Hi Mark,
It can be so hard to start a meditation practice. In the beginning the mind is
so active and restless. One must endure a lot of frustration until it begins
to calm down, but eventually it does calm down. Eventually it does calm down.
Marsha
On Dec 19, 2011, at 12:43 PM, 118 wrote:
> Hi Marsha,
> A flash perhaps, but one has to prepare for it. That is what the teachings
> of Buddhism are for, else wise they would not exist. Mindfulness is one
> technique, I am glad that you like it, but it is not an end result, IMO.
> Buddhism is verified in the same way everything is. It is the gathering of
> satisfactory evidence.
>
> Sent laboriously from an iPhone,
> Mark
>
> On Dec 19, 2011, at 12:13 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hello Mark,
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Dec 19, 2011, at 2:39 AM, 118 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> My suggestion is that you read a few comprehensive books on Buddhism
>>> before you begin to try to analyze it. I am sure that Marsha has some
>>> good web sites for people such as Wallace. He is trying to create a
>>> Western Buddhism that we can perhaps understand. However, those
>>> interested are going to have to unlearn an awful lot. All the
>>> schooling we have been indoctrinated with from a very young age does
>>> leave its mark.
>>
>> The best justification for Buddhism is found in the verification discovered
>> through the practice of meditation/mindfulness. If the Buddha taught
>> anything, it was mindfulness. You can unlearn everything in a flash, that
>> is the beginning of awakening, imho. Do you disagree?
>>
>>
>> Marsha
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