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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.