Meditation is a thing that you do with your attention. When you pay attention or concentrate or get distracted, that’s you doing a thing with your attention. And that’s obviously important stuff in your life and the world. Meditation takes it further.
We basically have 2 kinds of meditation.
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Concentration meditation, which is plain ol concentration taken to a higher level.
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Zen meditation (aka shikantaza), which is another thing to do with your attention, kindof a left turn from concentration and is a bit esoteric.
So there you go.
Have you ever done group/collective transcendental meditation? From my limited lack of knowledge, I understand it is used to push positive social waves into the surrounding community. Big David Lynch fan.
Also, have you seen that collection of David Lynch’s short works? It’s got its moments. Featuring Harry Dean Stanton being musically deep. I have only seen it on torrent.
https://thepiratebay.zone/search/david lynch/1/99/0
Yes! My current favourite is a clip of him making quinoa. Opens the tap…“Now add some fresh, fresh water”.
I am also a big David Lynch fan :)
I have not done TM in any serious way. I basically fumbled around and experimented until it made sense to me. Forging my own path and such.
I did go to a TM thing once a long time ago. They were nice people.
As for pushing positive social waves into the surrounding community, yes, I have some small experience with that. It’s a thing I study and experiment with some.
Thanks, all the best to you.