Registered: Jun 2011
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Quote from Yannis:

There several schools of meditation. Some of them teach a forceful approach, where you attempt to make your mind concentrate on some item or your breath or even stay blank. Others follow the opposite path whereby your mind is enticed to stay with a particular sound, and other dominant thoughts fall off automatically. I practice the latter and it works very easy for me - the last thing I would call it is "hard".

Think of yourself like a dog owner and you want the dog (your rambling mind) to stay in its little house for a while: you can try to order it back or chase it all around to catch it (good luck with that) -- or you can put some goodies in its bowl and the dog comes quickly back and stays there. That's the second approach that I'm talking about.

The Christian "heart prayer" or "Jesus prayer" is similar to that second meditation type as well.

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Registered: Mar 2012
Posts: 75

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Quote from themickey:

Me thinks many people who go on and on about meditation are FOS!
Mumbo jumbo crap!
It's the road back to BS religion, superstition, old wives tales, wishful thinking, time wasting exercises with little benefits.

Just turn off the bloody TV PERMANENT, turn off all crap which brainwashes including chanting BS and just live your life uncomplicated without too much noise.

Any ritualistic mind programming which includes listening to pulput sermons, TV, chanting, gurus, etc, is dangerous imo.

Go to bed early and get a good night's sleep, the mind can then relax and unravel what ever issues you have.
That's my interpretation of getting the brain in good working order.
PS: Keep off drugs! Even too much coffee can alter your moods.
Moderation in everything.
Peace.

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Registered: Oct 2012
Posts: 86

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Quote from Opulence:

Are you saying that the idea of meditation is a result of the invention of TV and "gurus?" You do know that meditation is a practice that's been going on for thousands of years, right? Mainly in the eastern part of the world.

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Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 6268

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Quote from Opulence:

Are you saying that the idea of meditation is a result of the invention of TV and "gurus?"

You do know that meditation is a practice that's been going on for thousands of years, right? Mainly in the eastern part of the world.

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Great, wise points, hopefully that gentleman can take correction;
no such thing as a trend or life without correction.

Bible[Word] meditation came thru the mideast also;lots of help with Bible meditation.

Meditation where one takes his/her mind out of gear/meditates on a demon god.Thats like opening the doors & window @ night to enjoy a breeze & let anybody or any beast come in, Good way to get destroyed.

Simple minds about to be destroyed perhaps; always say ,well ''the night breeze feels so good, so risk ones life''.No thanks.

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