Ben Follington on the Subconscious team
Ben Follington on the Subconscious team blogs on his personal site about using Subconscious to design Subconscious
So, how do you design feeling-first
Yes. How does both user and maker take the digital tool into their hands.
A great read while also being highly personal about what Ben is aiming to do and be: Metacognitive Design.
Getting started with founders Gordon & Chris in 30min
Ive had 5 sessions of , a type of that works on the with . Its known as in the US
It cleared the nastiest clinging . Released and unleashed the so for a while I was more wired at night. Another time releasing unlocked more feelings and now I can better, its levelling out. Help for if from stress, maybe
As therapy vs stress and feels, its good.
PTSD Stress & Anxiety Meditation
This simple relaxation activity can do more than just helping us deeply relax. Through repetition, it creates a natural mental association between being aware of our breathing (or counting down) and becoming deeply relaxed.
Impermanence shows us that there will be good times, and bad times.
In bad times we can remind ourselves that there are good times ahead.
Good times let us recuperate and be prepared for inevitable bad times.
Millions of people have been praying for peace for thousands of years...it might be time to try something else
S A T U R D A Y M E D I T A T I O N
Listen carefully to the sounds of nature for just 10 minutes and start your day connected with everything.
Meditation is just a word we use to describe purposefully distracting ourselves from our usual auto-pilot mental habits, and works by replacing our current mental habits with new ones through repetition which is how we formed our current mental habits in the first place.
Count 1,2,3 very quickly 10 times, counting on your fingers. Then count down 3,2,1 very very slowly 3 times. Notice how your mind has slowed and calmed.
This works by using principals of subconscious awareness where the mind going from fast to slow energizes and calms down leaving us with a calm energetic mind. Its the same process we often use with walking meditation to achieve a calm energized mind.
Look around you and notice the space in the room and be the space.
Notice how the space is there no matter what furniture and other items might be in itthe space is still there, unaffected. Be the space.
You are the space and our thoughts are like items in the space. They exist, but dont effect the space which goes endlessly beyond the room in all directions. Be the space.
- Powers of the
Close your eyes and slowly count down 3, 2, 1, and relax the muscles in your neck and shoulders. Repeat this three times.
We tend to tense up our shoulders and neck when we feel stressed or anxious. Purposely relaxing those muscles releases tension and stress or anxiety that caused us to tense up. Counting down slowly slows the mind, making it easier to relax.
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Take a deep cleansing breath and hold it for a few seconds then slowly exhale.
Taking a deep breath to refresh and refocus is a natural meditation most of us do already. We can get further the benefits by doing it more often as a stress preventative.
T U E S D A Y M E D I T A T I O N
Wash your hands, feel the temperature and wetness on your hands. Feel the texture and slipperiness of the soap, let your fingers dangle in the water for a second after rinsing. Notice how calm your mind is.
This works by taking up your full attention and temporarily distracting you from your auto-pilot mental habits.
M O N D A Y M E D I T A T I O N
For 30 seconds listen very carefully to everything you can hear without focusing on any one sound. Notice your calm mind.
This works by taking up your full attention and temporarily distracting you from your auto-pilot mental habits.
PTSD Stress & Anxiety Meditation
This meditation should be used in conjunction with therapy, not as an alternative to therapy. You should also let your therapist know you are using this meditation.
T H U R S D A Y M E D I T A T I O N
Quickly breathe in, taking a deep breath. Hold it for 5 seconds, then slowly exhale for a count of 10. Notice how your mind has slowed and calmed.
This works by using principals of subconscious awareness where the mind going from fast to slow energizes and then calms down leaving us with a calm energetic mind. Its the same process we often use with walking meditation to achieve a calm energized mind.
SubconsciousT U E S D A Y M E D I T A T I O N
Expand your visual focus to include peripheral vision on both left and right sides and maintain your awareness over the full 180 degrees for 10 seconds. Stop and notice how calm your mind is.
This works by saturating our awareness and eliminating distraction, including thinking.
My wife is working on a meditation journal to help me with my PTSD, and is considering publishing it.
What would you like to see in a meditation journal/book
Count 1,2,3 very quickly 10 times, counting on your fingers. Then count down 3,2,1 very very slowly 3 times. Notice how your mind has slowed and calmed.
This works by using principals of subconscious awareness where the mind going from fast to slow energizes and calms down leaving us with a calm energetic mind. Its the same process we often use with walking meditation to achieve a calm energized mind.
Happiness Hack
S U N D A Y M E D I T A T I O N
Look around you and notice the space in the room and be the space.
Notice how the space is there no matter what furniture and other items might be in itthe space is still there, unaffected. Be the space.
You are the space and our thoughts are like items in the space. They exist, but dont effect the space which goes endlessly beyond the room in all directions. Be the space.
Recently had a session of called Rapid Resolution aka Accelerated in the US. Lots of to work on the , might involve eye-movement like EMDR if I have much more. It cleared a block of hideous deep Ive had for well over a decade. Now my is zinging but low-dose supplements seem to help eg brain boost and genius mind with l- tyrosine, lions mane and the like. Ive been busy tidying a room for two days, now chilling cos tired after all that.
F R I D A Y M E D I T A T I O N
Close your eyes and slowly count down 3, 2, 1, and relax the muscles in your neck and shoulders. Repeat this three times.
We tend to tense up our shoulders and neck when we feel stressed or anxious. Purposely relaxing those muscles releases tension and stress or anxiety that caused us to tense up. Counting down slowly slows the mind, making it easier to relax.
This is to underappreciated.
A nice depiction of the darker aspects of the I frigging love this dude <3 Portrayal is sooooo frigging good <3
(2007)
Meditation is just a word we use to describe purposefully distracting ourselves from our usual auto-pilot mental habits, and works by replacing our current mental habits with new ones through repetition which is how we formed our current mental habits in the first place.
T H U R S D A Y M E D I T A T I O N
Take a deep cleansing breath and hold it for a few seconds then slowly exhale.
Taking a deep breath to refresh and refocus is a natural meditation most of us do already. We can get further the benefits by doing it more often as a stress preventative.
Lately I'm become interested in , just on an amateur level for fun, nothing serious.
And last night I have a where someone asked me, why I want to learn physics and I've said:
Because I don't want to die without the understanding about the world around me.
Well, dreams are messages from the and I think this is not about physics, but this is my basic approach to everything, to life itself.
What a nice trip. :blobfoxsleep:
Mon me fragment / My fragmented soul
je suis une vraie machine tuer-aprs chaque mission effectue-ma mmoire est encore efface-mais tout ce qui y est enregistr-.y reste pour toujours bien grav-mais alors ce n'est plus index-car si j'essaie alors d'y accder-ces souvenirs sont fragments-.quand je ne suis pas en activit-moi je tente de les reconstituer-
Muslim meditation, although less known in the Western world compared to practices like mindfulness, has a rich history deeply embedded in Islamic spirituality. The core practice of Muslim meditation is known as "dhikr," which translates to "remembrance."
Centering Prayer is a contemporary Christian meditation technique that has gained popularity in recent decades. Fr. Thomas Keating, a Trappist monk, developed Centering Prayer in the 1970s. This method involves choosing a sacred word or phrase as a focal point, gently returning to it when the mind wanders during prayer.
Lectio Divina, meaning "divine reading" in Latin, is a prominent Christian meditation technique that has its roots in the monastic tradition. Lectio Divina involves four stages: lectio (reading), meditatio (meditation), oratio (prayer), and contemplatio (contemplation). Practitioners read a sacred text, reflect on its meaning, respond in prayer, and finally rest in contemplative silence.
Self Awareness Practice begins with understanding three basic principals:
1. That no matter how happy we are, we can always be happier.
2. That every choice we make has it's roots in trying to be happier.
3. That we can learn to make better choices for continually happier outcomes.
By starting with already knowing what's happening subconsciously, we can bypass years of meditating and immediately begin integrating our practice into our daily life.
Self Awareness Practice is a secular meditation with roots in Mindfulness, Insight Meditation, and Subconscious Awareness developed over a quarter of a century of studying the subconscious.
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Prehistorically, I would argue that we've been meditating since the first human took a deep cleansing breath, as this is a form of meditation where we're purposely distracting ourselves from our normal auto-pilot thinking habits.
The Indus Valley Civilization, which existed around 33001300 BCE, also known as the Harappan Civilization, extended from modern-day northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India, is often cited as one of the earliest sources of meditation practices.
Seals discovered in the region depict figures in meditative postures, suggesting that meditation was an integral part of their daily life.
Meditation has its roots in ancient India, where it was first documented in the Vedas, the oldest scriptures of Hinduism. The practice of dhyana (meditation) can be traced back to around 1500 BCE (1), roughly some 3,500 years or 125 generations ago.