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Wittgenstein, mindfulness and oneness

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  Well, Wittgenstein didn't write directly about mindfulness.  But his first book.  Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus,  ends with the world;" Whereof  one   cannot     speak , thereof one must be silent." That resembles meditation; If you want to experience the absolute reality you have to stop thinking. If you will have some space between your thoughts you will feel less separated from everything else.  And then again -we always have to return to the conventional truth – it's where we live. In the book Wittgenstein also claim that religion and science speaks different languages and shouldn't be mixed up.  As religion is about myth's it show us way to live our lives.  That can also be said about mindfulness in the Buddhist context.   It is for sure shown in the five mindfulness trainings. A version of the eightfold path prepared by Tich Nath Hanh in Plum Village.  It is meant for a guide for lay-Buddhists but can also be a guide for secul