Bonnie, In you very last post you asserted: "thought is the cause of our problems", and yet in this post you state "So I thought to myself what I need is inspiration..." and "...the New Paradigm expressed in the thought of Krishnamurti and David Bohm. Thought as expressed in my book...".
Are you using the word 'thought' in at least two different ways? Or are there different kinds of thoughts - like 'helpful' thoughts and 'unhelpful' thoughts? Could you explain this apparent contradiction in your last two posts? Thanks...Bill! --- In [email protected], Bonnie Calcagno <bonlcal@...> wrote: > > Meryl, I've always found it hard to do sitting meditation. Did do > self-hypnosis for a while and in one session found the greatest bliss I've > ever felt which seemed a shedding of ego. Don't do self-hypnosis anymore > either because the sessions take 40 minutes and it's hard to fine the 40 > minutes each day. I used guided meditation tapes by Steven Gurgevich. > Krishnamurti's ideas appeal to me because you have a meditative attitude > throughout the day. But it's hard to stay in that attitude because thought > keeps intruding and it's hard to keep doing things that are hard, but I did > fine peace in the intervals without thought. So I thought to myself what I > need is inspiration, a sort of support group, to keep working on having a > meditative attitude. That was part of my motivation for joining this group, > too. I think this is going to be the commitment of my golden years - my > dedication to what I call the New Paradigm expressed in the thought of > Krishnamurti and David Bohm. Thought as expressed in my book, The Search For > Being, has been very important to me, so trying to reorient to awaring will > be a stretch. I think this will be a process and, perhaps, I will try > sitting meditation at some point. What I do may even evolve from this list. > Bonnie > ------------------------------------ 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/
