tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396517587773846626.post1660608633929265129..comments2022-12-11T05:09:07.838-05:00Comments on Vedanta Society of Providence: A New Time ShareVedanta Society of Providencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01607465523968495680noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396517587773846626.post-12085842707784580672014-08-13T20:55:59.878-04:002014-08-13T20:55:59.878-04:00I wonder who in "sane" mind would think ...I wonder who in "sane" mind would think a beach trip could be replaced by a meditation retreat :-). Nice write up.<br /><br />Yes, the reading of Swami Yatiswarananda's article was helpful. He described three methods of doing japa with a mantra: chanting loudly, chanting softly with moving of lips but inaudible to others and chanting mentally. Whenever I could not focus when chanting mentally (often on second day), I employed the second method of moving my lips with chanting softly. It helped me focus well.<br /><br />"Participants were very careful while moving around to avoid noise": it could have been done better especially with the flip-flops yelling : "I am hitting the feet-I am hitting the ground-I am hitting the feet-I am hitting the ground" etc. echoing my state of mind that had its own monotone, "I am focusing well-I am not doing now-I am focusing well-I am not doing now".<br /><br />I thought exactly on similar lines like you did: I can sit in the same posture for a movie without any problem (assuming the movie is interesting), but the same cannot be said for meditation :).Srikanth_Snoreply@blogger.com