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Post by Jacen on Jul 17, 2023 12:06:31 GMT -7
Meditation is its own reason.
That's why I stopped doing it.
I encourage you to do the same
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Post by Darth Draconis on Oct 16, 2023 0:55:55 GMT -7
Fair enough. I think its value waxes and wanes. There have been times I would have echoed you. Said the same and written off the practice. Having gone back and forth over the years...
I've had long stretches where I don't meditate, don't see the point or feel the need, it's a chore. Other times, I have used it to maintain focus, expand my situational awareness, and plenty more.
Really depends where you're at emotively, intellectually, spiritually. Sometimes, it is redundant and tedious and pointless, navel gazing. Other times one can become discombobulated, out of sorts, in disarray.
And in those times of coming apart at the seams in one sense or other... It doesn't hurt to know or have on tap a plethora of effective techniques. To know how to keep your head and heart together when life gets crazy.
I would agree meditation without purpose beyond meditation... Is pointless. But I don't agree all of it is for its own sake. Context, and personal inclinations, mostly determine that imo.
And along with thinking it waxes and wanes for reach individual... I think it can have more value to some than it does to others. Some are able to mine it for value, discover and forge purpose for it. Others find it, broadly speaking, to be a waste of time and energy.
I encourage each and every individual to decide that for themselves. Speaking for myself... well, clearly I think it has some value to it. There wouldn't be a whole space here on the board for it if I didn't.
Still, the notion that it is entirely pointless, is worth considering. I disagree, sure, but I appreciate the food for thought it provides.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2023 22:25:44 GMT -7
Meditation is its own reason. That's why I stopped doing it. I encourage you to do the same "I encourage each and every individual to decide that for themselves." draconis. this is why I like draconis, he never encourages me to do things his way nor he is "egocentric." anywho just my two cents.There kinds of meditations. I do daily meditations that add value and ones when I'm asleep to reprogram my subconscious/conscious as I sleep. But hey that's just me and my INDIVIDUAL PATH
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