Comments on: A Meditation for Hamster Wheel Brain https://www.happysimpleliving.com/a-meditation-for-hamster-wheel-mind/ Mon, 07 Aug 2023 01:30:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sandra https://www.happysimpleliving.com/a-meditation-for-hamster-wheel-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-173275 Wed, 10 Oct 2018 02:06:39 +0000 https://www.happysimpleliving.com/?p=4208#comment-173275 Sometimes my mind won’t let me fall asleep as soon I wished. So I’ll definitely try your suggestion! Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: EcoCatLady https://www.happysimpleliving.com/a-meditation-for-hamster-wheel-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-173158 Sat, 29 Sep 2018 06:27:06 +0000 https://www.happysimpleliving.com/?p=4208#comment-173158 I fear I’m not disciplined enough to force my mind not to wander with these sorts of exercises. But here’s what works for me. Did you ever see the movie The Matrix? I actually hated the film because it was soooo violent, but I loved the premise (which is basically that we’re not living in the real world, we’re just experiencing a very elaborate computer simulation designed to keep us distracted.) Anyhow, there’s a scene in the movie where a young sage-like child who has sorta figured out the scheme is bending a spoon with his mind. Our protagonist looks at him with curiosity, and the kid says (paraphrasing here)

“Do not try to bend the spoon, that’s impossible. Only try to realize the truth.”
“The truth?” our protagonist asks.
“There is no spoon.” replies the child.

Soooo… when I can’t sleep because something is running around in my brain, I just lay there and say to myself “there is no spoon, there is no spoon, there is no spoon” and pretty soon I’m asleep.

And if that doesn’t work, then I just try to remember the last dream I had, and try to get back into the dream, and that ALWAYS works for me!

Sweet Dreams! :-)

p.s. I think it’s hilarious that beneath the post is an advertisement for hamster wheels! Ahhh the algorithm driven world in which we live… there is no spoon… there is no spoon… there is no spoon…

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