What is it?
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... and just then he punched him in the nose. 
Orange Lightning
Purple Belt
I would say focus, based on having such a high level of understanding that no thought is necessary.
Or just, you know, Peace.
You know, I'm starting to think a lot of things could fit the bill.
Intimacy!
Shai Hulud
Purple Belt
What quiets the mind? The absence of "mind".
-burp!-
the you which was prior to mind the you which is not mind and the you which will be after mind
Missed you Jxx
I can recommend a fairly extensive grouping of medications that will quiet the mind very effectively...
Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
Well since Elder took my response....well not exactly...but I was thinking a gaseous escape though..... I will just go with...the Tao
hoshin1600
Senior Master
What ever you think it is....
It is not.
To ask how a tree grows, does not help it grow one bit.
The mind cannot comprehend "the blue cliff record". It can only hold it gently and wait.
When practicing your MA when your hand punches all by itself, this is quieting the mind but do not try and grasp it. There is nothing to gain.
It is not.
To ask how a tree grows, does not help it grow one bit.
The mind cannot comprehend "the blue cliff record". It can only hold it gently and wait.
When practicing your MA when your hand punches all by itself, this is quieting the mind but do not try and grasp it. There is nothing to gain.
OP
OP
This one!
It has an answer
I've begun meditation and I've been instructed to allow the stream of thought to pass without becoming involved it. The mind has an infinite capacity to create thoughts, I was told.
It soon occurred to me that, though the mind streams with thoughts, I was not to follow that stream and, therefor, there are at least two aspects to the mind that I've encountered thus far: that which is quieted and that which quiets.
Of course, all your answers are correct, too
It has an answer
I've begun meditation and I've been instructed to allow the stream of thought to pass without becoming involved it. The mind has an infinite capacity to create thoughts, I was told.
It soon occurred to me that, though the mind streams with thoughts, I was not to follow that stream and, therefor, there are at least two aspects to the mind that I've encountered thus far: that which is quieted and that which quiets.
Of course, all your answers are correct, too
hoshin1600
Senior Master
If you want to regulate the mind with the mind...would you not need two?
You cannot hold on to the ball in an attempt to maintain perfect controll of your throw.
Just sit.
To follow the stream is grasping..to not follow the stream is duality. ..
Just sit....
You cannot hold on to the ball in an attempt to maintain perfect controll of your throw.
Just sit.
To follow the stream is grasping..to not follow the stream is duality. ..
Just sit....
silence
