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Old 30-11-2021, 09:39 PM
astralsuzy astralsuzy is offline
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Discipline

Does mediation help with discipline? What I mean by that is a long time ago if I ate a biscuit I would think I wrecked my diet so I would eat the whole packet and eat other things as well. Since I have been meditating I can stop when I eat one biscuit and other food. I do not over eat. I am more disciplined. A lot of people say to me they cannot do what I do. If they start eating chocolate they eat the lot. I eat a small amount of chocolate every day and I am not tempted to eat any more. If you are wondering I am slim.
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Old 30-11-2021, 10:54 PM
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I reckon they're mutually reinforcing. You need good discipline as a preface to meditation (to get your mind still enough, to relax enough) and meditation will develop discipline.
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Old 01-12-2021, 02:49 AM
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Thank you Lorelyen
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Old 01-12-2021, 07:44 PM
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Hey, that's good : )

I think meditation in itself can bring you balance and once one has balance one does not overeat or eat too little.

When I have had unbalance in my life and mind, in the past I lost so much weight I was referred to go over to the children's department in order to buy something that fit, that was a waking up call. Then later in life being unhappy I gained weight as I overate and did not have enough energy to move as much as I would normally do. With me it works strangely in one way or the other. There are those who are heavily overweight that suffer from depression, for instance, and the other way around too. When I am in balance I simply eat not too little and not too much, then even my intake of food is in balance ;) There are other traps as well, when tired and not allowed to go to sleep (unbalance) I often feel I have to eat something, usually sweets of some kind...So for me personally I don't think it is so much down to discipline, but balance in life, in heart and mind, but I can't speak for others. I think too if one is disciplined one is in charge of one's own life, freedom, power, strengthen, safety in one self - and that is balance :)
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Old 01-12-2021, 08:20 PM
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I know what you mean asearcher. There is something in the brain that says eat and will not leave you alone. I used to be like that. It was terrible. I could not control it. When the urge was there I kept eating. It was not because I was depressed. It was really hard to stop it. I think it was because I felt I failed if I ate a biscuit, cake or chocolate etc so I would eat everything. It was silly to feel like that but I could not help it. Some how I got passed that. That has been many years now since I was like that. I make sure I eat three meals a day. I have morning and afternoon tea. My meals are not large. I eat small meals. If I feel like eating more I do not eat more. I say to myself I have to wait to dinner or when the next meal comes. I exercise every day.
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Old 01-12-2021, 08:34 PM
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Ha, after meditating lots of things can change...sure discipline, more confidence, a bigger sense of humor,
kinder, senses are more in tune,
certainly patience and increased discernment...gee, I could go on ...
you walk differently !
People are more drawn to you...which can be a problem actually.
You sleep better, you may wake with a smile on your face...ah, I love meditation...it's like a vacation
going to the beach and soaking up the Sun.
And you know how you are when you come back from a vacation...relaxed ready to dig in.
I know, I know. I got off topic. I get this way when I talk about wonderful things I love.

Basically, when you're filled with something else - contentment, peace, love, lightheartedness
and freedom..you don't need to be filled with an extra cookie, anymore. I'm also slim and fit...
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Old 01-12-2021, 10:07 PM
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Thank you Miss Hepburn. It was good reading what you wrote. I feel I have changed a lot by meditating. My husband does not believe meditation can change people. I think it does. I am not sure about this. My daughter and partner have asked my husband and I over for dinner at night to their home. I said that would be lovely. My husband said to me I cannot believe you said that as you are always saying it is stressful driving home from their home. He is not keen to go because it is stressful to drive home. I said it will be fine. We are retired. It does not matter if it takes a long time to get home. That time of night could be a lot of traffic.
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Old 02-12-2021, 10:04 PM
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My husband said to me I cannot believe you said that as you are always saying it is stressful driving home from their home. He is not keen to go because it is stressful to drive home.
Your husband obviously cares for you and does not understand why you want to do it if it is stressful to you. Sometimes we do not realize or forget how much impact we can have on one another!
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Old 03-12-2021, 01:51 AM
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Thank you Madamedude. My husband cares about me. I am very lucky to have a good, caring, thoughtful and kind husband.
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Old 03-12-2021, 04:26 PM
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Thanks Astralsuzy,

to me it sound as if you had a suger addiction, thinking of my own perspective, that is, LOL, eating white flour in bread, pasta etc can make the blood sugar go up and down and then one craves sugar. I am still addicted to sugar but find it more easy if I cut those out and replace it with vegetables , and eat lemon and dark chocolate, but I can't say I am ideal at dealing with this right now, I used to be much better, but hopefully I am getting there in the future :)

As it is now I do not intend to loose weight as I like myself the way I am but I am not as sugar addicted as I used to be and I am limiting it more and more and I know I will get there, with me it is more from a health perspective. I think I'm good just the way I am. And perhaps that is what has helped - that I don't think of it as I must not take any of this (Sugar) as then I won't be good enough, but instead be more kind to myself, and then somehow that pressure has let go a lot more, because I don't beat myself up because of it , that is I become more in balance :) So maybe just suggesting it is that you don't beat yourself up about it no more?

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