Originally Posted by
MoppyPuppy
Ok here goes: I heard that through some expert meditation a person can make himself, so his "mind is somewhere else."
So say if your arm was on fire, you wouldn't feel it. (too much)
All this because your mind is somewhere else.
Generally, martial arts meditation is Zen, which is to make your mind "here and now" and "nowhere else". Of course, it's also to have "no mind"....
But there really is no purpose to putting your mind "somewhere else". Why would you want to do that?
Rather than letting your arm burn, having your mind "here and now" would give you the "presence of mind" to put out the fire on your arm.
Still, maybe you're thinking your body is trapped or something and there's nothing you can do about your burning arm, so you just "put your mind somewhere else" so that you won't "suffer". I guess there could be some value in that, but better to develop "presence of mind" so you (hopefully) won't get caught in some weird situation like that.
The mind should be "here and now" or "not at all".
Best wishes.
David Orange, Jr.
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"That which has no substance can enter where there is no room."
Lao Tzu