Alas Poor Erinaceus@lemmy.mlM to Buddhism@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agoMeditation Is Not Requiredtricycle.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squarepresoak@lazysoci.aldeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoDid you hear about a good thing and want it? Or did you see a thing and are investigating it? If it’s the second then meditation is important because meditation is basically a refinement and study of seeing.
minus-squareskipping_stone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoI have heard this sentiment a lot but while I agree with it, I have difficulty practicing it. I am not sure how to investigate “the great mystery” without intellectualization.
minus-squarepresoak@lazysoci.aldeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoYou could try observation and experimentation. I mean, you could try messing with the thing and see what happens.
minus-squareskipping_stone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoFunny enough, I have been trying that. Everything feels pretty inconclusive though.
Did you hear about a good thing and want it?
Or did you see a thing and are investigating it?
If it’s the second then meditation is important because meditation is basically a refinement and study of seeing.
I have heard this sentiment a lot but while I agree with it, I have difficulty practicing it. I am not sure how to investigate “the great mystery” without intellectualization.
You could try observation and experimentation.
I mean, you could try messing with the thing and see what happens.
Funny enough, I have been trying that. Everything feels pretty inconclusive though.