While everything you said is most common in beginners, it’s usually very important not to publish such opinions. Meditation is one of the words most abused in the world and it means something unique to each person, it has to be very personal to that person. In fact it’s better you don’t share your experience even with your wife. One has to figure out their own meaning of meditation. A beginner who read your thoughts is vulnerable to think that his experience is the same. His vision is not pure now. It’s prejudiced. One of the ways you can amplify the impact of a thought is to describe it. The more you put it in words, the more it stays with you and becomes bigger. It’s just a humble suggestion. I don’t mean to discourage. Hope you don’t misunderstand.
This is interesting. I do agree that a thought stays with you and seems to become bigger, the more you put it into words. I also agree that meditation is one's own personal experience. However, I'm not sure if I agree that you shouldn't write about meditation at all.
I've had a similar thought when I've read spiritual teachings. Sometimes they talk about how spiritual concepts can't be explained with words, yet they are writing. Some spiritual concepts seem to be ineffable, but does that mean there is no value in attempting to put them into words? Perhaps to teach others? To express one's self? Or even just to make art?
While everything you said is most common in beginners, it’s usually very important not to publish such opinions. Meditation is one of the words most abused in the world and it means something unique to each person, it has to be very personal to that person. In fact it’s better you don’t share your experience even with your wife. One has to figure out their own meaning of meditation. A beginner who read your thoughts is vulnerable to think that his experience is the same. His vision is not pure now. It’s prejudiced. One of the ways you can amplify the impact of a thought is to describe it. The more you put it in words, the more it stays with you and becomes bigger. It’s just a humble suggestion. I don’t mean to discourage. Hope you don’t misunderstand.
This is interesting. I do agree that a thought stays with you and seems to become bigger, the more you put it into words. I also agree that meditation is one's own personal experience. However, I'm not sure if I agree that you shouldn't write about meditation at all.
I've had a similar thought when I've read spiritual teachings. Sometimes they talk about how spiritual concepts can't be explained with words, yet they are writing. Some spiritual concepts seem to be ineffable, but does that mean there is no value in attempting to put them into words? Perhaps to teach others? To express one's self? Or even just to make art?