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This reminds me of an article shared here on the value of doing nothing. How does walking around with a clear head compared to meditation practically speaking?
by slothtrop 7y ago
This reminds me of an article shared here on the value of doing nothing.
How does walking around with a clear head compared to meditation practically speaking?
- wool_gather 7y agoMeditation as I understand it involves specifically directing your mental focus to something. Sometimes breath, sometimes a visualization, sometimes an examination of a particular thought or situation. You can do a walking meditation, where you will likewise be focused on something: one possibility being the physical sensations of walking (arms swinging, feet hitting ground), or the experience of the surroundings (light, breeze, sounds, and so on). The difference to just walking around, or just sitting calmly, is that you are putting some effort into maintaining that particular focus, whatever it is. You will always get distracted by something else, but when you notice, you switch back. And keep on doing that for the length of the exercise.
- cryptozeus 7y agoWhy not both ? Both are hard to achieve in long term..thanks to chatty mind.
- Obi_Juan_Kenobi 7y agoI'd liken it to the difference between exercise and training. Exercise is certainly good for you, but if you want to achieve high performance, you need structure and discipline. Meditation isn't clearing your head, it's changing it. It's developing the faculties of attention and awareness in a deliberate way. Ultimately, these are the tools you use to develop insight.