Heather, I do vipassana by simply entering a "non-thinking" zone. I let my self completely experience each passing second, but not to link/relate it with any past experience (which is to think). It is based on what I call "active Zen" because true Zen would be to be deep in dreamless sleep or to be dead.
There's a very interesting idea I conceived yesterday that relates to the above-mentioned concept of "layers of being": dead, passive, or active (by the way, the word Aum also signifies these three states of being). True unhappiness is caused not by pain, but by the thinking that follows the pain. If I have toothache (which I occasionally do, if there is quick change in oral temperature), my natural reaction is to think "why is this happening? and why to me? how can I stop it?". This type of reaction signifies non-acceptance of a certain type of experience. However, true nobility lies in accepting all experiences. The human body has its way of fighting the abnormality (if any) anyway. Thus, to reduce pain's effect and to overcome fear of pain, I believe it is necessary to accept reality as it is (this also means exercising free will, because htat's a part of reality too). -- Akshay On 5/6/07, Heather Perella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > [gav] > > i just finished my first 10-day vipassana > > meditation. > > if you don't know what this is then a quick summ: > > vipassana, which means seeing things as they really > > are, is the meditation technique developed and > > taught be siddartha gotama (aka 'the' buddha). > > > To compare this vipassana with what I believe I > do, which is zazen. > I sit and the effort is staying alert. > What did you do that may have been different? > > Akshay, feel free to mention anything about this, > as well, and anybody that is familiar, please. > > > blue, windy, green leaves shimmering on the cherry > tree, > SA > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > It's here! Your new message! > Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ > 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.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > 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.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
