I disagree - putting people in imagined boxes to your satisfaction, is not the same as knowing the truth - whatevz. Peace, out.
--- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Seriously dude, Barry or Billie or Cecil, or whatever your > > name is, wtf are you challenging me for? > > > > I don't challenge you, except to state my opinions. You > > got a different opinion? bfd, so to speak. I owe you > > nothing, and vice versa. Deal, and sometimes, just STFU > > and listen. > > Yeah, I figured you'd never actually tried it. Thanks. > > > --- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Musical intoxication is awesome - fire up a fatty and there's > > > > nothing better sometimes. But it ain't very effective as > > > > meditation, except as pallative therapy, imo. > > > > > > Just as a question, Jim, can I assume that like so much of > > > what you say so authoritatively you're saying this without > > > ever having tried the practice? > > > > > > Not the fattie. :-) The meditating to music thang. > > > > > > I'm just asking because the "o" in "imo" is more credible > > > if you've actually tried it. Without the fattie. :-) > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Realized recently that some of my favorite musical pieces > > > > > > are the original soundtracks of movies. For example, Year > > > > > > of Living Dangerously, the fantastic soundtrack by Vangelis > > > > > > begins on this trailer when Sigourney Weaver appears. > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2k9d0c4sAM > > > > > > > > > > Those of a non-Tantric disposition or those who are > > > > > convinced that one can only meditate in silence may > > > > > not be able to get this, but back in the Rama trip > > > > > we used to meditate to this. > > > > > > > > > > Also to other soundtrack music of a similar nature > > > > > done by Tangerine Dream or Patrick O'Hearn. It was > > > > > a trip, and often deeper than meditations in silence. > > > > > Go figure. > > > > > > > > > > Here's one of my favorite Tan Dream soundtrack clips, > > > > > with visuals that are just as lovely. It's called > > > > > Love On A Real Train: > > > > > > > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk30-AtiB4M > > > > > > > > > > The meditations I used to have (and still do, from > > > > > time to time) set to soundtracks from Tangerine Dream > > > > > were among the best of my life. Far from being in the > > > > > least distracting, the music seems to allow a kind of > > > > > flow state that very quickly results in any conscious > > > > > awareness of the music going away, leaving only a > > > > > strange state of silence in activity, in which any > > > > > conscious awareness of the self goes away. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
