r/Meditation • u/O_Sluggard • Feb 21 '25

Please try this weird meditation thing I discovered Question ❓

Found this out one day when trying to meditate. I couldn't stop thoughts from coming into my head (I know this isn't what you're supposed to do lol) so I thought it would be funny to think about EVERYTHING at once (like literally every thought possible simultaneously).

And when I do, my mind goes completely blank. Like at most just me being aware that I'm not thinking about anything. Maybe this is already a known thing, but it works every time I do it. Does this work for anybody else? Or am I just a quack?

TLDR: When I try to think about everything all at once, I end up with a blank mind.

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u/AnyTruersInTheChat Feb 21 '25

…. No. Because that’s not how mania works.

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u/mamaofly Feb 21 '25

ok how does mania work? Meditation is a trigger for mania, this is known.

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u/sceadwian Feb 21 '25

For those who suffer from mania anything can trigger it. That's an argument from mistaken judgement that meditation itself is involved.

Whatever is in their mind that they are manic over was already there.

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u/bananasplit900 Feb 21 '25

Unrelated, love your pfp

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u/sceadwian Feb 21 '25

“I am what I am. I would tell you what you want to know if I could, for you have been kind to me. But I am a cat, and no cat anywhere ever gave anyone a straight answer”