No Effect from Meditation? Why That Is Normal (and What to Do Next) | 360° Video

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AVAlexander VolchekMeditation practice and techniqueMeditationTimeSpiritTruth

What is said here

• 00:00I want to record a short video for the meditation channel about whether you need to enter different states during meditation and have some response in the body or consciousness.Meditation
• 02:04An interesting question arises: how much strength do you have to change your state?Meditation · Time
• 04:19To describe a space of stillness, you need to be present within it and describe it at the same time.
• 06:20Simultaneously. In particular, the meditations on my channel immerse you in such a broad spectrum of states for connecting with yourself that, as you live each day…Spirit · Meditation · Time
• 08:20If they are physical sensations, that is direct physical dependence. The same kind of dependence as on sweets or food in general.Meditation · Time

Claims made here

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• 00:49

  But if meditation means expanding perception and entering a particular state of perception, you can experience its entire range: from a headache to total relaxation of the whole system, from sharper…

  Alexander Volchekcausedefinition

• 01:40

  Since you are usually moving into the unknown without a clear route, not knowing where you are going, the outcome can vary completely.

  Alexander Volchekcauseprinciple

• 03:00

  Within that immersion, sensations are not so much dulled as perceived entirely differently from what you wanted.

  Alexander Volchekcomparison

• 03:54

  But that is an illusion: afterward, you can recover and remember only part of it. The space you entered to experience that stillness will no longer be accessible to you then.

  Alexander Volchekcause

• 05:48

  Or you can tune exclusively into the stream I am experiencing, the movement in this black-and-white space.

  Alexander Volchekrecommendation

• 06:00

  You can focus and remain there, in that space and nowhere else. Only there.

  Alexander Volchekrecommendation

• 08:02

  If you come to meditation solely for particular sensations, to reach a certain feeling, reconsider that and examine which sensations have power over you.

  Alexander Volchekrecommendation

• 08:20

  If they are physical sensations, that is direct physical dependence.

  Alexander Volchekcausedefinition

• 09:05

  Many people do come to meditation because the time has arrived for them, because something bad is happening or they want to change something.

  Alexander Volchekcause

• 11:02

  On days when I hold open meditations, attend those too.

  Alexander Volchek