tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post2715438197848149147..comments2023-08-14T10:23:04.082-04:00Comments on My Green vermont: Meditator WannabeEulalia Benejam Cobbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13247079657985430691noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-69187096908679112812011-02-09T16:25:21.586-05:002011-02-09T16:25:21.586-05:00Thanks! I just realized I didn't have time to...Thanks! I just realized I didn't have time to meditate this morning.Eulalia Benejam Cobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247079657985430691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-77287698933362198182011-02-08T23:58:36.221-05:002011-02-08T23:58:36.221-05:00"...cultures with rigid economic and class st..."...cultures with rigid economic and class structures"? How about prisons? Here's a relevant story on meditation that was on Morning Edition today: <br /><a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/02/08/133505880/at-end-of-the-line-prison-an-unlikely-escape" rel="nofollow">http://www.npr.org/2011/02/08/133505880/at-end-of-the-line-prison-an-unlikely-escape</a>Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-36792356356407911002011-02-08T10:20:22.833-05:002011-02-08T10:20:22.833-05:00Rem accu again! Your theory sounds entirely plaus...Rem accu again! Your theory sounds entirely plausible to me, although resignation can come in handy in our culture too--when the body fails, for instance.<br />About PGW: the minute I responded to your first comment, I thought, "I've GOT to read some Wodehouse today. It will make me feel a lot better!"Eulalia Benejam Cobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247079657985430691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-86792482840962722162011-02-08T10:19:00.947-05:002011-02-08T10:19:00.947-05:00Thanks for the tutorial, very interesting.
ökostr...Thanks for the tutorial, very interesting.<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow">ökostrom</a>ökostromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17700984475151886066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-1964241825846384602011-02-08T09:59:52.256-05:002011-02-08T09:59:52.256-05:00I like to think that those who stick with meditati...I like to think that those who stick with meditation arrive at a state of calm alertness - the best of both worlds. It would be interesting to have a conversation some day about the cultural context of meditation and indeed all contemplative religious practices. I have a theory that they arise from cultures where the quality of resignation has a high survival value, i.e., cultures with rigid economic and class structures. In our society alertness has a much higher survival value so I think we struggle to find a place for the contemplative mind.<br /><br />But the real question is - why has no one done a study of the effect on the brain of reading P.G.Wodehouse 30 minutes a day? The results would be spectacular.Elizabethhttp://www.elizabethtorak.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-35476793285404321372011-02-07T20:35:00.252-05:002011-02-07T20:35:00.252-05:00Elizabeth, rem accu tetigisti, as Jeeves would say...Elizabeth, rem accu tetigisti, as Jeeves would say (for non-Wodehouse addicts: "you have touched the thing with a needle"). I HAVE to make an act of faith that the meditation helped you not only to survive, but to grow through the stressful time. But it is a distressful question, and gets right to the core of the Western suspicion of buddhism.<br />Thanks for the green tea hint--I don't use boiling water, but maybe I should try adding honey.Eulalia Benejam Cobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247079657985430691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-62891553618189047252011-02-07T20:26:25.503-05:002011-02-07T20:26:25.503-05:00I DID see that article, and it spurred me on. I a...I DID see that article, and it spurred me on. I attended group meditations briefly in Annapolis, and they are a horse of a completely different color from the individual kind. I think they can be quite powerful, and have been wishing I could find such a group around here.Eulalia Benejam Cobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247079657985430691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-61180185328491458852011-02-07T18:32:43.882-05:002011-02-07T18:32:43.882-05:00I find this encouraging since I too am a serial be...I find this encouraging since I too am a serial beginning meditator. My problem though is that I get so relaxed that it is hard to get my day going afterwards. A few years ago just as the current recesssion was starting to hit artists (everyone else would feel it a year later) I had my most successful period of meditation. I meditated for a minimum of 45 minutes every morning for three months. This put me into a state of serenity so profound that I barely registered that art sales were in free fall. Eventually I came to, realized the universe was not magically righting itself, and started scrambling hard for income. Since then I have pondered whether so much meditation was a mistake since it muffled the anxiety that would have spurred a more timely response to economic threat - or whether the deep rest and calm that I achieved (however briefly) had a benefit in helping me cope with the subsequent stress. <br /><br />N.B. Green tea should be slightly sweet, not bitter. Are you using boiling water? The water needs to be cooler than boiling - 180 degrees or so.Elizabethhttp://www.elizabethtorak.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-20243864341589999522011-02-07T16:46:50.049-05:002011-02-07T16:46:50.049-05:00No doubt you saw this:
http://well.blogs.nytimes....No doubt you saw this:<br /><br />http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/how-meditation-may-change-the-brain/?src=me&ref=general<br /><br />I meditated with a group for awhile, which was really helpful in getting through a depression. But frankly, when I was better, I stopped. I have never seriously been disciplined enough to meditate on my own. I keep hoping occasional yoga and meditations within is close enough... (says the woman thinks she's skipping yoga class today...)Indigo Buntinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11387698096732697805noreply@blogger.com