Comments on: Days of Negativity at Pune Resort dissolved in a Buddhafield Hug

By: kusum

kusum — Fri, 05 May 2017 19:15:42 +0000

Nowadays Vipassana meditation is called Mindfulness.

By: madhu dagmar frantzen

madhu dagmar frantzen — Thu, 04 May 2017 18:05:58 +0000

Having been ´outdoors´ today, Frank, having met a lot ´of mindfulness operating´ people in the city realms, taking care of a cultural Munich ´event´, to read your this morning´s contribution (9.38 am), coming back home, really made my day I can say!

And yes, “careful enquiry can reveal a massive distinction.”
As it is so true, what you point at:
“Likewise, mindfulness is awareness directed to specific aims – taking control of life, getting rid of unwanted emotions…”

And all else you state here, I subscribe to, yet experience here that the bunch of people one could once really meet on the same wavelenghts of understanding gets thinner and thinner, at least here in this city where cults like the Scientology Church (and similar) seem to successfully undermine in a kind of military stance (´control freaks´, as you named it recently) – undermine some understanding about meditation, perverting such, to fulfil their aims.

Thanks for your contribution, to differentiate, Frank.

Madhu

By: kusum

kusum — Thu, 04 May 2017 15:47:19 +0000

Yes, Frank. Mindfulness which is similar to Vipassana meditation is taught in army, schools, hospitals, corporations etc. for better results. It is based on awareness of breath, awareness of thoughts, feelings, actions etc.

By: Tan

Tan — Thu, 04 May 2017 15:36:41 +0000

By: frank

frank — Thu, 04 May 2017 11:45:59 +0000

Tan.
If existence pushes me out of a tree, sucks me down a vortex , widescreens my third-eye, knocks me into a no-mind sinkhole or press-gangs me into an enlightenment lineage, I promise to give you a call with my bank account details!

By: Tan

Tan — Thu, 04 May 2017 09:59:22 +0000

I totally agree, Frank boy! And I agree that the difference is enormous!

Have you thought about starting your own guruhood? With your talent you can grow richer…:)

By: Kavita

Kavita — Thu, 04 May 2017 08:45:18 +0000

One never knows, it’s possible that Osho Resorts could have invested in its company, anyways I heard there are more Indian visitors these days.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_Boat

Since few years Indians love to splurge their money on expensive stuff & adventures!

Btw, their chilli gauva tastes fab with lotsa ice, my mother’s favourite these days, she calls it ‘sqwadish’!

By: frank

frank — Thu, 04 May 2017 08:38:20 +0000

Kusum,you say:
“Mindfulness is another word for awareness.”

Imo,that is not accurate.
The relation of awareness to mindfulness is something akin to the relation of Zen meditation to Samurai training.
Samurai training is based on aspects of zen meditation but modified by a specific set of aims, which are centered on the achievement of increased martial prowess, more effective fighting skills.
Likewise, mindfulness is awareness directed to specific aims – taking control of life, getting rid of unwanted emotions, treatment of addictions and getting better results at work (even if that work is disembowelling the enemy, as in army training, where it is also used) and so on.
In this, it has some success, granted, but that does not make it synonymous with awareness or simple meditation.

Mindfulness is not as playful as simple meditation or awareness.
Mindfulness is aimed at getting the benefits from the get-go.
Mindfulness has been devised, like a martial art,to go somewhere and get something done. Simple meditation or awareness and meditation, like play, are their own reward – and if you get the benefits – it`s a bonus.

It might sound like a subtle doctrinal difference to some, but some careful enquiry can reveal a massive distinction.

By: shantam prem

shantam prem — Thu, 04 May 2017 06:05:58 +0000

In India there is a new juice brand called ‘Paper Boat’.
I wonder, is it created by Osho Resorts or over-excited sannyasins?
It is expensive too. So I did not try.

By: sw. veet (francesco)

sw. veet (francesco) — Wed, 03 May 2017 20:38:29 +0000

Once I was meditating on Annamalai’s hills…I did not meet fresh and new buddhas to kill…I haven’t with me even a picture of the Master of the Masters, to burn it…Beautiful and ecologically spiritual.

Ciao,