Hi Mark, Within Buddhism, there are samatha meditation and vipassana meditation. Samatha meditation establishes calm and develops the ability to attain concentration. Vipassana meditation, also known as insight meditation, helps you see the workings of your own mind. You can begin to see the nature of one's own experience. It's suggested these two types of meditation move one towards direct realization.
Marsha Sent from my iPad On Dec 20, 2011, at 2:40 AM, 118 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Marsha, > What I do is treat the mind like some background noise, and refuse to > get caught up in it. In this way I make it both benign and trivial. > It can talk all it wants, but I don't have to pay attention. It is > not me, but some workings of the brain. So, I say: "that's nice > brain, but I am really not interested" and tune it out. It keeps > going, but I have no idea what it is saying. Once I realized that the > brain was on autopilot, it became easier for me. > > I have heard it called Thinking but not Thinking. I call it thinking > but not paying attention. > > Mark > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 11:32 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
