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

[Seymour Landnau]

You *are* the path.

On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 9:42 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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