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Zen Buddhism
July 5, 2016 at 6:20 pm
Anyone out there subscribe to a secular form of meditating? Particularly zen or mindfulness?
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RE: Zen Buddhism
July 5, 2016 at 6:21 pm
I like to watch boats at night, not sure if that qualifies as meditation.

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RE: Zen Buddhism
July 5, 2016 at 6:30 pm
(July 5, 2016 at 6:21 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I like to watch boats at night, not sure if that qualifies as meditation.

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Well I guess if you're being mindful about it...like relieving stress...that would be mindfulness.  Big Grin
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RE: Zen Buddhism
July 5, 2016 at 6:32 pm
Please don't try to shoehorn my simple pleasure into your Buddhist rubbish.

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RE: Zen Buddhism
July 5, 2016 at 6:42 pm
Yep. Not religiously... pardon the pun... but sometimes.
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RE: Zen Buddhism
July 5, 2016 at 6:44 pm
(July 5, 2016 at 6:32 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Please don't try to shoehorn my simple pleasure into your Buddhist rubbish.

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You suggested it.  Though we are using the word "buddhist" doesn't mean that the act of deep breathing is rubbish. I'm not even buddhist. I was just wondering if anyone meditates for stress or practices mindfulness.  Facepalm
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RE: Zen Buddhism
July 5, 2016 at 6:45 pm
The closest I get to meditation is sleep.

Unless yoga counts.
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RE: Zen Buddhism
July 5, 2016 at 6:46 pm
(July 5, 2016 at 6:45 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: The closest I get to meditation is sleep.

Unless yoga counts.

Yoga helps a lot. I especially like the kind with fruit in the bottom of the little cup.

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RE: Zen Buddhism
July 5, 2016 at 6:47 pm
(July 5, 2016 at 6:42 pm)Emjay Wrote: Yep. Not religiously... pardon the pun... but sometimes.

Yeah me neither. I tried to get into a meditation group but it started to become religious and uncomfortable. Phrase like "expanding consciousness," "we are all god and god is us," and then some really like the SRF (Self Realization Fellowship)...and then half of them believed in conspiracies and literal aliens and inter planetary communication. Grrrr. haha. I'm like...anyone here to meditate because you're stressed out or need some quiet time?  FSM Grin
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RE: Zen Buddhism
July 5, 2016 at 6:48 pm (This post was last modified: July 5, 2016 at 7:05 pm by emjay.)
(July 5, 2016 at 6:45 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: The closest I get to meditation is sleep.

Unless yoga counts.

It wasn't really until Little Rik came along that I even realised Yoga was a religion/philosophy rather than just a way to give yourself a blowjob  Big Grin

ETA: To clarify, I've never done yoga... that's just what it looks like it's good for Wink
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