Does Thinking Stop?

[dragonfire]

Yes, thinking stops, but you have to really practice for long hours, thats why

buddhist practice for hours to calm the mind then the mind finally blanks,

you lose your feeling of physical body, yet are still aware. At this

point, all you have is awareness, but no thoughts.

 

I have only been in deep meditation twice. They usually occur in the morning

after much rest where the body is very relaxed. When I entered into

it, I just slipped into it. Like they say when the mind is empty, you

experience weird things. Well, you slip into a void, an emptiness. Picture

yourself just dropped into outer space, the deep outer space void where

there is no sound, no thoughts, just presence in the darkness.

Thats how I felt. Then weird things appeared and started to happen.

As long as I was just observing and aware of what was happening,

I was ok and still in it, however, the moment I started to think thoughts

like fear and thoughts like "oh my god, what if I get possessed?...blah

blah, the emptiness fades and you get out of your deep meditation.

Once out, I couldn't get back in. It requires your mind to be in complete

silence and your body to be completely relaxed. Its not something I

tried to do, it just happened with the right conditions. It happened

another time also and this time the experience was so awesome

full of wonderful colors, very vibrant images. Again, when you start

to think thoughts, you lose it.

[mantis]

ask a baby what is a thought

 

[dragonfire]

ask a baby what is a thought

 

 

Yes, the true way is to bring you back to when you are a child. If you think

back far enough you will realize there was a point in time when you

did not think, but just observed and aware. You had no identity. You

you pure consciousness. Some people lose it pretty early, but others

maintain it until later years. When I think back, my mind was pure

up until high school. Afterwards, it got worse. I think the constant

studying, reading, and finally working for many years made me

lose it. I'm trying to regain it again. It must be regained. Its the only

true peace.

 

Its funny, when I was in high school, the thoughts were I'm thinking

too slow or basically not thinking enough, wondering why others were

so quick to answer and i was so stupidly slow. Its because my mind

was pure. Now after many years of studying, my mind won't stop

thinking. I want peace of mind now. How ironic?