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meditation is needed no matter what!

TheFoundTheFound
edited May 2010 in Buddhism Basics
I just got insanely angry again..

you know why? because I haven't had enough meditation..or how I like to call it
"REVERSE brainwashing..."

think about it, no matter where we come from in Buddhism.
we all admit we have been brainwashed into delusion.

This is so important.

Our aversions and attractions are brainwashed into us..
or..... ego!!!!
it's polished like a deadly sword...
and yet as realizers we have to fight against this..

HOW HARD..what terrible agony this really is.

even though, i "GET IT" completely..that isn't enough...
unfortunately we all have to do a bit of WORK..

which i hate..
what advice should I give to young meditators? :


"Realize what you have to WORK ON, and do it.
If you f*** around, before you know it... you will be dying..
and wishing you didn't f*** around..."

_TheFound 2010

Comments

  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran
    edited May 2010
    Muddy water let stand and calm.... it becomes clear water!
  • upekkaupekka Veteran
    edited May 2010
    DO NO THING

    do nothing!!!
  • patbbpatbb Veteran
    edited May 2010
    TheFound wrote: »
    which i hate..
    what advice should I give to young meditators? :
    realize that why you hate it is also a conditionning "brainwashed" into your ego.

    just do nothing indeed, just turn it off for 2 seconds, repeat.
  • jinzangjinzang Veteran
    edited May 2010
    what advice should I give to young meditators?

    Sit down and shut up.
  • aMattaMatt Veteran
    edited May 2010
    jinzang wrote: »
    Sit down and shut up.

    Bwaghahaha... brilliant.
  • thickpaperthickpaper Veteran
    edited May 2010
    Some thoughts:

    There are quite a few schools of Buddhism where meditation isn't required to practice.

    Meditation is a method for Right Concentration, it is not the path itself.

    Meditation is clearly very beneficial to mental and physical well-being, irrespective of if it's done in the Buddhist context or not.

    namaste
  • patbbpatbb Veteran
    edited May 2010
    thickpaper wrote: »
    There are quite a few schools of Buddhism where meditation isn't required to practice.

    Meditation is a method for Right Concentration, it is not the path itself.
    where did you get this idea?

    Mindfulness in every day life is meditation.

    Perhaps you meant to say "formal sitting meditation is not necessary"?
  • thickpaperthickpaper Veteran
    edited May 2010
    patbb wrote: »
    where did you get this idea?

    Shinyoen and SGI and I think other schools/variants don't rely on meditation in the sense I assumed that the poster meant:)

    namaste
  • GlowGlow Veteran
    edited May 2010
    I was watching an interview with Jack Kornfield in which the interviewer asked if meditation was like self-hypnosis. Kornfield thought for a moment and said: "It's de-hypnosis." I think that's a very good description.
  • RichardHRichardH Veteran
    edited May 2010
    TheFound wrote: »
    even though, i "GET IT" completely..that isn't enough...
    unfortunately we all have to do a bit of WORK..

    Don't "GET IT". I got it and lost it so many times it's tedious. How about becoming gradually less "Enlightened" a more (relatively) sane. That is how it goes when you practice in Sangha.
    TheFound wrote: »
    What advice should I give to young meditators? :
    Are they coming to you? Are you presenting yourself a someone who "GET(S) IT"?

    TheFound wrote: »
    "Realize what you have to WORK ON, and do it.
    If you f*** around, before you know it... you will be dying..
    and wishing you didn't f*** around..."
    Know the feeling, most folks do at some point.
  • ValtielValtiel Veteran
    edited May 2010
    Hmm... so will you be bothering to come back to read the responses people took the time to write and partaking in the discussion you started, or has this been another enlightening fuck-and-run courtesy of TheFound? awesomeg.gif
  • aMattaMatt Veteran
    edited May 2010
    Valtiel wrote: »
    Hmm... so will you be bothering to come back to read the responses people took the time to write and partaking in the discussion you started, or has this been another enlightening fuck-and-run courtesy of TheFound?

    Bitter fruits clear our pallet for the sweet ones. :)
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