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Meditation (pg. 3)
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| Looks like all you guys could use a bit more meditation. Assume the lotus position! |
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| Sphere City |
| i prefer foetal..underwater |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sphere City
true. but those kinds of escapism are more to do with the concious mind. have you ever tapped into the subconcious? |
Yes. However, I found it boring, to say the least. Acting, living, doing -- now that's something I get a real kick out of.
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
you're right. people are so caught up in their stupid rat race type of lives with their black berries and facebook, they dont really stop and acknowledge the "now". |
What do you mean? That too is a kind of "carpe diem". I stopped meditating because, after a while, having a clear mind (and meditating in general) made me feel my life was withering away.
Since then, I became a passionate multitasker. |
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| Damerchi |
meditate just once on a psychadelic, and your meditations will be changed forever.
I kind of agree with alot of Lira's points, I don't exactly get that feeling of accomplishment when i meditate for 15 minutes vs cleaning my apartment. I think I am generally more meditative throughout my day to day activities that formal meditation is not really a priority for me these days. Nonetheless, I really do value what meditation can to for well being, I find it works best after a set of yoga. |
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| Omega_M |
an atheist's experience with meditation.
| quote: | Sam Harris is no friend of religion. In The End of Faith, he openly mocks god-belief as primitive superstition and condemns it as a threat to human survival. Harris argues that the great modern religions belong on "the scrap heap of mythology," and his zero-tolerance policy applies to religious fundamentalists and moderates alike.
Some reviewers were surprised, therefore, to discover that Harris -- who received a philosophy degree from Stanford University and is a doctoral candidate in the field of neuroscience -- embraces Eastern philosophy and Buddhism. Particularly baffling to some was the declaration, on the concluding page of his book, that "[m]ysticism is a rational enterprise." After a reader lamented this apparent contradiction in a comment at The Raving Atheist, Harris offered to engage in a written dialogue to clarify his stance on the scientific validity of studying spiritual experience.
TRA, in turn, invited three other atheist bloggers to join in the grilling: (1) Strange Doctrines, a lawyer/musician who writes frequently about religion and politics; (2) Brian Flemming of Brian Flemming's Weblog, a playwright and filmmaker and (3) Under No Circumstances, a graduate student in the Biomedical Sciences Department of George Washington University (tentatively planning on pursuing a Ph.D. in neuroscience). Starting today and continuing on successive Wednesdays, this interview will be "simulcast" in installments on all four sites. Each installment will conclude with the question which will open the next week's continuation of the interview; readers are invited to supply their own answers, or predict Harris' response, in the comments section... |
http://www.brianflemming.org/archives/001324.html |
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| r5a |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ania_xox
Sounds like you have never ventured deep into a vagina |
lol |
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| Danny Ocean |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
I used to meditate, and could do it quite easily.
But then I started to feel I was wasting my time, as there are more interesting kinds of escapism. |
like LSD |
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| Slylee |
lira you can still meditate for 15 minutes a day in the morning and manage to get cleaning done:p
i just meant it's great for managing stress and being in tune with your body and emotions. a lot of people aren't because they are too caught up with other things and they forget to stop and smell the roses. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
lira you can still meditate for 15 minutes a day in the morning and manage to get cleaning done:p |
Though I agree, I fail to understand why I'd do that, as I find meditation really annoying after a while :p
I can relax quite easily. There was this guru-like woman my mother used to associate with, and she doubted I could meditate - at all. She was stunned by how quick I was to chill out and do it properly... she didn't know I used to practise when I was in my late teens, however. It's not a matter of knocking it before trying it: I know what meditation is like, and I feel this is not the kind of thing I want in my life (although I'm well aware of how personal this choice is). |
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| couch-potato |
I agree. Meditation helped me to focus on now, and I can now apply that mindset to other activities.
I don't feel the need to do it anymore, although sometimes I do just for old time's sake. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by couch-potato
I agree. Meditation helped me to focus on now, and I can now apply that mindset to other activities.
I don't feel the need to do it anymore, although sometimes I do just for old time's sake. |
You're a porn actor, mate! After seeing different boobs bouncing every single day, you can probably meditate about how ephemeral life is while you spill your seed up the nose of a woman you had never seen before!
Now that's an achievement! |
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| astroboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Though I agree, I fail to understand why I'd do that, as I find meditation really annoying after a while :p
I can relax quite easily. There was this guru-like woman my mother used to associate with, and she doubted I could meditate - at all. She was stunned by how quick I was to chill out and do it properly... she didn't know I used to practise when I was in my late teens, however. It's not a matter of knocking it before trying it: I know what meditation is like, and I feel this is not the kind of thing I want in my life (although I'm well aware of how personal this choice is). |
There are as many different types of meditation as there are ice cream flavours though. Maybe you just weren't using the right ones.. these days it seems sitting still for 15 minutes with your mind and body relaxed counts as meditation, but really there can be a great deal more to it. |
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