I Meditated Every Day For 10 Years & This Is What Happened To Me
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- Опубликовано: 21 дек 2019
- I have been meditating every day for over 10 years. Meditation has changed my life more than anything else. This commitment I made to myself over 10 years ago is the main reason I have done what I have in my life thus far. Grounding myself in that daily practice has strengthened my resolve in the work that I do. But there has been times when I've dragged myself out of bed kicking and screaming in trying to avoid my daily practice, but they are usually the most opportune moments to sit and dive deep. I have learned so much that it is hard to articulate. However, in this episode of Enlightenment Today, I will try to articulate my experience and share with you the changes that will happen to your mind and also the 18 ways that meditation will transform and improve not only your own life, but also the immediate world around you.
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I’ve been meditating for about 8 months with a decent amount of regularity. After about three months I started noticing the meditative mind. Every moment became an opportunity for me to be present. Stuck in traffic, in a waiting room, etc. my patience for myself and others has increased tremendously and my anxiety has decreased to the same degree and at 30 years old I have the ability to relax like never before.
Love it my friend. Thank you for sharing.
@@JasonGregoryAuthor Thanks for your uploads! When I found the Art of Effortless Living videos I knew I was on the right path!
@@Unbruto Totally relate: also found his videos somewhat recently and knew it was a place I really wanted and liked to be!
This was a good one Jason. Thank you. Meditation has helped me experience equanimity, empathy and respite from the pain that the tribalism you speak of causes. It helps you make friends with yourself. I have always appreciated solitude. With so much stimuli bombarding us today, hopefully more people will discover these truths. Thanks again. C
What a wonderful comment Cameron. Your comment is music to my ears.
Eckart Tolle’s pauses used to drive me crazy when I first watched his videos. Not now, having practiced meditation for longer; I get it. Reading books versus watching RUclips on the topic has helped too.
I am a long term meditator. your explanation is perfect and the best i've ever listen to. Namaste!
Namaste Danny. Thank you my friend. It means a lot.
Best 18 effect descriptions I have listened too. Bang on! Thank you I can't express enough how much I enjoyed listening. So true and wonderful. Much love xx
Jason your face shines, shows that you are very healthy, your voice is powerful shows your chi is strong, results of very strong foundation of meditation and peaceful mind and body
Thank you Jason for uploading this wonderful video .. definitely inspires me to make my on and off meditation attempts more seriously .. Pranam 🙏
That's great news Satish. I'm happy my video has inspired you to take meditation more seriously. Pranams to you my friend.
I've been practicing for a very long time and everything Jason mentions are the results of going within. Thank you
You are so amazing for publishing such valuable, personal content. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!
Amazing insights! Looking forward in all the aspects of long-term meditation you mentioned 🥰
thank you sir for explaining in such detailed manner.Ive been in meditation process for 8 months now.Would continue forever
Hi jason great vid as always. You are so right everything you said is 100% accurate mediation is the best!! Much respect from Kent, England.
Inspiration 🙏🙏🙏 starting with 30mins a day as a habit.. Is very encouraging to be more consistent..
Also emphasizing that it should be taken more serious as eating which we just do automatically ..
Thank you🙏🙏 will keep trying to remind myself to just start small steps especially during hard times.. Small steps make the biggest changes because it's a life long endeavor .. no need add additional pressure to yourself by trying to think you always need to take long strides when the point is in the current moment.. your moving and by simply starting.. You have overcome half the battle
Thanks so much for this Jason! Truly such a remarkable video. I don't know when was the last time I sat and focused on someone listening for 40 minutes straight. I have many of these 18 qualities already but I am still so distracted by social media, video games, smartphones and I have a hard time focusing on reading. I don't meditate consistently and I really need to improve my consistency.
I feel like somewhere in my past life, I might have been following the rules of meditation and spiritual liberation but I did something wrong and got stuck in this Samsara. I'm a quiet person, I love listening to others, I feel a true sense of unity with everything in the universe and I love everything and everyone. But there is so much more room for improvement, even though I have come quite a long way from who I was in the 2010s decade.
Shanti my friend 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for your honesty and humility Gautam. Your message shows me that you are a great individual. If my 40 minute video held your attention for the whole time, then I feel the future is bright for you my friend. Any distraction is hard to overcome, but you are honest about how they are effecting your life and so I am confident you will make the right changes in your life. I deeply appreciate you message Gautam and know that the tentacles of samsara loosen its grip on you because you are sincere about this. Shanti my friend.
@@JasonGregoryAuthor Thanks for your kind words and encouragement Jason! It means a lot. Looking forward to more of your videos and content 😇
We are addicted to the over stimulation of social media, the activity, the noise that drowns out our inner intelligence. Even original ideas, if you keep rejecting them, result in even more original ideas. They come from a deeper place with more enduring connections to the real world. But even those ideas are connected with objects and the deepest meditations go beyond objects and concepts. They are like the soil that provides support for the plant ( object) to emerge. The space in which there can be stars and planets. For successful meditation, we should have a deep desire to be with that soil, that space. Where nothing is manifest. It's the least stimulation.
Airplane mode is very effective for most people. They just know there are no updates, so there's no reason to pick up the phone and check 😉
Thank you for this, Jason. Such good content. This video was incredibly helpful. You're the best.
Thank you Heather. I'm so happy you found this particular video.
Thank you for expressing these thoughts and I am thoroughly an agreement
Jason new subscriber here...Your channel has helped me immensely ...I was always a seeker thru out my life...However I search no more..after much spiritual study and some practice I finally landed on TAO...Taoism works very good for me ! I still consider myself a Novice Taoist.. My path by all who are privy to it is very unique.... by all accounts ...15 yrs ago I was handed a death sentence (Kidney failure) after 8 grueling years on dialysis My life was saved by a complete stranger that found me online and after all was said and done she proclaimed that she owed me from a previous incarnation where I saved her life ! well I don't doubt her as I've literally saved 3 lives this time around lol..anyway Thank you for your video's they inspire me.. as a person who hears on a daily basis that I inspire them..I too need inspiration especially that I'm a Songwriter/musician/vocalist..
Something I'd like to share with you is that about 4 yrs ago I discovered 432hz tuning...In opposed to the standard adopted around WW2 of 440hz...now 440hz isn't to be found occurring anywhere in Nature..that's a red flag in of itself ! where as 432hz is found all over the place....from the speed of light to the main chamber of the great Giza pyramid ....I'm working towards changing the worlds music back to this spiritual frequency ...I'd love to hear your thoughts on this...is it possible that if all of mankind tuned into this frequency we would transcend towards our higher selves ? worth contemplating...Sincerely KBL
PS I encourage anyone else reading who is interested in this subject to contact me...Thanks again KBL
Ty Jason, i get self concious about meditating and worry about my mind wandering, but i shall keep trying, video was helpful
Taking back our time, to harness creativity - as a driving force through chaos. Being in silence, as we calibrate to the vibrations of Nature.
Love it my friend.
Thank you for this video and your insight. I agree, we need to take meditation as seriously as food.
Best wishes
Earl
Thank you Zen. So glad you liked the video my friend.
Hi, Jason. Thank you for the inspiring videos. I've first watched your documentary on Effortless Living with my father and we loved it. Yesterday we've watched the second documentary. It really shed a light understanding what is happening with the world and within ourselves. I really have to thank you, something already has changed in me. We're very fond of the ancient Chinese culture. Years ago I've heard about meditation when I saw some Osho videos and read a few of his books. Though I never really got into the practice of it, It's been life changing for me. Last year I've started trying a few meditation apps, but never really engaged into it, and never really felt any difference. Though I got some understanding of being more blissful, and I am much more today than I use to be years ago, I usually get caught up in a helter skelter of feelings, specially around negative people. After watching a few of your videos, specially this one, I've made a commitment to myself to start meditating properly and consistently. It's incredible to feel that even one session makes me feel a little lighter. I apologize for the long text, but somehow I had to thank you, and didn't few like just saying thank you was enough. 😊 Please keep up the great work. Greetings from Brazil! 👍 Shanti shanti
No need to apologize for the length my brother. It was music to my ears. I'm so happy that you and your father got to experience my films together. I'm also so glad you are exploring my other videos and I'm so stoked that my meditation videos are inspiring you to take the practice seriously. That really means a lot to me brother. Since you showed a lot of love I will let you know that a third film completing the trilogy is a few months away, I haven't mention it yet but your comment touched me and I hope you can experience with your father whenever it drops. But before then, plenty of more content and another documentary on the way. Shanti shanti shanti brother. Much love to all in Brazil!
@@JasonGregoryAuthor I'm really glad you replied me and really happy to know first hand about the upcoming film! This is awesome to know, and we'll surely watch it as soon as it's available. I'll continue my meditation practices and always keep an eye on your channel. I'm really sure you inspire lots of other people. Shanti Shanti, brother! 🙏👍👍
Great channel Jason, thanks for the awesome content!
Thank you my friend. Glad you enjoy.
Another superb vid 🙏🏼 thank you
Thank you brother. Glad you enjoyed it.
I'm happy I found your channel. Great content!! Thanks :)
I'm happy you found it as well my friend.
Underrated!!
I just came across this video and wanted t o say thank you as it was really encouraging
Great video! Thanks!
Thank you for watching my friend.
Love it!!!
I love the idea of changing the world dispassionately...the truth is.. meditation is real work...
Thanks you Jason for share your experience, this video encourages me to be more constant with my anarchic meditation practice or at least I hope so 😅
Thank you Jason. Always inspiring.
Thank you Mauro. Your support is inspiration for me my friend.
perfect explanation! Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you.
Inspirational Jason good video
Very inspiring. Namaste Jason. Your videos are very helpful.
Thank you my dear friend. I appreciate your support.
I LOVE my connection to myself and to the source of who i am . What i connect to in meditation. I would never give it up for nothing. Meditation can happen anytime , anywhere !
Thanks for this explanation. It's really good. I've been 'meditating' for many years but only recently have I experienced that sense of release from the mind. And if feels like "A-ha! That's what meditating is" 😊
Thank you 👍🙏 have watched till 10 minutes but before seeing full want to thank you for sharing this video gratitude felt so much liberated happy .... it's felt like confirming this is the only way out of this crazy world.
Very inspirational and i can confirm everything to be true here as i have been meditating for a long time too but not vonsistently nor daily like i am working on now. Thank you so much for this very helpful video i found inspiring and motivating and educational too. Thank you!
I enjoyed your video - Thanks mate
Thank you Saijin.
Thanks for such valuable information
Thank you for watching my dear friend.
Excellent, Jason ! I have been teaching meditation since 1975 and spent many years in silence and meditation. What you describe is true. And I can promise: over time - and with the right technique (!) - much much more results will come up !
Like Bliss, deep Samadhi, ecstasy and higher dimensional experiences... Can´t go into more detail here. I have written 16 books about my experiences in meditation. So continue and go deeper - and discover more and more ! Blessings
Link those books.I have some spare time.
@@encapsulatio :-) Neti Neti ! For the moment you can listen to my interview: ruclips.net/video/cChZ0fXyBsw/видео.html
...and my chants - and others... Stay blessed !
@@JR-wb7rm I am happy to hear it ! Love and Blessings ! :-)
Nice video. Keep up the great work.
Thank you, Krish. A pleasure to see you on the livestream today. If you like what I am doing with this channel then please tell a friend about it.
@@JasonGregoryAuthor okay I will.
Here it's been 15 years of TM and now 8 of zazen. can't imagine life without breath, without sunshine or without zazen.
Thank you for your kind words of wisdom, I have a long way to go but meditation is my new way of life, I look forward to aging gracefully, with much gratitude - arohanui Jason
Based on your profile photo, you’ve got a long way to go before “aging gracefully” becomes relevant
@@GoDaveGo 💜
Wow! Ten years? Noice
Noice!!
*nice
John Diengdoh no, he said it right. Haha
@@johndiengdoh4332 "noice" is "nice" in Aussie
Can we confirm that vipassana is basically sitting being aware of breath and thought and simply observing ?
Anything that takes you out of your comfort zone is a meditation
This is true. Thank you.
Nice content my friend.. you're in...
Love your books, metta metta metta, sadu sadu sadu !!!
Thank you my friend. Shanti.
I was never systematic about meditation until very recently. It was hit or miss before. When I was a kid, I had this shortwave radio. Late at night, I used to turn the dial; and when I got something, I would try to fine tune to get the station. Some nights it worked out well, and some nights not at all. Factors like weather and interference held sway. Meditation was sort of like that, picking up signals from inside me, outside me, etc. If I got something, I would try to tune into the same frequency the next time. I was looking for something.
It seems you are going back to be more like people in the 1970's, Jason. Life was a lot slower then. We had time to think. I remember long walks on the beach, making sand castles, playing outside, finding strange insects and creatures outdoors, reading good books, and doing art. Phones were in the house and had dials. If you wanted to make a call, you went in a phone booth. There was no such thing as internet or a personal computer. Few people payed for cable TV. Most had antennas on their roof or rabbit ears. We got only three or four stations. Media was not a big part of life. We had picnics and board games. I'd spend hours wandering in the woods looking at stuff. I spent time in my tree house and had a squirrel jump on my head. I always wanted to be the person I was then. You just gave a way to make it possible. Thanks. You are a younger person who never saw the 1970's. Bless you if you can go back there even if you never had been.
Brilliant
I have been meditating an average of an hour since August 2021. My mind has such a negative bias! It's difficult to keep going without seeing that instant gratification we are used to experiencing. Do you have some word of encouragement for a novice like myself? I love your content!
I’ve begun again after a thirty year break and so far 7 months in I noticed an awareness of my own stuff that I couldn’t put a name to but knew was there some good some bad I’m thankful it’s helping me be the best version of me I can be. Depends on how I feel as to my length of sitting middle age joints hurt more than they did when I was younger
I have a question I have noticed during meditation if I’m in a good space I tend to for lack of a better term lose sense of time my body everything it’s like I am connected with everything but I’m not connected with everything is this what’s called samadhi? The reason I’m asking I would like to understand better.
Also as a parent I may not be able to sit for ever how long what do you suggest is maybe an alternative or something to complement this? Thank you very much
Wonderful, Jason!
Let's practice!
Let's meditate!
Meditate us turn the key!
What about the practice of Mantra japa?
I just love it! Need IT!
Have you got vídeo about that, too?
Once again, thank you!
Jason could tell please your opinion about Culadasa's mind illuminated book? The audio version of the book is available here in RUclips.
Great wealth here
very nice talk....
Thank you William.
Hi Jason, I live in Thailand. Can you recommend where I should go for meditation here. Is there any place where they physically teach you how to meditate here? In English.
Hi Jason, great video, thank you. I've been meditating for 8 months, (mindfulness), now and am really enjoying it and am feeling great benefits. However, I can't help being intrigued by TM. I mean so many people swear by TM and its beneficial affects and they only need to do 20 mins, twice a day. Any thoughts on this?
Great to hear from you my friend. I'm so glad you are benefiting from mindfulness. As for TM, there is nothing wrong with it per se, but problems occur when the focus is other than meditation itself (being successful etc). Not that people shouldn't be successful, but meditation in its essence is about enlightenment and so it loses something when it is used for other reasons. We need to remember the original intent behind meditation, which is the reason we should practice it in the first place. If success and a fat bank account are the by product of that, then so be it.
@@JasonGregoryAuthor Thank you very much for your reply, Jason, that explains a lot. I'm definitely not meditating for those kind of reasons so I shall put TM out of my mind and continue on the path I'm on. All the best 😊
Very nicely put together ☺️🙏. I would like to ask though, why is it important to keep on meditating ever day, for life? I have experience everything you described after the first 1 year and then for personal reasons I decided to stop. So it’s been a year now that I am not meditating (seriously like you described it). So far I haven’t noticed any changes. I still experience all 18 points. Do you think that meditating is still important. What do you think would happen if you for example stopped meditating now? Can you sleep back into “unconsciousness” let’s say?
Interesting question 🧐 Any further reflections after a year has lapsed since commenting? 🙏
“Attention residue “ good choice !
how I can improve my meditation, I do meditated everyday about 2 or 3 and more each time every to learn about breathing excessive and really learn from my meditation and go for a longer time to meditation. to truly master my mind and emotions and myself.
After discovering and absorbing concepts like those from the the Bhagavad Gita, one may transform from one who struggles to concentrate sufficiently for even a few minutes of meditation into one who can do it for multiple hours at a time.
Omg man so many trends in spiritual world health stuff. So much. It’s I mean fun to have all kinds of Knick backs and shit right. When I first started listening to gurus it was the chair 🪑 I always noticed they had a fancy ass chair. I want a fancy ass chair.
Yep haha I listen so deeply that when I want to talk no one lets me talk because I have not been taking part in the convo lol
How long it take a person to go to samadhi state.
I have the same kurta. You bought it from Big Bazaar?
In Chennai.
Can time be wasted. Nothing matters it’s all a waste that’s what makes it all so enjoyable
Did you achieve samadhi ?
Less Emotional? I find I am more Emotional... seeing road kill animals hurts more aa I go on ... the pain of others Actually hurts me ...
How long has he been meditating? I think I missed that.
I think it’s 10 days every 10 years
Why don’t you talk on Osho ?
You should be on public TV every day.
Im wondering if The Art of Effortless Living was you or read from a book...I think it was you....if so...wow!!!
Yes, of course it is me. The Art of Effortless Living is based on my book Effortless Living.
Someone asked Hahnemann wa asked" why do you love and follow Krishna with such devotion?" The answer might surprise you he said "because he makes me a better man."
Sorry my mistake Hahnemann was with Ram Arjuna was was Krishna
I don’t know. Chit chat is kind of interesting. I have become more interested for sure when people are having words with each other and their energy changes like they put more enthusiasm into the words out of anger or whatever. Not so much for me on two and three. But enjoying the list okay keep going
I see with 6 and 7 it’s more like you stop getting attached to things made to jolt you.
People like you are so rare, are you a householder or a full time meditator?
Then you should definitely know that -emia means presence in blood.
There’s only 24hrs in a day not 10 years! 😆
I do agree that 20 min isn’t enough- at least for me. I have add- my mind won’t quiet until after 10-15 min. When I first started - 15 min was enough but after a while, if you really wanna dig, you have to do it longer. But then it just becomes easier. I suggest if you are starting to meditate - keep a journal and write about your feelings. Writing about it helps the mind relax more
your eyes says you meditate for 10 years
How long should one meditate every day ?
as long as you can ! I love you
10 years
It’s not tribals it’s a distraction in America we need a distraction from the reality of materialism
Meditation is a state of consciousness...not a practice...
Practice it is. We PRACTICE the mode of meditation, and hope to better understand The True Self. And then we must PRACTICE what we understand. Meditating is a practice.
Is meditation even necessary? Did Ramana Maharshi meditate meditate? Isn't just the realization of the fact that we are beyond the mind enough?
You've obviously thought long and hard about this, Jason. The irony of your discussion of long term meditation consists of the fact that most people feel they do not have time to meditate for 45 minutes a day yet, you continually mention how much time you save by not wasting it via the wandering mind after years of meditation
You are still very intellectual...try deep breathing by the ocean...it will strengthen your mind and body...
Hi Dianne. There is nothing wrong with intellectuality. Western people incorrectly demonized the intellect, which actually frustrates teacher in the East. Actually, long-term meditation enhances intellectual capabilities, that is proven and discussed within the traditions. Also, I would avoid creating an opinion of someone from a brief video, as if you know the person. That would be highly immature and I'm guessing if you are on my channel than you are not immature (I don't know how old you are, but that can be a problem with young people when they are introduced to spirituality). I would leave those sorts of superficial judgments for the rest of the world. One last thing, Western people who come across Eastern spirituality are still influenced by their competitive mind. I'm saying this because reading some of your comments you seem like you are in competition with me, as to prove your worth over me. I saw one of your comments saying you are enlightened, which is a sign of not being enlightened at all because the persona that verifies that has disappeared and so it cannot make that statement. When one is enlightened there is no one inside to claim the state. Making those claims is not accepted in the East because humility is important. The competitive mind is something that will subside when you meditate more and understand Eastern philosophy deeply. That is what my channel is for and the work that I have been doing as a teacher and author for 15 years. I hope you can appreciate the work going forward. Remember, being human and ordinary is what is truly extraordinary in the East.
Cant wait to do 365 days straight next year...
Excellent Zakk. Might as well start now and get the early jump my friend.
Thanks Jason, I look forward to my meditation tonight..
Can you please share the technique you use? Or a link to the video? (Which Im sure you have already made!)
Thanks again!
Zakk Collins Self inquiry. Look up: Rupert Spira self inquiry, on RUclips . He has a very thoughtful video on it.
I meditated for 10 years until my navel fell off.
Bullshit I've been meditating for years and still love to talk can never shut up at times.
You mediating to the devil by any chance, whatever your doing isn’t working.
@@privateaccount6213 get of the drugs stupid.
I meditate all day everyday...i have good karma..
It's *vedana* not *vadana*
Is 911 more important than natural disasters
This wasting of time seems like dualistic
U looks weird... But I'm trying to understand anyway