All posts tagged “religion”
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Question for July 7, 2013: Religion
Medivate — 13 years ago — in Question of the Week
Medivate — 13 years ago — in Question of the Week
Is there a religious component to your meditation practice? If so, how do the two intersect?
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Shakuhachi — 13 years ago — permalinkMeditation helps to get me beyond my routine consciousness. In the silence I sometimes touch "something else" where words have no place. Sacred ground.
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Question for August 24, 2014: Religious Component
Medivate — 12 years ago — in Question of the Week
Medivate — 12 years ago — in Question of the Week
For you, does meditation practice have a religious component? Why? How?
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widjajanti — 12 years ago — permalinkI don't know. I just feel "I want to do it", not "I must do it".▲
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Formlessness — 12 years ago — permalink"Religious" is a difficult word. I would say that meditation has given me insight into the nature of reality, because it has given me insight into the mind which I use to experience and live in reality. All our experiences are interpreted by our mind conceptually. We make connections and distinctions using conceptual structures, which are conditioned by language, behaviour patterns, brain wiring etc. So we see a car, rather than a collection of shapes and colours. Even shapes and colours are concepts; we never see "red" but shades which more or less approximate red. With different conceptual structures, we would experience the world differently. With no conceptual structures, we would experience nothing at all. Through meditation, you can change or even shut off your conceptual mind temporarily. Without a conceptual grounding, reality is "empty", which doesn't mean that reality doesn't exist. It means that no conceptual interpretation is what reality is, though some interpretations are more useful than others.
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Question for February 14, 2016: Religion
Medivate — 11 years ago — in Question of the Week
Medivate — 11 years ago — in Question of the Week
Is there a religious component to your meditation practice? If so, how do the two intersect?
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tusculum — 11 years ago — permalinkWhat I take "religion" to mean is "believing what an authority tells you on faith, without requiring evidence or asking uncomfortable questions." I see meditation as a project of exploring one's conscious experience and NOT taking anything on faith but questioning every aspect in order to see clearly what's really going on. Thus, to me meditation seems the exact opposite of religion.
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Question for August 7, 2016: Religious Component
Medivate — 10 years ago — in Question of the Week
Medivate — 10 years ago — in Question of the Week
For you, does meditation practice have a religious component? Why? How?
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Question for December 24, 2017: Religion
Medivate — 9 years ago — in Question of the Week
Medivate — 9 years ago — in Question of the Week
Is there a religious component to your meditation practice? If so, how do the two intersect?
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Question for June 17, 2018: Religious Component
Medivate — 8 years ago — in Question of the Week
Medivate — 8 years ago — in Question of the Week
For you, does meditation practice have a religious component? Why? How?
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Question for November 10, 2019: Religion
Medivate — 7 years ago — in Question of the Week
Medivate — 7 years ago — in Question of the Week
Is there a religious component to your meditation practice? If so, how do the two intersect?
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Question for May 3, 2020: Religious Component
Medivate — 6 years ago — in Question of the Week
Medivate — 6 years ago — in Question of the Week
For you, does meditation practice have a religious component? Why? How?
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NEBULABUFF — 6 years ago — permalinkIt can, particularly when I use Silent Prayer (Contemplative or Centering Prayer: see books by Thomas Keating) in my practice.