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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:28 AM Original message |
Mindfulness meditation: Lotus therapy |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. More from the article |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. It's not really all that new. |
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Bob Dobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
3. Also, Buddhism is NOT A RELIGION, so even Christians can meditate |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. You are correct |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Any links? |
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Bob Dobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Observing a sub atomic particle changes its position. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I did a little reading on that site |
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Bob Dobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Whatever. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Oooo, such arrogance from one so superstitious! |
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Bob Dobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. If you look for something to disbelieve you will find it. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. "quantum teleportation" is not reality. |
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Bob Dobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. My original point was about the physical effects of mindfulness. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I went to the site to find the evidence to resolve the concern |
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Bob Dobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. OK. As you can see, your understanding of quantum science is quite limited. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Well, it seems that I was wrong. |
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Bob Dobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. No problem, quantum physics challenges our concept of reality, |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #15 |
34. Actually, "quantum teleportation" is a real phenomenon. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Thank you. At its heart, it's a philosophy and a psychology. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. According to the English language, Buddhism is a religion. |
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Bob Dobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Insomuch as one can practice Buddhism and Christianity concurrently |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. "unlike all other "religions" " |
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Bob Dobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. The Bible contradicts itself. Christians disagree with each other. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Christians and Buddhists disagree with each other. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
38. It's like dual citizenship |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 08:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Stop quoting dictionaries |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. It seems like you believe that Tibetan Buddhism is a religion. |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 12:10 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. It seems you are along the No True Buddha path to Emancipation. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #32 |
51. I don't think that he can answer direct questions. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. It would seem to me that... |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. No, like a cheeseburger is food, Buddhism is a religion. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I respectfully disagree. |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. You use "stance", I used "relationship". I'm not sure we disagree. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. I see your point, and you are correct. |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 12:28 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Thanks. I did use "No True Buddha" in that other post knowingly. ;) |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. All of Buddha's teaching focused on the doctrine of rebirth |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. A great number of his teachings do not focus on rebirth |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 04:13 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Irrelevant. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. But there is no doctrinal requirement in buddhism that one... |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 05:01 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Some Christians I've known have told me |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. I would say that they are not actually Christians if they do not believe in God. eom |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Would it upset you if you found out the quantum bit of that was complete bunkum? |
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Bob Dobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Look here. |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 07:17 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. I'd already looked around there. |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 12:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
31. It sure is a religion. Most of the people who don't believe so practice it as a hobby. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. The doctrine of rebirth is unarguably religious |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 05:11 AM Response to Reply #36 |
50. I've read modern Buddhist interpretations of rebirth as an allegory for the succession |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
4. Om mane padme hung |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. Meditation really is great. I bet some people would be suprised to hear a skeptic like me say that. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. It is great.... |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
43. That's backwards |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. Does it matter? |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
14. Meditation cured my depression. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
22. I can attest to this |
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