roger Posted May 26, 2016 I had an insight tonight about the nature of meditation. Basically, it comes down to AWARENESS and BEING. The Hindus say our true nature is absolute existence (being), consciousness (awareness), bliss. Two very simple meditations are: 1. Just be. 2. Just be aware. I've found that these two principles comprise the essence of meditation. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jetsun Posted May 26, 2016 Yeah, the thing is that our being is already being and our awareness is already being aware, so there is nothing we can do except bring our conscious awareness to what is already going on. Which is often when the mind kicks in trying to convince us that we should be doing something or that it should be more complicated. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeblast Posted May 26, 2016 That's why once the physical structures are conquered, its all a mind-awareness game. The mind kicking in is just noise that can be tamed via beating it like a dead horse with rote anapanasati Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
