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Old 02-20-2004, 08:46 AM   #8
Qatana
 
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"meditation is denying yourself random thoughts"????????

No meditation teacher i have ever trained with in fifteen years of practice has said this.

Every single one of them instructs that you notice that you are thinking without buying into the Story the thought is telling you.Every teacher i have had agrees it is impossible to stop having thoughts, however it is quite possible to learn to stop Reacting to them.

YMMV

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