mike... yea..i am a baby boomer and a flower child of the 60's revolution... i
know where you are coming from
take it easy
enjoy life..our time alive is limited!
merle
Merle,
Whilst I do occasionally smoke a little weed, I do so for reasons other than
seeking enlightenment. I don't find this any different from someone else
enjoying a glass of wine or strong coffee. It also seems to enhance my
perceptions when listening to music or watching an interesting documentary etc.
There's no dependency on it whatsoever and I can go months and months without
smoking at all. I haven't taken anything stronger for at least 9 or 10 years,
and even then it was just recreational. I do still enjoy the odd VB now and
again with my barbied snaggers and chook.
Mike
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From: Merle Lester <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, 18 August 2012, 4:22
Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Binaural meditation
on your advice mike do not use any man made drugs.." let thy body heal thy
self"
it all depends on "readiness to embrace"
you can" lead the horse to water.".but you cannot enlighten..if ...... the wolf
Each to his/her own, I guess, but I think one of the factors that makes the
impact of entering into samadhi/satori (and the like) such a profound
experience is that it comes from within us without any artificial aids. It's
like the difference between a mystical experience induced by drugs compared to
one that comes to us by 'grace'. After any such 'natural' supramundane
experience, there is a deepening of faith in the words/teachings of those who
have gone before us. Any artificially induced experience seems shallow in
comparison, IMO.
Mike
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From: Joe <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, 18 August 2012, 0:33
Subject: [Zen] Re: Binaural meditation
Bill,
Yes, "it's a 'maybe', for sure!" ;-)
But I suspect for sure that there is something there. Otherwise, the CIA would
not have funded the research and development at the Monroe Institute.
Despite this, or because of it, I feel rebuffed or repelled from approaching
closer. ;-)
--Joe
PS The idea that brain waves, and a person, benefit from synching to some
particular frequency is a theory not confirmed by Buddhism (where in the Sutras
do we find it?). What is the benefit? Does it have to do with Awakening? It
has no paper trail, nor oral-tradition trail. Its origins are secret, in the
CIA. Ouch.
> William Rintala <brintala@...> wrote:
>
> I stand corrected but I think that you get the gist of it.
>but if Theta
> waves produced by the brain induce Deep Meditative states then maybe there is
> something there.Â
