this post was submitted on 11 Jan 2024
8 points (90.0% liked)

Meditation space

502 readers
1 users here now

Community for all people interested in sharing experiences and knowledge about all kinds of meditation.

Rules:

  1. Be a kind human being. At least here.
  2. No NSFW.
  3. Don't judge (too much). Everyone has their own journey. If you have doubts, please refer to rule 1.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
mental_diarrhea@lemmy.world
8
In The Power Of Now it explains how to focus on the Now. This feels very similar to meditation? (self.meditation)
submitted 10 months ago by sylverstream to c/meditation@lemmy.world
4 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

As per title, focusing on Now feels very similar to mindful meditation where you focus on current sensations to stay in the now. Is there a difference I'm missing?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] treefrog@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The major difference is the source.

Buddhism is a lineage stretching back to the Buddha of spiritual teachings and meditation techniques being offered in the spirit of giving.

Eckhart Tolle on the other hand is a hack that got rich cobbling together other people's teachings. It's also pretty obvious he still has an ego if you've read both Buddhist sutras and any of Eckhart's books (which is fine unless you're making a fortune selling people on how enlightened you are).

If you're interested in mindfulness meditation there's a ton of free resources basically. If you're interested in Eckhart, buy his books or take his seminars!

Much different spiritual energy.

[โ€“] sylverstream 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks! I've stopped the book half way, I couldn't continue. Too much ego indeed. Also the stuff about molecules changing if you live in the Now and living longer was absurd.