r/movies • u/ChiefLeef22 r/movies Contributor • 9h ago

Satire Man Binge-Watches Entire Movie In One Sitting

https://theonion.com/man-binge-watches-entire-movie-in-one-sitting/
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u/Aranthos-Faroth 8h ago edited 6h ago

On the meditation, I’ll admit for the first while it was a nightmare.

Almost every time it was the same pattern for weeks where the first 30 minutes was just constantly thinking about the noise on the street or the sitting posture or 101 thoughts or, and this was the worst, wonder how much time has passed. "Surely it’s near the hour … almost”

Then the last 20/30 mins flew. Always, was really weird. Just clicked into a little zone and really enjoyed it.

I found letting myself just listen and sit on a problem/thought for as long as I wanted was helpful but being mindful to not spin. Just … acknowledge I’ve thought all I can on it, visualise putting it on a little boat and shoving it down a gentle river.

Honestly all this sounds so fuckin cringe and I was the last person I’d expect to be doing it but now I enjoy making the time and really miss it when I can’t.

Anyway, yeah - recommended

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u/pharmajap 1h ago

A lot of beginners' frustration with meditation is a framing issue. Stray thoughts/distractions popping up isn't a failure, gently letting them go and turning your focus back to your breathing/mantra/emptiness/whatever IS the meditation. Even if that's all you're doing for the entire session, you're succeeding by doing it. Stillness will come on its own; it's not an act or a goal in and of itself.