4 weeks ago i watched this video.... I havent smoked a cigarette since!!!! 45 years of smoking and i just stopped ...it wasEASY ...SMOKING IS HARD !!!! Im going through a major life change right now and focusing on other things are helping me so much... God is so good and i belive brought me this video ....THANK YOU
May all of you dear souls trying to quit smoking be greatly inspired by this video to kick the habit! I know you will do it!! 🙏Thank you Todd for the time you take to share!
Zen style meditation works, in my experience. This is anecdotal, but for me the problem was that the physical withdrawal would lead my mind to start making excuses, even when I knew that those conscious thoughts in my head telling me to smoke were invasive, in a sense, and rooted in pathos, rather than reason. Meditation helped me because I was able to practice catching thoughts of any kind, stopping them in their tracks, and letting them evaporate so they could never reach their conclusion. You just count your breaths and when you find your mind wandering, you stop the thought where it is, refocus on experiencing your breathing, and then start counting from one again. The more you practice, the higher you can count before losing focus, and eventually you don't have to count at all. The ability to do this is the way you can catch thoughts which will convince you to smoke. It doesn't make the physical symptoms go away, but it gives you a way of quarantining them off from the rational and conscious part of your mind so they can never get control it and lead you to the decision to smoke again. It's like you're barring them from the cockpit, essentially (I can't speak to other forms of meditation. This is just how I did it). There's also a thing which happens where it feels like, rather than running away from the experience of withdrawal, you're choosing to experience it fully, and while it's still uncomfortable and awful, this decision to face it robs it of its power to control you. I noticed that when I was doing something like working, socializing, or whatever, and had my mind engaged by that activity, it was at that point where my attention was elsewhere that I was weakest and would fall prey to the urge to smoke. If the urge appeared, I'd just go and do it in order to appease it so I could then focus on what I was doing originally. I guess it's because when you're trying to quit but fall off the wagon and decide to smoke, you're always running away from that experience of withdrawal and buying it off, so to turn around and face it directly and experience it fully is to truly commit to quitting. You're always running away from the withdrawal or urges and that's the whole problem. The way to beat it is to stop running away, focus on the withdrawal or urge when it appears, give it your full attention, and face it down. It's like you have to keep an eye on it and stay vigilante or else it will find a way to worm its way into your conscious mind. When the withdrawal got particularly bad in the first week of trying to quit, I would always think of Thich Quang Duc and reason that if meditation enabled him to what he did, as horrible as it was, surely it would enable me to withstand a fit of nicotine withdrawal. Or I'd think of the Nancy character in the first Nightmare on Elm Street film in the final scene where she turns her back on Freddy Krueger and he evaporates because she's made the decision not to give him power by fearing him any longer. At that point I'd go meditate and get control of my mind again. It wasn't easy, but unlike everything else I tried, it actually worked. This was my experience and it was the only way I was able to quit. Your mileage may vary of course, but meditation was the thing that worked for me.
Wow thank you for sharing, i have never meditated before but i keep getting the thought that i must power though and experience the pain of craving as the only way to finally conquer this nicotine mind control. I have been conditioning my mind the last couple of days seeing myself as a non smoker and at times imagining the freedom while cutting back by about half of my daily dose. You have convinced me that this method might be what i need to fulfill my desire to stop smoking
Your video reassures me that I am not alone. This is a habit I have struggled with for a long time. I give up, sometimes for months, and then a trigger pulls me back into this old behaviour., and it happens when I get pulled into the chaos of life and I become overloaded. This is when meditation takes a back seat. Listening to you reacknowledges for me how powerful and healing meditation is. Blessings to you 🙏
Addictions are unconscious programs, the body knows how to do it better than our conscious mind, in order to break addictions, we have to be greater than our environment and body, sit your body in the present moment, once u do that it's a victory, 🙏😊
pleasure seeking is not for the highest good. thats beautiful. its hard to smoke, easy to quit. suffering and pleasure is the same thing. very profound. pleasure seeking leads to suffering. ❤
I was able to quit smoking 35 years ago - no real problems. Alcohol another huge issue for me. I will listen to this podcast daily but will exchange the addiction. Will you do a video for all of us who want to quit drinking? So grateful I found your channel 💛
I have been trying to quit smoking from a long time and than last month I started listening to your channel. I started meditation and it has helped a lot, haven't stopped smoking completely but I know I will get there. Thanks Todd!
This is great. I am fully aware of all the things you said about how smoking literally does nothing but I haven't seemed to be able to stop with just that knowledge. I haven't meditated before but everything you said made so much sense I am ready !
He is absolutely right. The book Allan Carrs Easy Way to Stop Smoking says the same thing. I stopped using the book, but now smoking again. So I'm going to put this into practice.
I love you , your teaching has so much love in it , there is no " have to" kind of energy it's effortless and smooth like a floweing river , I resonate with you so much Because of your teaching's soothing nature I find so much peace ,calm and love whenever I watch your content , it's just raise my vibration And it always ensure my knowing of everything is perfect 💐💐😊 Love you💐❤🙏
Just wanted to share that i watched this on the 6th of April ‘I’d no intentions of quitting to be honest ‘my favourite thing was a coffee and a cigarette 🤷🏼♀️also that day was also my uncles 5th anniversary and something was just niggling me throughout the day about smoking ‘after hopping into bed that night i was on TH-cam and just happened to see this so clicked on it ‘and I haven’t smoked a cigarette since 🤷🏼♀️ I smoked at least twenty a day and smoking at least 35 years ‘I’d absolutely no cravings for some reason and used nothing no vaping no patches nothing ‘believe me if I can do it I believe anyone can 🙏🥲..now all I need to do is quit coffee 😂………………really hope this video helps you if you need it and we’ll done to all that it has helped 🙏
it happened that i once quit and had no cravings as well. What would say as to the reason why you had no cravings? Maybe a belief, thought, mindest, state of mind or something else?
@@ElevatedConcsiousness sorry only seen your message now ‘I’ve really no idea ‘I know I have great will power but this seems different’ still haven’t touched a cigarette 🙏 even though it’s being a difficult few months ‘the higher power maybe 🤷🏼♀️ who knows ‘but it’s definitely down to this video x
This was very encouraging! ... I'm going to listen to this everyday as a guide to stop smoking... It seems very doable with the meditation approach and I agree the psychological aspect is strong but I'm ready to give it a go... All your videos have been very insightful... 🙏
We learn, evolve, and gain wisdom, only through contrast of the dark and the light. When we go into the dark (hopefully as consciously as possible), this is when we gain wisdom and realize that we do not have to go there again, then motivating us to shift back into alignment with who we really are and what truly resonates with our spirit, which is going to be beneficial for you, and all the beings around you.
This is excellent advice, I've been researching smoking addiction for many months, to help myself and friends. The explanation mirrors the neuroscience. Good work.
Today I’m on day 2 of stopping smoking E-CIGS. My son.. 15… asked me if I would stop smoking e cigs and that they are worse since I have heart issues. So I threw it out while driving. And I promised to never pick it up again. We shall see. I battle with anxiety/ panic attacks and depression. So I pray it works 😊
I've been strugling to quit it eventhough I try to be fit with exercise and yoga but haven't really delved into meditation and how it can help you to quit smoking. Thank you so much for this video. :D
That was very inspirational.. Thanks. I've smoked for quite a long time now and I know exactly what you mean by saying that it's a mental addiction/repetition. I will use this. Thanks again. Blessings friend
It's funny because meditation is what gave me the motivation to quit 🙂. After preparing to attempt to quit( picking the day, accuiring patches, clearing out all smoking paraphernalia like ashtrays etc, searching n saving hypnosis stop smoking videos i was ready) i had great success the first 2 days ( smoked like 1 each day) by day 3 i was up to a couple. Im finding it easier than i thought but still yet to completely stop. This video gave me some revelations. My effort continues because i know i can do this Ive smoked for 45 yrs almost 2 pks a day sometimes. It getting in the way of this spirtual quest i am now on soooo its got to go lol. I didnt realize i was already subscribed to ur channel lol. I mustve watched or have done a meditation on ur channel before. 😊 Wish me strength ❤
Makes sense! I have an issue with coffee too, I get decaf and don’t need caffeine really in any drink, but it’s a habit to get a cup of coffee throughout my day cause it’s just…what I do…and I feel weird when I don’t have it next to me. I don’t like smoking, it doesn’t even make me feel good, but I feel very uncomfortable not taking a smoke break, like I don’t know what to do with myself even though I have a bunch of things I could be doing…anyway lol this helped a lot, thank you
If oral fixation is the problem, switching to gum would be an easy task. But, there is much more to smoking addiction than oral fixation. Oral fixation, which can have many causes, is always exacerbated by smoking. Smoking doesn't just reinforce the fixation either. It makes it stronger due to the nicotine withdrawal, which creates added stress and anxiety which makes oral fixation worse. The more calm awareness we bring to these fixative impulses, the more we can simply observe them and consciously choose not to act on them.
i greened out the first time i started smoking like sick,ill...and when i quit for 7 months with Using Zyban/Wellbutrin and then i restarted again??? i greened out again like sick,ill....this is my third try...hopefully third time's a charm...
My dad wouldn't let us have any pets when we were kids. Him and grandpa just stripped us. When we did buy ourselves pets, he took the. He didn't provide us food Shelter our own rooms.. The old men just partied, I got raped transfered, exchanged...broken...
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4 weeks ago i watched this video....
I havent smoked a cigarette since!!!!
45 years of smoking and i just stopped ...it wasEASY ...SMOKING IS HARD !!!!
Im going through a major life change right now and focusing on other things are helping me so much...
God is so good and i belive brought me this video ....THANK YOU
Yours if what I needed to hear after such a soothing analysis on what is possible. Ty
Right on😊
May all of you dear souls trying to quit smoking be greatly inspired by this video to kick the habit! I know you will do it!! 🙏Thank you Todd for the time you take to share!
Vaping* and thankyou
I'm getting addicted to meditation haha, I love feeling content and peaceful.
Zen style meditation works, in my experience. This is anecdotal, but for me the problem was that the physical withdrawal would lead my mind to start making excuses, even when I knew that those conscious thoughts in my head telling me to smoke were invasive, in a sense, and rooted in pathos, rather than reason. Meditation helped me because I was able to practice catching thoughts of any kind, stopping them in their tracks, and letting them evaporate so they could never reach their conclusion. You just count your breaths and when you find your mind wandering, you stop the thought where it is, refocus on experiencing your breathing, and then start counting from one again. The more you practice, the higher you can count before losing focus, and eventually you don't have to count at all. The ability to do this is the way you can catch thoughts which will convince you to smoke. It doesn't make the physical symptoms go away, but it gives you a way of quarantining them off from the rational and conscious part of your mind so they can never get control it and lead you to the decision to smoke again. It's like you're barring them from the cockpit, essentially (I can't speak to other forms of meditation. This is just how I did it).
There's also a thing which happens where it feels like, rather than running away from the experience of withdrawal, you're choosing to experience it fully, and while it's still uncomfortable and awful, this decision to face it robs it of its power to control you. I noticed that when I was doing something like working, socializing, or whatever, and had my mind engaged by that activity, it was at that point where my attention was elsewhere that I was weakest and would fall prey to the urge to smoke. If the urge appeared, I'd just go and do it in order to appease it so I could then focus on what I was doing originally. I guess it's because when you're trying to quit but fall off the wagon and decide to smoke, you're always running away from that experience of withdrawal and buying it off, so to turn around and face it directly and experience it fully is to truly commit to quitting. You're always running away from the withdrawal or urges and that's the whole problem. The way to beat it is to stop running away, focus on the withdrawal or urge when it appears, give it your full attention, and face it down. It's like you have to keep an eye on it and stay vigilante or else it will find a way to worm its way into your conscious mind.
When the withdrawal got particularly bad in the first week of trying to quit, I would always think of Thich Quang Duc and reason that if meditation enabled him to what he did, as horrible as it was, surely it would enable me to withstand a fit of nicotine withdrawal. Or I'd think of the Nancy character in the first Nightmare on Elm Street film in the final scene where she turns her back on Freddy Krueger and he evaporates because she's made the decision not to give him power by fearing him any longer. At that point I'd go meditate and get control of my mind again. It wasn't easy, but unlike everything else I tried, it actually worked.
This was my experience and it was the only way I was able to quit. Your mileage may vary of course, but meditation was the thing that worked for me.
Wow thank you for sharing, i have never meditated before but i keep getting the thought that i must power though and experience the pain of craving as the only way to finally conquer this nicotine mind control. I have been conditioning my mind the last couple of days seeing myself as a non smoker and at times imagining the freedom while cutting back by about half of my daily dose. You have convinced me that this method might be what i need to fulfill my desire to stop smoking
Your video reassures me that I am not alone. This is a habit I have struggled with for a long time. I give up, sometimes for months, and then a trigger pulls me back into this old behaviour., and it happens when I get pulled into the chaos of life and I become overloaded. This is when meditation takes a back seat. Listening to you reacknowledges for me how powerful and healing meditation is. Blessings to you 🙏
I really, really wish more people would talk at this pace, and choose their words as carefully as you do. Thank you for this impactful video
Addictions are unconscious programs, the body knows how to do it better than our conscious mind, in order to break addictions, we have to be greater than our environment and body, sit your body in the present moment, once u do that it's a victory, 🙏😊
pleasure seeking is not for the highest good. thats beautiful. its hard to smoke, easy to quit. suffering and pleasure is the same thing. very profound. pleasure seeking leads to suffering. ❤
I've quited for 16 days and i started two days ago but watching this vidéo,motivits me to quit forever, thank you man and Allah my bless you.❤❤❤❤❤
I was able to quit smoking 35 years ago - no real problems. Alcohol another huge issue for me. I will listen to this podcast daily but will exchange the addiction. Will you do a video for all of us who want to quit drinking? So grateful I found your channel 💛
I will! Thank you for the suggestion. I struggled with alcohol for a very long time myself. More than happy to share my journey :)
I have been trying to quit smoking from a long time and than last month I started listening to your channel. I started meditation and it has helped a lot, haven't stopped smoking completely but I know I will get there. Thanks Todd!
This is perfect and also perfect timing for me to hear. Thank you kind soul!
You can do it! 😊
6:05 meditation and quitting starts here although the entire video is so good! But that’s where it starts if you need quick quick.
This is great. I am fully aware of all the things you said about how smoking literally does nothing but I haven't seemed to be able to stop with just that knowledge. I haven't meditated before but everything you said made so much sense I am ready !
Great tips you have shared. I'm on my journey to quit smoking for over a year now. Hoping this will help me on my journey 🙏
He is absolutely right. The book
Allan Carrs Easy Way to Stop Smoking says the same thing. I stopped using the book, but now smoking again. So I'm going to put this into practice.
I love you , your teaching has so much love in it , there is no " have to" kind of energy it's effortless and smooth like a floweing river , I resonate with you so much
Because of your teaching's soothing nature I find so much peace ,calm and love whenever I watch your content , it's just raise my vibration
And it always ensure my knowing of everything is perfect 💐💐😊
Love you💐❤🙏
I love you too 🙏
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I absolutely love this! Thank you so much ❤️
This was real! Every word dugged deep in my being and in my soul. Thank you!
Everything you said about smoking is so true man, thanks for putting this video
Just wanted to share that i watched this on the 6th of April ‘I’d no intentions of quitting to be honest ‘my favourite thing was a coffee and a cigarette 🤷🏼♀️also that day was also my uncles 5th anniversary and something was just niggling me throughout the day about smoking ‘after hopping into bed that night i was on TH-cam and just happened to see this so clicked on it ‘and I haven’t smoked a cigarette since 🤷🏼♀️ I smoked at least twenty a day and smoking at least 35 years ‘I’d absolutely no cravings for some reason and used nothing no vaping no patches nothing ‘believe me if I can do it I believe anyone can 🙏🥲..now all I need to do is quit coffee 😂………………really hope this video helps you if you need it and we’ll done to all that it has helped 🙏
it happened that i once quit and had no cravings as well. What would say as to the reason why you had no cravings? Maybe a belief, thought, mindest, state of mind or something else?
@@ElevatedConcsiousness sorry only seen your message now ‘I’ve really no idea ‘I know I have great will power but this seems different’ still haven’t touched a cigarette 🙏 even though it’s being a difficult few months ‘the higher power maybe 🤷🏼♀️ who knows ‘but it’s definitely down to this video x
Thank you for addressing what others do not regarding smoking...the rewiring of the nervous system. ❤
This was very encouraging! ... I'm going to listen to this everyday as a guide to stop smoking... It seems very doable with the meditation approach and I agree the psychological aspect is strong but I'm ready to give it a go... All your videos have been very insightful... 🙏
I just found your channel today. I love how you share your truth. You radiate so much love and compassion. Thank you!
We learn, evolve, and gain wisdom, only through contrast of the dark and the light. When we go into the dark (hopefully as consciously as possible), this is when we gain wisdom and realize that we do not have to go there again, then motivating us to shift back into alignment with who we really are and what truly resonates with our spirit, which is going to be beneficial for you, and all the beings around you.
Your energy is so quite. It brings me peace instantly! Thank you ❤
Thus is amazing. So grateful that you went to the trouble to spread your wisdom and experience!
This was the most helpful video to help me quit! I just told myself it was easy to not smoke! I appreciate you so much! Thank you 🙏
This is excellent advice, I've been researching smoking addiction for many months, to help myself and friends. The explanation mirrors the neuroscience. Good work.
Its not only about the Cigarette. Basically Every Craving. I did it with Vaping (weed). Even more trickery plant but can recommend ;)
So true
Today I’m on day 2 of stopping smoking E-CIGS. My son.. 15… asked me if I would stop smoking e cigs and that they are worse since I have heart issues. So I threw it out while driving. And I promised to never pick it up again. We shall see. I battle with anxiety/ panic attacks and depression. So I pray it works 😊
How are you doing? I hope well
I pray you remain nicotine free today 🙏
Update ?
This is so helpful and not only for smoking. Thank you.
So underrated video. It should be viral❤. Thanks mate. Jai shree Ram
I've been strugling to quit it eventhough I try to be fit with exercise and yoga but haven't really delved into meditation and how it can help you to quit smoking. Thank you so much for this video. :D
I found your Chanel today. It is really good. I hope more people can listen. Wisdom is so underrated.
Thank you for your wise words❤
That was very inspirational.. Thanks. I've smoked for quite a long time now and I know exactly what you mean by saying that it's a mental addiction/repetition. I will use this. Thanks again. Blessings friend
this is the best video I’ve watched about quitting nic. thank u
I'm going to imploy this thank you I'm actually excited to watch this transition. Thank you so much
It's funny because meditation is what gave me the motivation to quit 🙂. After preparing to attempt to quit( picking the day, accuiring patches, clearing out all smoking paraphernalia like ashtrays etc, searching n saving hypnosis stop smoking videos i was ready) i had great success the first 2 days ( smoked like 1 each day) by day 3 i was up to a couple. Im finding it easier than i thought but still yet to completely stop. This video gave me some revelations. My effort continues because i know i can do this
Ive smoked for 45 yrs almost 2 pks a day sometimes. It getting in the way of this spirtual quest i am now on soooo its got to go lol. I didnt realize i was already subscribed to ur channel lol. I mustve watched or have done a meditation on ur channel before. 😊 Wish me strength ❤
Hope your still going strong 💪 🙏🏽
I’m currently on day 4 & so much of what Todd speaks about rings true…
This was amazing! Can you suggest a guided meditation to quit smoking?
Amazing!! Thank you ♥️
Thank you for this. I’m on the patch, but in the morning when I have coffee the cravings are the strongest.
Makes sense! I have an issue with coffee too, I get decaf and don’t need caffeine really in any drink, but it’s a habit to get a cup of coffee throughout my day cause it’s just…what I do…and I feel weird when I don’t have it next to me. I don’t like smoking, it doesn’t even make me feel good, but I feel very uncomfortable not taking a smoke break, like I don’t know what to do with myself even though I have a bunch of things I could be doing…anyway lol this helped a lot, thank you
Let go or be dragged!! Thank you for this!
Thankyou Todd i have always had these addictions 💚 🙏
Interesting that I asked the universe to help me quit and this vid popped up almost immediately.
threw my pack out today...NOPE Not One Puff Ever...thank you for giving the right reason to Live it up not go up in smoke
Oral fixation. Understanding why some of us have it would be a good start.
If oral fixation is the problem, switching to gum would be an easy task. But, there is much more to smoking addiction than oral fixation. Oral fixation, which can have many causes, is always exacerbated by smoking.
Smoking doesn't just reinforce the fixation either. It makes it stronger due to the nicotine withdrawal, which creates added stress and anxiety which makes oral fixation worse. The more calm awareness we bring to these fixative impulses, the more we can simply observe them and consciously choose not to act on them.
Thank you so much for this video. Wow soooo good.
Thank you❤🙏
I love what you doing . Thank you 🙏
Thank you so much for this video, watching from South Africa 🇿🇦
Smoking over 40 years. Waste so much time smoking. Wish I could quit 😢
Same here & am trying to quit😢😢
Have you quitted
I love you so much! Thank you!
Thanks! You inspired me!!
i greened out the first time i started smoking like sick,ill...and when i quit for 7 months with Using Zyban/Wellbutrin and then i restarted again??? i greened out again like sick,ill....this is my third try...hopefully third time's a charm...
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your generous support 🙏
Thank you! ❤
How about meditating on the phrase "I do not like being a smoker"
Thank you
Thank u gonna give it a go am wanting to be a none smoker
Thank you.
Thank you Todd
This helps me alot!
In short, you cannot because you do not want to quit from the depths of your soul
God bless you! ❤
Thank you so much 💗
Isnt that how everyone starts? And who DOES like a cigarette when they first start?
thank you.
Ik ga het proberen 🙏dank u ❤️
Thankyou
Did you quit Cold turkey or gradually?
Thanks , u should make a video on ego death
Coming very soon...
Good good good
Thanks
Thank you so much Lee for your generosity 🙏
I smoke a lot and I like to smoke and I want to quit as well. I dont know what to do!. I started smoking when I was 15. Now I am 35.
You can do it. Every day is a good day to quit. :)
Reward system held immediately hostage by the short half-life of nicotine!
My dad wouldn't let us have any pets when we were kids. Him and grandpa just stripped us. When we did buy ourselves pets, he took the. He didn't provide us food
Shelter our own rooms..
The old men just partied, I got raped transfered, exchanged...broken...
❤
I need help believing that every bowel movement passes, too.
Next time probably not a great idea to have addicts ( me) watching people inhale smoke and get triggered for watching a how to quit video. Thanks.
You have a choice 😂
do u smoke weed?
🙏🙏💕
🌈🙏🏻❤️
Wow
Yes I can ,ty❤️🤍💙
Thank you
Thank you