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Actually I also have a question. One of the main reasons that I wish to start meditating is to stop being so negative about BS stuff. I hear things on the news, get cut off in traffic, shit breaks at home, have to pay unexpected bills and I tend to get bitter. I need to just CHILL the F OUT. I am not sure if you can relate to this, but I would be curious to hear anything that might be a motivator to use meditation to decrease negativity.

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There are multiple types of meditation.

Some are about introspecting about ideas, others are about letting go of them and focusing on a simple task (counting, breathing, flames, whatever).

Some of the latter type can really help with that stuff you are worrying about, as you will get better at removing yourself from that stuff.

Even though I last regularly meditated over a decade ago, I can still do the "just let it go" trick usually. Helps tons

Non aff link to book that talks about lots of techniques. I did the counting to 4 one: http://www.amazon.com/How-Meditate-Self-Discovery-Lawrence-L...

as the story goes, meditation helps against "stuff that ain't you." you might get something out of it.

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