“Hyper-aware” is how I would describe one state I get into when meditating. “Frustrated”, “annoyed” and most certainly “not zen”, depending on how busy my mind happens to be at the time I sit down, are other states I get into!
When I first started meditating, I had no idea whether I was “doing it right”. It took me a number of weeks listening to a variety of meditation guides to understand that there is no “doing it right"...
Mindfulness is a mini-meditation. Meditation is an elongated period of mindfulness. When folks talk about mindfulness, I’m not always sure they know what they mean by the word...