The Return to Meditation
Joshua: i meditated for a long time last night, and then again this morning
Joshua: man did that make a difference in my day
Joshua: i felt better this morning than i’ve felt in months
Marsh: yeah, i’m changing my life
Marsh: more meditation
Marsh: that “let everything be as it is” meditation? the most effective use of 20 minutes I’ve ever come across
Joshua: yep
Marsh: i can’t believe i wasted so many hours watching my breath
Joshua: *laughing*
2 Responses to “The Return to Meditation”
Yeah, I agree, that whole watching my breath thing, didn’t really work that well for me. A lot of books that I’ve read on meditation, just say to watch the breath. They don’t really say that it’s about experiencing the breath.
After years of different meditation disciplines (Zen, visualization, chakra, blah, blah), Adya’s “let everything be as it is” got me into the actual experience of “mindless Mind” more reliably than any other approach...and without any flashy bells or whistles or ecstatic/nasty byproducts. Funny thing, I finally actually followed the breath - and guess what? If you follow it completely with your full attention, you get to discover something amazing - it (the breath) arises out of Silent Being and turns of its own volition to return into Silent Being. This most simple, most basic, most ordinary of events that is born and dies countless times in countless forms every moment is the perfect expression of Truth. Oh Duh! poor little mindful me - what else could it Be?
- Being in Being To BE.