Re:Blind man shocks researchers with what he sees.
by Alex3917 on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @06:21PM
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In retrospect this is probably a much better explanation than my comment, which focuses on what you experience while being present. But yeah, the goal in most types of meditation is to be present, rather than experiencing the different 'states' that come up. In fact, you are basically supposed to ignore them. The reason my comment was focusing on them I guess is because that's how I got onto the topic, in relation to sightedness being separate from consciousness.
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Re:Blind man shocks researchers with what he sees.
by Cushman on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @06:30PM
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Yeah, I tried to avoid saying that you were wrong, because you're not-- in practice, meditation does result in a quieter state of mind, and does enable altered forms of consciousness. It's just that's not the core, and for someone who's never meditated before a lot of the advice about what meditation feels like (clear your mind, ignore conscious thought, etc.) is likely to be quite counterproductive. The first and (in my opinion) most important step is to just be.