The utter simplicity of the present moment
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Neither rejecting or pursuing the momentum, there is just a mere awareness of the momentum and yet you are not affected by it. This is mindfulness. Actually mindfulness can become a habit and this is important. If you have the habit of mindfulness, you will automatically not dwell too deeply into the content of your thoughts, you will be able to let go as it arises. You will not take your 'stories' too seriously, and just watch them as they arise and liberates by themselves. Letting go of content is important for developing calmness as well.Originally posted by Eric Cartman:Just plain ignoring doesn't help. We still need to meditate don't we.
About this habit of Mindfulness, the Mindfulness chapter says:
Repeated practice in meditation establishes this function as a mental habit which then carries over into the rest of your life. A serious meditator pays bare attention to occurrences all the time, day in, day out, whether formally sitting in meditation or not. This is a very lofty ideal towards which those who meditate may be working for a period of years or even decades. Our habit of getting stuck in thought is years old, and that habit will hang on in the most tenacious manner. The only way out is to be equally persistent in the cultivation of constant Mindfulness. When Mindfulness is present, you will notice when you become stuck in your thought patterns. It is that very noticing which allows you to back out of the thought process and free yourself from it. Mindfulness then returns your attention to its proper focus. If you are meditating at that moment, then your focus will be the formal object of meditation. If your are not in formal meditation, it will be just a pure application of bare attention itself, just a pure noticing of whatever comes up without getting involved--"Ah, this comes up...and now this, and now this... and now this".
So I didn't say we do not need to meditate. Meditation helps in gaining tranquil calmness and insights. (Although you can be mindful even when typing here on sgForums as well. The keyboard sounds
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You know how to say only. Why were you embarrassed just now?Originally posted by An Eternal Now:Neither rejecting or pursuing the momentum, there is just a mere awareness of the momentum and yet you are not affected by it. This is mindfulness. Actually mindfulness can become a habit and this is important. If you have the habit of mindfulness, you will automatically not dwell too deeply into the content of your thoughts, you will be able to let go as it arises. You will not take your 'stories' too seriously, and just watch them as they arise and liberates by themselves. Letting go of content is important for developing calmness as well.
About this habit of Mindfulness, the Mindfulness chapter says:
Repeated practice in meditation establishes this function as a mental habit which then carries over into the rest of your life. A serious meditator pays bare attention to occurrences all the time, day in, day out, whether formally sitting in meditation or not. This is a very lofty ideal towards which those who meditate may be working for a period of years or even decades. Our habit of getting stuck in thought is years old, and that habit will hang on in the most tenacious manner. The only way out is to be equally persistent in the cultivation of constant Mindfulness. When Mindfulness is present, you will notice when you become stuck in your thought patterns. It is that very noticing which allows you to back out of the thought process and free yourself from it. Mindfulness then returns your attention to its proper focus. If you are meditating at that moment, then your focus will be the formal object of meditation. If your are not in formal meditation, it will be just a pure application of bare attention itself, just a pure noticing of whatever comes up without getting involved--"Ah, this comes up...and now this, and now this... and now this".
So I didn't say we do not need to meditate. Meditation helps in gaining tranquil calmness and insights. (Although you can be mindful even when typing here on sgForums as well. The keyboard sounds) -
Because you ask John about all those psychic things.Originally posted by Eric Cartman:You know how to say only. Why were you embarrassed just now? -
AEN: Off topic discussions should not be posted here!
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Wooo
I haven't meditate until so chim yet. Hehehe 
Me still at the level of watching my breath (in out 1, in out 2...), plus abit of visualization meditation and meditation on subjects such as impermanence, loving kindness and hatred.
Yes, any feelings or sensations during meditations would be best to consult with a qualified teacher... just in case its one of those 50 skandha demons.
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I believe you followed the instructions of your guru? I think that's enoughOriginally posted by oldkid:Wooo I haven't meditate until so chim yet. Hehehe Me still at the level of watching my breath (in out 1, in out 2...), plus abit of visualization meditation and meditation on subjects such as impermanence, loving kindness and hatred.
Yes, any feelings or sensations during meditations would be best to consult with a qualified teacher... just in case its one of those 50 skandha demons.
Cherrio
No need to be confused by me 
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No problem AEN, I will contemplate over what you had post. Hehe, it can be part of my analytical meditation.
Cherrio