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  • “Meditation” is a very broad term, and there are many types and approaches. Some of these, such as the admonition to quiet your mind and stop all thoughts, are designed to induce a crisis that leads to an insight.

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    It is not possible to silence your thoughts, and you will run in circles trying until you throw up your hands in frustration and give up. That acceptance can also come with the realization that you don’t have to pay any more attention to them than to any other sensation you are experienceing - that they are not under your control, and therefore no more “you” than the sounds, sights, tasted, smells, and textures that you experience while meditating.

    Meditation is about directing attention, and is called “practice” for a reason. Many people think that each time their mind wanders and they lose track of their meditative focus they have failed, but that is exactly backward. Each time you notice your attention bas wandered and you bring it back to your focus you have succeeded!


















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    5 months ago

    I would say exactly the opposite - it proves the point. The sameness of the two dogs and the lack of the corresponding marriage ceremony in the background rob the image of most of its significance, and the background is a copy that wouldn’t exist if the original hadn’t existed.