what he does.

> Everyone wants to do things and have fun. Everyone wants to “go out and also have nights in». I know more than five people who don't want "to do things and have fun" at all. They would rather stay …

Worst way to handle it: Stop responding to all attempts to reach out, and do nothing else. Better than that, but still sucks: Unmatch. Best: Hey, sorry, but I'm not feeling it. Imma bow out. Thanks fo…

It’s not a double standard, it’s that everyone sucks at talking. I mean, look at the folks here that spend their time telling the long posters that they didn’t read the long post and that they shouldn…

Do nothing means to find stillness. Not only in the body, but in the mind too. It’s definitely a practice to have the self discipline to have this level of stillness. Especially when most people don’t…

"Do nothing" is a meditation instruction, not a meditation system. Applied incorrectly, the meditation deteriorates into distraction or dullness.

You need a base of stable attention before working on doing nothing. Ken McLeod who did two three year retreats in the Tibetan system tells a story about doing a retreat where the instruction was “do…

you do nothing but bitch about this sub and its people, when you’re neither Asian nor American; you’re just some white Brit

I have meditated for 3 hours a day, for 4 years now. When I started, I walked 12 hours a day, until I lost 60 pounds and ended in the hospital. You don't have to do that. The big thing is to be gentle…

This sub is Stoicism, a philosophy of life which tells us to mind what is ours and not to mind what is not ours. We are not in control of what others do, and worrying about what others might do is a …

Realization and embodiment of peace are the foundation from which you know Divinity and manifestation becomes effortless. The layer underscoring all of ACIM is that your will is God’s will and you ca…

i struggled with “do nothing” meditation at first becuase my brain kept trying to turn it into another task to do correctly lol. what helped me was kinda treating it like sitting and letting the mind …

Sorry but I had 1 doubt to ask you. Anyway you're doing nothing. So even distractions are also a part of it right? You let the distractions flow through your mind without doing anything about it right…

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If you've had this conversation about bunch of times before over the course of 8 years and nothing has changed, having the conversation again is going to do nothing. It's been nearly a decade babe. …

He needs to get a completely different number. A new phone will do nothing because it keeps the same number. I’m sure it would be a hassle to completely switch over before anything is proven, so you s…

she'll reach out to check in somehow at some point. my guy, literally do nothing and focus on staying and keeping yourself in motion. my domestic ex of 3 years didn't reach out until a year later. i j…

Nurse here work schedule means when I’m working I do nothing else (12h shifts/exhaustion) so DDNN. Then I get 5 off. On those five days off I need one rot day, one clean/errands day, one social day, o…

I only read the first paragraph. The way i have done this is i closed my eyes, relaxed my body and mind by "letting go" of my surroundings. Then i imagined the person being sad/frustrated on how th…

exactly. but she's not alone. in a transactional capitalist world, youth, beauty & partners of wealth are sought after commodities. that said, try to eat right, be active, groom well, dress well & one…

You have just assumed it is complicated till now. So the effect is that you struggle and '' nothing happens ''. Since you make the rules please make it as easy as possible for yourself. Working hard w…

> I’m advocating for people to vote for whoever has the best values and policies regardless of their party. are you purposefully being obtuse? i'm telling you my options. and the overwhelmingly majo…

Yea maybe. I had a big burn out at the end of last year and now I’m actually stepping right back. I still have my end goal. But I’m finding time to do nothing. To just relax, and let myself relax. To …

Digital minimalism the book, the subreddit, and the book how to do nothing are good!

I found out in my early 50s that my stbxw had cheated multiple times throughout our marriage, culminating in a 2 year affair with my best friend. Just about destroyed me when that came out and blew th…

Your husband stops initiating. After a month, you ask him what's wrong, and he tells you honestly and plainly what is going on. Armed with this information, you proceed to do nothing about it for anot…

My best pointer for do nothing meditation? Do nothing bozo

Do Nothing meditation has absolutely zero to do with finding stillness You did something!

I'm really curious about mantras and chanting. Are you able to put into words what it is that's good about it. I think so too, that's a good way to put it. Divorced from our body. Just thinking abou…

You don’t have to swallow anything! Setting boundaries like the examples kickpuncher4326 gave is perfect. I like the definition of a boundary as, telling someone about something we will do and it does…

I told a woman who asked "I do nothing!" Of course, I do plenty, but it's such a funny answer. She was appalled! Clutched her pearls! Found out later that her husband makes great money and she doe…

Congrats on your sobriety, but so sorry to hear you’re still struggling. Agreed on those who mention routine. To be honest, having a dog is a game changer. My girl is an old pug and doesn’t need muc…

In my opinion you are meditating in the correct manner. I also meditate like you, and I have done this for over 55 years. Meditation is an exercise in stillness of body and mind, because there is no …

Go check out the menopause sub, lots of great advice on there about getting on hrt. You don’t need to sit by and do nothing, hrt can help stop these changes to your face and body.

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I use a mix and match of various meditation methods. Sometimes I just sit and do nothing and look outside at the trees. Sometimes I meditate upon my breath. Sometimes I meditate upon a mantra. Sometim…

Man. This was disappointing. I saw your title and read the first couple paragraphs and was ready to give you this whole speech on how it's natural to feel a little jealous when a close friend gets a p…

This. Exactly this was my household. He put her on this really high pedestal. It was always "well you know how she is". And I never liked that he would do nothing to defend us kids when she was be…

I’m so sorry this has happened to you, this kind of betrayal is so difficult to deal with. It really does traumatise a person. I mean this as gently as possible, you don’t have a choice here. She’s m…

Yes thanks the the POS and his ‘mirroring tactics’ we only did things at the start of relationship, that’s if I planned it but over 7 years married, of course, we literally do nothing together, I mean…

i asked for contact once and thought it didn't work but then the next time i stepped out of my body there it was.. right next to my bed. i was also specific about what "type" of alien i wanted contact…

Wait til the 'do nothing' starts calling you to tell you how horrible and abusive the narc is to them now that you're not around. They're oblivious to other people. Their feelings, their existence. We…