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I have been told at a Tibetan Buddhist center that their practice is to meditate with their eyes open because the benefits are more easily transferred to your every day life. Since you are awake with your eyes open throughout the day, learning to meditate with your eyes open should help you implement the benefits you gain through meditation in your... Read more  
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I have been told at a Tibetan Buddhist center that their practice is to meditate with their eyes open because the benefits are more easily transferred to your every day life. Since you are awake with your eyes open throughout the day, learning to meditate with your eyes open should help you implement the benefits you gain through meditation in your... Read more  
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Letting go of thoughts to me has always felt like a task to do while meditating, and that is not the point of the meditation or of letting go of thoughts. Rather than it being a task and something you are actively doing, I think of it more as allowing the thoughts to pass. To not try to force them out, but to just let them be. In my mind, and it... Read more  
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Meditation  ·  Jul 11

what good does Bringing your awareness back to the breath actually do?

Guided meditations usually instructs you to bring your attention or awareness back to the breath when you notice you are thinking, but what good does that actually do? Why the breath specifically?
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Does slowing down make you feel rested or impatient?
Just wondering how everyone experiences slowing down and how it impacts their own mental state and well being. If it helps you be more relaxed and rested or if you grow impatient.
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