I personally try to steer clear of telling someone they are horribly, horribly wrong about anything, especially somehting I have no direct eperience...
Duendy, Abour Buddhism and drugs: I spoke to a Buddhist friend who pointed me in the direction of the Five Precepts, the fifth being: Avoid...
"If you arerelaxed while meditating, I don't think you are doing it right..." There is no right or wrong in meditation. You just do it. What...
Duendy, My true self. I see it as I do a mirror, except this mirror is mucky with the accumulated dirt of many, many years. Meditation helps me to...
Skippingstones, You've never heard a good reason why meditation should not be tried on your own? The Dalai Lama himself warns against damaging...
I don't agree that compassion is not of the source. I really don't. If I disagree with you elsewhere I think it's just a question of words. I am sure...
And what of the countless non-monastic cultures in which meditation is rapidly becoming more popular? Meditation in the UK, for instance, is on the...
Spidergoat, Ultimately, meditation is, indeed, a path toward enlightenment. However, in the shorter term, it really can help a person relax and be...
Duendy, Meditation is not the preserve of monastic cultures. Nor are monks necessarily drilled 'mechanically' in theocracies, not least of all...
Oh, and emotional detachment should not be confused with apathy. Emotions can and do confuse the individual, clouding judgement and leading to...
Taoism predates the Tao Te Ching by many thousands of years. Lao tzu (assuming he existed) was a Tao practitioner who defined his beliefs...
Recent breakthroughs in neurology have discovered that happiness is processed by our left-brain: the logical, reasoning, analytical side. Experiments...
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