Help me understand and handle Ego-Distractions

[Keryo Koffa]

I am ever more aware of impulses and distractions. And distractions hiding as relaxation. And ego-mechanics like confusion wasting time figuring out what's authentic and not. If I work on something and feel the need to relax and do something else, should I? Or is relaxation a distraction? Or is that question itself a distraction from just being and doing whatever I feel like? But that feeling might very well be a sneaky mechanic trying to catch the slightest discomfort and resolve it with immediate gratification through another medium that it then attaches itself to through building dopamine highways. I feel like there's an unwillingness to focus on doing something, maybe a hidden fear, maybe a feeling that it will take forever, maybe my mind suggesting that I'm being way too rigid and not doing it optimally and not having fun while doing it which I should. Any suggestions?

[Yimpa]

Feel free to customize the breathing to whatever is comfortable for you. Just because it’s a guided meditation doesn’t mean you have to follow it by the book

Edited January 5, 2024 by Yimpa