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I guess the "head voices" mentioned in this context are simply thoughts, judgements, and different ideas that pop as if "automatically" into people's minds.

I'm somehow similar to how you describe yourself but I still practice meditation. I think that you might discover some subtle feelings or some tensions in your body if you do, even if you are naturally quite calm and focused.

You might try meditating just once, as an experiment, and see if you find it helpful or not. To do it you simply have to watch what appears in your consciousness, without doing anything about it. You see an emotion, you let it be there without trying to analyze it, hold it, or reject it. You see thoughts and you do the same. And the same about physical sensations. If you notice that you got caught following a certain chain of thoughts, you notice it and go back to the watching. You might start practicing for 20 or 30 minutes.



I'll try that then. It sounds interesting. I think my biggest fear is that I wouldn't be doing it right and wouldn't get the benefits, but it's not like it hurts to try!


If you wish to share it, I'd find it interesting to know how it went. About the fear and thoughts of not doing it right, they are more stuff to watch and do nothing about.

I forgot to mention in the instructions only one thing: do it in a sitting position. It's easy to fall asleep if you try to practice it lying in bed.


I've had some of my most profound meditative experiences lying in bed...




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