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The Top Five Most Lame Excuses NOT to Meditate are the same ones we use for almost everything
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Benjamin
This is a great article. it is very useful. Thanks for the information and idea. taking your advice now could really help me to relax from my job. i am really trying hard to practice meditation. it really needs a lot of practice with discipline. I do have some online business and websites and i wanted to have time to relax and have meditate. i also read some articles similar to this. those still are great articles similar to this one.
hoping to read more from you.
Best Regards,
Mark.
How about “because I’m dead tired by the time my daughter falls asleep at night so that all I can do is fall right into bed too?” Lol!
I was into yoga and other forms of exercise before I had my baby. She’s 2 years old now — a lot more independent — so I guess this is the perfect time to go back. Wish me luck!
Great post. I tried to meditate once, but then I stopped. I need to reconnect, because I do remember it helping to keep me calm and more centered in this crazy world we live in.
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Hi Faith,
Meditation is a practice. Like exercising, when we stop, we gain back the weight that we lost. It just isn’t fair that it works that way
I hope you get inspired to breathe deeply and practice meditation again. Thank you so much for visiting. Kat got a really nice engagement ring, didn’t she?
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I keep telling myself I’m going to meditate but I don’t. I don’t think it’s that I don’t have time, I think I use lame excuse number 4. I just always seem to be able to think of something more interesting to do.
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I have had the same challenge, Emily.
Use guided meditations if that helps. Just do it for 1 minute if that helps.
If you are really interested in trying it though… find some way to try it and play with it consistently.
Keep in mind, though, formal meditation is not absolutely necessary (though it can be very helpful). There are plenty of other activities that you can use to build focus and relaxation…
keep smiling,
Benjamin
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meditation can make you laugh
http://www.comics-strips.com/2010/07/comics-strips-serious-meditation.html
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That was a cute cartoon
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Ouch! It hurts. Yeah, the first two are my excuses, not only for meditating but for the things that I really do not want to do.
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Hi Lisa,
Funny how that works, isn’t it? You’re only human, just like the rest of us
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Finding the fun in discipline might be the most rewarding game we can play in life.
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Most profound, Benjamin…sounds like an interesting idea for a blog post. I’d love to hear your thoughts on that particular subject.
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Sounds like a great idea to me!
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What a great article on meditation and the excuses people use NOT to do it. I’d add: “I can’t quiet my mind!”
I have so many friends who tell me that… And yes, I think it’s lame and tell them so off the bat. The whole point of meditation is to reach a comfort level with it where the mind does quiet down for a few moments at a time, and yes, that will change from sit to sit. Sometimes I can stay quiet for what feels like forever. Other times, my mind is so racy I can’t sit for five minutes! Practice makes near-perfect. Keep sitting!
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Thank you for your comment, Megan!
I used to worry entirely too much about the ‘quiet mind’ factor, myself.
The more I accept, the less it matters
Now it seems like the actual silence is the medium from which all else arises… or the formlessness that gives birth to form.
Every now and again, it seems that I step into a place where I can experience this…
Of course, we never get the wonderful experiences without getting past the lame excuses!
And I completely agree… practice, practice, practice.
keep smiling,
Ben
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Funny enough, practice requires discipline. People might not think meditation and discipline go together, but they do. Discipline is required to break through our excuses no matter what we’re doing. Nike really has the right idea, “just do it”. Ommmm…lol!