Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1.chuqui 4/7/84; site nsc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!nsc!chuqui From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Open Letter to Jeff Message-ID: <1266@nsc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 2-Aug-84 14:33:20 EDT Article-I.D.: nsc.1266 Posted: Thu Aug 2 14:33:20 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 4-Aug-84 00:09:29 EDT References: <38@tekfdi.UUCP> <903@pucc-h> Organization: Byrn Myrrdin Lines: 24 [It's showtime, folks!] >> What I gained from the meditation was the simple skill of doing one thing >> at a time; when I walk, I walk. When I drive, I drive. And so on. I still >> let my mind drift off and do several things at once, but now I'm more aware >> of it, and can get back to what I'm doing a lot faster. >Ever thought of combining this meditation with your walking, driving (if the >traffic isn't too demanding), etc.? I often commute to work on foot (3 miles >one way) and I'd be bored stiff if I didn't do something to occupy my mind; >continued "ultimate psychotherapy" is one of the best things to do. Watch your definitions. What you call meditation a lot of people (myself included) would not. It is much more a form of reflexsive thought. Serious meditation is practiced to the exclusion of external influences. It is a process of internalizing your thought processes to the point where the outside stops existing. I would find it extremely difficult (actually, impossible) to do anything while meditating because I don't have any reference to outside influences. If I could walk at that point, I'd probably walk into a wall or something... -- From the depths of the Crystal Cavern: Chuq Von Rospach {amd,fortune,hplabs,ihnp4}!nsc!chuqui (408) 733-2600 x242 One more time from the top. Six beats, alright? One, two, three..