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Posted by Steve on 1/16/2008, 8:56 am, in reply to "Re: pop recognition of ancient wisdom"
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: ...that's exactly what
: the old wisdom is about. It's not about
: "sitting on the mind and whipping it
: into shape", but being aware of what
: mind is doing, observing the activity of
: thought, and in that state of bare, direct
: attention thoughts aren't being churned out,
: mind settles and falls quiet naturally,
: effortlessly.
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The matter of using mind to settle mind...heh, fun to try and wrap one's mind around that baby.
The awareness you seek either comes or it does not. I don't think this is predestination or karmic destiny; it's more subtle than that. With powerful biological influences and ramifications.
That at some point in your past, josef, you alighted on meditative practice was no accident. Your mind was already on a path toward achieving something you understood to be desirable, and you gravitated toward a means to achieve your goal.
You cannot put yourself, or be put, on the path. Useless, for example, to say to someone "You should meditate" or "You should seek clarity" or even "You should seek peace." Either it happens or it does not.
Imo.
Steve
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