Feb
8
Submitted by alvin on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 20:24
I was just reminded that sometimes after meditating, I find it hard to talk to people. I can generally understand what they're saying, but my problem is two-fold. First, I have to work to formulate a sentence, and second, I have to get my mouth to work properly.
I don't know if this is a common occurrence among people that meditate, but as I just ran into this again, I wanted to mention it here.
I can't imagine what it's like for the people that attend 45-day or summer-long silent meditation sesshins. Try formulating a sentence after that, lol.
Twitter
del.icio.us
Reddit
StumbleUpon
2 comments
My understanding of what other people say is maybe even improved, but when I go to talk, I will often mutter something incoherent, or leave out/slur some words. And even worse, the talking takes me out of the mindfulness that I so carefully built up.
When I read the words "incoherent" and "slur", they reminded me of what I felt when I experience this. And having to focus on speaking also took me away from the mindfulness. Thanks.
Post new comment