clear the mind

...how long can you do it for before a thought appears?

Originally posted by eatmybishop
...how long can you do it for before a thought appears?

Originally posted by eatmybishop
...how long can you do it for before a thought appears?

Originally posted by Freddie2008
It's impossible.

Originally posted by eatmybishop
...how long can you do it for before a thought appears?

Originally posted by eatmybishop
...how long can you do it for before a thought appears?

Originally posted by badmoon
Buddha did it.

Originally posted by Freddie2008
It's impossible.

Of course it's possible! If you practice Samatha meditation you can quite easily rid the mind of words. It's not even that hard to distract your mind long enough to stop thinking in words. If anyone is really that interested then google it. I studied Buddhism for three years at college and university, meditation is the way forward! Well... that and chess haha. They both clear the mind, but in very different ways.

Originally posted by eatmybishop
...how long can you do it for before a thought appears?

Prozac and librium ! That does the job 😀

Originally posted by eatmybishop
...how long can you do it for before a thought appears?

Originally posted by king ciref
if you cleared your mind..... once you realized your mind was clear that would be a thought .....what is the point of a clearing your mind?
meditation is a means of finding answers to questions and solutions to delemas..talking to god, healing ...introspection, reflection. all of which i find no reason to be silent....talk to me.

Originally posted by icantwrite
Meditation isn't all about that, Vipasana meditation is about those things, but Samatha is about calming the mind. Unless you can calm the mind there is little point in the other things because your mind is in a bad state if you can't calm.