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Old 05-10-2013, 12:50 PM
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As usual, I'm not qualified to answer but doing it anyway. Let the experts tell you after my simple understanding. You might call it meditation. It is a way of stilling the mind so that thoughts in large subside and those that come are let go. The philosophy holds that our desire for a particular outcome prevents the freedom to accept what is. Those advanced in the practice may have an extended time free of thought. Others like me may squirm and wiggle and think all over the map while "sitting Zen"