Comments on: How You Can Build Self-Confidence with Meditation

By: Seamus Anthony

Seamus Anthony — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 22:49:01 +0000

To be honest the only answer I can think of is experimenting with different styles and teachers and persistence.

By: Kate Gladstone

Kate Gladstone — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:19:06 +0000

With meditation, I can’t even get as far as relaxing.
This has held true since an MD prescribed meditation for me about 30 years ago (I’m 47). He said I’d see results in a few weeks; I didn’t; he claimed not to understand this (once he verified that I was practicing faithfully).

What causes non-response to meditation? And what cures it?

By: Seamus Anthony

Seamus Anthony — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 05:02:01 +0000

Firstly, thank you to everybody above for your comments – I cannot believe I let 14 comments go by before responding. Very rude and not like me at all.

@Tami thanks for your book recommendation and comments. I just thought I’d add that STE’s (nice, I like that) happen more than once in my experience and also while I have certainly experienced them while meditating I have also experienced one while terrified on a plane that was flying through a very big storm and one when holding my newborn baby girl for the first time.

The latter experience led me to recommit to my music in a big way, which you can hear me ramble on about via my new video blog, Seamus.TV – The Musician’s Guide to Giving It A Red Hot Go
Seamus Anthony´s last blog ..Seamus – Musician

By: Tami

Tami — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:06:46 +0000

Hi there,

I really liked this post, and have been slowly getting into the idea of meditation (I preach more than I practice, unfortunately). However, my husband and sister are deeply into it and I have seen how it has transformed their lives.

Everyday, I face many situations where I ask myself whether or not it is ego that is taking precedence over my emotions and eventual decisions/behavior. However, I long to peel through the layers of ego-self, and find my true self, that which is one with the universe and pure love. My husband has had this mind-blowing experience during meditation, termed a Spiritually Transformative Experience (STE), by researcher, family doctor and psychotherapist, Yvonne Kason.

I strongly recommend Dr. Kason’s book, Farther Shores, which explores STEs that people have experienced surrounding various circumstances which was spurred by her near-death experience. In the book, she gently brings together kundalini meditation, spiritual awakening, psychic experiences and religion, and views all these approaches as describing one universal experience.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

By: August Holsman

August Holsman — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:52:49 +0000

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By: Alex Kriz

Alex Kriz — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:23:00 +0000

This post rocks. Meditation is the most direct and efficient way to build self-confidence. My experiences have somewhat paralleled that of the author’s, although I have been meditating for a shorter time so I have not experienced the higher levels of consciousness that he describes in this article. However, I can say from my experience that meditating is the best way to spend your time if you’re concerned with being more confident and enjoying a higher quality of life.

Thanks for the great article!

By: Rene

Rene — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:38:42 +0000

I have this problem:
I know exactly what you´re talking about, I have felt the feeling of the inner self. But I just can´t act as I wish, I wish I was friendlier and so on, but my old habits just make me forget about acting in situations the way I think would be better. I don´t feel the one-ness with people daily, and still partially believe in the illusions our illuminati society shows me. It´s very hard for me not to be: angry, partially – ego, afraid, not to care about what bad the other people say and so on. If you know of anything that might help me, please send an e-mail:)

By: bikal

bikal — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:12:59 +0000

well.. i m also suffering from low self confidence and low self-esteem to deal with any problem..
i do have fear to face among the mass of people and always find myself being dominated by me… but things you have described is very inspiring hope that it will also work for me… n e way thanks a lot…

By: Brian@ Learn Hypnosis

Brian@ Learn Hypnosis — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:59:27 +0000

Whenever you alter your state of mind you let go of the world you think you know and allow yourself to enter a different reality, where you are ready to take on other and better realities

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:49:20 +0000

A nice description of the meditative experience and some of the benefits it can have. More and more I see that it is all about simply letting go and relaxing into existence.