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Originally Posted by GregoryJoseph
That's not true meditation.
Who is to say what is "true" meditation?
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I'm not one of these wishy-washy mods that can't make decisions.
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Sorry, I can't help thinking for myself.
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"It ain't like it used to be...but it'll do." << EAMUS CATULI >> "You can tell some lies about the good times we've had, but I've kissed your mother twice and now I'm working on your dad..."
i've never considered it meditating, but a few times every week, i like to just relax in my favorite chair, with very little light in the room and try to empty my mind of useless crap. if i can't sleep, i sometimes do the same.
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I'm not one of these wishy-washy mods that can't make decisions.
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Chicago
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GregoryJoseph
That's like saying Catholicism is different for everybody.
That's not a very sound analogy unless you're trying to espouse a very singular and narrow view of meditation based on one faith's traditions.
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I think I often do something similar to Jeff where I focus on my breathing and regulating it to a point where it seems like my entire body is slowly relaxing and my mind is just sort of "flat."
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I've tried, but I'm sure I was doing it incorrectly. I never was concentrating on the breathing part, just kind of sitting and trying not to thinking of anything.
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Meditation is the only way we can know where our minds go. It's a beautiful thing to sit down to meditate as a beginner and realize just how difficult it is to turn off your mind. So many thoughts, many inane or trivial, just pass through you in the shortest amount of time. I remember the first time I meditated, I was living in a cabin in Maine - pure silence, but the wind and I could not stop thinking. That was 8 years ago.
A wonderful art.
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There are 2 chearleading schools in my county of 5000 pop. Been trying to plant the yoga seed. They have good floor space that goes unused most the days. Also pitched benifits to seniors...blah blah. Suprised I haven't seen one class a week pop up.
No, have never tried yoga, but willing to learn....except for that vegitarian part.
There are 2 chearleading schools in my county of 5000 pop. Been trying to plant the yoga seed. They have good floor space that goes unused most the days. Also pitched benifits to seniors...blah blah. Suprised I haven't seen one class a week pop up.
No, have never tried yoga, but willing to learn....except for that vegitarian part.
since when do you have to be a vegetarian to do yoga?
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