Jehu, people meditate, many, many of them, and I don't see them getting very enlightened. Doesn't seem very dangerous to me.
Do not be fooled by appearances, for there is much more to mediation than merely sitting still on a cushion.
Well now this I can accept and is in line with what I suspect, although the above is almost a contradictory statement. The relative being and the whole of Being are really one in the same.
Yes, it can seem contradictory, but we cannot rightfully say that a relative entity has a self, for to have is to be possessed of, and the relative entity possesses no characteristics of its own (i.e., properties) – and especially not cognizant awareness.
Did you not anticipate this?
Yes, of course, for I have followed this line of reasoning before; nevertheless, there were points raised in the enquiry which enriched my own understanding of the doctrine.
Christian? For real? Taoist might be nice. Never heard of a Taoist meditation center.
Meditation was an integral part for the Christen religion throughout the first millennia, especially among the monastic communities; and its neglect – in favour of prayer, may account for why so few modern Christens have been able to achieve enlightenment. Anyway, you will find that there has been a resurgence in the practice, and mediation centres have been springing up all over. Further, you will find that meditation has always been and still remains a mainstay within the esoteric core of all the great religions of the world.
What about books. Any you recommend?
I highly recommend the book, “Turning The Mind into an Ally” by Sakyong Mipham, the spiritual head of the Shambhala Tradition, a branch of Tibetan Buddhism.
