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Chanting (a form of meditation) has helped me a great deal. I have people tell me that I'm an easy going person now, but before you would have found me high strung.
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One should also keep in mind that the point of meditation is not to get better at meditating, but to get better at living. And to a large extent, that means Not adopting a materialistic, narcissistic, hypercompetitive, badass-is-cool, violence-is-the-answer lifestyle.
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Last edited by Mindship on Dec 5th, 2006 at 07:08 PM
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Re: Re: Buddhist Monks and Neurtheology
However, the idea of meditation has been demonized and misunderstood by the west for so long, that I am not suppressed that some people are just now beginning to discover meditation. Also, you don’t have to be a Buddhist to meditate or even chant.
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I always thought it was really well recieved in the west...for some reason.
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In some circles it is well received. I was speaking generally of the religious community (I know, maybe I should have said that). I know people who if you mention meditation or anything to do with eastern (with the exception of food) they will assume you are talking about something evil.
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Dec 3rd, 2006 10:58 PM
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