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**allvideO** · 09-21-2011, 07:56 PM

What’s interesting is how can we know for sure that this thought observing system in our mind or mindfulness (that watching the thought) is not just another thought disguised itself to be mindfulness?

For me this aspect is pivotal to meditation.

The simple answer is - practice. With practice I think one can begin to discriminate.

But much depends on why you are meditating at all. Is it just to sit still for a while and watch one's thoughts as they arise? Or are you going to analyze some particular issue; like - where is this 'I' that fuels the ego; or - from whence comes anger?

Somewhere I read that the meditator is something of a psychonaut - one that drifts within the thoughts that arise in the mind without hitching a ride on any passing object.

Good points raised - and your English is fine.

09-21-2011, 07:56 PM	#3
allvideO Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 665 Senior Member	What’s interesting is how can we know for sure that this thought observing system in our mind or mindfulness (that watching the thought) is not just another thought disguised itself to be mindfulness? For me this aspect is pivotal to meditation. The simple answer is - practice. With practice I think one can begin to discriminate. But much depends on why you are meditating at all. Is it just to sit still for a while and watch one's thoughts as they arise? Or are you going to analyze some particular issue; like - where is this 'I' that fuels the ego; or - from whence comes anger? Somewhere I read that the meditator is something of a psychonaut - one that drifts within the thoughts that arise in the mind without hitching a ride on any passing object. Good points raised - and your English is fine.
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