Comments on: Introduction to Vipassana http://blog.paradigm-sys.com/archives/155 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:15:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rocket http://blog.paradigm-sys.com/archives/155/comment-page-1#comment-17251 Rocket Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:14:53 +0000 http://blog.paradigm-sys.com/?p=155#comment-17251 I was amazed and delighted when I simply silenced the non stop incessant chatter of my mind at what I found in place of all that BS ... A description here (and in the psychedelics discussion too) always brings a bit of a conundrum since a primary characteristic of the experience is what we refer to as "ineffable." Words automatically reduce it. I was amazed and delighted when I simply silenced the non stop incessant chatter of my mind at what I found in place of all that BS … A description here (and in the psychedelics discussion too) always brings a bit of a conundrum since a primary characteristic of the experience is what we refer to as “ineffable.” Words automatically reduce it.

]]> By: Bruce Mulligan http://blog.paradigm-sys.com/archives/155/comment-page-1#comment-17248 Bruce Mulligan Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:03:24 +0000 http://blog.paradigm-sys.com/?p=155#comment-17248 Your reputation as a bad boy is a well deserved badge of honor. Having followed you since I was one of your students in 1969-71 (even remember babysitting your kids), I find it interesting we have ended up in a very similar place though by far different paths. My passion for scientific inquiry and the mind/body connection (to which I give you credit) has not abated despite a reckoning with the reality that we are all spiritual beings temporarily trapped in a physical body. It has been a strange journey, would love to compare notes someday. Your reputation as a bad boy is a well deserved badge of honor. Having followed you since I was one of your students in 1969-71 (even remember babysitting your kids), I find it interesting we have ended up in a very similar place though by far different paths. My passion for scientific inquiry and the mind/body connection (to which I give you credit) has not abated despite a reckoning with the reality that we are all spiritual beings temporarily trapped in a physical body. It has been a strange journey, would love to compare notes someday.

]]> By: Dr. Charles T. Tart http://blog.paradigm-sys.com/archives/155/comment-page-1#comment-17247 Dr. Charles T. Tart Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:31:08 +0000 http://blog.paradigm-sys.com/?p=155#comment-17247 Yes, my wife pointed it out. To the Defenders of the Faith of Materialism, I'm a Bad Boy.... Yes, my wife pointed it out. To the Defenders of the Faith of Materialism, I’m a Bad Boy….

]]> By: MrEvidential http://blog.paradigm-sys.com/archives/155/comment-page-1#comment-17246 MrEvidential Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:08:04 +0000 http://blog.paradigm-sys.com/?p=155#comment-17246 Hi Dr. Tart, Robert Carroll of the Skeptic's Dictionary website posted a lengthy review of your latest book yesterday. It isn't much but I thought I'd let you know just for the hell of it. It's at: http://www.skepdic.com/refuge/tart.html Hi Dr. Tart,

Robert Carroll of the Skeptic’s Dictionary website posted a lengthy review of your latest book yesterday. It isn’t much but I thought I’d let you know just for the hell of it. It’s at:

http://www.skepdic.com/refuge/tart.html

]]> By: Sandy http://blog.paradigm-sys.com/archives/155/comment-page-1#comment-17245 Sandy Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:55:19 +0000 http://blog.paradigm-sys.com/?p=155#comment-17245 I find this particular exercise quite a bit of fun to do. It is much easier than concentrating on different parts of one’s body in a specific order. Maybe because I can just let the sensations be in charge, while I just passively enjoy the show. It seems like less work. Is this something you do to help you be better at the more controlled exercises where you concentrate on specific things in a certain order? Or is it something useful just in and of itself that also happens to be kind of fun to do? I find this particular exercise quite a bit of fun to do. It is much easier than concentrating on different parts of one’s body in a specific order. Maybe because I can just let the sensations be in charge, while I just passively enjoy the show. It seems like less work.

Is this something you do to help you be better at the more controlled exercises where you concentrate on specific things in a certain order? Or is it something useful just in and of itself that also happens to be kind of fun to do?

]]> By: anonymous http://blog.paradigm-sys.com/archives/155/comment-page-1#comment-17244 anonymous Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:57:35 +0000 http://blog.paradigm-sys.com/?p=155#comment-17244 <i>"upright so that you can sit still without having to move much"</i> This also helps by allowing one to breathe naturally. If you have poor posture it can compress the torso or cause tension in the abdominal muscles which may then require an unnatural effort to breathe or result in a feeling of difficulty in breathing. Keeping the spine "straight" (the spine has natural curves in it but you know what I mean), and the abdomen relaxed will allow natural breathing. “upright so that you can sit still without having to move much”

This also helps by allowing one to breathe naturally. If you have poor posture it can compress the torso or cause tension in the abdominal muscles which may then require an unnatural effort to breathe or result in a feeling of difficulty in breathing.

Keeping the spine “straight” (the spine has natural curves in it but you know what I mean), and the abdomen relaxed will allow natural breathing.

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