Private event: "What is meditation good for?"

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Private event: "What is meditation good for?"

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Hi all,

This is for now just a private event held on my own plot in Neufreistadt (by the valley) and completely improvised :) If there is interest, I might be able to do it again on a more public place, but I wished it to appear on the SL Events list — https://secondlife.com/my/community/eve ... id=5168128

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People have all the sorts of crazy ideas about what meditation is and what it's good for. From simple relaxation, or for suppressing thought and emotions, to enjoying visions in a "trace state", the word "meditation" has been used to describe all sort of insane "experiences", most of which related to a form of escapism, with a more or less "mystical" or "esoteric" dressing.

Meditation as a means to render oneself more functional in daily life tends to get far less attention. In this short session, a 2600-year-old technique will be shown that has little in common with what vulgarly is thought as "meditation": a method to train one's mind to be more alert, more present, get better memory, and allow oneself to deal with daily issues in a more clever way. It's rather easy to learn and just requires a few minutes every day to gather some benefits.

It doesn't matter what your background is: you don't need to be "spiritual" or a "believer" to train your mind.

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Tan suggested that I run this again... so, next Monday, July the 9th, at 2 PM SLT.

https://secondlife.com/my/community/eve ... id=5175603

My other plot in Neufreistadt

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Post by Rosie Gray »

That's really great Gwyn. It's a difficult time for me, being in the middle of a work day, but I'll try to come for the next one.

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Aw I wish I had time and/or opportunity to run it on another time slot, for the benefit of those who cannot attend during weekdays. I could, in theory, do another session during Saturday GMT morning — at 3 AM SLT or thereabouts — but I guess this would be terrible for most non-Europeans to attend lol :)

But let me know if that's a possibility...

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