Monday, March 26, 2012
One thing became apparent, there was no New Year’s resolution rush. New people came and went, but the class size remained the same…small. I also noticed how critical it was to keep extremely quiet. There was hardly a sound from anyone. Imagine a group of people who did not cough, sneeze, snore or rustle as they shifted their body.
As class ended the leader asked the group “why do you meditate?”. A couple veterans provided answers that seemed almost to meet expectations. I shot up my hand and replied, “to be present”, and got a disapproving look from the leader. Apparently newbies were not supposed to provide answers yet. The correct answer to the question was “merit”. Huh? The purpose of meditation is to get brownie points? I clearly didn’t understand.
As class ended the leader asked the group “why do you meditate?”. A couple veterans provided answers that seemed almost to meet expectations. I shot up my hand and replied, “to be present”, and got a disapproving look from the leader. Apparently newbies were not supposed to provide answers yet. The correct answer to the question was “merit”. Huh? The purpose of meditation is to get brownie points? I clearly didn’t understand.