Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Over time I realized that certain movies captured my thoughts on meditation. In the beginning it reminded me of “The Matrix”. The concept that what we thought was real, was an illusion. “Do you want to take the one pill to keep the illusion, or the other pill to see the reality.” Stilling the mind, you realize all the constructs you have in place, which initially you assume are requirements, but later discover are non-essential. Later my thoughts shifted to movies like” Altered States” or “Somewhere in Time.” While I didn’t believe the idea that we could visit past lives or alternate realms while in a deep meditation, most of the class discussion was beginning to center around these experiences from other Monks.