Comments on: What Do You Think About During Meditation? http://www.balance-your-health.com/412/meditation/ Build a better body with Balanced Health Blueprint. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:53:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Hiram http://www.balance-your-health.com/412/meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-2688 Hiram Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:44:08 +0000 http://www.balance-your-health.com/blog/?p=412#comment-2688 I had someone ask, "Isn't the act of 'not-thinking" actually thinking?" In other words, when you're just sitting "watching your thoughts," isn't that itself a form of thought? It's kind of a circular argument but it brings up a good point. Your mind is always active, there are always neurons firing off in your brain. However, the point of meditation is not to eliminate all thought, or in this case, all brain activity (if that's how you define "thought") but to reduce the chatter. Author Dinty W. Moore in his book "The Accidental Buddhist" probably said it the best I've ever heard it put. He said something to the effect that after you learn how to meditate, your "monkey mind" begins to settle down to the point that the "monkey" is lying under a palm tree sipping a mimosa instead of running around chattering and stirring up clouds of other thoughts. The more you practice, the quieter your mind gets. It's just something you've got to experience for yourself in order to understand. I had someone ask, “Isn’t the act of ‘not-thinking” actually thinking?” In other words, when you’re just sitting “watching your thoughts,” isn’t that itself a form of thought? It’s kind of a circular argument but it brings up a good point. Your mind is always active, there are always neurons firing off in your brain.

However, the point of meditation is not to eliminate all thought, or in this case, all brain activity (if that’s how you define “thought”) but to reduce the chatter.

Author Dinty W. Moore in his book “The Accidental Buddhist” probably said it the best I’ve ever heard it put. He said something to the effect that after you learn how to meditate, your “monkey mind” begins to settle down to the point that the “monkey” is lying under a palm tree sipping a mimosa instead of running around chattering and stirring up clouds of other thoughts.

The more you practice, the quieter your mind gets. It’s just something you’ve got to experience for yourself in order to understand.

]]> By: Is It Possible To Do Nothing? « R2 http://www.balance-your-health.com/412/meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-2573 Is It Possible To Do Nothing? « R2 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:36:34 +0000 http://www.balance-your-health.com/blog/?p=412#comment-2573 [...] that some people say they think about nothing while meditating. How do they do that? Have you ever tried to think about nothing? Not about the word “nothing,” but about what the word implies. Even when you do that, [...] [...] that some people say they think about nothing while meditating. How do they do that? Have you ever tried to think about nothing? Not about the word “nothing,” but about what the word implies. Even when you do that, [...]

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