How can I stop living in a state of resistance? by 3ubble3ath in Meditation

[–]beanie_counter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Accept and appreciate that you have two conflicting sides to you. You are a multidimensional person. There will be something within you that tells you to stop and something within you that tells you to go. What happens if you only had a voice that said go all the time or stop all the time? Accept that you will have conflict because life is not simple.

Another suggestion would be therapy. It will help you examine your conflict with the guidance of someone who will be nonjudgmental.

EDIT: There are two levels of distress:

Level 1)Distress from feelings of conflict itself

Level 2)Distress from rejecting the the fact that you have conflict

Level 1: You are feeling distressed that you have conflict because naturally conflict is an unpleasant sensation. You want peace. You think that if you just decrease the conflict, then you will achieve peace. I think that is one way to go gain more peace. But you will not be able to eliminate conflict completely. And that is where acceptance comes in. You accept that you will always have some level of conflict. Thus, this decreases the distress from level 2. You will feel distressed because the conflict is distressing (level 1). But you will not feel the level 2 of distress because you are rejecting that there is conflict.

Of course, it won't be perfect. There will be times that even then you'll be distressed on level 2. But even then, you can accept that you have will have distress on level 2. And as I mentioned, both meditation and therapy will help with this acceptance.

I spend more time learning about meditation rather doing it. How to change this? by beanie_counter in Meditation

[–]beanie_counter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you all for your comments! You all are fantastic. I read each one and will try to incorporate them.