> > It's very important the environment that we keep. Group > > meditations are really important. In group meditations > > you get the advantage of the energy of the other person, > > and the devotion of the other person, and the perseverance, > > and the will of the other person, and you are absolutely > > inspired. So, group meditations, seek them out! > > turquoise: > Can't argue with Buck's logic here, if what you > want in a spiritual movement and out of life is > (to reference the Bertrand Russell quote on the > FFL Home Page) to cultivate the "will to believe," > as opposed to the "wish to find out." > > By all means, if the most important thing to you > is to think the way the people around you think, > believe the things they believe, and act the way > they act, file into the Domes twice a day and > immerse yourself in these other people's "energy" > and "devotion." > Or, you could file into a French café twice a day and immerse yourself in these other people's "energy" and "devotion", and you can be just like every one else. LoL!
> After all, we all know that "coherence," as the > term is used in physics, involves lots of electrons > lining up and marching in lock-step together, not > one of them acting as if they had any individuality > or personality or worth on their own. The only > important thing is that they all do exactly what > the other electrons are doing. > > So it is with "coherence" in the social/sociological > setting of the Domes. If your highest goal in life > is to be just like everybody else around you, you > simply MUST meditate in groups with them every day. > Skip a day, and you risk <shudder> having ideas of > your own, or doing things that might be considered > by your Betters as Off The Program. Can't have that... > > More seriously, although almost everyone (even me) > might admit that there is a perceptible value in > meditating with a group, it might be of interest to > some here that some spiritual teachers in traditions > other than TM *discourage* participating in group > meds more often than, say, once or twice a month. > > The reason is that they have found over time that > those who do it more often become "lazy" about their > own meditations, and rarely make any progress in > being able to have deep meditations when *not* in > a group. They "ride the energy" that they pick up > from the group, and "coast" with it, rather than > doing what might be necessary to have just as deep > and profound a meditation on their own. >
