That's the reason why headaches are widely reported after doing mindfulness.
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When practicing mindfulness, for instance by watching the breath, one must
remember to maintain attention on the chosen object of awareness, faithfully
: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mindfulness and/versus TM
That's the reason why headaches are widely reported after doing mindfulness.
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When practicing mindfulness, for
instance by watching the breath, one must remember to maintain
attention
LOL! Yes, too much internal television, leading to eyestrain, and headaches.
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That's the reason why headaches are widely reported after doing mindfulness.
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When
For the record, my bet is that neither the Jim-bot nor the Nabby-bot have
*ever* in their lives learned or practiced any form of mindfulness meditation,
as taught by a reputable teacher. Neither of them, in fact, seems even capable
of distinguishing mindfulness from forms of concentration
On 6/1/2014 6:17 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
And suicides and attempted suicides and various psychotic episodes
associated with TM - I'll take mindfulness any day.
There is no evidence that basic TM practice is the cause of any
attempted suicides or
On 6/1/2014 8:38 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
wrote:
For the record, my bet is that neither the Jim-bot nor the Nabby-bot
have *ever* in their lives learned or practiced any form of
mindfulness meditation, as taught by a reputable teacher. Neither of
them, in fact,
Truly a waste of time, except for wankers. All of these medieval meditation
techniques, like this 'mindfulness', introduced by the delusional, as a panacea
for modern life. Could it get any weirder??
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That's right,
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Truly a waste of time, except for wankers. All of these medieval meditation
techniques, like this 'mindfulness', introduced by the delusional, as a panacea
for modern life. Could it get any weirder??
I wish I was as
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote :
That's right, haven't tried nor am I going to. A Buddhist technique that gives
headaches to large number of people is not only a waste of time but probably
harmful.
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People practising TM also report headaches and
Stranger indeed, the latest is that the strainers getting headaches while
trying to get their minds full will be required to wear funny hats:
Stranger indeed, the latest is that the strainers getting headaches while
trying to get their minds full will be required to wear funny hats:
From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote :
Truly a waste of time, except for wankers. All of these medieval meditation
techniques, like this 'mindfulness', introduced by the delusional, as a panacea
for modern life. Could
Of course there's the case of of the Principal of the all-girls Buddhist school
in Thailand, who became a TM teacher herself because so many students were
complaining of headaches after learning more modern (traditional) Buddhist
techniques.
L
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On 5/30/2014 3:17 PM, lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Mindfulness practices are often frowned upon in at least some Buddhist
traditions. In fact, some Buddhist scholars say that mindfulness as
a specific technique isn't all that old.
Almost every Buddhist practices some form of
And yet, as I said, some scholars say that a specific technique for
Mindfulness is a recent inventino.
L
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On 5/30/2014 3:17 PM, LEnglish5@... mailto:LEnglish5@... [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Mindfulness practices are often frowned
On 5/30/2014 8:17 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
The blog link on TM Mental Sinking is a hoot. Is is straight Gelugpa
ideology where fear of losing the object of attention causes them to
try to grip it tight and never lose it.
You're losing our attention - just tell us
When practicing mindfulness, for instance by watching the breath, one
must remember to maintain attention on the chosen object of awareness,
faithfully returning back to refocus on that object whenever the mind
wanders away from it.
Thus, mindfulness means not only, moment to moment awareness
On 5/31/2014 1:16 PM, lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] wrote:
And yet, as I said, some scholars say that a specific technique for
Mindfulness is a recent inventino.
Apparently the technique was invented by the Buddha, Gotama, the first
historical yogin In India, circa 563 B.C. According to
Mindfulness, it is also that place like after you have thought a sutra or
mantra and you are sitting as just quiet in samadhi in restful alertness.
Resourcing Awake in Being, then pinging the system with some vibration of
thought as the mantra or sutra and yet mindful as what comes out of
You seem to believe that TM = mindfulness, and while that might be the case for
some people at some point in their practice, I'd suggest that TM is its own
thing, and trying to drag other terms from other tradition into the discussion
pollutes and distorts our understanding and potentially,
techniques, after enlightenment? Yep, TM - I don't find there is any
settledness that needs to be reinforced, or have my attention on anything - but
I live a pretty active life, and as a result of my enlightenment, don't put a
lot of boundaries on myself. So if I spontaneously end up driving
Beautiful. Now that is where spirituality turns to sainthood in field effect.
What you can do with a human system is way more than transcending, like also
being of use in the lighthouse to others in life. -Buck
for example, I may do a TM, or 1/2 a TM, simply for its ability to clear
The blog link on TM Mental Sinking is a hoot. Is is straight Gelugpa ideology
where fear of losing the object of attention causes them to try to grip it
tight and never lose it. This fear drives their practise of mantra-japa and
demonstrates why dhyana-samapatti is so admitedly difficult for
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