dragonfire Posted March 16, 2009 Yes, thinking stops, but you have to really practice for long hours, thats why buddhist practice for hours to calm the mind then the mind finally blanks, you lose your feeling of physical body, yet are still aware. At this point, all you have is awareness, but no thoughts. I have only been in deep meditation twice. They usually occur in the morning after much rest where the body is very relaxed. When I entered into it, I just slipped into it. Like they say when the mind is empty, you experience weird things. Well, you slip into a void, an emptiness. Picture yourself just dropped into outer space, the deep outer space void where there is no sound, no thoughts, just presence in the darkness. Thats how I felt. Then weird things appeared and started to happen. As long as I was just observing and aware of what was happening, I was ok and still in it, however, the moment I started to think thoughts like fear and thoughts like "oh my god, what if I get possessed?...blah blah, the emptiness fades and you get out of your deep meditation. Once out, I couldn't get back in. It requires your mind to be in complete silence and your body to be completely relaxed. Its not something I tried to do, it just happened with the right conditions. It happened another time also and this time the experience was so awesome full of wonderful colors, very vibrant images. Again, when you start to think thoughts, you lose it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mantis Posted March 16, 2009 ask a baby what is a thought Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragonfire Posted March 17, 2009 ask a baby what is a thought Yes, the true way is to bring you back to when you are a child. If you think back far enough you will realize there was a point in time when you did not think, but just observed and aware. You had no identity. You you pure consciousness. Some people lose it pretty early, but others maintain it until later years. When I think back, my mind was pure up until high school. Afterwards, it got worse. I think the constant studying, reading, and finally working for many years made me lose it. I'm trying to regain it again. It must be regained. Its the only true peace. Its funny, when I was in high school, the thoughts were I'm thinking too slow or basically not thinking enough, wondering why others were so quick to answer and i was so stupidly slow. Its because my mind was pure. Now after many years of studying, my mind won't stop thinking. I want peace of mind now. How ironic? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
