Mindful pleasures..... As the words turn.

[David Morris]

I follow the path laid before me.  I didn't plan that path.  It chose me,
so I am not alone.  No arrogance here, just following what is laid before
me.

David Morris

On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 9:24 AM Atticus Pinecone <atticuspinecone at gmail.com>
wrote:

> A stand alone!
>
> On Aug 29, 2017, at 9:45 AM, Seymour Landnau <seymourlandnau at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Om namah Shiva!
>
> On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 8:39 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am more Hindu than Bhuddist, though I started there.  Then I met
>> Kundalini.  I don't care about doctrine.  Experience is my meditation.
>>
>> David Morris
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 8:02 AM Atticus Pinecone <
>> atticuspinecone at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Well to keep it grounded in Buddhism, focus is covered by in the Noble
>>> Eightfold Path under Right Concentration. Words changing definition is
>>> annoying & inevitable, but losing concepts is a problem.
>>>
>>> There are sects of Buddhism less strict than lay Zen?
>>>
>>> On Aug 29, 2017, at 8:12 AM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Well said.
>>>
>>> Www.innergroovemusic.com
>>>
>>> On Aug 28, 2017, at 11:59 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I think "Mindfullness" in meditation terms mean "focusing attention."
>>>  It is an action more than a state. There are many ways to focus attention,
>>> many sense-based locales for focus.  The central idea is sustained focus on
>>> a sensation or question.
>>>
>>> Chi schools teach how to sense and manipulate Chi, Life Force.  More
>>> passive schools don't aim to manipulate that Chi, but to give it free
>>> reign.  I prefer the later.  Both are attention-based meditation
>>> techniques.  Other Zen schools advise to ignore the energy.  Zen is  too
>>> strict for me.
>>>
>>> David Morris
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 10:59 AM Atticus Pinecone <
>>> atticuspinecone at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> That's where it gets weird. Mindfulness is part of the Noble Eightfold
>>>> Path—and it means to keep in mind all the other numbered Buddhist stuff...
>>>> all of which doesn't jive with getting ahead in a rat race.
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 28, 2017, at 11:36 AM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> That was kinda my take, but I didn't know how to say it, "secularizing
>>>> mindfulness...". Nice.
>>>> You might say mindfulness is a product or result of meditation?
>>>>
>>>> Www.innergroovemusic.com
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 28, 2017, at 9:55 AM, Atticus Pinecone <
>>>> atticuspinecone at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The Buddhist take on it is 'yeah, it really is selfish, but better than
>>>> going around making a mess of things'.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe secularizing mindfulness is... I don't know... stupid? Besides
>>>> it's meditation that sows the benefits—mindfulness goes on top of that.
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 27, 2017, at 1:34 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/mindfulness-would-be-good-for-you-if-it-werent-all-just-hype/2017/08/24/b97d0220-76e2-11e7-9eac-d56bd5568db8_story.html?utm_term=.a655dfed2455
>>>>
>>>>
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