Thanks again for trusting me on this. And good luck to everyone who tried out to meditate, my best advice is to just start and the rest will follow! ;)
Seneca wrote “to be everywhere, is to be nowhere”. This is so true of the mind and our thoughts. Until we make the time to organise our thoughts, find stillness and intention in what we’re thinking about such that we’re in “one place at a time”, we’ll always feel some sense of being lost.
When it comes to RU-vid videos, I've got the attention span of a fruit fly. But your videos have a structure which makes it very easy to pay close attention. Your words are well chosen and to the point. Both the script and visual aesthetics are refined but natural. I really,really enjoy your work.
@@dsmncihagt8187 i think working out is great. but meditation is truly powerful. if you can master your mind completely, you are 100% in control of your life. all disease comes through an imbalanced mind.
Meditation is shown to thicken the pre-frontal cortex. This brain center manages higher order brain function, like increased awareness, concentration, and decision making. Changes in the brain show, with meditation, higher-order functions become stronger, while lower-order brain activities decrease👍
what are lower-order brain activities? i used to space out when talking to ppl or when other ppl are talking to me. after some time of meditation, I become more aware of other ppl talking to me. Even my sister noticed this. She used to be annoyed whenever I spaced out. She was so impressed she even started to learn about meditating.
@@emmaw7853 Your breathing, heartbeat, digestion and muscular coordination are examples of things you don't have to consciously decide to carry out; it is regulated constantly by the brain. Similarly, creating desires and emotions, forming memories, and regulating our circadian rhythm are all things that the brain does continuously without any conscious effort. You could call these activities "low-order" in the sense that they do not require conscious intervention. I wouldn't say lower-order activities decrease in any sense, but meditation trains us to be more aware of the endless train of thoughts, arising emotions, and other sensations which constantly flood the body. Through meditation, one can see how the sense of self is illusory, and that what we call "I" is the product of a process of constant identification with our volatile thoughts and emotions. It's a very insightful experience, and I would highly recommend anyone who's interested in learning more about themselves to explore!
Do you know any scientific sources or papers on this topic about the mutual effects of meditation and pre-frontal cortex have on each other? or can you suggest some? thank you :-)
This was a nice way of showing/explaining things. In a more adult/"realistic" way, the world outside of the gate would be roaming with misty floating skeletons and other more shiny floating beings. At least, that is how I imagine things. And when those skeleton mist forms enter the garden, they take possesion of the plants and trees and let them wither or even corrupt them, letting them grow thorns and stuff. How dark a mind can become. haha This was really nice. Thank you for explaining, for taking the time, for the effort (I am talking to the animator to!). I'm in a self realisation day today, so I guess I can take some time off to research where these idea's/thoughts are coming from. Starting as of now I think. And there is no need to warn anyone for my abscence (anyone on social media that is), those who really need me, will find me or will be able to contact me somehow. The final "push" I needed today. :)
I love the garden analogy so much. It resembles one's mind perfectly. I also like to think of it as negative thoughts representing dark colours and positive thoughts flowers and beautiful colours. Amazing visuals.
This is the foundation of Buddha Dhamma, firstly understanding who YOU are...no magic, miracles, false promises, keeping anyone forced to believe in a dogma with a fear in punishments. pure peace, freedom, wisdom!
Meditation and mindfulness have such a deep connection. I follow Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings on this and it has truly changed my perspective. The acknowledgment that I am alive and that it is a miracle comes only when I still my mind and feel the gratitude. Thanks for sharing this so eloquently 🙏
Of the few videos I didn't have my focus distracted. Both the Animation and the way you presented the information, matched 100% how my mind work and understand things. Thank you
Some deep synchronicity with this channel. Whenever I read something or start doing something or generally find a new path through life, there is a video about the same subject within a week. Sometimes the same or the next day. Happened with Jung, with the stoics, with eastern philosophy, with Musashi some days ago. Lately I'm going deeper in my meditations and there is this video. I have nothing else to say, other than THANK YOU!
"Over watering will destroy the plants"and Monkey mind are an eye-opener for me. I am grateful, thank you very much! ❤🙏 your videos are great learning lessons to us, thank you! 🌹🌈
This is great. I am just about to launch a meditation course and this is exactly what I am training people to do. I teach Ki Gong also and am always encouraging the members to train their mind. We can all grow beautiful gardens and we all need a strong guard to protect the garden we grow. Unfotunately in todays world there are many distractions to take our focus away from our garden and therefore let the weeds come in. I am growing so much in 2020 I sometimes feel glad that I have been able to have the opportunity to reflect on myself and focus on what I want to do with my life. The reason I don't feel ecstatic about it is the figures that are rising like still births, strokes, depression etc. This is a tragedy and never to be ignored. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day. :)
Many thanks for all of your videos this year - they have been a huge help during a very unsettling time. Wishing you and everyone else here all the very best for 2021!
Love this, thank you! This is very similar to what Thich Nhat Hanh talks about in his book, "The Art of Power." He likens the mind to the concept of the seed bank in soil. As there are many, many different types of seeds in the soil, like thoughts in the mind. Only the ones we pay attention to, will germinate. If we do not "feed" certain plants in our "garden," it will revert back to its ungerminated seed state. Only the plants that we lend our thoughts to will flourish, however all "seeds" are still present in the mind and are never, wholly removed.
Meditation and yoga taught me how to observe my thoughts and feelings without judgement and how to feel into my body again without disassociating (from major traumas). I learned that most of us do not know how to breathe correctly. Seriously, you're probably breathing wrong right now.
I love this comparison of mediation to a garden. As a years long practicer I think to understand more what you meant then how I would have a few years ago.
Wow! I very much like this animated style of explaining complex wisdom in an easily understandable and visual way. I had never thought about a garden to visualise my mind, but this picture really helps me a lot to focus better. Indeed we should calm down our “monkey mind” and protect the tender plants which are within our “garden of thoughts” or mindset. Particularly in our globalised and virtual world in which our senses get confronted with too much information from allover, it is getting more and more difficult to focus on what’s really important. In order not to get typical civilisation illnesses such as anxiety or depression, it is one of our most important tasks and a major responsibility to shield our minds from “attacks” from the outside world. This is why the concept of meditation is so very important.
Thankyou for taking the time and presicion to make these videos, I always look forward to when a new one greets me that I haven't seen. Remember to plant seeds, not weeds! 🌱💜
“Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.” - Baba Ram Dass. Been meditating every day for the past 3 months (if you're interested I made a video on it.). If you're on the fence about starting, don't be. Just start!
i can't overstate how imprtant your cannel has been to me and my personal developement lately, thanks for sharing this super interesting and important philosophies!
Wow these videos are just great! I've been practicing meditation for months now (again) and now I feel i understand what I need to do during that time.
This was such a treat to watch because of the beautiful metaphor and also the animation. Such immense wisdom presented so beautifully. Thank you for sharing ❤
lovely try to explain what is not able to put in words. The only way to know what meditation is, is to experience it. Which eventually leads to recognizing who you truly are and that there is nothing more to add. You are already full. You recognize yourself in others. That leads to compession. We all are conciousness. Try to feel that.
I truly wish that I could gain some of the benefits for meditation as most people experience. I have ADHD and meditated daily for 2 years. I finally stopped because I never noticed anything tangibly change about my thought process, life, impulses, etc. Regardless of what approach I took it just seemed that my meditation turned into daydreaming and I would get lost in my thoughts.
What's important to realize is that while a lot of things aren't in our control, a lot of them are. We have the power to change our outlook in life and decide what gets to affect us and what doesn't.
Please accept my humble opinion on this video; you often emphasized against life materialism but I think there are other important problems the modern human can face, of such can be a brutal relationship, unaccepting parents, war/virus, etc. Although the visuals are attractive but I would like to hear more on the subject of meditation, to give more real life examples, explain in more practical words, how to reach a meditative or mindful state of mind. I think many people think they meditate while they are not. In all cases, your work and videos are very well appreciated, I’m a loyal follower, thank you Einzelganger ❤️
I Thank you my God for all the days of my life, for the people that I Love that walk the path with me, for the food we have to eat, for the place where we sleep, and for all the things you have done and continue to do for me.Amen!
“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?” ― Epicurus
Thanks a lot for your amazing videos and great quality content man. I was wondering if you could make a video or maybe provide some links on how to go about meditation exactly. I know there are a lot of information out there, but i would like to hear your two cents about it.
Is it normal to be almost 24/7 meditating? Though sometimes I do let some bad thoughts pass through, I try to immediately catch them and throw them out the gate.
How can we be "ok" facing a reality that you're not "ok" with? How can we achieve inner peace accepting something you're not agree with? Once you accept it, how can you be happy and live with that? Being indifferent is the answer?
Love the video, as well as most of the ones you make. However, I can't help but think that The Sentry analogy can do more harm than good. While recognizing negative and positive emotions is at the core of mindfulness and ultimately meditation, to surmise all those "negative" thoughts as bad can cause one to constantly resist those negative emotions as outside of themselves, and not tending to those emotions with the loving attention that we pay to the garden itself. Famous Thailand Buddhist Thich Nhat Hanh described noting a negative emotion like a crying baby for it's mother. We don't know why the baby cries, or why our negative emotions come up in the first place, yet we embrace it and love it anyways. To fully accept and love the self and the world is one of the many great lessons of meditation.
