Lama Tin :kverified: on Nostr: How do you meditate? For many people, meditation involves sitting down, often in some ...
How do you meditate? For many people, meditation involves sitting down, often in some variation of Lotus (or just criss-cross applesauce) posture, closing your eyes, and focusing on breath. Maybe we use a mantra. Maybe we recite a sutra. Maybe there's a physiological component, like kundalini locks. But for most people, meditation involves stopping activities, and sitting in one place. Why is that?
I meditate while driving. I really do. It does not impede my ability to see what's happening and react to it. It may even improve it, I'm not sure. I meditate while grocery shopping. I meditate when I listen to a lecture or when I write. Meditation can be active just as it can be passive.
The goal of meditation is simple: find the quiet place in your mind, and rest there. It does not matter what your body is doing, or even what your mind is doing *outside* that quiet place. Thoughts and ideas could be whizzing by, but as long as you keep your awareness resting in the stillness, they don't matter.
I meditate while driving. I really do. It does not impede my ability to see what's happening and react to it. It may even improve it, I'm not sure. I meditate while grocery shopping. I meditate when I listen to a lecture or when I write. Meditation can be active just as it can be passive.
The goal of meditation is simple: find the quiet place in your mind, and rest there. It does not matter what your body is doing, or even what your mind is doing *outside* that quiet place. Thoughts and ideas could be whizzing by, but as long as you keep your awareness resting in the stillness, they don't matter.