tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post908328377005960539..comments2023-10-30T00:51:36.361-11:00Comments on Diary of a Desperate Exmoor Woman: ‘oooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMmmmmm…’Exmoorjanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09230395732150659356noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-79338776549481809302011-11-24T13:33:56.092-11:002011-11-24T13:33:56.092-11:00I feel I've benefited so much from meditation....I feel I've benefited so much from meditation. But it's hard to sit down to it, I don't know why. Maybe you won't feel it like last time. So this concept of attaining that state when the atmosphere is right - right on!Katherine L. Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13149740043743870827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-5793509090890614562011-11-24T12:21:47.710-11:002011-11-24T12:21:47.710-11:00Hello Jane, and Happy Thanksgiving from the States...Hello Jane, and Happy Thanksgiving from the States.<br /><br />Like many westeners of my generation, I first heard of meditation when the Beattles met up with TM and the Maharishi. I remember going to a TM introductory session and getting the feeling that I needed to give them some money in order to get their secret key to meditation. That did not seem quite right to me.<br /><br />Around about that same time, I signed up for some evening's yoga classes held in a school's basement cafeteria. The teacher was a lovely person who really provided our class with good guidance. Some in the class had practiced yoga for years; others, like me, were absolute beginners.<br /><br />She also taught us about meditation.<br /><br />Well. That was back in the mid-1970's. I never took another yoga class (maybe, later.) However, I still remember all the meditation techniques she taught us and have practiced them fairly regularly ever since.<br /><br />I am sure that there are many ways for a person to meditate, but I am very thankful to have been given a key that continues to help my own meditation many years after those yoga classes.<br /><br />xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-69425803148106962302011-11-24T10:04:35.606-11:002011-11-24T10:04:35.606-11:00So glad you like it.:-)So glad you like it.:-)susie @newdaynewlessonhttp://www.newdaynewlesson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-81968387154090336302011-11-24T09:51:22.611-11:002011-11-24T09:51:22.611-11:00Aha! I haz access to the comments box!!!!
Medita...Aha! I haz access to the comments box!!!!<br /><br />Meditation made a big difference to my life. I learned the mindfulness of breathing technique and the metta bhavana (loving kindness) method on a 10 week course.<br /><br />My parents noticed a big difference in me - and so did my work colleagues at the time. And I thought that THEY had changed lol!<br /><br />I truly believe that learning how to meditate - looking at candle flames, watching a rain drop run down your window, whatever it is that you choose to focus upon - can be absolutely life-changing.<br /><br />I say 'can be' cos you've actually got to Do It!<br /><br />Ali xAlison Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565962059926865121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-77578325972340537752011-11-24T09:49:57.945-11:002011-11-24T09:49:57.945-11:00I'd have commented earlier, but I was meditati...I'd have commented earlier, but I was meditating watching the washer swish the clothes around while I was waiting to swap loads. <br /><br />Actually, I don't know if it was meditating. I was just staring at it and enjoying it and not thinking about anything. Which is a lot like meditation, except it's really hard not to think about things when you're trying really hard not to think about them.<br /><br />I'm getting better at it though. I have a book that says you should look for the spaces between thoughts. That helped.Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02011180576782676523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-34907234510882245342011-11-24T09:48:20.222-11:002011-11-24T09:48:20.222-11:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02011180576782676523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-2052276024736038212011-11-24T09:05:21.728-11:002011-11-24T09:05:21.728-11:00@Zoe - I have a PhD in daydreaming! :) And I think...@Zoe - I have a PhD in daydreaming! :) And I think singing is wonderful...I'm gonna post up something about another thing I do which you might find interesting. David Bowie? Yeah? I'll have to listen again holding that thought. :)<br /><br />@Sessh - Most people think woo-woo or, as you say, associate it with religion. SO much research (really good stuff too) on how AMAZINGLY good it is for our health (quite apart from any other benefits) and SO simple. Yet...*sigh*... Nah, it's not Thanksgiving... relatively few non-US views also. :(<br /><br />@Tattie - you might like the thing I'm gonna suggest to Zoe too... <br />xxxxExmoorjanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230395732150659356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-15258488180492413872011-11-24T08:59:33.865-11:002011-11-24T08:59:33.865-11:00I think I think too much to meditate and I'd f...I think I think too much to meditate and I'd feel too guilty to take time out to do it. Havingg said that I love the sound of the serenity esp. when my brain overloads...Tattieweaslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723634612274763884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-80153410457447920482011-11-24T08:50:07.851-11:002011-11-24T08:50:07.851-11:00You're right, Jane, it IS sad :( I'd like ...You're right, Jane, it IS sad :( I'd like to think that, perhaps, many people are busy with American Thanksgiving celebrations . . . but I'd be deluding myself. It's amazing how many people have a totally incorrect preconception of what meditation is. Even more amazing is how many of them believe it is, somehow, foreign, pagan and more than a little sacreligious. I don't understand people very well, I fear!Sessha Battohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15569927397738788073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-33008105099031466802011-11-24T05:56:57.554-11:002011-11-24T05:56:57.554-11:00I meditate a lot - Kevin calls it day dreaming - I...I meditate a lot - Kevin calls it day dreaming - I am always doing it - disappearing off on another plane and loosing the world around me for what my mind projects.<br /><br />Have to say the singer sounds and awful lot like David Bowie, same phrasing. <br /><br />I don't chant, but I often sing - that makes me feel good. Maybe I should give chanting a goZoëhttp://zoelynch.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-5022315525258648292011-11-24T05:15:38.070-11:002011-11-24T05:15:38.070-11:00Ah Sessh...I know you do; I know you get this. But...Ah Sessh...I know you do; I know you get this. But how telling is it that yours is the only comment? Kinda sad, huh? Cos it's so simple. And so beautiful. xxxExmoorjanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230395732150659356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677133322409652783.post-89757788642181564162011-11-24T02:06:29.924-11:002011-11-24T02:06:29.924-11:00I meditate while making my tea, I meditate while d...I meditate while making my tea, I meditate while doing my sword kata, I meditate while I write ;) Being in the now is, indeed, what it's all about! Another excellent post, my dear. I haven't chanted in ages . . . guess what I'm off to do?!Sessha Battohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15569927397738788073noreply@blogger.com