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"MEDITATION IS LIKE BEING STUCK IN A PHONE BOOTH WITH A CRAZY PERSON" . . . WHAT????

12/27/2018

 
Meditator and author James Porter writes about his understanding of a meditation retreat:  "One of my meditation teachers, author and Harvard Professor, Ron Siegel, said that going on a meditation retreat is kind of like being stuck in a phone booth with a crazy person. That crazy person of course is you. Mindfulness meditators refer to this craziness - that occurs when you start to meditate - as “monkey mind.” Your mind jumps from one thought to another like a monkey jumps from branch to branch in a tree."

That's an interesting take.  Porter also adds his own observation and experience with meditation saying it's "enormously helpful. As author and meditation expert, Jon Kabat Zinn likes to say: “there’s no such thing as a bad meditation.” Experts often say meditation is like doing weight-training reps at the gym. The more repetitions you do, the stronger you get."

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