tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4711916520510176931.post4473964332582510483..comments2024-03-20T03:43:01.191-04:00Comments on REFLECTIONS: Meditation Doesn't Work for EveryoneJohn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18185765129472832100noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4711916520510176931.post-32826884234791292942016-03-13T16:12:28.012-04:002016-03-13T16:12:28.012-04:00I don't actually do meditation, John, but I ag...I don't actually do meditation, John, but I agree that doing things you enjoy takes you to a place where you are basically present in the moment doing something you love. With me it can be reading, sculpting, or writing a story. I'm not sure it's the same thing as meditation, but it's definitely worth it's salt. We do a form of yoga meditation at the end of our exercise class... where we lie on our backs and relax paying attention to our breathing. It's fine, enjoyable... I think meditation is *supposed* to bring you into a state of complete awareness (like magic moments/oneness with the universe:example being: the feeling you got the first time you saw your baby smile).Rianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472421271620543536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4711916520510176931.post-3693893101261248042016-03-13T03:04:56.800-04:002016-03-13T03:04:56.800-04:00Ha! That dog, it's just priceless.Ha! That dog, it's just priceless.<br />Margaret Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14074619859060647600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4711916520510176931.post-39102772258667107532016-03-12T21:07:03.734-05:002016-03-12T21:07:03.734-05:00I am a daydreamer. I watch the things around me as...I am a daydreamer. I watch the things around me as I daydream. I am not looking to the future or reminiscing about the past. I am fully in the moment. I shut out everything that interrupts my observations. I suppose it is a sort of meditation.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4711916520510176931.post-33382273462171775272016-03-12T20:16:35.021-05:002016-03-12T20:16:35.021-05:00Meditation is great for some. I haven't really...Meditation is great for some. I haven't really tried it, so I can't say if it would work for me or not. But I do feel like I'm meditating when I'm doing photography. I become very focused and everything else just seems to fade away. I feel the same way when I'm gardening, reading a book or listening to the sounds of the outdoors.Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09262406079948479112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4711916520510176931.post-8593069125181990552016-03-12T19:39:05.981-05:002016-03-12T19:39:05.981-05:00__Plainly then, we clutch and thrust our own hamme...__Plainly then, we clutch and thrust our own hammer, as precisely as we can; each day, another hammer. <br /><br />yesterday<br />can sharpen tomorrow's nails<br />this hammer <br /><br />_mMagyarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834296565844877410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4711916520510176931.post-55648247574320026122016-03-12T18:53:20.526-05:002016-03-12T18:53:20.526-05:00Sitting quietly hoping the mental floodgates withs...Sitting quietly hoping the mental floodgates withstand the tide of bad memories or the waves of apprehension over the future is my definition of meditation. Yes, projects and activities help, my bird feeders help, listening to music helps. What ever works for you, I wish you peace....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com