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Question for September 1, 2013: Changing Your Life
Medivate — 13 years ago — in Question of the Week
Has meditation changed your life in a noticeable way? How?

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davidbhayes — 13 years ago — permalink
The single biggest change, I'd say, is awareness. Quite simply, I feel much more aware of all the thoughts, emotions, and physical feelings that are going on in my body at a given time.
That strengthened awareness gives me a sense of space, which allows for the time to work with the experience before reacting to it, which has been such a nice thing. It's hardly the case that I never find myself wondering "why did I just do that?", but it's happening a lot less than it used to.