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**DrKirkNoliss** · 10-20-2011, 05:53 PM

Hi daniela,
As Traveller has shared I also find what you describe, and I have come to call " naming", useful when meditating.

There are many different techniques and chanting and use of mantras may be something you would like to investigate if you are verbal in your mind.

For me, especially when I was beginning a regular meditation practice I found " naming " easily turned into analysing what, how, when and why and that intellect tended to confuse and hold back my progress.

I have been reminded of this story, which was sent to me in an email ....

Once upon a time in a land far away lived a poor uneducated, mentally challenged man who tended a herd of cows for his master.
He happened upon a meditation teacher and was very taken with his calm, loving, gentle and happy nature.
He decided he wanted to know that experience first hand. And so he went to the teacher and begged him to teach him a way to achieve the inner peace that radiated so obviously from the teacher.
The teacher accepted him as his student but quickly found that the man couldn’t understand any of the philosophical points he was making and as a matter of fact couldn’t even remember the mantra Om when he tried to teach it to him.
The teacher lovingly said, "My oh my, you don’t seem to know anything at all, can’t be taught, and can’t remember anything.
You are devoted and sincere in your desire to gain happiness though, so I will try to help you. My son, what do you know?"
The man said, "Oh great teacher, the only thing I know is cows. All my life I’ve spent caring for cows, making sure they graze, are milked, and are kept clean. Yes, for me, everything is cows."
"Well, that’s alright," said the teacher, "then you know what sound the cows make."
"Oh yes," said the man, "they say moo."
"Very well then," said the teacher, "for you, moo will be your mantra.
All you have to do is say moo continually and you will reach freedom from suffering and know real bliss."
So the man chanted moo, moo, moo when he took the cows out to graze and he chanted moo, moo, moo when he milked them, and he chanted moo, moo, moo when he cleaned them.
He chanted moo all the time and very soon merged with that, which is Om backward, and reached the highest heights of joyous understanding and lived happily ever after.

10-20-2011, 05:53 PM	#3
DrKirkNoliss Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 476 Senior Member	Hi daniela, As Traveller has shared I also find what you describe, and I have come to call " naming", useful when meditating. There are many different techniques and chanting and use of mantras may be something you would like to investigate if you are verbal in your mind. For me, especially when I was beginning a regular meditation practice I found " naming " easily turned into analysing what, how, when and why and that intellect tended to confuse and hold back my progress. I have been reminded of this story, which was sent to me in an email .... Once upon a time in a land far away lived a poor uneducated, mentally challenged man who tended a herd of cows for his master. He happened upon a meditation teacher and was very taken with his calm, loving, gentle and happy nature. He decided he wanted to know that experience first hand. And so he went to the teacher and begged him to teach him a way to achieve the inner peace that radiated so obviously from the teacher. The teacher accepted him as his student but quickly found that the man couldn’t understand any of the philosophical points he was making and as a matter of fact couldn’t even remember the mantra Om when he tried to teach it to him. The teacher lovingly said, "My oh my, you don’t seem to know anything at all, can’t be taught, and can’t remember anything. You are devoted and sincere in your desire to gain happiness though, so I will try to help you. My son, what do you know?" The man said, "Oh great teacher, the only thing I know is cows. All my life I’ve spent caring for cows, making sure they graze, are milked, and are kept clean. Yes, for me, everything is cows." "Well, that’s alright," said the teacher, "then you know what sound the cows make." "Oh yes," said the man, "they say moo." "Very well then," said the teacher, "for you, moo will be your mantra. All you have to do is say moo continually and you will reach freedom from suffering and know real bliss." So the man chanted moo, moo, moo when he took the cows out to graze and he chanted moo, moo, moo when he milked them, and he chanted moo, moo, moo when he cleaned them. He chanted moo all the time and very soon merged with that, which is Om backward, and reached the highest heights of joyous understanding and lived happily ever after.
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