--- In [email protected], "Ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Who is Tanmay and who is Ron....very confusing!!
> The reason why people have problems is most likely they are giving attention to thoughts of > either the past or what if's for the future, then coloring those thoughts with emotions. So, > while everything is fine at the present moment, it is not fine for the one who is off on the > trhoughts and heavy emotions attahced to those thoughts. > > One helpfull thing ( there are more but one thing at a time) is to observe the breath. One is > breathing anyway, so therefore simply observe the breath. What this does is helps to keep > one in the present, and relaxes the mind. Rather than one being off on the thoughts, the > attention is to observe the breath. It is further added to bring it to balanced breath, so if one > notices that one side is taking in less air, then one can have the attention to take in the air > from that nostril. This is a starter, there are more things to do > > One should also stop once they notice that they are going off on thoughts and come back to > the present. I had deep experieces in TM, yet I am telling you that what is advised here is not > superficial but part of something very deep > > Tanmay >
