r/Meditation • u/Othmane0000 • 22h ago

Question ❓ Whre did the progress went?

I've been meditating for 2 years now but i haven't been taking it as siriously as the last 5 months that i have been doing it every day for 30 to 40 min a day , sometimes i do it twice, it's helping me with my tbi(tramatic brain injury that i had 3 years ago), and with my spitual growth and journey.

I do deep breathing to relax, followed with a body scan to bring my self present, and then i do breath concentration or mantra meditation. it's been going good for the first months i feel calmer and relxed, i feel the silence and i get some valuable insights occasionally, in general i feel diffrent positively after.

This last month or two i feel like i am stuck, i don't feel as much diffrence, my mind is even more active without a reason, and i only feel the effects for 5 minutes after the meditation and then my mind just goes back to normal state, i try to keep the mindfulness and the state as much as i can but it just doesn't work anymore.

Is this normal? It's seems like i am not doing any progress anymore, should i increase the duration? Because i know for a fact that my technique is fine. Please help if you can, and share your experiences in the comments bellow and let's discuss.

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u/w2best 21h ago

It's normal. There's no such thing as linear progression. And it can for sure happen like this when you intensify. There are times when things might feel like a regress - it's part of the process. Keep going and stay consistent. 

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u/Othmane0000 21h ago

Thanks for your reply. Can you please elaborate what you mean by intensify? And yeah it's really hard not to stop when it's like this but i ain't giving up

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u/w2best 21h ago

Referred to that you said you intensified the last 5 months. 

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u/Othmane0000 16h ago

Ow okay i get it now Thank you so much pal

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u/Mayayana 14h ago

If you want to go further you might consider looking into teachers. Dabbling may give you experiences of calm, but that's really not the point of meditation. It's just a side effect, and not a dependable one.

You say that you know for a fact that your technique is fine, but how do you know? In my experiencve it's very easy to waste one's time. Meditation is subtle. You could even sit several hours per day, thinking about meditation, then imagine that you actually were meditating.