Quote:


Father: “...reads a passage of scripture or some devotional literature very slowly and then rereads it, even more slowly, meditating on each word of each sentence” Interesting you should mention that. The newspeak meaning of “meditation” is to stop all thinking whatever. There’s a name for that. What is it

I have read extensively about this new kind of non-meditation and find it very helpful, but only in getting to sleep at night. Most happy to discuss it further, but some might accuse me of carrying on (we do have one or two fierce critics). See my address above




This is the eastern technique, practiced in versions of Buddhism. It is a translation of any of several terms, the one I know is zazen, from Zen Buddhism, sometimes simply called "sitting". It is extremely difficult to do properly, not because of the bodily position that is sometimes demanded, but simply because it is very hard not to think. It does have its benefits if done correctly.