--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" <emptybill@> wrote: > > > > How about some Truth in Definition: > > > > How do you "divide the mind"? > > Another word for it is "multitasking." Humans > aren't always good at it, depending on the tasks. > Some tasks require full attention to be > accomplished properly. You don't want to drive in > traffic while talking on a cell phone, for instance.
Talking to a cell phone or to another passenger is not really the problem, but handling a phone, effectively looking away from the traffic. There is nothing wrong in talking, singing, while driving, as well as listening to radio, CD's, MP3's, audiobooks etc. In fact most audiobooks are heard while driving.There is in fact no problem in mixing different auditory signals, with visual signals. Whats a little hard is if there are two different auditory signals. So, doing japa while talking to someone else is a little difficult, unless you have established a habit to do it on a really subtle level, as in ajapa japa, where it goes on by itself, like a background impulse. > In the case of TM, you could use the cloth-dying > analogy: If you're trying to dip the cloth in the > dye (rest) at the same time you're exposing it to > the sun to fade and become color-fast (activity), > you may end up doing a poor job of both dying *and* > fading because the two cancel each other out. Not really.I think you are extending this analogy too far. Take the TM defined process of stress release. It can go on simultaneausly with some refinement, or quickly alternating. It's supposed to keep the TM process running. > I'm pretty sure you're aware of the TM rationale, so > I assume you disagree with it. Want to say why and > contribute to the discussion? Yes, do it here and have done it in another post just before. > (Note that I was giving *only* the TM rationale. > With other types of meditation, I'd guess multitasking > might be perceived as desirable.) What do you do in CC? Everything would go onn simultaneausly, right? Stress enters and gets released immediately out of pure consciousness, and at the same time CC gets stabilized. This is the whole point: the analogy you just cited, coloring and dye *defines* separation. I do not at all object to have a separate meditation time, in which you do only meditation. But you should also see, that for many people it is difficult to set long meditation times apart. Doing Japa keeps ones awareness focused, when your thoughts would normally wander, especially if you do routinework.
