Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Work on Anapanasati

Anapana-sati This technique directs the mind greedy and ambitious, the mind that seeks and lusts, from the past or the future to the present. And the truth is in the present. Being here and now is the truth. Anapana-sati is a technique to get used to being alone with themselves. 

Meditation is not something that you can "do", but encouraged. You can only create the conditions for it "happen." In fact, when it, meditation is present, there is no longer anyone to confirm this: the subject, that is the one who meditates, has become one with his experience. Has transcended its limits. He no longer needs to observe in detail the details of an event. It receives a summary? We say that it understands the essence. Its existence is no longer separate, and not contiguous, but in harmony with all that which dwells. Beyond form, color, sound, detail, becomes the conscience itself. 

Since our main objective is to bring clarity, here are some notes on the techniques immediately taking advantage of the financial year as an example Anapana-sati, that is the focus on breathing. An exercise of vigilant attention and relaxed observed behavior. 

Usually the attention is not a neutral act, and participation and focuses on one element at a time. During the early stages of implementation, attention is constantly focused on a specific direction, the spontaneous flow of breath. It is not, of course, the concentration, but an observation impartial and unbiased. Undulations and oscillations of the attention are always able to distract us, but in this case it is suggested to observe the very cause of distraction. It could be a minor annoyance, or a trifling thought that even without being consciously formulated interferes with the original intent, which must still go back as soon become aware of oncoming inattention. 

Alfine to better coordinate the care, some teachers advised not to follow exactly the flow of breath throughout its path in your body, but to simply observe the point of contact in a specific area, such as the nostrils. Or to see expansion and contraction of the abdomen. 

Later, with time and the continuation of the practice, it will happen more and more to overcome the mere perception of mechanical air flow, ie the muscles which contract and relax, to become aware of the breath itself, its intrinsic qualities. 

The most significant effects of observation of the breath is in order, calm progress of its rhythm, followed by a slowdown in mind, a mastery of the mind that enables a versatile presence of mind.

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