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meditation:start [2023-08-28 00:31] awfkimeditation:start [2023-10-26 23:47] (current) – [Meditation and Buddhism] awfki
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     * ...which might be never cause I've got a bit of an organizational issue.     * ...which might be never cause I've got a bit of an organizational issue.
  
 +===== Meditation and Buddhism =====
 +A note about "meditation": When I discuss meditation I'm including a bunch of, mostly, Buddhist philosophy because for me they're inseparable. I'm also specifically speaking about "mindfulness" related meditation.
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 +You don't have to believe in reincarnation or karma to recognize that 2500+ years ago a guy in India saw some basic realities of the human condition and came up with a set of teachings that has put countless others on the path to something better.
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 +Many others have recognized those same basic truths about human nature but AFAIK no one else left us instructions for getting out of the ruts that our animal brains dig for us.
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