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pstbrjp (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Super interesting talk!!!!
kelseywall (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@ 12:19
The symbol for Mindfulness (念) is actually from the symbol 今 meaning now or present and 心 meaning heart.
anapanasati1970 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I agree with this. Concentration is similarly developed in mindfulness and TM. From Buddhism, the practice of samatha meditation is even more similar to TM. Both are excellent practices.
itamarberman (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Hi,
Forcing attention back to the object is more prominent in Samadhi (concentration) meditation. In mindfulness practice, just as in TM, there is no such instruction. What I am concerned with, is that you reject one technique while supporting another, while in fact they are both helpful, beneficial and worth trying and investigating.
tedsmithsr (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
the "words" that you use here, e.g. focusing, and attention are important. I have done TM for 40 years. My instructions never included the instruction to "focus" or the word "attention". There is an excellent very specific intro to the mechanics of TM by Maharishi on YouTube. Please take a look. You are asking excellent questions.
Ted
spaceshipearth999 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
everything i've read about TM including mahrishi himself plus original texts emphasize nothing forced or even focused. why dont you read some maharishi you will clearly see opposite of what you say is true .
itamarberman (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
and yet transcendental meditation requires forcing attention onto a mantra (with effort). So why are you rejecting focusing on the breath but supporting focusing on a mantra?
harebellish (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
brian eno s 'sonorous portraits' transcends all, and lends itself to producing the positive and creative elements of rumination, which this video seems to overlook... in fact, had sonorous portraits been playing all the while in the background of this 'alternative' approach to meditation, we might have been provided with the subtle energies of transcendentalism, like an ensemble performance.
hamoonmehran (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
yeahh ive found analyzing something especially meditation suckks the life out of it. i completely agree when u say happiness is effortless and easy.
spaceshipearth999 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i have to comment , i much prefer the concept of transcendental meditation and the principles related to it. this guy is all over the place, mindfulness and most meditation are flawed practices. real happiness must be effortless and easy. forcing attention can hurt more tha help. plus he has to many references to phychology field , what did they ever know. |
