06-12-2011, 10:19 PM
Dear Basket Case--oops I mean Ocean:
I would not be stubbornly doctrinaire about anything. Try something and decide whether you are better off, short term and long term. If you meditate, you will be better equipped to determine things like this. Because you fall asleep when you try to meditate, then work on that.
I was in a Zen group where a guy would quietly walk around in front of everybody, carrying a flat stick. If somebody bowed when he was there, he would smack their back with the stick. By golly, that woke them up for awhile!
How about a cup of coffee or tea prior to attempting meditation? Those affect me for awhile, yet do not require prescription.
Warm hug.
I would not be stubbornly doctrinaire about anything. Try something and decide whether you are better off, short term and long term. If you meditate, you will be better equipped to determine things like this. Because you fall asleep when you try to meditate, then work on that.
I was in a Zen group where a guy would quietly walk around in front of everybody, carrying a flat stick. If somebody bowed when he was there, he would smack their back with the stick. By golly, that woke them up for awhile!
How about a cup of coffee or tea prior to attempting meditation? Those affect me for awhile, yet do not require prescription.
Warm hug.