Joan Tollifson on true meditation....

Ajay0 · Jul 24, 2019

Insightful article by Joan Tollifson on true meditation....

First of all, what is meditation? The word is used to refer to many very different things, but in the deepest sense, as I use it, it simply points to being Here-Now, being just this moment, exactly as it is.

For me, meditation simply means being present to what is: just this! In other words, simply being awake to the sounds of traffic, the sensations in the body, the breathing, the visual dance of shapes and colors if the eyes are open, the spaciousness in which everything is arising, the listening stillness, the aliveness and vibrant present-ness of everything.

Meditation also means being aware of the thoughts that pop up and recognizing them as thoughts, without mistaking them for objective and credible reports on reality, and without getting sucked into the content or the storylines they are spinning—and if getting sucked in and hypnotized by thought does happen, as it probably will at times, meditation simply means being aware of that—seeing the allure of thought and how quickly and persuasively it creates an imaginary world that seems believable, and how it creates the apparent “me” at the center of that story. ~ Joan Tollifson
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themnax · Jul 28, 2019

i don't keep up with the names of persons, but i'm pretty sure true meditation is simply to still the internal dialog without falling asleep.
mostly what this accomplishes is to stop whatever someone else has told you, or you tell yourself, from keeping you from seeing, what you're actually looking at.
simple as that may sound, it really is totally profound at the same time. especially for anyone who has never done that before.

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