If you had a fortune cookie that you KNEW was 100% true- would you open it?
Would you want to know your future?
2007-12-01 16:28:52 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
LOL- flick, that was good!
2007-12-01 16:37:54 · update #1
no, i like surprises! knowing your future might even change it.
2007-12-01 16:32:36 · answer #1 · answered by tandypants 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is quite common to experience drowsiness during meditation. You become very calm and relaxed. That is exactly what is supposed to happen. Unfortunately, we ordinarily experience this lovely state only when we are falling asleep, and we associate it with that process. So naturally, you begin to drift off. When you find this happening, apply your mindfulness to the state of drowsiness itself. Drowsiness has certain definite characteristics. It does certain things to your thought process. Find out what. It has certain body feelings associated with it. Locate those. This inquisitive awareness is the direct opposite of drowsiness, and will evaporate it. If it does not, then you should suspect a physical cause of your sleepiness. Search that out and handle it. If you have just eaten large meal, that could be the cause. It is best to eat lightly before you meditate. Or wait an hour after a big meal. And don't overlook the obvious either. If you have been out loading bricks all day, you are naturally going to be tired. The same is true if you only got a few hours sleep the night before. Take care of your body's physical needs. Then meditate. Do not give in to sleepiness. Stay awake and mindful, for sleep and meditative concentration are two diametrically opposite experiences. You will not gain any new insight from sleep, but only from meditation. If you are very sleepy then take a deep breath and hold it as long as you can. Then breathe out slowly. Take another deep breath again, hold it as long as you can and breathe out slowly. Repeat this exercise until your body warms up and sleepiness fades away. Then return to your breath.
2016-05-27 04:58:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What fortune? Last time I opened one up there was a hand scribbled note from some guy saying he was being held prisoner in a Chinese bakery.
2007-12-01 16:35:17 · answer #3 · answered by flick12003 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I always open them, just something fun to do, but usually by the time I have gotten out the door I have forgotten what it said. I don't live my life by those things. In God I Trust!
2007-12-01 16:33:55 · answer #4 · answered by Indya M 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would never be 100% true, I think I have the ability to shape my own future. It's not preplanned.
2007-12-01 16:32:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but I after I read it I would probably doubt that it was true--unless it said I was going to be a millionaire or something.
2007-12-01 17:30:35 · answer #6 · answered by Jack B, goodbye, Yahoo! 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No I wouldn't open it. Life needs surprises even if they sometimes aren't always good ones.
2007-12-01 17:32:23 · answer #7 · answered by genaddt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For this, I am using Magic 8-Ball.
2007-12-01 16:32:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I trust my Lord and I know that He will take care of me.
2007-12-01 16:34:06 · answer #9 · answered by Nina, BaC 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
that's why I read the Bible.... (that was a joke, son)
2007-12-01 16:35:40 · answer #10 · answered by I'm an Atheist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋