Bill, No zen teacher I ever had suggested I use any kind of sounds to enhance meditation - nor sights, smells, taste or feel. In fact in beginning meditation I was always encouraged to limit or dampen these. Examples are: sounds - a quiet setting (chanting would be an exception to this), sight - a dimly lit room and half-closed eyes gazing at the floor or at a wall, taste - no gum, feel - not too warm or too cold, smell - maybe some incense but I always thought that was too mask any other smells rather than draw attention the that particular smell.
I've always considered meditation techniques that employ sounds or music not to be zen meditation. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], William Rintala <brintala@...> wrote: > > Meditation in the 21st century. > >    A friend of mine is strongly encouraging me to meditate using Binaural > sounds. > http://www.the-guided-meditation-site.com/binaural-meditation.html for > example or > http://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?p=binaural+meditation .  > I am familiar with bells, gongs and crystal bowls being used to enhance a > mediation but I am skeptical about this. I did listen to about 5 minutes of > one > that was purported to be at the frequency of Theta Waves and I did feel > very > disoriented. I'm not too sure of it's relevance to Zen and Zen > meditation. Can > anyone comment? >  Bill > > > > > Find what makes your heart singâ¦and do it! > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
