T26 - Meditation - C 7
What is meditation? From Gableplunk, it's awareness without egotistical relationship. No‑mind. Selfless awareness. A state in which the mind is relaxed and no attention is given by itself to its own machinations. Thoughts and images may freely come and go but they are experienced as one experiences nature, as an unbroken panorama of scenic occurrences, without making judgments of the value of anything, that is, without (egotistical) involvement. 'Egotistical' is an abstract word which simply means, yourself or your sense of yourself. So, without involving yourself with any particular aspect of the panorama. See it like you would look at the Grand Canyon, with awe, with amazement, with the eyes of someone who is having a picnic and enjoying nature. In this state life is beautiful.
posted by Russ | 4:42 AM
2 Comments:
Daryl from Norfolk
I thought meditation was sitting still and THINKING.
Ellie from Danbury
You have the sitting still right. If you’re thinking, you’re being thoughtful which is wonderful and useful but it’s not meditation. Meditation is transcending thinking, even feeling, rising above the limits of your thinking and feeling. And even that’s only transcendental meditation. The best meditation is letting go of even that. Emptying your mind, letting your mind leave you as it likes to do of its own accord anyway. So why not let it?
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