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Originally Posted by LilyMop
I really want to meditate but I feel a deep resistance to it. It’s as though on some subconscious level my heart and soul is pushing it away. It’s not simply the lack of focus or a lack of willingness. I truly enjoy meditation, especially guided meditation. I was just now trying to do a guided meditation again and I felt myself putting up a big wall. At one point I started to break down and cry and then the wall went back up. Has anybody experienced this before?
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One thing I found that helps is to make the periods of mindfulness or attentiveness very short 30-60 seconds.
I start out taking a deep breath and then let it out and let go of tension. Then I feel what the senses of touch, hearing and smell present to me. Then I go back to the task at hand.
Whenever I meet resistance, I do not confront it but refocus on the senses. It is not a short term process, but lots of little periods during the day can be better than going up against the wall of resistance.
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