Comments on: Mindfulness Meditation Course Wk 5 – Homework http://zencast.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/mindfulness-meditation-course-wk-5-homework/ Metta-Data for the Mindful Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:18:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: dibyadeep http://zencast.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/mindfulness-meditation-course-wk-5-homework/#comment-2102 dibyadeep Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:19:23 +0000 http://zencast.wordpress.com/?p=281#comment-2102 hii...i am a student from india...i have a huge difficulty focussing on the present. I have been meditating for sometime...around a month..but my tendency to get impulsive and distracted even takes me away from the one thing that helps me be more concious...although I can sit still for around half an hour or so..i find my mind intensely cluttered...initially when i meditate...i am quite peaceful and focussed..but as time passes my mind gets more distracted... I have also come to realise that I probably have adhd/add...but i haven;t been able to get a proper diagnosis since there are almost no facilities here. i have tried concentrating on my breathe, but even then i find eventually after around 20-30 counts my mind gets distracted...this has been happening so frequenly that i have been getting frustrated.....could you kindly guide me as to how to be more in the present...as i want to concentrate so desperately. hii…i am a student from india…i have a huge difficulty focussing on the present. I have been meditating for sometime…around a month..but my tendency to get impulsive and distracted even takes me away from the one thing that helps me be more concious…although I can sit still for around half an hour or so..i find my mind intensely cluttered…initially when i meditate…i am quite peaceful and focussed..but as time passes my mind gets more distracted…

I have also come to realise that I probably have adhd/add…but i haven;t been able to get a proper diagnosis since there are almost no facilities here.

i have tried concentrating on my breathe, but even then i find eventually after around 20-30 counts my mind gets distracted…this has been happening so frequenly that i have been getting frustrated…..could you kindly guide me as to how to be more in the present…as i want to concentrate so desperately.

]]> By: dibyadeep http://zencast.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/mindfulness-meditation-course-wk-5-homework/#comment-2101 dibyadeep Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:16:32 +0000 http://zencast.wordpress.com/?p=281#comment-2101 hii...i am a student from india...i have a huge difficulty focussing on the present. I have been meditating for sometime...around a month..but my tendency to get impulsive and distracted even takes me away from the one thing that helps me be more concious...although I can sit still for around half an hour or so..i find my mind intensely cluttered...initially when i meditate...i am quite peaceful and focussed..but as time passes my mind gets more distracted hii…i am a student from india…i have a huge difficulty focussing on the present. I have been meditating for sometime…around a month..but my tendency to get impulsive and distracted even takes me away from the one thing that helps me be more concious…although I can sit still for around half an hour or so..i find my mind intensely cluttered…initially when i meditate…i am quite peaceful and focussed..but as time passes my mind gets more distracted

]]> By: Jeff http://zencast.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/mindfulness-meditation-course-wk-5-homework/#comment-2100 Jeff Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:41:54 +0000 http://zencast.wordpress.com/?p=281#comment-2100 Wow, I hadn't realized that Zencast had an accompanying blog. Thanks Gil, this is really helpful! I live on the other side of the country, but I'm learning a lot from your meditation center through these web resources. Wow, I hadn’t realized that Zencast had an accompanying blog. Thanks Gil, this is really helpful! I live on the other side of the country, but I’m learning a lot from your meditation center through these web resources.

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