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F R E N D Z of martian
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Concentration implies effort and tension. Meditation is the opposite of
this - it is passive witnessing. I believe this is a false presumtion that
greater and greater concentration, until the point of ultimate
concentration, is the say to 'samadhi'. In fact I would say the opposite is
true - its about 'letting go' and acceptance. Not words that spring to mind
when I hear the word 'concentration'.
Magna
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Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 6:35 PM
Subject: What is the purpose of `competition'?
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> F R E N D Z of martian
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> "To learn anything you must meditate. Meditation is how you learn. In
> the context of yoga, meditation is deliberately used to examine
> non-experiential awareness or to examine what is common to any and all
> experience. The ultimate realization of yoga usually cannot be given
> directly. Instead a method is given, and nirvikalpa samadhi is either
> actualized or not by each individual. I will attempt to outline what
> potentially takes place. The key concept exists in higher mathematics.
> In mathematics there is a precise definition for the `fixed point' of a
> function. The idea of a fixed point in the context of meditation is as
> follows. Let
> s A state of mind.
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> C() : s->s Concentration -- a function that maps from the
> current
> state of mind to the next state of mind.
>
> Meditation is to apply concentration repeatedly. Meditation is called
> `samadhi' when there is no gap between each moment of concentration.
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> s Time
> C(s) ||
> C(C(s)) ||
> C(C(C(s))) ||
> C(C(..C(s)..)) \/
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>
> A fixed point is reached when applying more concentration no longer
> changes one's state of mind.
>
> C(..C(s)..) is equal to C(C(..C(s)..))"
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> http://why-compete.org/en.html
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