Apech Posted Saturday at 07:43 PM In order to perfect your meditation it is very important to not stop thinking. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cobie Posted Saturday at 09:00 PM (edited) Â 1 hour ago, Apech said: In order to perfect your meditation it is very important to not stop thinking. True, as the goal of meditation is to learn thoughts are not real. Â Â Edited Saturday at 09:14 PM by Cobie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cobie Posted Saturday at 09:02 PM The goal of guided meditations is to get you to think, ‘who the f*ck are you to tell me what to do.’.   1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
liminal_luke Posted Saturday at 09:23 PM Stock market contrarians will tell you that by the time ordinary people on the street are saying to invest in X, it´s time to get out. Opinions are like that too: if everybody believes it, it´s probably no longer true. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted Saturday at 10:13 PM 1 hour ago, Cobie said: The goal of guided meditations is to get you to think, ‘who the f*ck are you to tell me what to do.’.    Love it !    Cosmic massage hippy at markets ; ''Would you like a chakra balance ?''  Me; '' No thank you .''  '' Why not ? ''  '' Because I have spent several decades in yogic and magical meditation, practice adjustment and fine tuning of them .. I would not want any random person  'balancing' them for me , even if they could ..... thank you ... have a nice day .'' 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted Saturday at 10:15 PM 51 minutes ago, liminal_luke said: Stock market contrarians will tell you that by the time ordinary people on the street are saying to invest in X, it´s time to get out. Opinions are like that too: if everybody believes it, it´s probably no longer true.  I believed that ... until you said it 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cobie Posted Saturday at 10:18 PM (edited) . Edited Saturday at 10:59 PM by Cobie 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted Sunday at 08:55 PM What did she say Apech   ( come on ... you can tell us    )  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted Sunday at 09:30 PM 34 minutes ago, Nungali said: What did she say Apech   ( come on ... you can tell us    )    She said "." 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
old3bob Posted 7 hours ago  she said female cats are normally closer to Tao than often warring tom cats. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted 7 hours ago On 18/10/2025 at 8:43 PM, Apech said: In order to perfect your meditation it is very important to not stop thinking. I was serious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted 3 hours ago That depends on if it is an 'active' or a 'passive' meditation . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
old3bob Posted 2 hours ago 5 hours ago, Apech said: I was serious. Â when thinking stops spirit takes over 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jenn Posted 2 hours ago 15 minutes ago, old3bob said:  when thinking stops spirit takes over  Just make sure it is the right kind of spirit  1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cobie Posted 2 hours ago (edited)  1 hour ago, old3bob said: when thinking stops spirit takes over Yes.  See the case of the man living a normal life with 90% of his brain missing. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-thursday-edition-1.3679117/scientists-research-man-missing-90-of-his-brain-who-leads-a-normal-life-1.3679125   I read about this man in a Dutch book, alas not available in English. The title says “My brain does not think. I am the one that is thinking.   The picture reminds me of The Chariot, Tarot card, which probably was based on the chariot allegory by Socrates. But in the tarot card there’s no control yet, there are no reigns.   Edited 1 hour ago by Cobie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cobie Posted 2 hours ago (edited) @Apech I did take you serious and my response was serious. There are various stages in meditation. Just follow your nose (it knows the way, pun intended ) in what to do next; if that’s thinking, then thinking it is.   Edited 2 hours ago by Cobie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted 46 minutes ago 39 minutes ago, Cobie said: @Apech I did take you serious and my response was serious. There are various stages in meditation. Just follow your nose (it knows the way, pun intended ) in what to do next; if that’s thinking, then thinking it is.   ‘to not stop thinking’  ( if you get my drift) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted 45 minutes ago As a Buddhist I am working to eliminate my ego. Â Â Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
liminal_luke Posted 35 minutes ago (edited) ... Edited 31 minutes ago by liminal_luke Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cobie Posted 24 minutes ago (edited) unpopular opinion  person     Edited 22 minutes ago by Cobie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cobie Posted 15 minutes ago  27 minutes ago, Apech said: ‘to not stop thinking’ ok  27 minutes ago, Apech said: As a Buddhist I am working to eliminate my ego.   knock yourself out   Share this post Link to post Share on other sites