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

[David Morris]

Thank you.

On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 9:55 AM Seymour Landnau <seymourlandnau at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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