Abdiel Bull Berg
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I know what you mean about racing thoughts though all you’ve gotta do is to let those thoughts just be there without giving them any sort of attention as thoughts will always pop up in your head.This is almost identical to the meditation I've been reading about on my path to Buddhism. I've always struggled with my thoughts racing and not being able to maintain the breathing rate. How did you become acclimated into this routine?
Just focus on your breathing and the thoughts will be less and not so intrusive. The key to finding inner calmness is to always focus on your deep, controlled breathing when meditating.
When it comes to getting accustomed to meditation it just takes practice and repetition, as in doing your meditation everyday, preferably. Been meditating on and off for over 15 years but in the last 4 years it has basically been a daily practice for me, meditating for at least 30 mins everyday, sometimes up to an hour.
What you also can do to start off with is finding a bineural beats soundtrack on YT to listen to while meditating or a soundtrack with positive affirmations, whatever you would like, and listen to it through a headset while meditating.
I listen to positive affirmation soundtracks sometimes when meditating and it feels like something I’m just playing in the back of my mind while focusing on my relaxed, controlled breathing. Point is, it’s all about your breathing.
What you also can do is find a mantra that you repeat in your head when breathing, for an example I think «Sat» when breathing in and «Nam» when breathing out. Combined «Sat Nam» means «I am truth» or «truth is my essence».
The words origine is from an ancient Sikh language called Gurmukhi.
Best of luck, brother, on your journey to Buddhism. Truly hope and believe you’ll find inner peace that way.
Namaste.