I practice meditation ~ some people tell me that I’m wasting my time ~ what good is sitting doing nothing ~ I’m no expert and I have no answers ~ in fact, sometimes I have my own doubts and stop practicing ~ writing it down is a way of explaining it to myself ~ if reading someone else’s explanation about doing nothing sounds like a waste of time ~ feel free to move on ~ who can blame you. Nothingness is a necessary state for something to happen ~ Buddha said something like this over 2,500 years ago ~ lately, practitioners in the field of neuroscience have been re-discovering the teachings of Buddha ~ I find this strangely reassuring. At the earliest stage of experiencing something ~ nothing is happening. Between each event arriving at the senses ~ the lenses are wiped clean ~ even a simple nerve cell has to return to a neutral state before it can receive and transmit a clear signal to the brain. Buddha taught that the mind and body are in a state of perpetual renewal ~ and that meditation is simply a period of doing nothing to interfere ~ just sitting and watching instances of thought and feeling appear and disappear ~ without judging or criticizing them as they go ~ I find that sitting still and doing nothing is just about the hardest thing in the world to do.
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I would love to learn the art of meditation. But every time I make thee attmept, I fall asleep.
We have to clear out the cobwebs in order to let real thoughts come in.
Once I am completely healed from my surgery, that is one of the things on my To-do list.
I'm so fidgety, it's hard for me to sit still for long... though I do tend to go into a meditative state, of sorts, in the outdoors...say, for instance, when the wind is blowing, or when doing a task of some sort. I understand this is not the same thing; however, it seems to be when things flow the most.
Cooking lady ~ You can meditate with your eyes open ..that’ll help ..that’s how they do it in Japan.
Shimmerrings ~ See if you can do it for 10 minutes at a time ..wherever you are ..when I surfed, I did it on the beach ..when I worked,I did it in airplane terminals. If you need to be doing something ..try doing deep breathing exercises.
the doubt only appears once you are back to normal thinking,
when you meditate, you know
Thank you sky ~ that's right ~ normal thinking is like whatamI doingthisforwhatamIdoingthisfor ..
jaja, you´re right, normal thinking can be very boring!
have u ever been to india ?????
samarth ~ No, I have not ..would love to go tho ..thanks
Sky ~ My normal thoughts are junk (lol)
I also have a thing about nothing.
Brad ~ yes indeed, there is certainly a lot going on with nothing. Thanks ~ lee
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