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Originally posted by Teal
Oh, and Rach - surely meditation is not letting the mind go completely blank, it is ordering and controlling one's thoughts? Otherwise there wouldn't be much point to doing it...
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From what I'm aware of Buddhism, meditation is shedding the mind of any thoughts and being able to focus. So I guess it
is both about controlling one's mind
and making the mind blank. I always had the impression that meditation is about clarity.
I've tried it, but tend to find the whole lotus-position and new-age stigma around it to be rather hokey. The equivalent are those times when your gaze becomes fixed on something and you're overcome with a sense of relaxation. The key to meditation is freeing yourself from desire, whether it be the desire to successfully meditate or the whole Buddhist philosophy that detatches itself from the material world. Do it on the train.