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Meditation study shows changes associated with awareness, stress (2011)

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Re: Meditation study shows changes associated with awareness, stress (2011)

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Post by thenomad »

CWIZO wrote: post #91
thenomad wrote: post #89

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Yes, I do. I've not found meditation to be an absolute silver bullet for RSI in the same way that I found appropriate stretches, trigger point therapy, and Pilates to be. However, it's definitely extremely useful, and if your RSI stems from anxiety or similar issues, it's very good for treating the underlying causes. For uncovering suppressed feelings and thoughts, my personal recommendation would be to go for a good…

How does that work, going to a therapist? He knows how to ask the right questions? How many sessions did you have to go to? I don't have massive amounts of money unfortunately.

You'll need a fair few sessions, unfortunately. It's not a quick process. They're trained to know what to ask, how to be useful to you, and so on - at least, the good ones are!

Note: make sure you're going to a therapist - someone with years of training in the theory and practise of psychotherapy - not an untrained/semi-trained "counsellor".

Re: Meditation study shows changes associated with awareness, stress (2011)

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byEngineer wrote: post #180
21echoes wrote: post #179

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> Buddhist friend from Japan claims otherwise. Many Gods in Buddhism > For Jesus Christ we have Marxist priests. How they connect the two, I don't know > Not sure if bddhism has anything on money standards or economics. For someone who knows next to nothing about either religion they're talking about, that sure was a long post. Anyway, in case you want to learn anything about something "far from our civilization" (as…

This works both ways. Atheistic forms are there along deity ones. And still this or another way this makes you a Buddhist which IS a religion. Atheistic Buddhist is an oxymoron, I hope you understand at least this much

> Atheistic Buddhist is an oxymoron

No, it is not. To be an athiest has nothing to do with religious inclination, it has to do with lack of belief in god(s). It's right there in the word: a-: lack of; -theist: one who believes in a deity. A Buddhist in the vein of the Buddha, who did not believe in god(s), is an atheist.

Re: Meditation study shows changes associated with awareness, stress (2011)

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Post by byEngineer »

21echoes wrote: post #182
byEngineer wrote: post #180

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This works both ways. Atheistic forms are there along deity ones. And still this or another way this makes you a Buddhist which IS a religion. Atheistic Buddhist is an oxymoron, I hope you understand at least this much

> Atheistic Buddhist is an oxymoron No, it is not. To be an athiest has nothing to do with religious inclination, it has to do with lack of belief in god(s) . It's right there in the word: a-: lack of; -theist: one who believes in a deity. A Buddhist in the vein of the Buddha, who did not believe in god(s), is an atheist.

So you are a religious person after all?

Re: Meditation study shows changes associated with awareness, stress (2011)

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Post by estefan »

byEngineer wrote: post #183
21echoes wrote: post #182

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> Atheistic Buddhist is an oxymoron No, it is not. To be an athiest has nothing to do with religious inclination, it has to do with lack of belief in god(s) . It's right there in the word: a-: lack of; -theist: one who believes in a deity. A Buddhist in the vein of the Buddha, who did not believe in god(s), is an atheist.

So you are a religious person after all?

I'm not.

Most of the definitions I've found define religion as in terms like 'belief in a supernatural power', or 'worship of gods or similar higher powers'.

Buddhism is not involved with either. I see it really as little different to going to the gym. Do the correct practices consistently and see results. No magic, no worship, no blind beliefs, just steadily progressing and seeing results...

Re: Meditation study shows changes associated with awareness, stress (2011)

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estefan wrote: post #184
byEngineer wrote: post #183

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So you are a religious person after all?

I'm not. Most of the definitions I've found define religion as in terms like 'belief in a supernatural power', or 'worship of gods or similar higher powers'. Buddhism is not involved with either. I see it really as little different to going to the gym. Do the correct practices consistently and see results. No magic, no worship, no blind beliefs, just steadily progressing and seeing results...

Are you Buddhist? Yes! Are you religious? No!

This is as idiotic as:

Are you vegetarian? Yes! Do you eat meat? Yes!

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