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Thanks vavrek. There seem to be so many different approach. For the longest time I thought all zen based meditations were versions of trying to clear the mind, by thinking "empty the mind;" that this was the pupose of and synonomous to the concept of what people meant by "sitting"

Then about a year ago I read an article or two by chance on what I think was called metta meditation; where you focus on thoughts of love and sending them to people or places inside you that need it. I really liked that idea and wanted to try to find out more about how it is related to the earlier concept. It almost soudned like a contradictory approach.

I've also practiced yoga for a while, and have heard that some types of Budhist- tradition oreinted meditations have similar beliefs to meditation practice rleated to yoga, in that the way the body, even just the hands are postured alters energy flows for different effects. Any books you could recommend on the topic?