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Re: WHAT ARE THOUGHTS...



Venkat Puntambekar (venkatp@Synopsys.COM) wrote:
: I have recently been introduced to a form of meditation 
: in which there area few thinkgs to keep in mind for 
: successful meditation.

: 1:	do not reject thoughts(let them come as they may)
: 2:	do not create thoughts
: 3:	do not hold the thoughts
: 4:	do not follow thoughts

It has been my experience that this kind of meditation can actually do more 
harm than good.
I no longer meditate. To reduce stress, I argue. :-)

: While I do not dispute the effect of this form of meditation,
: my rational thinking has lot of questions.

Praise the Lord!

: What is the
: difference between the thoughts just coming your way and YOU
: creating the thoughts.

Creating the thoughts mean to consider the input, and the thoughts that 
just come to you is the input. Thus, you cannot both not reject thoughts 
*and* not create thoughts. It's impossible. 



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