Ron, That's great. There is all different techniques for meditating and different types of experiences gained from it, but it is good to know you are talking from actual experience, whatever that may be, rather than just stuff you've read. Bravo! Marsha
> On Nov 9, 2013, at 10:03 AM, Ron Kulp <[email protected]> wrote: > > All the time > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Nov 8, 2013, at 2:35 PM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Ron, >> >> We disagree on a few points, but such is life. The differences, I presume, >> are due to our different static life histories and present circumstances and >> present experiences. Do you meditate on a regular basis? >> >> >> Marsha >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On Nov 8, 2013, at 11:02 AM, Ron Kulp <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Marsha, >>> Meditation is a useful tool in >>> The clarification of thoughts. >>> Reflection is another useful tool >>> To critically examine our actions, >>> It would be misleading to assert >>> Them as antidote (quick fix) or a >>> Mirror ( implying objective detachment ) plus these ideas >>> Don't hang together well with >>> Idea of all static quality is illusion, >>> All perception is confined to the >>> Human condition and to be human >>> Is to exist within social pattern >>> (Self). there is no self as it " really is " >>> There is no " reality" as it " really is". >>> There is no pure perception. >>> That mirror is all ways a funhouse mirror >>> At best. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> >>>> On Nov 7, 2013, at 3:09 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Ron, >>>> >>>> "Meditation is the great antidote to >>>> ignorance. It allows us to see >>>> ourselves plainly as we are, as if >>>> standing before a large clear >>>> mirror. Nothing is hidden. >>>> >>>> "If the movements of the body and >>>> mental processes are observed >>>> intelligently and with an open >>>> mind, one soon becomes >>>> aware of the mystery in life." >>>> >>>> http://buddhismnow.com/2013/07/05/first-steps-buddhist-meditation/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Moron? I am often confronted by my own ignorances, Ron, how about you? >>>> If you have more to say about 'a myth of meditation' being to "perceive >>>> reality as it is", I would be very interested in your comments. In what >>>> way do you think this? Personally, I'd say Ultimate Reality can be >>>> equated to Dynamic Quality, the unpatterned, the indeterminate. But you >>>> may have a very different way of understanding these things, and that's >>>> okay and, I'm sure, interesting. So what do you think? >>>> >>>> http://buddhismnow.com/category/buddhist/cartoons/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Marsha >>>> >>>> >>>>> snip... 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
