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Post by bishop on Jun 15, 2020 19:35:20 GMT -5
Does anyone have any experience with it? No particular "tradition" in mind here.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 15, 2020 22:07:59 GMT -5
I used to do the Transcendental type back in the 70s. Can't say that I got much out of it, but I also can't guarantee that I was doing it right. Everyone else was doing it! 🙄🤔😁🤠
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Post by roadsdiverged on Jun 15, 2020 22:45:56 GMT -5
I was getting into it, and then as always, life said I didn't have spare time.
It was nice
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 15, 2020 23:02:28 GMT -5
I was getting into it, and then as always, life said I didn't have spare time. It was nice Yeah, if I still had that quiet time I would just take a nap. Naps are underrated. 😴 |
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Post by roadsdiverged on Jun 15, 2020 23:03:34 GMT -5
I absolutely LOVE a nap.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 15, 2020 23:10:19 GMT -5
If someone has a particular problem, I can see where meditation help. We worked with a group of doctors back in 86 after we lost a baby, and it was a great help, but it was a guided meditation process that had a goal. It did help us a lot. I had forgotten about it. I forget a lot of stuff these days.
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Post by Gandalf on Jun 16, 2020 0:22:00 GMT -5
Never tried it. Had a roommate in college (73) who was into Transcendental Meditation. He swore it was the greatest thing. He also claimed if he missed meditations or if he didn't reach the desired state a couple times in a row, then he would suffer a kind of imbalance (as he would call it). It would make him cranky.
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Post by SCF Dan on Jun 16, 2020 9:29:43 GMT -5
Meditation is a great practice to incorporate into our busy and tech-filled lives. No reason to try and achieve Gunga Galunga as there are every day meditation practices that work in short amounts of time. And, there are no end of free videos on YouTube or an app store.
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Post by addamsruspipe on Jun 16, 2020 10:41:40 GMT -5
My meditation is a pipe and a good book. 😀
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Post by Legend Lover on Jun 16, 2020 11:06:07 GMT -5
It's not something I've tried. However, I do like quiet days where I would reflect on things (perhaps that's the same thing). I don't get them often. It's one of those things that I must MAKE time for.
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Post by Gandalf on Jun 16, 2020 11:12:33 GMT -5
My meditation is a pipe and a good book. 😀 I was thinking alone the same lines. For most of us a quiet relaxing smoke is our meditation. |
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Post by Darin on Jun 16, 2020 14:31:40 GMT -5
+1 ... become one with the slip-stream.  |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 16, 2020 19:48:51 GMT -5
+1 ... become one with the slip-stream. If we ever get moved I will be able to spend mornings on tree shaded country roads with no traffic and just zone out on the wing. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 16, 2020 19:51:43 GMT -5
I was just looking on YouTube TV and I saw several guided meditation videos.
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Post by bigwoolie on Jun 16, 2020 20:01:33 GMT -5
I sit in my chair here outside for about 2 hours every evening that I can, have a cigar or a pipe, a cup of coffee, and watch the sun set. I think thoughts and dream dreams. I dont know nothin' 'bout "meditation", but I reckon this is close enough for me.
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Post by sperrytops on Jun 17, 2020 0:23:15 GMT -5
My meditation is a pipe and a good book. 😀 Zen and the art of smoking a good tobacco. |
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Post by sperrytops on Jun 17, 2020 0:24:19 GMT -5
+1 ... become one with the slip-stream. If we ever get moved I will be able to spend mornings on tree shaded country roads with no traffic and just zone out on the wing. Sounds like meditation to me. |
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Post by trailboss on Jun 17, 2020 8:14:41 GMT -5
Most religions practice it in one form or another, and it is used secularly also.
It is not a bad Idea to re-boot your hard drive regularly.
Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Catholic mystic) stated: "Through the study of books one seeks God; by meditation one finds him.
Wikipedia actually has a pretty good article on it.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 17, 2020 9:36:52 GMT -5
We have an organization at church that has a 24 hour prayer watch several times a year. You sign up for a 2 hour shift. Taking the 2 hours of uninterrupted prayer does a lot for me, as a secondary effect.
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Post by dingobob on May 22, 2021 6:43:57 GMT -5
My daughter got our whole family into meditating. Her sophomore year of college, she wrote a research paper about it and asked me to look over it. I got lost in the research and forgot to edit it. Hah hah.
I'm a man with a temper, and meditation has helped a lot.
My wife and I have also done couples meditation, and that is also great (and weirdly sexy).
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Post by dingobob on May 22, 2021 6:46:25 GMT -5
It's not something I've tried. However, I do like quiet days where I would reflect on things (perhaps that's the same thing). I don't get them often. It's one of those things that I must MAKE time for. (I hope this isn't too religious for discussion. If it is, let me know.) I'm not Catholic, so maybe you can correct me, but I was under the impression that prayer with the rosary was a form of meditation. |
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Post by fadingdaylight on May 22, 2021 8:22:30 GMT -5
It's not something I've tried. However, I do like quiet days where I would reflect on things (perhaps that's the same thing). I don't get them often. It's one of those things that I must MAKE time for. (I hope this isn't too religious for discussion. If it is, let me know.) I'm not Catholic, so maybe you can correct me, but I was under the impression that prayer with the rosary was a form of meditation. In essence, the practices both involve quieting and focusing the mind, so the end result is similar. Many things can be meditative, in the sense that they allow us to quiet the internal background noise, which is a big part of what drew me to pipe smoking to start with. (Not answering for you Legend Lover, just my two cents) |
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Post by toshtego on May 22, 2021 8:28:27 GMT -5
It's not something I've tried. However, I do like quiet days where I would reflect on things (perhaps that's the same thing). I don't get them often. It's one of those things that I must MAKE time for. (I hope this isn't too religious for discussion. If it is, let me know.) I'm not Catholic, so maybe you can correct me, but I was under the impression that prayer with the rosary was a form of meditation. I do not see Catholic Rosary prayer as much different from Buddhist chanting a mantra. both use beads. |
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Post by pepesdad1 on May 22, 2021 8:37:56 GMT -5
Being retired gives me plenty of time to reflect on the past...mostly on the mistakes, but with His help I find that someone must have had a great deal of patience and kept me protected and alive in spite of my efforts to do otherwise. Not sure if it is meditation but it works for me.
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Post by dingobob on May 22, 2021 8:38:21 GMT -5
(I hope this isn't too religious for discussion. If it is, let me know.) I'm not Catholic, so maybe you can correct me, but I was under the impression that prayer with the rosary was a form of meditation. I do not see Catholic Rosary prayer as much different from Buddhist chanting a mantra. both use beads. Yeah, this was my impression as well. Very similar practices. |
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Post by dingobob on May 22, 2021 9:58:55 GMT -5
Being retired gives me plenty of time to reflect on the past...mostly on the mistakes, but with His help I find that someone must have had a great deal of patience and kept me protected and alive in spite of my efforts to do otherwise. Not sure if it is meditation but it works for me. Meditation is very intentional, which imho is what sets it apart from idle thought. I recommend it for anybody. I was a huge naysayer until I really grokked the research behind it. I also have a major problem dwelling on mistakes, and through meditation, I've been able to reframe those in my mind from embarrassing to formulative. |
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Post by Legend Lover on May 23, 2021 2:31:46 GMT -5
It's not something I've tried. However, I do like quiet days where I would reflect on things (perhaps that's the same thing). I don't get them often. It's one of those things that I must MAKE time for. (I hope this isn't too religious for discussion. If it is, let me know.) I'm not Catholic, so maybe you can correct me, but I was under the impression that prayer with the rosary was a form of meditation. I hear you. It's down to how we define meditation and, after just looking it up, there's scope in what you've said. For the sake of the thread, that's all I'll say. lol |
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Post by trailboss on May 23, 2021 9:38:43 GMT -5
A man gets sick of it all and joins a monastery
He travels to Nepal, hikes high into the mountains and finds a monastery. The head monk informs him that they would accept him if he dresses the part, does his work, and learns the ways of peace and meditation. The man agrees. The head monk tells him, "one last thing, you must take a vow of silence, but you may speak to words to me, once every 2 years." The man agrees again, and begins his journey. Over the next 2 years, he learns the ways of monkdom, he eats with the other monks, he cleans the monastery, he maintains the gardens, he meditates, and does it all silently.
The head monk pulls him aside one day and says, "It has been 2 years since you first came to us, what words would you like to say?"
The man thinks, and then replies, "bed hard".
The head monk just nods an acknowledgement, and the man goes back to his chores. He continues this way, cleaning, meditating, eating with the other monks day in day out, and eventually another day came when the head monk again tells him that he may speak two more words.
The man, without needing much time to think says, "food bad".
Again, a patient nod is given by the head monk, and again the man goes back to his quiet simple life at the monastery.
Everything remains the same over the next two years, but when the head monk finds the man for his opportunity to say two words he can clearly see that the man is bothered. He tells him again that he may speak two words.
The man just says, "I quit"
The head monk nods, and then replies, "I'm not surprised. You've done nothing but complain since you got here."
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