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Neo |
| Date: |
4-Sept-2000 |
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Lightdancer, in answer to that question |
You wrote in a response to a post recently:
That's something that I have been finding confusing about meditation and enlightenment. I know meditating is suppose to be the cure all or escape for everything that happens in this world of illusion but then, why are we here at all? If experience is the reason then why not let ourselves experience everything, the pain, the confusion and the cure, therapy and meditation or whatever
Meditation is definitely NOT a cure all or escape. Not from my perspective. In fact, your last sentence "let ourselves experience everything, etc, is RIGHT ON. If we stop thought for longer and longer periods of time in meditation, we touch the silence. That silence holds truth, knowledge. IF we choose to meditate regularly, our awareness changes. We experience everything with that heightened awareness, all aspects of life and self.
NOPE, there is no escaping truth. We call it self-discovery because in the process we "polish" our self, or selves. The lessons on the path can be pretty intense, and what we call painful. But we learn to laugh as we see ourselves more clearly. And we change. Let's just say that the texture of life changes, our perception changes, and there is no where to run! |
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