are you new to this list suresh?...i am so sorry to hear about your children..how old are they? my son who is highly intelligent has ocd and clinical depression..he is 35 now..he was strange as a kiddy...we just thought he would grow out of it..the ocd creates anxiety...the anxiety gets out of control and hence the depression it has been an on going struggle as a parent when he became ill with panic attacks in early 20's... are you travelling 2 hours in public transport?..this is a good time to practise your quiet time..sitting silently..if you are driving a car..then concentrate on driving...part of meditation is to do what you are doing and that only...doing meditation...being present... of course we here all of us i am sure ask ourselves who we are... as the old saying goes..know thy self..( socrates) i would not call autism mental retardation..there are some surprisingly extremely bright and highly gifted people who are autistic peace be with you merle
Dear Mr.Bill, I understand your explanation. But please note I cannot just sit and do meditation. I have two children and both are autistic ( a kind of mental retardation), and hence they wouldn’t allow me to sit for 5 minutes. So I have to be on toes always. And I need to work for me and my family to have a better life, what I mean here is without working I cannot eat even for a single month. So when one is working from 9 to 6 and travelling time is 2 hours and moment you reach home, you have kids which need to take for Occupational therapy, speech therapy etc., Even in weekends there are classes like Music class, Key board class, computer class and skating class. By the time I finish taking my children to all classes I am dead tired, but even in bed you cannot sleep so peacefully, because they have very poor sleep, even for smallest sound, my children will wake up and they wake me up. So every day one cannot have good sleep also. So in this kind of situation, how can I sit for meditation? You seems practicing Zen, have you ever reached Buddha nature? You said “'I am touching this rock, and there is an 'I' (self) and a 'rock' and they are separate things.'” Can you tell me what is this self? Have you ever questioned yourself ‘Who am I‘ . The duality is created by you and you want to dissolve it by yourself? Can you tell me a technique for a person like me who is totally occupied in his life and no time to sit silently? Best wishes Suresh On 10/19/12, Bill! <[email protected]> wrote: > This message is eligible for Automatic Cleanup! ([email protected]) > Add cleanup rule: > https://www.boxbe.com/popup?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.boxbe.com%2Fcleanup%3Ftoken%3DSJpM0N1XZ5qPsH%252BSeu%252FmcTZ4rs%252BEt9TzZgjMYYLajO%252FiUTndNXfS49hjV7F6QUKYwjO9eW4SZKaKyASMDGE5AnSmBtC%252BKOTA5OJ%252FlP6HMlh76JvBR%252F2D2MA5Et6W3otDDJqERshJ%252FCriHe2Pe3jR3A%253D%253D%26key%3DD4ANlJCabVb6WYA7N5Dgm6IM8COGB3WB8dz8L%252BmPszM%253D&tc=12701433489_985587778 > More info: > http://blog.boxbe.com/general/boxbe-automatic-cleanup?tc=12701433489_985587778 > -- Thanks and best regards J.Suresh New No.3, Old No.7, Chamiers road - 1st Lane, Alwarpet, Chennai - 600018 Ph: 044 42030947 Mobile: 91 9884071738 ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
