I am thinking about making a practice based on enjoyment to help gain motivation to do stuff - a positive incentive but not sure how to do it (or even if i should do it) - all tips appreciated even if its just one
i do correct vipassana meditation finished with a short metta meditation - still i dont enjoy it really not the 1 minute meditation not the 2 hour meditation
and i am aware of benefits of the practice from study and from experience but not enough to combat the hindrances - and since i stop practicing for few months try and stop try and stop my motivation is really low
maybe if i say i eat a piece of chocolate/listening to music/watching videos etc after i meditate ? but that is to much greed and will probably harm the meditation cause i will think about the "prize" at the end
im asking based on an answer i got here on a different topic which made me think about it :
> There is a big obvious difference between doing something because you
> want it and enjoying the effort, VERSUS beating yourself with a stick
> like a horse. In one case you are working hard but you're enjoying it,
> you doing what you believe in, you're getting deep sense of
> satisfaction from it. In the other case, you are forcing yourself,
> breaking yourself, torturing yourself - you don't really believe in
> it, you hate yourself for doing it, but you're still doing it.
>
> My teacher said that the feeling of special enjoyment or satisfaction
> is a key criteria for success in spiritual practice. If you're doing
> too little, you will not be happy with yourself. If you are pushing
> yourself too hard, you will not be happy with yourself. If you are
> doing it right, it may be hard and painful - but you will feel happy
> and proud and inspired.
from :
https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/24560/pushing-onself-too-much/24607#24607
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Jan 14, 2018, 12:50 AM
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