Saturday, January 31, 2009

Where I meditate

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  1. AMPJanuary 31, 2009 at 11:21 AM

    Is it possible to describe your meditation? Does it follow a form?

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  2. Jean PitmanFebruary 1, 2009 at 4:25 AM

    I shared 10 years of my life with someone who was deeply informed by Tibetan Buddhism and it had a real impact on me. While I would never say that I know a lot about it, some of the basic principles made so much sense to me and gave expression to what I have intuited my whole life. Then, seeing that I was raised in a very Judeo-Christian culture (NOT a Buddhist one), turned to a Christian form of meditation called Centering Prayer. Once again, a feeling of deep familiarity but there is no way I could ever call it mine or claim to know much about it.

    I sit and I observe the workings of my mind. I see how it darts and moves and jumps. I observe and let it go. I use the image of placing each movement, thought or point of focus on a boat and let it float down the river. I live near a river so this helps a great deal. In fact, for me, this is the only reasons that rivers exist- to generate this image of a directed flow, a canal that comes and goes, delivers and takes away.

    I can sit and do this for long periods of time. It helps me to de-personalize and de-tach. I think it was Laurie Anderson who referred to her brain as "bossy" and I would have to agree. Sometimes its very useful for me to observe this and laugh about it.

    So, ultimately, meditation is about laughter (and fond acceptance), I guess.

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  3. AMPFebruary 2, 2009 at 2:20 AM

    I enjoyed reading this. It is so interesting to think of one having a practice and the purpose. Laughter is the best result.
    Bossy brain brought up this quote although I don't know who it's from:
    The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.

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