Re: Shut Up, Sit Down and Play Dead (was Where rubberz meets the

On May 15, 12:35=A0pm, RaaN <raan2...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> I would contend that if the meditative state were a natural healthy
> one it would occur naturally just as exercise is healthy and physical
> activity occurs naturally. =A0My personal bias against meditation is the
> same as my bias against all sorts of regimented disciplined activities
> (or non activities) =A0I have no doubt that I have gone into meditative
> states naturally at various times but any sort of discipline in this
> regard would render it an exercise in futility and frustration, and
> without that natural barometer free to determine when and for how long
> I should be active or inactive etc there is a clear danger of
> increasing rather than decreasing stress and tension not to mention
> more severe results of excess. =A0So if any would-be master should tell
> me to shut up and sit down and play dead you can well imagine what my
> response would be.
> --
> RaaN

Buddhism has nothing to do with what is natural.

-DaveK