Posts by Joseph Ortiz26

Exactly. Everyone on this forum is just insecure. First, they lack any sense of self, and beyond that, there isn't much else worth saying.

I’ve always had a soft spot for people who actually know they're right. It’s a rare find in this sea of skeptics. 😁

Goran said:Maybe you just don't have any actual arguments, or you're basing everything on your "gut feeling" again?

You're just throwing out claims like they're gospel (of course, you have a strong feeling they're true), but there isn't a single piece of evidence to back them up.

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Goran, didn't you just finish lecturing us about great leaders who relied on intuition? Now you're attacking B. Bird for doing the exact same thing. If she’s using intuition and you’re claiming to be the rational one, we all know who’s actually in control here. 😉

George said:Plenty of great artists and philosophers—think Shakespeare, Plato, and the rest—have tackled what it means to be human. They all had their own take, but the core idea is pretty clear if you actually use some intuition. If you're looking at it purely literally without any instinct? Then forget about it.

There you go, George! 😬

creative said:I think you're confusing concentration with meditation. 😉The byproduct of intense focus might be slipping into a meditative state (what you call a trance) because the brain gets exhausted and just slides into it. But isn't that the whole point of staring at a single point or a candle flame?
As long as you're mentally active (focusing), you aren't meditating.

Then what actually is meditation? What does a person do when they meditate?

Ryan Wilson2 said:Not at all. That’s exactly what I’m aiming for.

I hope your other goals aren't quite so simplistic.

Sophia Jones61 said:What kind of trance are we talking about exactly?

It’s like being half-asleep, where your mind only partially engages with what you're looking at while the rest drifts into this hazy, unconscious fog. Your eyes might even start rolling back a bit. 😁
It's easy to slip into. It happens as naturally as falling asleep. It tricks you into thinking you're deeply focused when, in reality, you're just drifting off in a trance.

So, how do you stop yourself from slipping into a trance during meditation?

creative said:What kind of meditation technique do you use?

A type of Buddhist meditation—just focusing on my breath at the point right below the nose (where the air enters and leaves the nostrils).

Can someone explain why I sometimes feel my body and surroundings shifting during meditation? Like, I suddenly feel massive and elongated, or objects around me seem weirdly distant, or my head feels miles away from my feet... what's going on?