--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <willy...@...> wrote: > > Vaj wrote: > > However Mindfulness Meditation taught through > > Jon Kabat-Zinn (MBSR) has been studied to see > > how many people maintain that practice over > > time, and their results are quite high (over > > 80% retention IIRC)... > > > But, Vaj, you haven't even defined what > 'Mindfullness' is - you haven't even established > that human beings have 'minds', to be full > of, much less what 'meditation' is. You're > using circular logic, by attempting to define > 'meditation' as 'meditation'. > > 'Mindfulness' is just another mental state, that > is characterized by a calm awareness of one's > body functions, feelings, and content of > consciousness. There's nothing 'transcendental' > about it at all! > mindfulness leads to transcendental....
one has to calm the storm before they can give birth "In order to receive the holiness that flows into our world, we must prepare and perfect the body, for the body is the throne for the spiritualÂ…..Like the house, the body must be restored." - Moses Cordovero (Tefilah le-Mosheh)