Transforming The Wandering Mind
Transformando la mente divagante​por Master Miao Tsan
La meditación es lo contrario al proceso que establece nuestras tendencias mentales habituales. El establecimiento de tendencias habituales se debe a la repetición de pensamientos similares. Si somos capaces de abstenernos de seguir esos pensamientos pararemos el proceso de creación y construcción de los mismos; revertir el proceso de formación de pensamientos empieza a liberarnos del hábito.
La mente entonces volverá a su pureza original. Como la ilusión viene de la mente, la pureza original de la misma puede recuperarse evitando la ilusión. La meditación es un método muy efectivo para disolver tendencias habituales. A través de la concentración en la meditación, el/la meditador(a) se desengancha de los pensamientos divagantes. Cuando estos pensamientos son ignorados pierden gradualmente su fuerza.
L@s meditadores se sorprenderán descubriendo pensamientos dispersos y se preguntarán: “¿Por qué tengo tantos pensamientos aleatorios durante la meditación?” El hecho es que la meditación no crea más pensamientos. Debido a la ausencia de fenómenos tangibles que la mente pueda reconocer, su tendencia aún activa de búsqueda de fenómenos externos se manifiesta en la forma de pensamientos caóticos, aleatorios. […]
Durante la meditación, la mente no puede reconocer fenómenos externos así que empieza a percibir actividades desconocidas en niveles más profundos de nuestra consciencia. Ésta es la razón por la que la práctica constante de la meditación ayudará a cultivar y profundizar nuestro “darnos cuenta” y gradualmente ayudará también a reducir los pensamientos aleatorios. Por ejemplo, cuando queremos distanciarnos de ciertos amigos o relaciones, simplemente reducimos las veces y el tiempo que pasamos con ellos hasta que desaparecen de nuestras vidas. Deberíamos manejar los pensamientos divagantes de una manera similar. Si abandonamos el hábito de seguir a los pensamientos dispersos, éstos finalmente desaparecerán debido a la falta de atención. […]
Transformar los pensamientos es centrarse en la técnica sin dejarse perturbar por los pensamientos aleatorios que aparezcan. La energía que normalmente se da al pensamiento inconsciente es redirigida a la aplicación consciente del método. La base de cualquier práctica espiritual es la aplicación de un método para transformar los pensamientos aleatorios, divagantes, en una atención centrada en un sólo punto.
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: How do you relate to the notion of distancing ourselves from our wandering thoughts? Can you share a personal experience of a time when you became deeply aware of wandering thoughts? What methods have worked for you to get to a single-pointed placement of the mind?
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On Apr 29, 2014 Michael Nagler wrote :
Folks may want to check out www.easwaran[dot]org. A great system for stopping those wandering thoughts from squandering our energy!
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On Apr 29, 2014 Amit wrote :
As human being brought up in this competitive world, we are confused and egoistic. By force of our habit we are stuck in wandering thoughts one after another in endless sequence. We can not control and we can't distance our self from these wandering thoughts. Learning to welcome them gracefully and observing it without any judgement is still within our scope. Let us not look for any method and let us not try to get to a single-pointed placement of mind. Let us remain at ease and in relaxed in these vast consciousness without exhausting and exerting.
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On Apr 29, 2014 JJ wrote :
What I have started to do is to observe my thoughts with compassion to myself and to the people about whom I am thinking. That seems to be make me more mindful and peaceful. May you all be peaceful, loving, happy and in harmony.
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On Apr 29, 2014 zohara wrote :
the question arise there is any fix time of meditation
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On Apr 29, 2014 Sanaya wrote :
Meditation calms my entire day. I find myself with more energy - perhaps because the energy that was utilised while following destructive thoughts is now channeled into my daily activities. Meditation also helps me to control my own actions - if I find myself at a fork in the road, and I am in the present moment, I am able to veer towards the peaceful side.
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On Apr 27, 2014 david doane wrote :
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On Apr 26, 2014 Kristin Pedemonti wrote :
Mindful meditation has helped me to further accept whatever thoughts are there and not judge them. A favorite tip I read was to picture your wandering thoughts as clouds in the sky passing by so as not to become "stuck" on them, just observe them.
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On Apr 25, 2014 Jagdish P Dave wrote :
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On Apr 25, 2014 Conrad P Pritscher wrote :
I have been meditating for almost 24 years and I still have many wandering thoughts and habits. I find when I am noticing what is happening in the present moment, and I notice wandering thoughts and habits, they can more easily disappear. If they stay I think it would be good if I would notice that they are staying. noticing what is happening and accepting what is happening is more of a key to mindful living than any particular method for reaching something that is not yet present. Methods can be useful but if overly focused on methods they can become a future goal moving one away from the present.. I believe there is "no knowledge, no attainment and no realization for there is nothing to attain." Present mindfulness is both the method and the goal making the journey and destination one. Thanks for the opportunity to respond. Warm and kind regards to everyone.