I have now discovered that meditation is harmful to mental health
I would be interested to hear more about this discovery of yours, I have not seen anything that has proven this.
Shout wrote:I have now discovered that meditation is harmful to mental health.
Shout wrote:The mantra we were given is the name of a mythical Hindu prince.
anti_ses wrote:Well, you've obviously made your decision. Imagine what Einstein and Edison could have done if they had not practised meditation!.
anti_ses wrote:On an unrelated topic, I recently learnt about the presence of the sound "Aum" in a variety of different languages and cultures, e.g. Amen in Christianity, Amin in Islam, and the striking similarities in the ancient symbols representing this sound in different parts of the world. Most alphabets begin with "A," the Greek alphabet ends in "Omega," omnes in Latin means "all," "Aaaah" can easily be seen as a primitive sound, etc. - I am no linguist, but this all suggests to me that it's not a randomly selected sound. Similarly, the mantra given, which does not differ very much from "Aum," can be seen to have similar importance. This is my attempt at providing a logical explanation which may be put forward explaining why this mantra is used.
Tom Grubb wrote:Einstein and Edison did not practise meditation in the sense that Shout and TB are obviously using the word.
This source wrote:"The really valuable thing is intuition," said Einstein. "Through meditation I found answers before I even asked the question." Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart would walk in meditation alone at night, a process that revealed many of his compositions. The poet William Wordsworth spoke of the trance-like states that stimulated his creative thinking. And the physicist Aages Bore dreamed of a planetary system as the model for the atomic structure while he was in a meditative state.
Tom Grubb wrote:'Amen' and 'Amin' do not contain the sound 'Aum'! They contain the sound 'Aah', as in 'arse'.
Tom Grubb wrote:And the SES mantra actually differs quite a lot from the sound 'Aum' in that it contains a different vowel sound and a different consonant sound at the beginning. Like you say, "I am no linguist."
anti_ses wrote:There are many forms of meditation other than TM. It is NOT obvious that the only sense being used by Shout and TB is TM.
This source wrote:"The really valuable thing is intuition," said Einstein. "Through meditation I found answers before I even asked the question."
anti_ses wrote:You miss the point. If you have studied any etymology, you would know that words generally do not stay the same through millenia in different parts of the world.
Tom Grubb wrote:And the SES mantra actually differs quite a lot from the sound 'Aum' in that it contains a different vowel sound and a different consonant sound at the beginning. Like you say, "I am no linguist."
anti_ses wrote:Open your mouth and say the two words. If you don't notice any similarity, please visit an elocutionist. The mouth positions and sound are similar: I never said the same.
anti_ses wrote:Oh, and the mocking remark at the end does nothing to aid your credibility. One thing which will harm any credibility of yours is the lack of consideration you show for those who believe the mantra should be kept secret because of its divine nature. You don't have to agree with this view, but you ought to show some consideration.
The human has basically three brains and three corresponding levels of consciousness. The oldest brain is the hypothalamus, this is almost identical to the brain of a salamander and therefore from hundreds of millions of years back in our evolution. Around this has developed the limbic system, of a later date, and on top of this the cortex.
The hypothalamus deals with visceral functions, the limbic systen with feelings, and the cortex is the thinking part of the brain
think it neccesary to start with some fundamental facts about the human being, in contrast to the fundamental unrealities
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