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Meditation Journal

nowornever said:
If there is no soul, what is pulling your body 24h a day? If you are your body, why are you moving? Can a stone move?

Is there anybody here who feels the significance of meditation?
Today I sat 7:50am-9:50am GMT. The longest in my life.
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You're using the wrong end.
 
nowornever said:
All right. That is in the brain cells that controls the muscles of your body?

Scientists proved that while meditating or in those who meditate a lot the brain cells or the waves or whatever we call ithem they function better, more accurate, happier and calmer.
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Do you have a link to any particular study backing that claim for meditation?
If so did they compare the findings to studies done on simple relaxation?

I'll concede that when people are in a relaxed state they are less likely to have high blood pressure etc then compared to someone in a high stress environment.

Please note I'm referring to simple relaxation with out all the nonsensical bells and whistles of meditation added on.
 
Nay_Sayer said:
Do you have a link to any particular study backing that claim for meditation?
If so did they compare the findings to studies done on simple relaxation?

I'll concede that when people are in a relaxed state they are less likely to have high blood pressure etc then compared to someone in a high stress environment.

Please note I'm referring to simple relaxation with out all the nonsensical bells and whistles of meditation added on.
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ISTR reading that meditation was beneficial - but no more so than daydreaming, fishing, listening to music, and other forms of extended relaxation. As might be expected, each has slightly different effects, and some people are more suited to one form than another. People who like mystical woo seem to go for exotic forms of meditation, often with masochistic prostrations, and other discomforts; whatever floats your boat...
 
I sat together with other 10 people(psychologist, mathematician, astrologist, yogi-yoga etc) 3 times 35min at Warsaw Zen Centre, today 11am GMT+1. Then talk and tea and cakes.
 
I spent three great hours hiking yesterday: Brins's Mesa to Soldier's Pass, down the canyon toward teapot rock, past the seven pools and sinkhole, across Jordan trail and then up over Ciboa Pass to complete a nice afternoon loop.

I passed an old Chinese man hiking his wife, he stopped pointed at me and with a smile said "Serenity!" (I was wearing my Blue Sun T-shirt). On the way toward seven pools two college age girls stopped to ask where the pools where. I told them they'd already passed them (a nice way of saying you are lost) and so we walked that way for a while. We listened to a jeep tour guide tell a story about seeing a black bear taking a bath in pool number five one morning recently. A bear!!!?

On the Cibola pass trail I heard voices from high above, and I spotted a couple of climbers at the top of one of the rock formations. Sound carries almost forever here. They did not have ropes and gear, so there must be a scramble up I'll have to try sometime (when I'm not hiking alone).
 
I forgot to leave my blackberry behind last month (I do this hike a couple times a month). Had been cloudly all day, but just near sunset the sun dropped below the layer of clouds and lit up the canyon at the trailhead.
This the view north from where I park my car (I live that-a-way over the rocks). :-)

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nowornever said:
I sat together with other 10 people(psychologist, mathematician, astrologist, yogi-yoga etc) 3 times 35min at Warsaw Zen Centre, today 11am GMT+1. Then talk and tea and cakes.
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I spent four hours with a bunch of friends at a birthday party in an Austrian beer haul. Lots of beer, pork and lively company.
 
Complexity said:
(never used twitter; never will - I have a poison tooth in case my prediction becomes to pass)
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YESSSSSSSSSSS.............................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No Twitter here either!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
 
nowornever said:
I sat with myself for 10 min last night. And you?
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I sat with my girlfriend for two hours and twenty minutes (give or take) watching The Last Samurai and admiring the great dialog while her puppy slept on her side and my kitten slept on my side.

The sappy sweetness of the tableau of the couch was nicely offset by the awesome sword fighting of the movie, thus a perfect balance was achieved effortlessly.
 
Honestly I stopped caring, I suspect the same sentiment is shared by other people here as well. This was amusing for awhile, But it's a waste of forum space, It is going nowhere and fast.
 
The Norseman said:
I sat with my girlfriend for two hours and twenty minutes (give or take) watching The Last Samurai and admiring the great dialog while her puppy slept on her side and my kitten slept on my side.

The sappy sweetness of the tableau of the couch was nicely offset by the awesome sword fighting of the movie, thus a perfect balance was achieved effortlessly.
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Okay, why did they need a white guy for that movie?
 
cry :( Noone else wants to share his/her practice with me here.
I am alone on this island.
May I shut up here in order not to make you angry any more!
I am sorry for my wasting your precious time. I wish I hadn't started these topics, that is registering here.
I hurt so many people and these topics have proved to be useless.
Moderaters-please ban me so that I will not write rubbish any more.
non
 
nowornever said:
cry :( Noone else wants to share his/her practice with me here.
I am alone on this island.
May I shut up here in order not to make you angry any more!
I am sorry for my wasting your precious time. I wish I hadn't started these topics, that is registering here.
I hurt so many people and these topics have proved to be useless.
Moderaters-please ban me so that I will not write rubbish any more.
non
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You don't need to be banned to stop posting here. Just stop. Or else stick around, open your mind and learn something. Your choice.

However, if you're right that your topics "have proved to be useless" then it's because you won't listen to suggestions or information that don't fit into what you have already decided. I don't see how you've hurt anybody, though. That's really an overestimate of your impact here, IMO.
 
I see but it is difficult for me to shut up. I love people so much that I can hardly be silent. That's why I asked for a ban as my willing to write is much stronger than myself.
My meditation today:
5.15am 90 min od chanting in the forest
10am 700 bows
10pm 50 min of zazen together with Eliza
11pm 300 bows

Good night, my friends
 
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