TTT – Module 1: Lesson 2 Our Father who is in heaven (your breath and mind)
In this episode, we explore the "Our Father who is in heaven" portion of the prayer lesson that Jesus taught and personally experienced. And how the word "heaven" is defined and related to your natural breath and an environment within your mind, and how you can use your breath as a guide to experience "the breath of life" (life-giving educational conversations with God).
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2 comments on “TTT – Module 1: Lesson 2 Our Father who is in heaven (your breath and mind)”
Hi, Julio! thanks for taking the time to develop us in this area. I have an issue when I meditate, I always fall asleep. do you have any suggestions that can help me to stop?
Falling asleep is a common occurrence when learning to meditate. I would encourage you to not be discouraged by this but instead, embrace it as an opportunity for something that can be corrected.
I had similar challenges in the beginning stages of my learning to meditate. Learning to meditate in the early morning before normal activities is most effective at training the mind to meditate since this is when the body and mind are most rested, and the mind is most receptive to learning. There can be underlying causes of the body and mind not getting enough night full rest. In my case, I was only getting about four hours of sleep due to my work schedule, and because I lived on a very busy and well lit street, I was getting a lot of traffic noise and light into my bedroom that was compromising the quality of my sleep. What I did to remedy this was I applied better time management as to what time I went to bed the night before, and I incorporated using earplugs and an eye mask to block out the noise and street lights.
Some other suggestions would be to look at your intention, body posture, and the magnitude of distractions within your mind that can also cause mental fatigue.
Concerning intention, I found that when I was more excited about sitting to learn, I had better results versus having a mindset of “I need to learn this because I know this is important for me,” which sometimes fostered a bored mentality. An activity that would be helpful with something like this would be listing out all of the benefits that you could research concerning the positive effects of meditation besides just practicing it to hear and learn from God. This activity is what birthed the two quotes that once in a while you will hear me use which are “that the original purpose that God created the human mind is to experience His mind within as a teaching Spirit” and “fix your mind, fix your life.” These two quotes and embracing other body, soul (mind), and spirit benefits that I learned through my research helped me to elevate my intention and excitement for learning.
Concerning body posture, in my opinion, research and experience I found that when your back is upright and the base of your head is right under your spine that this helps to be more mentally attentive. This can be accomplished by either sitting on a chair that has a back on it making sure that both of your feet are on the ground, or sitting on the floor and a comfortable cushion with your legs crossed but again with your back upright and the base of your head under your spine and place your arms and hands on your lap in a comfortable position. If your body is in a too comfortable position, it will fuel your body and mind’s desire to fall asleep.
Concerning mental fatigue experienced when learning to meditate, if one struggles with trying to control their thoughts. They may find themselves getting mentally fatigued because of this, which will also send signals to the body and mind to either give up or fall asleep. To help with this, I suggest using your breath or a spiritual saying that I mention in my videos as a technique/tool to help calm your mind so that, eventually, you can focus on one thought process at a time. For me, thoughts are a major form of energy. So the more you can train your mind to focus on one thought process at a time, the more energy you bring to that process versus scattering your energy/thoughts on multiple thought processes.
Additionally, I’m a proponent of any technique or learning system that would help in learning to meditate. I would also encourage you to do a simple Google search of “how not to fall asleep while meditating” to see what others did to remedy this challenge in their learning and practice experiences. By doing so, you may find a more effective remedy than what I mentioned above.
The Good News is that once you train your mind to experience God as a teaching Spirit, these struggles are no more, and techniques to calm the mind are no longer necessary. You just sit and go to school with God.
DeKesha, trust me. Your experience will get better. As long as you remain consistent and find and implement any remedies needed to improve the experience, your efforts will reap benefits that will immensely bless every area of your life!
Hopefully, these suggestions will be helpful.
If you have any further questions or feedback, please feel free to contact me. And keep me posted on your journey…