Sometimes the preparation to the meditation - that is, reminding of the four guidelines, going through the six points, and easing attention from the periphery, sounds, body sensations, breath sensations in totality, and the sensations at the tip of the nose - feels slippery.
I can’t hold onto the preparation and I find myself already with the breath at the tip of the nose when going through the six points, like the breath is already at the background, or maybe even the preparation is at the background, not sure.
from “The Mind Illuminated” “As you sit quietly observing the body, your attention will naturally gravitate toward the sensations of movement produced by breathing, since little else changes while sitting quietly”.
so it makes sense that you are immediately noticing the breath, but I do think that you need to focus more on the six points.
Thank you. I looked it up and just so people can look it up, it appears in “Step Three: Focus on Bodily Sensations Related to the Breath” under “A Gradual Four-Step Transition to the Meditation Object” in the chapter “Stage One: Establishing A Practice”.
you could just ask instead of going through it :\
I have the book in epub format and searching for strings is very easy, but thank you anyways!
you can also search in pdf format, which, btw, is superior.
epub > pdf
Each has different pros and cons, so each shines in different circumstances… but epub is superior. ;p
obviously someone here hasn’t reached awakening, since he can’t see even the simplest truths. not even talking about universal ones.
go away, heretic.
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yes, you can read, “stage one” in the book “The Mind Illuminated”
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