Hey Share, if a person is established in silence all the time, they no longer
need to round seven and a half hours a day. It continues 24/7. So, there is not
really a correlation between time explicitly spent meditating, and a person's
ability to be a source of calm, vs a generator of noise.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Ann, there were 2 posts and in one you focused on rounding spouses. As a
response to the other, I refer you to this comment from Seraphita: We
understand what you're saying but it is a common belief in all contemplative
traditions that communities joined together practising silent prayer (eg, monks
and nuns) have a beneficial effect on the world even though to practical,
common-sense types they seem to be a waste of space. Indeed, even the very
recollection that there are men and women who forsake the feverish ambitions of
the mass of people induces a feeling of calm!
On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 10:28 AM, "awoelflebater@..."
<awoelflebater@...> wrote:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Now this comment from Judy is a perfect example of snarky IMO. Ann had
criticized that people rounding for 7 1/2 hours were thus separated from their
spouses. I responded reasonably noting that spouses who work away from home are
also separated for 7 1/2 hours or so.
My point, though, was not so much about spouses but more about the fact that
people who meditate for 7.5 hours a day are not, in my opinion, "spiritual
warriors" and that they obviously have absolutely nothing more desirable or
pressing in their lives to apply themselves to. I would have to question their
interestingness as human beings let alone their productiveness and ability to
take advantage of all of the richness this waking life has to offer.
-------------------------------------------- On Wed, 10/9/13, judy stein
<authfriend@... mailto:authfriend@...> wrote: Subject: RE: Re: Re:
[FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM? To:
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Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 8:37 AM Share wrote: > Ann, I think many spouses
who work > outside the home are separated from each other from most of > the
day. When you find out for sure, let us know, OK? This is an important insight.
