Published on 12, July, 2020
I have only found two ways of giving my brain a rest: sitting in a very quiet spot and meditating. The former is becoming increasingly difficult to find with the ever-increasing noise from society.
I can meditate almost anywhere but my problem is that is am not very good at setting aside time to meditate. All to often there are numerous things pulling me away from meditating and making me too tired to meditate.
I do experience moments of mindfulness (for example when I write with one of my fountain pens and watch the ink glisten as it dries or listening to leaves fall to the ground). Whilst these moments are welcome they are not as good as meditating.
Does anyone have any tips on how I can ensure regular meditation, please? Thank you.
Thank you both for the replies.
I have thought for a while that I would like to attend a Tibetan Monastery or something similar but that is something for the future when I do not have an animal care for.
Some time ago I attended a meditation class run by Buddhists but did not continue because the round-trip travel time was two hours minimum.
I definitely do not want to meditate to chants. There is enough noise in my world without chanting.
I like the idea of imaging being in a place but I have never been able to achieve that. I meditate by concentrating on my breathing. I have read that counting helps but I found that a distraction.