I’ve got some questions, ones that I doubt will be answered satisfactorily for me (no insult intended, simply a comment about where I’m at so far) but perhaps someone here can enlighten me on this stuff.
I’m not a yogi… but my method exercise is perhaps a cousin of yoga. Yoga isn’t for me, we all have our paths to walk and yoga isn’t part of mine.
But I’ve always linked my physical exercise closely with mental development, which has always been far more important to me than the physical side. Turning exercise into a kind of meditation. But not yogi meditation… closer to Zen.
Perhaps I’m posting in the wrong place, but there are few if any correct places, so you guys and girls have to endure my out of place post.
Anyway, over the years a lot of people have preached with absolute confidence of the things that can be achieved through focussing the mind. There’s always someone who will claim anything can be achieved. I’ve never been one who has been eager to admit that anything can’t be achieved, so I’ve given it all a fair go. I’ve delved deap into the development of the mind.
As far as I can tell, all of the mysticism is a load of bs.
The mind can be trained to have great (I would even consider it possible to achieve limitless) discipline.
You can learn to be calm and focussed regardless of your surroundings.
You can possibly maintain a truly tranquil state, permanently, if you could let go of some things that I cannot.
Beyond that, which is considerable, the rest seems fictional at best.
Something tells me that I need to give examples of what I think can’t be achieved, or at least, that which I’ve not seen so much as a glimpse of. There are people who will say that you can achieve great physical feats (beyond your natural capabilities). Then you’ve got the yogi claims, healing energies and more. [U]Basically, anything that’s not already present, cannot be manufactured. Some would argue that it’s all present but dormant, but have no scientific evidence.[/U]
I wish to cause no offence in posting this, although I’m sure it will cause some offence. I’m not trying to discredit anything, I could well be wrong about a lot of things, I’m just stating barriers that I’ve come across that given the amount of effort I’ve put into unsuccesfully getting past them, have made me doubt.
I guess that’s really the question there, all of this post is as summarised as I should make that question. But although it doesn’t do it justice, I’ll summarise further: I have spent many years pursuing further development and understanding of my mind, can anyone tell me if these obstacles I have met are exagerated claims that can’t be realised, or truths that require a different approach to understanding, or simply require more time?
I expect no answer to this. But perhaps throwing the question out there will generate one.
