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I've had several really cool, deep experiences in meditation, yet I find I don't do it very often and can't force myself to do it under any circumstances. I want meditation to be a bigger part of my life, but there's this real part of my brain that feels...pained by it? Even when I think about it, something in my mind is like "NO." Does anyone know what this is or could be? Is it a sign that I shouldn't meditate, or is it something that can be overcome? (link)
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Perhaps and this is out of left field that you feel guilt or shame over something it's brought out or a fear of what it could. Usually, when you force something regardless of what it is in your life or overall experience it never turns out right.
Instead of forcing it mediate when fully relaxed and stop putting pressure on yourself to have this huge experience every time. It doesn't really work that way. The more you throw out the urge to force it and just do it when it feels right to the more you will get from it.
You are pushing it to be this huge part of your life which it may in fact become but must approach it gradually so it builds naturally into something that is a big part of who you are.
You just might have a mental block surrounding it that you have to figure out but the whole idea of meditation is calmness and letting things unfold. Forcing it or trying to do it constantly is a problem and why your mind and body are saying woah, no not now. Too much of a good thing etc.
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Hey, thanks so much for the helpful comments, that's definitely the right way to look at it.
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