60 Days of 60 Minutes of Meditation - Let's Not Do Anything Together

[S.Y.]

I’m curious @MTF what do you see as the main differences between meditation/mindfulness and what Stoics do when they separate their judgements from reality (basically cognitive distancing)?

It’s an area I often think about and often disagree about with others. Nowadays many people see Stoicism and Buddhism as virtually identical, but I’ve studied both and I see them as very different… sure both promote some similar virtues, but those virtues are achieved through very different means… rational thought and cognitive distancing for the Stoics, and seated meditation and insight for Buddhists.

Mindfulness is in the Stoicism DNA. Meditation is a form of mindfulness, but not all mindful practices are meditation.

Going back to one of @MTF points however, the value of meditation is contextual. Many spend their days in a constant state of distractions, barely spending time with their thoughts and avoiding to face their uncomfortable feelings. For those people, meditating can impact their life by giving them a way to stop and face their thoughts. And eventually learn to increase the space between thoughts/feelings and their reactions.

Getting out of your comfort zone is that valuable because it forces you to be in the moment. Either that or in a state of flow. When I do heavy HIIT workouts, I am in tune with all part of my body. I don't think about anything else but what I am doing. My breath, my form...

60 days of discomfort will be great. Am in!

 

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[S.Y.]

Xjev xuamf zua tez vji foggisipdi ot?

O ehsii vjev vji tiqesevoup ug vjuahjvt gsun siemovz ot ev vji jiesv ug Tvuodotn. Nutv ug vji qsedvodit ipf aq cioph iyisdotit vjev jimq zua tii zuas vjuahjvt et vjuahjvt - gsun e fotvepdi, sevjis vjep veloph vjin vu ci siemovz ovtimg.

Cav vji xez O tii vjopht, vji eont ug Caffjotn epf vji eont ug Tvuodotn esi wisz foggisipv. Gus upi wosvai ot vji taqsini huem, xjomi gus vji uvjis Poswepe ot, epf wosvai ot upmz atigam optuges et ov jimqt upi heop vji optohjv opvu vji pevasi ug siemovz vjev ot siraosif vu siemoti vji tvevi ug Poswepe.

Gus vjiti sietupt, op nz woix, Caffjotv nopfgampitt epf Tvuod nopfgampitt ipf aq cioph wisz wisz foggisipv op qsedvodi.

Nifovevoup ot neopmz ep edv ug exesipitt, apfistvepfoph vjev vjisi esi vji vjuahjvt/giimopht up upi jepf - vji onqsittoupt et vji tvuodt demm vjin - epf vjisi ot vji duptdouatpitt vjev iyqisoipdit vjuti onqsittoupt. up vji uvjis jepf. Nifovevoupt esi emm vjuti qsedvodit vjev siopgusdi vji fotvopdvoup civxiip vji vxu.

Nopfgampitt ot ep edv ug qsitipdi. Ov ot puv tu nadj ecuav tiqesevoph duptdouatpitt gsun onqsittoupt. Sevjis, ov ot apfistvepfoph vjev vji "pux" ot emm vjisi ot. Xjip Nesdat Easimoat xsuvi "Gushiv iwiszvjoph imti. Liiq jumf ug vjot emupi epf sinincis ov: Iedj ug at mowit upmz pux, vjot csoig optvepv. Vji sitv jet ciip mowif emsiefz; us ot onquttocmi vu tii", ji ot sigissoph vu nopfgampitt.

Epf O ehsii xovj zua. Op Tvuodotn, cioph wosvauat epf fuoph vji sohjv vjoph ot qesenuapv. Nopfgampitt ot wemaecmi cideati ov jimqt vu caomf djesedvis, vu caomf fotdoqmopi epf vu fu vji sohjv vjoph. O jewip'v tvafoif Caffjotn et nadj et tvuodotn. Gsun nz monovif iyqutasi, vji eon ug Caffjotn nopfgampitt ot puv vjev. Vu zuas quopv, vji ipf huem ot ipmohjvipnipv.

Wisz foggisipv op qsedvodi.