Many people meditate for purposes of their religion--others do so just to relax or whatever. In religious meditation, one uses a religious icon or prayer. In...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Aug 6, 2002 1:15 pm
Dear Silauto, Tony, and all, Perhaps we can ask the question another way. What do religious (Christian) and non- religious meditations have in common. The word...
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eveneon
Aug 6, 2002 12:34 pm
Date: August 6, 2002 Time: 7:50am Duration: 35 minutes (open) Position: Sitting in chair, eyes closed, hands resting on knees, palms up Technique: Breath and...
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silauto
Aug 6, 2002 11:58 am
Hi Tony, Thanks for your input.I think the older a religion, it pertains to the vibrations of the people in the world then, so maybe in todays times it may not...
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Tony
tosime2001
Aug 6, 2002 11:17 am
Hi Silauto, While I don't have an answer to your question, I would like to pose a more general question. How does religious meditation differ in quality from...
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silauto
Aug 6, 2002 6:21 am
Hi All, I would like to know about christian meditation if anyone has any idea....
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Aug 6, 2002 1:18 am
Nasrudin inherited a piece of land and decided to become a farmer. Someone suggested that he grow rabbits - "There is good and fast profit in rabbits" he said....
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eveneon
Aug 5, 2002 1:08 pm
Date: August 5, 2002 Time: 8:30am Duration: 30 minutes (open) Position: Sitting in chair, eyes closed, hands resting on knees, palms up Technique: Breath and...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Aug 5, 2002 6:05 am
In each of our classes, I usually tell a few Mullah Nasrudin Sufi teaching stories. They are understandable on many levels, and in keeping with my experience...
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medit8ionsoc...
Aug 5, 2002 4:14 am
Dear Ramon, Thank you for sharing your analysis Of Atma Bodha. This is an example of Jnana yoga, the yoga of wisdom. A common instruction is often that the...
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Ramon Sender
rabar94114
Aug 3, 2002 7:27 pm
Some comments on ATMA BODHA by Adi Sankaracharya (apologies for the length, but it seems important to get this out.) Quote to ponder while reading this: "We...
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Judi Rhodes
judirhodes
Aug 3, 2002 2:21 pm
Dear Judiji, Actually, from my experiences with teaching live-in-person meditation classes for the past 15 years, and asking the students why they were there,...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Aug 3, 2002 4:27 am
Question from Email: Hello, I have been meditating for about 4 years so when the chance to do research on whatever l wanted to came up in my english class, I ...
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Sandeep Chatterjee
sandeep1960
Aug 3, 2002 4:17 am
Meditation is excellent for the peace of mind provided you have the peace of mind to meditate. Yaba daba gopeeee goooooooo [Non-text portions of this message...
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Tony
tosime2001
Aug 2, 2002 9:00 pm
SO-o-o-o Sandeep, You can write simple English! Why do you switch to philosophees when you philosophize? Must the punishment fit the crime? LOL...Tony ... ...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Aug 2, 2002 8:54 pm
Agnes Allen's Law Almost anything is easier to get into than out of. Approval Seeker's Law Those whose approval you seek the most give you the least. Atwoods...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Aug 2, 2002 8:24 pm
Dear Judiji, Actually, from my experiences with teaching live-in-person meditation classes for the past 15 years, and asking the students why they were there,...
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Judi Rhodes
judirhodes
Aug 2, 2002 5:59 pm
Alright, that's enough Sandeep! :-) Can't you see these guys are busy trying to get enlightened? :-) What the heck are you trying to do here? :-) Throw a cog...
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Sandeep Chatterjee
sandeep1960
Aug 2, 2002 5:44 pm
... "The Law of Reality" Never get into fights with ugly people, they have nothing to lose. "The Law of Self Sacrifice When you starve with a tiger, the tiger...
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Sandeep Chatterjee
sandeep1960
Aug 2, 2002 4:22 pm
Hiya Bob, An interesting subject....... ... From: medit8ionsociety To: meditationsocietyofamerica@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 08:39 PM ...
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Ramon Sender
rabar94114
Aug 2, 2002 3:19 pm
(from an imagined newspaper column "Dear Yaba" Question: Dear Yaba: I've always thought that if I just kept learning more and more about myself and the world,...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Aug 2, 2002 3:09 pm
Hi all. I just wanted to let you know that there may be times that I have to act as a moderator of this group and delete messages and even unsubscribe members....
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Sandeep Chatterjee
sandeep1960
Aug 2, 2002 11:06 am
The desire for enlightenment once drove an earnest and highly-determined individual to spend several years in the company of a spiritual teacher. During these...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Aug 1, 2002 5:32 pm
Hi Eve. We're going to feature the OM meditation in the issue of The Inner Traveler that should be coming out next week. We were going to run this quote by...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Aug 1, 2002 4:02 pm
Question from Email: Hi I was just wondering do you all have any meditation on chi (or ki) or is it that any meditation helps on chi...
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eveneon
Aug 1, 2002 1:20 pm
Date: August 1, 2002 Time: 8:30am Duration: 45 minutes (open) Position: Sitting in chair, eyes closed, hands resting on knees, palms up Technique: Breath and...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Aug 1, 2002 7:37 am
First Sandeep shares Sahaja, our natural state, with us. Then, here, he shows us all that obscures it. He asks us to Realize and just be. Is there any greater...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Aug 1, 2002 7:27 am
Dear Sandeep, What a beautiful clarification of an esoteric wisdom. Without "the artificial superstructures of civilization and its artificial concepts" we are...
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Sandeep Chatterjee
sandeep1960
Aug 1, 2002 7:04 am
Hi, Whether a spiritual quest or any quest, the focus is always on the goal, on the issue, isn't it? The goal of spiritual bliss, of Enlightenment, of...
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Sandeep Chatterjee
sandeep1960
Aug 1, 2002 6:52 am
When we review the vast procession of naked, ragged and unkempt dropouts who illuminated the dreary passages of history to leave wisdom on which lesser minds...
