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01-07-2015, 06:45 PM
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Why meditation should be taught in school
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01-07-2015, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by ThoughtOnFire
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It is taught in some schools here in UK, we also have a Maharishi School. |
03-07-2015, 12:05 AM
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Newbie ;)
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Thanks for the link
I have always wanted to see meditation periods in school. They are badly needed.
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06-07-2015, 03:56 PM
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06-07-2015, 03:58 PM
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this link might work!
wp.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.com/blogs/whitehindu/files/2014/04/child-meditation.jpg
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06-07-2015, 04:06 PM
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Here is Elina's Link Picture 
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07-07-2015, 10:33 AM
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I doubt whether Dalai Lama was talking about a method of meditation.. if the point of meditation is to observe what is, there is a huge contradiction when just applying a technique.. let's say i am trapped in the network of thoughts, i can't see anything apart from thoughts.. a technique (let's say i will concetrate on my breath for 60 minutes per day) is obviously an effort to escape from what is, which is thought.
On the contrary to passively (without the slightest effort) observe the movement of thoughts, with no judgement, with no words, completely non verbally, i would say is the essence of connecting with what is which is thought.. don't you see the huge difference between the two aspects?
A technique, a method, necessarily corrupts, makes the mind dull and creates addiction/attachment.
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07-07-2015, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by MeditativeWriter
I doubt whether Dalai Lama was talking about a method of meditation.. if the point of meditation is to observe what is, there is a huge contradiction when just applying a technique.. let's say i am trapped in the network of thoughts, i can't see anything apart from thoughts.. a technique (let's say i will concetrate on my breath for 60 minutes per day) is obviously an effort to escape from what is, which is thought.
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That's a general misconception, but I think breath meditation is widely misconstrued. If it's approached properly it is quite revealing of what is.
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On the contrary to passively (without the slightest effort) observe the movement of thoughts, with no judgement, with no words, completely non verbally, i would say is the essence of connecting with what is which is thought.. don't you see the huge difference between the two aspects?
A technique, a method, necessarily corrupts, makes the mind dull and creates addiction/attachment.
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Possibly, but not necessarily; in fact, if breath observation is practiced in the right way it sharpens the acuteness of the mind.
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07-07-2015, 12:42 PM
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Probably it can practice acuteness of the mind in a superficial level, by i feel its a mechanical thing which finally makes the mind dull.
Can you explain why you consider that focusing on breath can somehow be not an escape?
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07-07-2015, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by MeditativeWriter
Probably it can practice acuteness of the mind in a superficial level, by i feel its a mechanical thing which finally makes the mind dull.
Can you explain why you consider that focusing on breath can somehow be not an escape?
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If approached in the right way, it tends to bring about awareness of a person's unconscious mental activity...
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