May 10, 1/60 @naval's 60x60 routine. NOT EASY. Physical, mental limits stretched. Restless wait to get done is a hump to be crossed.
Mix of restlessness and calm. 60 mins nothingness make you appreciate the rest of waking minutes. Yoga before helps with physical stretch. 2/60
Mornings work better, environmental sounds in the evenings. Not many pockets of complete rest today. Getting easier to go through now. 3/60
"My time", chatterbox silent at times, thoughts come, stay, then snap, pockets of effort and non-effort calm, physically acceptable. 4/60
Getting easier to go through. I was dreaming today, both past and future. Let it flow, though might have slept off at times. 5/60
60 minutes without the senses (see, hear, smell,..). Do not appreciate enough a possible sense-less existence rest of waking minutes. 6/60
Start with 60 straight, no practice 10/15/20 minute sessions needed. Done once, it stays. Today, didn't wait for the end gong. 7/60
Tough morning, not within the session but outside of it. Kept at the 60 minutes still. Fall in love with the tough morning. 8/60
No rush to go through the 60 minutes, getting mechanical now. Appreciate time and its speed, even outside the session. 9/60
Do not expect anything, there's nothing in there. Appreciate the existence net of senses. Fall in love with the 60 minutes. 10/60
Basic questions start today. Who's the calmed up mind talking to? When I feel nice, who's this "being" feeling "nice"? Is this effort? 11/60
Answers! If you look within, soul-searching, they will come. And, then they evolve. Happy to go through the hour today. #60x60 12/60
Getting into routine, have to sit without moving for longer. Do no expect. Do not direct. Do not resist. #60x60 #meditation 13/60
2 weeks up, no major blasts from the past. I haven't been open enough to let thoughts pass through. Let it roll. 14/60
Exceptionally positive high achieved during the 60 minutes today. Came out of the blue, pushed the barriers outward. Loved it. #60x60 15/60
Steady for longer, straight 60 minutes soon. Calmer session, "I" am in control. Follow the interplay, direct it sometimes. 16/60
Happy to have lasted long. When the mind observes, there's effortless calm. When the mind gets involved, intense restlessness sets in. 17/60
Difference in approach (vs. Day 1) apparent now. At ease, much more accepting, much more ready to let go. It's coming together beautifully. 18/60
This is not a 60-day sprint, it's a lifelong marathon. Keep going as this is the best utilization of 60 minutes every day. 19/60
Went in fasted, aborted mid-session. Just couldn't sit. Restarted in evening, ended up being still for longest so far. 20/60
Something's changing, the system's working. Get comfortable with discomfort, observe, and not get involved. Appreciate being. 21/60
Try counting 60 seconds during the session. End of it, realize the value of these 60 minutes, and unaware moments rest of day. 22/60
Another day, another 60 minutes. Most special waking minutes though. 23/60
24 hours completed. Early days, but committed now. Expect no outcomes, change is subtle and unfelt. 24/60
Morning session today, much nicer. Build "thinking" time outside the meditation hour, not within. 25/60
End of day session, difficult to sit through, must have dozed off a few times. Morning it has to be. 26/60
No newness, just like one of the other days. It's becoming a habit now. 27/60
Late-night session, if not sleepy, still works. Beautiful moments of nothingness achieved. I am changing as I keep doing this. 28/60
Felt like giving up practice some point today. Must pull it together, get discipline and consistency going again. 29/60
Half-way there. Not giving up. Straight-forward hour, level up needed. Transitions from thoughtful states are softer. 30/60
What a session! 31/60
Lasted 20 minutes, too sleepy to continue. 32/60
Getting back into shape. Calming session, just doing 60 again, was a high! No breakthroughs, expectedly. 33/60
First 30 is preparation for second. First is when you be. Second is when you go. 34/60
Back in the groove, still for longer, many more moments of effortless calm. 35/60
Time well utilized. That I can take out 60 minutes from my schedule, calmly, is a win. 36/60
Quality of sleep has improved since 1/60. Not the hours, but the depth. 37/60
Systems in place, habits being formed. No end goal in mind, this is a step up still. 38/60
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Morning session leading to a much more productive, stress-free day. For a change, I didn't judge myself the entire day today. 40/60
Not knowing the "bliss" that is spoken of, I believe I get into that state a few times, especially in the second 30 minutes. 41/60
Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is #Meditation. 42/60
Life keeps going on. Never stops. #Meditation doesn't need to stop as well. 43/60
Ready to last beyond the 60x60. 44/60
A morning #meditation session is more relaxing as compared to an evening session. The mind is rested from the sleep already. 45/60
Getting easier to enter effortless calm. Eureka moment - Forget the senses, even eyeballs are not felt. 46/60
Just get going once. One day, it will be like a breeze. Becoming natural now. #meditation 47/60
60 minutes seem to pass by quicker now. Can go for longer sooner. Greater appreciation of time. 48/60
The re-wiring is subtle. More aware each day. Keep no expectations still. Remember Day 42. 49/60
Let the mind fly. When it does, the senses go along. Let them go. Let them be. The mind will settle down ultimately. 50/60
There are no answers, there is no outcome. Don't look for any. If you can #meditate, comfortably without questioning, go for it. 51/60
Last stretch now, but not. This has to continue. If you are not calm, you have not #meditated. 52/60
Still for 60 minutes. First time. Super intense. Have stretched legs at some point on other days. 53/60
The 60 minutes are what the 1,380 minutes aren't. Independent of the senses, undisturbed by the urges, satisfied with the nothingness. 54/60
The typical session is first thing in the morning. All else is catch-up. 55/60
Have said lots. No more insights. No discoveries. Not easy. Plan to continue beyond. 56/60
One day at a time. Valid even on Day 57/60.
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