honestly I don't know
meditation is such an umbrella word
it's probably one type indeed 😂
Generally unless the meaning is exscr and objective (ie we all share it) I don't use expensive words that I don't really understand
Meditation means too many things to too many different people
I'm speaking about something very specific
I could elaborate but that's a short blog post length like 500 words and only scratching the surface (and it's boring to read frankly)
Poetic imagery can contain a lot of meaning, so I'll let you decide if it's meditation (and what form exactly)
- in my inner world, there's like the ground/planet, and that's biological, it's my body basically, how I feel it inside.
- things like thoughts or emotions make up the world itself, like geography, climate, cities, whatever exists between the ground and the sky
- above and beyond, literally things bigger than myself (bigger than this inner world entirely) there's the sky, which leads to space (with other planets/inner worlds, like yours and everyone's), and let's say that its cosmology (how it works, evolved, us fated…) is what we call beliefs, values, religion or spirituality.
The idea is that you let go of everything but the ground and the sky. You just aim to feel in this vertical stream that places you between biological legacy and existential destiny.
It sounds intellectual but really it's not.
On Earth (I mean our shared external world, physical reality) you can feel it when you realize it's all star dust and we're "of space", not just "in space", like there's a direct connection between the ground beneath your feet down to the core, and the universe or even God that made it (insert your own cosmology). It's like time has become space (vertical dimension) and you just contemplate being in it.
I don't know how to tell you but this puts me in San Goku ultra instinct mode, like a weird state that makes me feel like a machine dedicated to perfecting form. Boundless determination, deep drive, ruthless precision, all that good stuff
It's like I'm on a mission from the sun god and this is my training
And then I can push myself way past what distracted scrolling / flirting me could ever do (at least until flirting was with my wife)
Sorry for the long spiel
The state doesn't really end when you resume reps, it lingers on until pain brings you back to the physical world
Rinse and repeat
So, am I mediating while lifting? 🤷♂️
Is that what you'd call that repeated cycle from inner to outer world back to inner etc?
FWIW it don't understand a fucking word of people like Sam Harris or Vervaeke, these people speak intellectualese to me, it's word salad that I can't use
But I realize it's hard for me too to word things of the inner world so 🤷♂️