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To each their own; but mantra based meditations are probably more effective at attaining hemisphere coherence which is what brings gains in creativity at those random moments throughout the day. http://youtu.be/RAETeTPhekk?t=1m40s
To each their own; but mantra based meditations are probably more effective at attaining hemisphere coherence which is what brings gains in creativity at those random moments throughout the day. http://youtu.be/RAETeTPhekk?t=1m40s
Do you know a good resource for getting started with TM?
Time blow the dust off my favourite software-industry parable: http://www.ckwop.me.uk/Meditation-driven-development.html
"Tim asks everyone to sit around on the floor in a circle and reflect deeply on a particular passage from the Bible." This is when I stopped reading the article. Asking teammates to do meditation before coding is one thing, but asking them to read a passage from the Bible. whoa..
At the risk of sounding a little too touchy-feely, Meditation helps you:
a) Be more compassionate and choose what is right, instead of what brings more material wealth.
b) Bring more clarity and focus to what you are doing.
c) Understand yourself and others better, forgive yourself and others easily, love yourself and others unconditionally.
I'm referring to talk about "Life force" or "true nature" etc. Those are matters of biology and physics, so writing about them when your only source of knowledge is sitting by yourself thinking private thoughts, stretches credibility a bit.
I'm sure I would gain a lot by being able to shut my mind up at times. And indeed, I find induced mental states to be great. But while I can lie to myself about many things, I can't seem to do it with mysticism around mediation. I'd like to eliminate that hurdle.
Pursuing Meditation as a way to make more money or increase business productivity/bottomline, is too narrow and simplistic. Daily meditation (specifically Passage Meditation http://www.easwaran.org/ ) practice has changed my life's priorities dramatically. At the risk of sounding a little too touchy-feely, Meditation helps you: a) Be more compassionate and choose what is right, instead of what brings more material we…
While those might seem abhorrent to us, a mind improving practice should work for any goal. It's not like exercising doesn't work to your advantage if you're evil.
To the point: if one is not interested in A or C, just B, is it still helpful?
Does anyone have any recommendations on a good, but scientific, intro to meditation practices? All the ones I read seem so interspersed with nonsense I find incredibly distracting. And not just "secular", either. I'm referring to talk about "Life force" or "true nature" etc. Those are matters of biology and physics, so writing about them when your only source of knowledge is sitting by yourself thinking private thoug…
In "The three pillars of Zen", zen master Yasutani-roshu tackles this issue decisively. There is no problem with people just going after the goal of increased concentration, a state he describes as: "more than the ability to concentrate in the usual sense of the word. It is a dynamic power which, once mobilized, enables us even in the most sudden and unexpected situations to act instantly. Those who have developed 'it' are no longer slaves to their passions."
It does say that this "quality" recedes without practice, it's something you have to maintain by meditating every day, as opposed to the actual deep changes that come from seeking enlightenment.
But discussing which is better is, imo, a fool's errand.