Leo's Blog Discussion Mega-Thread

[r0ckyreed]

@Leo Gura Your blog post about Awakening & Meditation was a good one.

You say meditation is like being brain dead and being 100% present. Any thought is a distraction from presence.

I just wondered what role contemplation plays in understanding God? Isn’t contemplation the main method for realizing God and Truth? Contemplation is simply direct questioning of the present moment to derive insight, understanding,  and truth. 

Meditation is thoughtless and there is nothing intelligent about that. I meditated for 5 hours straight of breath-awareness and got nothing out of it. My mind naturally loves to contemplate, so I think contemplation for me is the best tool. That’s why I resonate with Peter Ralston because he teaches contemplation as the main path to awakening.

I think meditation can be good, but long-term meditation I think has its consequences. There is a certain limit where meditation stops benefitting you, and contemplation typically is a much more in-depth process.

I think balancing concentration meditation and contemplation meditation might be the best practice. Contemplation I think yields greater insight and clarity than meditation, whereas meditation I think does better with developing discipline, concentration, equanimity, and tranquility. 

Like when you are bored out of your mind from meditating, that is a great opportunity to start contemplating boredom.

Is contemplation a distraction from God?

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[r0ckyreed]

I don’t think it’s possible to realize God from meditation alone of purely strict meditation. I think contemplation is definitely needed along with psychedelics.

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[Yimpa]

1 hour ago, r0ckyreed said:

I don’t think it’s possible to realize God from meditation alone of purely strict meditation. I think contemplation is definitely needed along with psychedelics.

I say we do all 3