Meditation to Improve Focus
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- In Dr. K's Guide to ADHD and Doing Stuff there are even more meditations to help you focus, direct your attention, and more! Learn More Here: bit.ly/3eA5nG3
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Doctor K. You are asking people to stare 60-90 seconds to a SCREEN??? That will damage our eyes man.
funny i used to stare at a 50w light bulb and close my eyes really quick. Dont do it, but it has the same concept, do it this way instead. If you focus long enough you can see many colors over time. You usually end up with the color red at the end.
Hello HealthyGamer team,
I tried to join the weekly meditation group from the link in the video's description, but it doesn't seem to direct me to any different website than that from the HG's Discord.
@@Queizar_X You do realised you could just print the Shri Yantra on the piece of paper, right?
He doesn't tell you to use the one on your screen, he tells you to use Shri Yantra, and how you go about doing it whether it's on screen or piece of paper it's up to you. This is why you should focus and you clearly need the focusing training.
@@ariavachier-lagravech.6910Printing it doesn't give you the after-image effect for when you close your eyes. And also learn some respect. You dont know me at all and I dont have a problem focusing. In Healthygamer we respect eachother and you are not doing that.
Bruh when he was saying about 'trataka' someone in the chat said "I'm from the ghetto ratatata" lmao
🤣🤣🤣
Said by a 12 year old white kid from Saskatchewan
Bruh, focus.
Lmao
LMFAOOOOOO 💀💀💀💀
"Keep looking, focus on the dot, relax, don't blink"
Chat: *typing furiously*
XD
Yeah I really think healthygamergg should drop the chat from videos like this.
I think for the "staring at the image" part, a full screen image of the Sri Yantra would be better for mediation noobs like me, I think.
They type without looking at what they're typeing like gods
🤣
Dr.K: "look at the red dot, you may tear up a little, but that's ok"
Me 5 sec in: "I'm crying so hard I can't see the dot, the circle or the room I'm in"
i feel like this meditation would be best done with some physical material, maybe the blue light from the monitor is what makes it more painful than it needs to be, just my gut feeling though
@@bopk1ns oh, could be. For some reason i was fine looking at it until he said to close your eyes and open.
omg so relatable your comment had me laughing
@@bopk1ns It was first done with candle. Do not use light too extensive. You may burn your eyes if you do it like a year.
2:26 Go straight to the meditation. (For future use)
Thank you.
Thanks for the time stamp to jump straight to the forbidden jutsu
U da mannn
thanks
bravo team wins
“Motivation is the ability to hold one thing in your mind, for an extended period of time.” And “This is the practice that is basically pushups for that”. Peak advice and explanation. Thanks!
I know of no other tool with such a profound and long-lasting positive effect as meditation
Truly OP tech
Prayer is nice ☺️
Ever met an engineer on Xanax?
Exercise
Shrooms
As someone who has struggled with visualizing any kind of images in their head, I'm not ashamed to admit that I almost cried at the end of the trataka exercise because it was the clearest image I've ever seen with my eyes closed. Thank you so much Dr. K, I'm definitely going to be watching more of your content :)
This might be strange to think about, but I feel like trataka could be the perfect meditation for those like us with an inability to call images into the mind's eye. With the world behind our closed eyes usually black, it's a nice setting to focus on the burn-in pattern from the Yantra.
If you haven't looked into it, it's called aphantasia, and through reading how other people who have it feel, you could come to better accept all its advantages and disadvantages.
i cried because my eyes were burning help
Y’all need a reason to cry
🙏🏽🤲🏽🙌🏽 Same
Stare at the red dot and don't blink.
Me: blinks immediately
Hm
It's like the equivalent of saying don't think about a pink elephant, your gonna think about a pink elephant
@@kunaalchand109
Unless you have cultivated your mind to the point where you can control what you focus on. I can ignore the pink elephant once by distracting myself with the room. But another time, like say commenting about ignoring the elephant just fails me.
This comment had me think of pink elephants 4 times.
@@ODDnanref I'm here to remind you of the pink elephant. Wouldn't want that slipping out of your thoughts.
"This is a forbidden jutsu" that shit had me rolling bro.
Remember Naruto's Rasengan training? The phase 3 required him to focus on a single point, which he then made into the symbol of Konoha- a leaf.
Ooh damn bro o remember that. What the fuck dude I will be getting those rene-sharingans in no time
holy shit haven't heard of naruto in ages did you know that they're basing a series off of his wife's son???
@@phimholmes6013 YEAh afcourse it's boruto
@@phimholmes6013 "his wife's son" sounds kinda redundant lmao
@@derrickscott6795 that's the joke
this is how u unlock the sharingan
plus when you start to believe.
Thanks suske!
Itachi thanks for saving my butt again. I have a test tomorrow and haven't studied a bit. But I will get my sharinagan ready by midnight.
my eyes started tearing up and I felt like I was doing amaterasu
@@IdKForDahWin damn bro careful you might loose your phone and loose light in your eye's
nothing gets me harder than another meditation tutorial by Dr. K. Working at an accounting firm and studying for the CPA would be the death of me if these videos did not exist.
You-y-what?
yea man I literally have erectile dysfunction.. but these videos man, just MMM there you are big boy
hell yeah, you got this Danny
@Cody It's just a funny way of saying "I like this very much". Don't take it literally.
Ayoooo Danny, are you a CPA now?
This is a great meditation. Not only does it make me more relaxed, but it made me cry so much, it got a hair out of my eye that's been stuck all day lol
How does this man always know what I'm thinking and then make a video about it?
Because we're all perpetually losing it
He mastered JoJo's "Your next line is" technique
Dr. K should legit write a book. Try to put all of the stuff he knows into a single resource. Like, obviously the guide is that in video form but I think a written version would be pretty cool too.
i bet he will write several books well into his retirement once he’s done with twitch
Didn't he say he was doing this recently? Basically like "If I die my knowledge goes with me so I need to pass on my knowledge with a book" I'm paraphrasing
No one reads books anymore, he can reach WAY more people through videos and audio
He's said that he's working on 3 books.
@@rollingthunderinho I do read. Doctors had to read. Reading is better for busy people than video.
Ok I didn't think it would be that hard to focus on a single point. Am really exhausted lmao
15:05 omg thank you!!! It really helps to hear a clinician say this! I hear so much about "you should meditate" and what they mean is "mindfulness" - the "watcher" - but that really doesn't help when you're not thinking about certain things for a reason.
A little tip: wash your eyes with like a warm cloth! I often have tears that hurt a little bit and its bc of dead skin and dirt around the eyes! Washing it off should help you keeping yours open for longer at least a bit
How tf do u wash ur eyes
@@unfortunate7803take your eyeballs out and rinse them
This was my third time trying this and I was able to see the petals in the post visualization. Optimistic to see how this helps my ADHD/anxiety/BMD.
Trataka is an ancient yogic focus enhancing technique. Some even say that if you do this practice daily for 3-6 months, you can gain superhuman focus and attention and even some other "powers" (like you can easily find out if someone is lying to your or deceiving you)
Tell me more abiut this and also wheee can i learn it
Sounds fake as hell, or at least not worth it
Im gonna screen record this because I dont wanna lose it ever. He is the best.
I used to be a daily meditator. Fell out of it hard after moving to a city, was just thinking yesterday my focus has been becoming terrible. This was uploaded at a perfect time, thanks Dr K!
This was awesome, thanks! I'm going to look in to this more deeply. Thanks for the introduction!
One thing that has helped me up until this point is that whenever I find that I lack focus, it's always because I'm focusing on the mind, or are otherwise lost in a thought, rather than being present with what is here + now. As soon as I notice this, I consciously distinguish between my thoughts about this current moment, and the current moment itself. Or, in other words, the word "tree" is not in itself a tree, it is just a word that exists only in the mind. Afterall, the world's thousand languages all call it by a different name and yet none of those labels capture the thing in itself.
By consciously acknowledging this, the difference between thought and reality, I am then able to view the tree without the label, and this takes me out of my mind and in to the present. It's very, very powerful and has many uses. When you make this a practice it's really quite scary seeing how much we live inside our heads, depriving ourselves of life. We walk around in this prison of words and ideas; if you could compare human vision to a camera, then going around seeing the world only through your labels and ideas about it is like having an out of date, standard definition camera with a dirty lens... And no colour! Haha. You only need to make the choice to see in High Definition. Make that choice enough, and you'll intuitively know what to do whenever you notice that you are distracted.
Once a thing is labeled, it is dismissed. You feel like you know it now, and so you no longer need to pay any attention to it. But this is an illusion, since the label is not the thing in itself. Knowing this, and putting it in to practice, puts a big hole in your "distracted self", and it'll lose a lot of power just with this alone.
You are a yogi, you'll get far
@@rasmusturkka480 I have been working on myself. Thanks for the encouragement.
This comment was very insightful, thank you for sharing your thoughts.
I've also experienced what you said about seeing the world with a dirty lens, but thanks to this meditation seeing it in high definition. It's awesome, it's like when you are a kid and you see everything through fresh eyes
If you're looking to improve focus, combining these meditations with the Astirna New Tab extension can be really beneficial.
All of the videos I have watched so far are absolutely incredible. They all hit home for me. I wish they were around when I was in my twenties but I am glad they are here as I go through my mid 40s.
I did this one time subconsciously for like 10 minutes and was in a super weird mental state, didn't know it was a form of meditation. Very interesting, going to try again.
Same tf
A log near the bottom of the campfire.
Definitely was. Make sure you don't try, just do it without trying. I know that sounds fucking stupid, but that's literally what it is. You did it by accident the first time, and that's the only way to do it.
You gave me an idea. And made me realize why looking at the trees or the clouds moving makes me feel good. I can't for the life of me sit down to meditate but I love looking at trees swaying from my window. That's going to be my meditation from now.
Thank you, stranger.
Same! When I was a kid I used to do this all day out of...curiosity? I guess. Found it super fun to see the afterimage, even tried to build a world with it, never heard of meditation at that time! Didn't last long though.
I love your synthesis of different traditions. This video convinced me to get the guide. Thanks!
You're amazing I just bought your meditation guide, thank you so much for what you do!
I remember in the summer before my sophomore year of highschool, we had just moved houses to be a little closer to the highschool, but we didn't have Internet for like 2 months, so basically the entire summer. We spent it outside in the woods, in the sun, in nature and it was honestly one of the greatest serendipities of my life. In that time, I accidentally discovered this technique of focusing on a fixed point and moving my attention around, just playing with my sense of vision out of boredom. I spent a lot of time meditating that summer and it's funny to learn something I did was like an official practice.
When I closed my eyes I saw my whole laptop and my hands resting at the keyboard vividly for 10 sec
I love the point about reducing all the meditative traditions to their most common components. I feel the same way about CBT and other cognitive-behavioural therapies, and the ancient philosophical practices from which they’re derived. They’re reduced to something observable, verifiable and separated from their underlying ethical systems, which cannot be prescribed.
I would love to know more about the ancient practices you're talking about, because I've also been critical of the way American culture seems to warp old customs in ways that miss the point much of the time.
@@Dkdudeman Cognitive behavioural therapy is quite a recent development, but it basically spawned from Stoicism. Stoicism shares the same three premises of CBT. 1) That one can know their unconscious beliefs, desires and values (know thyself) 2) That cognitive activity affects one’s emotions and actions. 3) If one adjusts their beliefs and values, by becoming conscious of them, their emotions and actions should change too. So basically it’s: focus on changing the aspects of yourself which are in your control, rather than the external events which are not. It’s important to realise, the main focus of ancient philosophy is how to live a good life, or be happy.
CBT reduces Stoicism to its most practical elements, which mostly involve thinking exercises. It’s like learning how to drive your mind. However, philosophy isn’t just a practical thing, it’s an existential/lifestyle choice. Philosophy is more like learning where to drive it to, by exploring what is right and wrong, what is good and what is valuable and deciding for oneself. To teach one ethical system in therapy would be unethical, since a part of wellbeing is to decide for oneself what is valuable and meaningful in life. But since psychologists found value in these ancient traditions, they reduced it to something which fits with the empirical scope of scientific inquiry. The psychologist serves to encourage self-reflection by engaging in dialogue, which should help the patient become conscious of the unhealthy or problematic beliefs which they may have inherited unconsciously through their life. Then they help to adjust these beliefs through the use of practical exercises which reinforce new patterns of thinking and acting by means of habituation, so that they become principles which are assimilated into one’s character.
Everything started moving on the image and changing color, I felt like I am hallucinating :D
This is pretty awesome, I'm getting a paper yantra because staring at a screen and trying to focus is hard for me.
That was insane. I've never experienced anything like that before. Thank you for this demonstration!!!
You an absolute gift to humanity. Keep up the good work
I'd recommend printing this out, rather than staring at a screen
Dr. K I totally need a book about meditation and spirituality by you, I would pre order immediately!!
Holy hell, this was hard! I expected to at least hold it for 5 secs, but I had to blink, my eyes were burning!
I could feel the physical struggle in my brain to keep looking at the dot, as well as the anxiety quickly building up in between each breath I took. That's how you know you have trouble focusing LMAO. I'll keep practicing this FOR SURE. Thank you so much Dr K!
This was really cool. I can't see colors or images when I close my eyes, but I could during this meditation.
I'll be honest, hearing these passive videos hearing examples that closely relate to me has really helped. I really want to try therapy, but feel like Dr. K may have spoiled me.
I guess my daily meditation practice i've done for 9 months now paid off. This felt quite easy.
kind of wish this came without the chat XD
this felt pretty great tho, thanks Dr K
I do this every day when I drive. I stare at traffic lights and then close my eyes when they turn green. My life changed almost immediately
That thumbnail is god tier
I like that one and I was looking for a medytaion to experiment on so thx for reminding me of this.
Good timing is what I'm saying
Have a feeling this is gonna be a game changer for my ADHD brain
Hows your progress going?
@@aqtauuit seems to really help when i remember to do it
OMG My dad sells those kinds of paintings in his shop usually called thankas which are I think buddhism related. Holy shit, I always thought why tourists from around the world buy these dumb weird paintings. Never knew their significance.
EDIT: This might be totally unrelated but my dad had to shut down his shop because he couldn't pay rent due to covid and he hasn't been working since, however I think he might have a stockpile of a bunch of those paintings, so if you wanna help him, I could ask him to send/sell some of those to you guys.
It's actually Hinduism. Buddhism is a branch of Hinduism...a man named Siddarthartha Guatama who was a Hindu prince decided that the caste system was "wrong" so he created Buddhism. Pretty much took everything which represents Hinduism and gave it a new name Buddhism...which later became popular in Taiwan but no longer as popular in India.
@@honestcomments8053 it's not completely Hinduism, research more
@@levylost8550 You need to do the research! do you know who created Sanskrit? Can you differentiate vocabulary used in both of these religions?
@@honestcomments8053 First of all I'm a primary hindu so I probably know better than you. Of course Buddha used sanskrit as his parents were hindu and to spread his teachings he had to use a influencial language. Hinduism is a religion, buddhism is a philosophy
@@levylost8550 Semantics. facts will remain facts!
I just need to say that Dr. K’s thumbnails are absolute entrepreneurial genius
It's clickbait, idk why anyone didn't notice it.
@@darthlynx5792 I think everybody notices it but most people don’t care (like me)
This eye Yoga is very powerful thx for this gem 🙏
"Why did you stop playing a game? Because you stopped thinking about it"
For some reason this phrase gives off "There came a day your parents picked you up then put you down for the final time" energy.
MOM LIFT ME HIGH LIKE YOU USED TO
That was amazing!
woah, you practiced it for the first time!. congrats. One tip, do no over do the tension, relax focused is what will actually help out.
This is EXACTLY what I need, thank you
The colors were really dark for me and it all turned into a black square.
Black square all along here too.
When I cupped my hands over my eyes I saw two black squares next to each other it almost looked like an outlet.
Might that mean something tho? Like aphantasia or smth
@@pedroooooo It happened to me too and im pretty sure it's just the black bars / white background on the sides of the wikipedia picture of the Yantra
My goodness. This is incredible. Im not religious at all. Though... Im tempted to think that it was divine intervention that I come across this as my first foray into meditation. What luck that I found one that works for me first.
I literally can't do it. My eyes force themselves shut within a few seconds of not blinking.
You can blink but dont turn your eyes away from the red dot. I have really dry eyes so it is impossible for me not to blink. You can blink and still get the after image.
Can confirm.
Kept my eyes half closed to keep them open longer. I still had to blink. If you keep focusing on the dot you will get the image after closing your eyes. Maybe you will need longer, but still work so don't worry about it.
im doing this for two weeks now i can finally faintly see the inner half of the picture for like half a second, just keep doing it, it's worth it!
@@pramitabhattacharya8577me too! Dry eyes, blinked a bit and it still worked
OMG - a reminded me a bit, this one time when I took some mushrooms in Amsterdam and was chilling. Amazing.
Ye
holy shit you can see the entire thing in whole when you close your eyes but its in a white and black box.
I could only see the box
@@shifuB _WHATS IN THE BOX?_
Dr. K, can you do more videos on meditation for concentration/focus and ADHD?
did anyone else use to do this as a child by staring at the image they saw when they closed their eyes? I dunno I used to keep my eyes closed for long periods of time (when I was bored, car rides, etc.) and focus of the two red eye shapes that would appear vaguely in front of my closed eyes, that I explained to myself as being the afterimage of my eyes taking in light. I guess I was a weird kid but this seems to me as really similar.
YES
I used to do this too, and I even tried to build an "afterimage world" (I failed
I used to do it too. I would cup my hands around my eyes to make it extra dark then look out the window for split second before cupping my hands back again. I found that doing it that way "captured the best picture" and it was always super detailed. When I got a little older I realized that's not unlike how cameras work lol
Sure, I used to do it. Actually I also used it when I was out of ideas of what to draw. It was a kind of a version of cloud gazing that was always with me 😂
This reminded me about reading. I sort of have trouble reading extended periods of time and realized if I just look at the word , I’ll read it. Fk I know this sounds dumb but it’s been helpfull.
Yes. Your so right.
Ad ripped me right out of the meditation lol
I have done something similar without the closing eyes and imagining the dot.
Playing basketball you need to keep your eyes on the ball while keeping you attention on the edges of your vision. This is so you don't easily get taken by surprise by someone coming from the side, or so you can keep track of teammates so you can pass the ball without giving away who you are planning and such.
It was harder to do the closing eyes and keeping the image. I had it, but the shape was completely off, maybe just the circle edge. When I heard this is what was supposed to happen I tried to hold too right or maybe I relaxed too much and it slipped. Could not bring it back.
I used to do this to my self with flashlights as a kid and I never once untill now have been able to keep the image from going away. Thank you for a skill I didn't know I was trying to learn XDD
The issue is that when I focus on the red spot, the image starts to become blurry, so I have to move my eyes a little for the image to return clear in my sight.
drK is the hero we need but dont deserve.
Video Summary:
The video teaches two meditations to improve focus and motivation. The first meditation involves observing the thought process when aiming for a goal, noting what happens without trying to control it. The second meditation is "Trataka," a fixed-point gazing exercise using a Sri Yantra. Participants stare at a central red dot without blinking, progressively shifting their attention to surrounding shapes while keeping their gaze steady. This practice helps develop relaxed focus, essential for maintaining motivation. The video emphasizes the physiological and psychological benefits of this technique, discussing its role in enhancing attention, reducing stress, and aiding in trauma recovery. Practicing Trataka daily for 5 to 20 minutes is recommended.
Ok that was pretty cool, but my imagine definitely captured the screen too lol
After covering my eyes with my hands, I saw the most beautiful cyan color. It was almost like seeing a new color. Very beautiful experience
Wait wait wait, hold up. From my understanding it's possible to be focused on anything (that's why there are so many meditation techniques). If there's a difference between focusing and observing... then what about being focused on the action of observing? Because that's what I tend to do. If for example I meditate by listening to my clock, I'm not focusing on the ticking noises themselves, I'm focusing on me hearing the ticking. Am I misunderstanding something?
Towards the latter end of the video, he talks about the differences between a few different kinds of meditation.
Dr. K: Let the afterimage float to the surface.
Me with aphantasia: ⬛
But it is not mentally reconstructing the image, it's looking at the afterimage burned into your retina. It's a chemical reaction.
Yea, I can't visualize shit either on my own, but I saw the after image, so it's definitely unrelated to visualization or aphantasia.
@@tylerfarrell713 Hm, let me try again, maybe I wasn't staring long enough. Does the after image persist actually persist for multiple seconds/minutes?
@@jialincai1192 it's like a fleeting kinda distorted colors in the shape of the image kinda, only lasts maybe 30 seconds for me. I had to concentrate really hard to get it to stay though.
@@tylerfarrell713 That's really helpful, thanks! I'll keep trying.
trying to discuss a very serious matter* chat: COGGERS
That stuff is hard man. It isn't all zen mode and laserbeams.
The only image that remained after like 15 seconds was the two rectangles on either side not the image we were staring at
Thanks a bunch my duuuuudzzzz!!
bruh not even 20 seconds in and I had to relisten to what he was saying because i was focused on hearthstone lol, truly need to learn about focus haha
Meditating with chat on the side = hard mode
Day 4 of doing Trataka: Been able to do the whole video without tearing up. However, I can't seem to hold on to the afterimage at all. Also, my eyes flicker when closed which takes my focus off the after image.
I have the exact same experience, except I can hold the afterimage for a few seconds with colour before it becomes a blur.
yeah the muscles supporting my eyes just start trembling from how much effort I'm putting into trying to see an after image
I thought I was the only one, I was looking at the dot the whole time and following the instructions but the second I closed my eyes I got distracted for .1 of a second and lost the image.
This was my experience as well. Your eyes are constantly jumping around involuntarily. Each movement is called a saccade. Your brain "stitches together" the images to create your perception of your environment. Usually you're not aware of it happening, but maybe there is something about having one's eyes closed that makes it more noticeable. I am unclear about the extent to which saccades can be consciously prevented, such as during this meditation. Saccades can be initiated consciously, such as when you intentionally direct your gaze at a new target, so maybe that also means it's possible to prevent them and keep your eyes stationary with practice.
@@nuynobi Yeah I think this meditation should help with peripheral vision too, if you can focus on a single point for longer(without saccades) and also have better peripheral vision I think could be pretty awesome. Dr.K said that this is going to improve our focus, I take it as to relax your eyes and attention but still be able to see more clearly. I'm going to try this meditation for a while and see how it makes things better
BROOOOOOO
MY THERAPISTS HAVE NEEEEEVVEEEEERRRRRR UNDERSTOOD THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEEN MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION!!!!
I have been so hurt, JEEEEEZ, thanks for this video!!!!!
I normally do Trataka by candle gazing and focusing on the brightest point of the flame, but using a yantra was a cool alternative, and I will try it out more often to shake things up. For the Antar Trataka component (focusing on the afterimage), what do you recommend for people with aphantasia?
I actually recall reading about the use of similar practices(it may have been this exact one) to treat aphantasia, and gradually cultivate the ability to generate mental images. another practice is to describe objects and images you can see by stating specific descriptors to yourself; colour, shape, motion, ect, while focusing on those parts, eventually doing the same with your eyes closed and trying to see specific parts at first, and in the long term, entire images.
worth noting that I cannot personally vouch for how effective these practices may or may not be.
@@halodude727 Yeah, the second one sounds like the priming for Image Streaming, which was developed by Win Wegner. Image streaming is the only thing I have heard discussed to help develop the faculty of visualization, at least from people online. That's why I was wondering what yogic techniques would work. Practicing with Antar Trataka might be fine if the person is not easily frustrated, but I also recall that one of my friends was able to better see images in his mind's eye after practicing yoga nidra for a bit. He didn't have severe aphantasia like a couple of my other friends do, but his mental images were not as crisp or vivid as they are now.
Can you tell me how candle gazing goes for this? In general is it the same, in watching that center point and afterwards reviewing the image in your head?
The afterimage shouldn't be affected by aphantasisa in my understanding, it isn't a mental image but rather a physiological phenomenon in the eye. When one looks at the same image for a prolonged period the cones in the eyes becomes less sensitive meaning that if you for example stare at a blue image the blue cones becomes "tired" causing white light to mainly activate the red and green light which we perceive as yellow. (You still see some light with your eyes closed which is why the effect still works)
@@MsNikeNike No, from personal experience, my friends with aphantasia both see pitch black even after looking at a bonfire or campfire. I tested them on multiple occasions. They can't consciously discern images with their eyes closed, unless it's in the in-between state of waking and dreaming.
Meditation and yoga is the best tool that Hindus gave to the world. They don't get enough credit in my opinion.
Today Dr. K taught me meditation by fucking my eyes up.
Lol when I first shut my eyes I saw the comments other recommended videos and the square with you and chat, and the trataka was halfway to the side 😂 but it helped. I saw it when I closed my eyes. I believe this has something to do with dementia, the way you relaxed and it came back and when you’d squeeze it would slip away, very interesting Doctor K
i dont understand im feeling so bad, i really tried but at the end i cant see anything, i cant have an image in my head, i just see nothing and it makes me cry
thats okay, try again man
@@icyclestick178 thank you a lot, ill try to continue to do it and not give up
btw am i supposed to see like an after image after closing my eyes or truly think about the picture and see it in my mind ?
@@aeshi8119slr yeah you should see an afterimage of the sri yantra. a helpful tip i can think of is you ever watch anime with subtitles on? you stare at the subtitle while focusing your attention on whats happening on the screen. do it with the sri yantra. dont move your eyes on the dot. but shift your focus on the shapes. Like you are staring at a still picture and the only thing you can move is your minds eye, your attention
stay on track... with Tratak
I don't see the picture, but I will keep doing it :) Thanks doktor K
Is there a link to the full conversation of this? This is great
check the twitch channel or the audio version on spotify
Does this exercise work only with this image or can I pick any image? Also, it seems like you’re training your mind to remember an image while in a relaxed state, however when I look at something my mind goes in a tangent and I try to observe other aspects of the image. What am I looking at, what is it made of, what is its value, is it easy to obtain, is it worth my time, how is made, where is made, what does it do, how does it work, who made it, how did it come into existence? These are all questions that come up for me as I observe something, and if abstract my mind try’s to fill in the gaps. Over the years I’ve trained my mind and o ask these questions, is this something that needs to be undone ? Trying to understand what is the difference between the questions that come up for me and training my mind to picture the image?
5:18 OMG! At first, I just did it for the sake of doing it, but I saw the image after I closed my eyes for the first time in my life. Holy Shit.
I really almost passed out while trying too follow along with the meditation here! By which I mean a very nearly fell asleep at 3pm on a Saturday
bruh why is the thumbnail focusing on his head?😂
Brainnnz
He grew a third eye this happened to me also and now im a god tier pro gamer my third eye gives me wallhacks its unreal
I physically cant stare at the red dot... Now I feel even worse than before
Dr. K missed the opportunity of setting up the best jump scare in internet history
bruh I didn't realize I couldn't go 5 seconds without blinking until this video.
I wonder if he could ever talk about how mma fighters are affected by the head trauma or something along those lines
bro I can almoust see the after image with my eyes open, this is tripy fun
Trying to do the exercise with a fly on your screen is really hard, damn it.
When he says not to blink, I just cant not keep blinking like 100 times. It's like saying not to blink, makes you blink even more...
that was really cool