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10 years of practice but I don't feel I achieved much (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/mindfulness@sh.itjust.works
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I have been practicing mindfulness for more than a decade. In university I used it to help me cope with the pressure that I put on myself and since then I continued with variable degrees of rigour.

In my meditation timer app I logged more than 1000 hours of meditation. I spend a lot of time listening to podcasts and reading books on the topic. I'm not regretting any of that. I enjoy the practice for its own sake, but I'm wondering if I should get more serious about it.

Is anyone else in a similar situation? What are your thoughts?

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[–] 0 points 3 months ago*

Probably posting here because you're looking for support, but since Lemmy is so damn small, I see everything.

Tried meditating for over 3 years daily. I was looking for transcendental experience, but could never get past 30 minutes of meditation. It was mostly a complete waste of time.

I find meditation is very oversold to the public. It doesn't work for everyone and actually might make things worse if you're a control freak or a spiritual bypasser.

I'm not completely closed off to it, maybe it might be part of a practice in the future, but right now I'm looking into a mushroom trip, playing music, and doing some Jungian shit.

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