NEW232Y1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Buddhist Meditation, Anatta, Thematic Relation
Document Summary
Two additional aspects of the buddhist description of the self: flow. Its moments of full awareness without any self-reflection, this happens very common and sometimes described as losing oneself. We remind un-self-conscious but at the same time very aware, thoughts, feeling, action occurs without an i . One respond based on the demands of the moment, spontaneously, and does not experience oneself as thinking my thoughts, feeling my feelings, doing my actions. They just happen and occur, but we are not mindless, this is actually very skillful. Many buddhist meditation practice train in such immersion, flow or unselfconsciousness. From the buddhist view: these unselfconscious/flow states, are temporary and transient and do not lead to any significant wisdom. This flow can be found in any activity we do, such as reading, playing, listening . This state serves as a break from the i condition.
