zerouniverse

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   by zerouniverse 12y ago

   touché
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   by zerouniverse 12y ago

   The notion in your first paragraph sounds like a reasonable assertion to me although it does presuppose the rather dogmatic notion that an omnipotent Creator would "demand faith" rather than "grant a gift of free will /
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   by zerouniverse 12y ago

   Sol Robeson: This is insanity, Max. Maximillian Cohen: Or maybe it's genius.
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   by zerouniverse 12y ago

   It sounds like you're asking if practice makes a difference for me outside of the time where formal sitting practice occurs. The answer would be yes. My experience has been that there is a connection between the dimension of stillnes
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   by zerouniverse 12y ago

   In actual fact I did take a pill that did this for me .. that is.. thrusted me into a state of mind akin to some of what can be found in concentration states. That was what provided for me the impetus to explore meditation because after a
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   by zerouniverse 12y ago

   One should take into account the fact that Watts was presenting his material to an audience of western intellectuals who had been so deeply indoctrinated into "scientific orthodoxy" that one really had no chance of getting anythin
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   by zerouniverse 12y ago

   The strange ritualistic culture is merely a means by which Zen propagates itself (forward momentum in time) and not the "thing" itself. In my own words you should meditate because with practice one builds a refuge within stillness