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shivraj · 12-02-2006, 10:07 AM

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Feel In The Blank
Close your eyes and sit in the meditation posture and fingers of hand in dhyan mudra (index finger touching the tip of thumb, remaining fingers stretched out). Remain aware of your breath moving in and out through the nostrils.

Now when the breath goes in and comes out, then there is an interval between these two, even if it is the thousandth part of a second. Concentrate your mind on that interval (point) where the breath is neither going in nor coming out, i.e. there is a gap - blank. (Feel in the blank, don't fill in the blank). Similar interval exists in between two thoughts. People fill this interval with thoughts and that is why they always exist in the head. Meditation connects us to the heart - not the physical heart, but our center.

Similarly, when the breath after coming out goes in again, then there is such a point when the breath has stopped for some time. Keep your attention on that interval (gap) making a firm resolution in your mind that I will be aware about both these points of every breath - where the breath changes its direction. Your normal breathing should continue. If you miss these points, then there is no need to worry. Pay attention to the next breath.

Our breathing is always going on all the time. That is why this meditation can be done anywhere and anytime.

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Thought Numbering Meditation
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In this meditation, for becoming thoughtless, thoughts are destroyed by giving sequential numbers. Begin the meditation by watching every thought.

Now start numbering every thought. As soon as one thought arises, number it in your mind as 'one'. As the second thought arises, number it as 'two.' In this way, continue counting the thoughts.

Sit quietly even when there are no thoughts. If this thought arises that, "At this time I don't have any thought", then number this thought also because, "I don't have any thought" is also a thought.

Don't follow any thought. Just number it and leave it.

With this meditation, the number of thoughts will reduce drastically. Sometimes even a thoughtless state will result. Practice this meditation regularly without expecting a given result.

12-02-2006, 10:07 AM	#2 (permalink)
shivraj Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 242	================================================== ============ I N T E R V A L M E D I T A T I O N ====================================== Feel In The Blank Close your eyes and sit in the meditation posture and fingers of hand in dhyan mudra (index finger touching the tip of thumb, remaining fingers stretched out). Remain aware of your breath moving in and out through the nostrils. Now when the breath goes in and comes out, then there is an interval between these two, even if it is the thousandth part of a second. Concentrate your mind on that interval (point) where the breath is neither going in nor coming out, i.e. there is a gap - blank. (Feel in the blank, don't fill in the blank). Similar interval exists in between two thoughts. People fill this interval with thoughts and that is why they always exist in the head. Meditation connects us to the heart - not the physical heart, but our center. Similarly, when the breath after coming out goes in again, then there is such a point when the breath has stopped for some time. Keep your attention on that interval (gap) making a firm resolution in your mind that I will be aware about both these points of every breath - where the breath changes its direction. Your normal breathing should continue. If you miss these points, then there is no need to worry. Pay attention to the next breath. Our breathing is always going on all the time. That is why this meditation can be done anywhere and anytime. ================================================== ============ Thought Numbering Meditation ================================================== ============ In this meditation, for becoming thoughtless, thoughts are destroyed by giving sequential numbers. Begin the meditation by watching every thought. Now start numbering every thought. As soon as one thought arises, number it in your mind as 'one'. As the second thought arises, number it as 'two.' In this way, continue counting the thoughts. Sit quietly even when there are no thoughts. If this thought arises that, "At this time I don't have any thought", then number this thought also because, "I don't have any thought" is also a thought. Don't follow any thought. Just number it and leave it. With this meditation, the number of thoughts will reduce drastically. Sometimes even a thoughtless state will result. Practice this meditation regularly without expecting a given result.