Comments on: Buddhist Belief — How Do You Spell Relief? http://www.buddhistbelief.com/buddhist-belief/buddhist-belief-how-do-you-spell-relief Buddhist Beliefs and Teachings in Plain English Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:54:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rich http://www.buddhistbelief.com/buddhist-belief/buddhist-belief-how-do-you-spell-relief/comment-page-1#comment-43 Rich Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:00:23 +0000 http://www.buddhistbelief.com/?p=67#comment-43 Hi Ron, An excellent article. What you are talking about is, I beleive, what Shinzen Young refers to as "equanimity". That is observing, without wanting to change or hold-on. Observing with no desire to alter or resist the sensation/experience. It's strange how so popular an idea it is that meditation is performed by "clearing" the mind, when in-fact what we do is observe the mind non-judgementally and as a bi-product it clears itself ;) Thanks! Rich Hi Ron,

An excellent article. What you are talking about is, I beleive, what Shinzen Young refers to as “equanimity”.

That is observing, without wanting to change or hold-on. Observing with no desire to alter or resist the sensation/experience.

It’s strange how so popular an idea it is that meditation is performed by “clearing” the mind, when in-fact what we do is observe the mind non-judgementally and as a bi-product it clears itself ;)

Thanks!
Rich

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