---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <punditster@...> wrote :
Curtis writes (in part): I figure I am as enlightened as I need to be to pursue my own goals and the self chosen purpose for my life. Hard to get me excited with promises of more inside. Whatever internal state I have seems to do the job nicely, the bigger task of my life is actualizing it in creative work out here. That requires eyes open. > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <awoelflebater@...> wrote : > For me, sitting with eyes closed is too much an indulgence in some way, too self centered. Take the awareness out there and take a chance, even if it means you fall on your face or crash through the sliding glass door. Propping oneself on one's derriere for hours at a time thinking about nothing is just not what this body was really created for, IMHO. > "Mindfullness" meditation isn't done with eyes closed, and it is practiced with walking meditation every hour, but you need to realize that Curtis probably "meditates" - on his music - more than most people sleep in a night. Meditation is simply thinking things over. It's not really a "technique" at all - it's what most people do everyday. meditation: –noun 1 to think calm thoughts in order to relax or as a religious activity: Sophie meditates for 20 minutes every day. 2 to think seriously about something for a long time: He meditated on the consequences of his decision. No! Say it ain't so. Now were using the dictionary? wrong, wrong, wrong: Meditation is simply thinking things over. It's not really a "technique" at all - it's what most people do everyday. meditation: –noun 1 to think calm thoughts in order to relax or as a religious activity: Sophie meditates for 20 minutes every day. 2 to think seriously about something for a long time: He meditated on the consequences of his decision. and wrong again. Did I say wrong enough for you? how's this purple? It's wrong to say it's gold.
