Talk:Hitbodedut

Hitbodedut can also refer to other types of Jewish meditation

Areyah Kaplan in his works Meditation and the Bible (1978, Samuel Wiser Inc., pp.1-15) and Meditation and Kabbalah (1982, Samuel Wiser) cites the term hitbodedut as a form of meditation found in Jewish philosophical and Kabbalistic writings prior to Rabbi Nachman. This other usage implies a content-less, non-directed style of meditation, rather than the verbalizing prayerful style advocated by Rabbi Nachman. It is important that this other meaning of hitbodedut be represented somewhere on this, or perhaps a different page (especially given that many Jews today are engaged in Mindfulness (vipassana) meditation, for which the closest parallel in Judaism would be this understanding of hitbodedut. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drjake1 (talk • contribs) 23:13, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Silent Scream" and reference 6.

"This is actually a scream and not mere imagination" doesn't seem particularly accurate or impartial to me. The whole explanation regarding literally projecting sounds in to your brain via nerves and vessels looks like absolute nonsense to me, and the reference provides no factual information. This should either be rephrased to indicate that these are the beliefs of the rabbi or it should be removed, because presenting this as a fact is ridiculous.

This is clearly a quote of the rabbi, set off in blockquotes and adequately sourced. Yoninah (talk) 22:45, 31 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]