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How to stay mindful of the gap in the breath
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When I breathe there's a certain time gap after the out breath and before the in breath. I find myself being dull or distracted at that time because there's no breath to notice.
Do I notice the lack of breath? Do I notice not noticing?
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When I breathe there's a certain time gap after the out breath and before the in breath. I find myself being dull or distracted at that time because there's no breath to notice.
Do I notice the lack of breath? Do I notice not noticing?
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When I breathe there's a certain time gap after the out breath and before the in breath. I find myself being dull or distracted at that time because there's no breath to notice.
Do I notice the lack of breath? Do I notice not noticing?
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When I breathe there's a certain time gap after the out breath and before the in breath. I find myself being dull or distracted at that time because there's no breath to notice.
Do I notice the lack of breath? Do I notice not noticing?
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What I watch are the feelings of irritation or tension or rushing in my mind, generated in the very beginning and the very end of the gap.
My goal in meditation is to notice how I subconsciously create/maintain emotional tension or inner discord through subconscious grasping some idea, and to stop doing that.
When I see that around start and end of the gap my mind has a character of nervousness, then I know I have something to let go. Once I let go, my breathing winding down to the gap and then restarting again from the gap, feels peaceful and more natural.
So, what I really focus on is letting go and relaxing, until I basically feel perfectly good in the here and now. And the breathing around the gap serves as the indicator of the remaining tension.
As I relax, I keep watching more and more closely, in order to notice even smaller and subtler tensions and nervousnesses. It's like zooming in, more and more, on the precise moments the breath stops and restarts.
Then at some point when I really relax, I don't really care about watching the breath anymore, I watch something else (mind?) -- I don't know how to describe.
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Take your finger off the trigger. Take your foot off the accelerator.
Just sit but with a quiet still silent mind.
Don't attempt to watch the breathing.
The Buddha did not teach to watch breathing.
The Buddha taught to abandon craving.
Every impulse to watch breathing is craving. When this impulse arises, abandon it, realise it, drop it, let it go.
When you stop trying or craving to watch breath and have a silent mind, Anapanasati (which means 'mindfulness with breathing' rather than 'mindfulness of breathing') can naturally take its natural course. 'Mindfulness' means 'to remember to keep the mind' free from craving.
When the mind stops trying to watch breathing, the mind will be free from the thought of 'trying'. Not trying actually makes the silent mind more clear, more sensitive.
Do we need to make an effort to hear a sound, to smell a smell or to see an object? if not, why does an effort need to be made to know/feel the breathing, when the mind is naturally silent?
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What I watch are the feelings of irritation or tension or rushing in my mind, generated in the very beginning and the very end of the gap.
My goal in meditation is to notice how I subconsciously create/maintain emotional tension or inner discord through subconscious grasping some idea, and to stop doing that.
When I see that around start and end of the gap my mind has a character of nervousness, then I know I have something to let go. Once I let go, my breathing winding down to the gap and then restarting again from the gap, feels peaceful and more natural.
So, what I really focus on is letting go and relaxing, until I basically feel perfectly good in the here and now. And the breathing around the gap serves as the indicator of the remaining tension.
As I relax, I keep watching more and more closely, in order to notice even smaller and subtler tensions and nervousnesses. It's like zooming in, more and more, on the precise moments the breath stops and restarts.
Then at some point when I really relax, I don't really care about watching the breath anymore, I watch something else (mind?) -- I don't know how to describe.
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Andrei Volkov♦Andrei Volkov
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What I watch are the feelings of irritation or tension or rushing in my mind, generated in the very beginning and the very end of the gap.
My goal in meditation is to notice how I subconsciously create/maintain emotional tension or inner discord through subconscious grasping some idea, and to stop doing that.
When I see that around start and end of the gap my mind has a character of nervousness, then I know I have something to let go. Once I let go, my breathing winding down to the gap and then restarting again from the gap, feels peaceful and more natural.
So, what I really focus on is letting go and relaxing, until I basically feel perfectly good in the here and now. And the breathing around the gap serves as the indicator of the remaining tension.
As I relax, I keep watching more and more closely, in order to notice even smaller and subtler tensions and nervousnesses. It's like zooming in, more and more, on the precise moments the breath stops and restarts.
Then at some point when I really relax, I don't really care about watching the breath anymore, I watch something else (mind?) -- I don't know how to describe.
answered 6 hours ago
Andrei Volkov♦Andrei Volkov
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What I watch are the feelings of irritation or tension or rushing in my mind, generated in the very beginning and the very end of the gap.
My goal in meditation is to notice how I subconsciously create/maintain emotional tension or inner discord through subconscious grasping some idea, and to stop doing that.
When I see that around start and end of the gap my mind has a character of nervousness, then I know I have something to let go. Once I let go, my breathing winding down to the gap and then restarting again from the gap, feels peaceful and more natural.
So, what I really focus on is letting go and relaxing, until I basically feel perfectly good in the here and now. And the breathing around the gap serves as the indicator of the remaining tension.
As I relax, I keep watching more and more closely, in order to notice even smaller and subtler tensions and nervousnesses. It's like zooming in, more and more, on the precise moments the breath stops and restarts.
Then at some point when I really relax, I don't really care about watching the breath anymore, I watch something else (mind?) -- I don't know how to describe.
answered 6 hours ago
Andrei Volkov♦Andrei Volkov
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What I watch are the feelings of irritation or tension or rushing in my mind, generated in the very beginning and the very end of the gap.
My goal in meditation is to notice how I subconsciously create/maintain emotional tension or inner discord through subconscious grasping some idea, and to stop doing that.
When I see that around start and end of the gap my mind has a character of nervousness, then I know I have something to let go. Once I let go, my breathing winding down to the gap and then restarting again from the gap, feels peaceful and more natural.
So, what I really focus on is letting go and relaxing, until I basically feel perfectly good in the here and now. And the breathing around the gap serves as the indicator of the remaining tension.
As I relax, I keep watching more and more closely, in order to notice even smaller and subtler tensions and nervousnesses. It's like zooming in, more and more, on the precise moments the breath stops and restarts.
Then at some point when I really relax, I don't really care about watching the breath anymore, I watch something else (mind?) -- I don't know how to describe.
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Take your finger off the trigger. Take your foot off the accelerator.
Just sit but with a quiet still silent mind.
Don't attempt to watch the breathing.
The Buddha did not teach to watch breathing.
The Buddha taught to abandon craving.
Every impulse to watch breathing is craving. When this impulse arises, abandon it, realise it, drop it, let it go.
When you stop trying or craving to watch breath and have a silent mind, Anapanasati (which means 'mindfulness with breathing' rather than 'mindfulness of breathing') can naturally take its natural course. 'Mindfulness' means 'to remember to keep the mind' free from craving.
When the mind stops trying to watch breathing, the mind will be free from the thought of 'trying'. Not trying actually makes the silent mind more clear, more sensitive.
Do we need to make an effort to hear a sound, to smell a smell or to see an object? if not, why does an effort need to be made to know/feel the breathing, when the mind is naturally silent?
answered 7 hours ago
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Take your finger off the trigger. Take your foot off the accelerator.
Just sit but with a quiet still silent mind.
Don't attempt to watch the breathing.
The Buddha did not teach to watch breathing.
The Buddha taught to abandon craving.
Every impulse to watch breathing is craving. When this impulse arises, abandon it, realise it, drop it, let it go.
When you stop trying or craving to watch breath and have a silent mind, Anapanasati (which means 'mindfulness with breathing' rather than 'mindfulness of breathing') can naturally take its natural course. 'Mindfulness' means 'to remember to keep the mind' free from craving.
When the mind stops trying to watch breathing, the mind will be free from the thought of 'trying'. Not trying actually makes the silent mind more clear, more sensitive.
Do we need to make an effort to hear a sound, to smell a smell or to see an object? if not, why does an effort need to be made to know/feel the breathing, when the mind is naturally silent?
answered 7 hours ago
DhammadhatuDhammadhatu
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Take your finger off the trigger. Take your foot off the accelerator.
Just sit but with a quiet still silent mind.
Don't attempt to watch the breathing.
The Buddha did not teach to watch breathing.
The Buddha taught to abandon craving.
Every impulse to watch breathing is craving. When this impulse arises, abandon it, realise it, drop it, let it go.
When you stop trying or craving to watch breath and have a silent mind, Anapanasati (which means 'mindfulness with breathing' rather than 'mindfulness of breathing') can naturally take its natural course. 'Mindfulness' means 'to remember to keep the mind' free from craving.
When the mind stops trying to watch breathing, the mind will be free from the thought of 'trying'. Not trying actually makes the silent mind more clear, more sensitive.
Do we need to make an effort to hear a sound, to smell a smell or to see an object? if not, why does an effort need to be made to know/feel the breathing, when the mind is naturally silent?
answered 7 hours ago
DhammadhatuDhammadhatu
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Take your finger off the trigger. Take your foot off the accelerator.
Just sit but with a quiet still silent mind.
Don't attempt to watch the breathing.
The Buddha did not teach to watch breathing.
The Buddha taught to abandon craving.
Every impulse to watch breathing is craving. When this impulse arises, abandon it, realise it, drop it, let it go.
When you stop trying or craving to watch breath and have a silent mind, Anapanasati (which means 'mindfulness with breathing' rather than 'mindfulness of breathing') can naturally take its natural course. 'Mindfulness' means 'to remember to keep the mind' free from craving.
When the mind stops trying to watch breathing, the mind will be free from the thought of 'trying'. Not trying actually makes the silent mind more clear, more sensitive.
Do we need to make an effort to hear a sound, to smell a smell or to see an object? if not, why does an effort need to be made to know/feel the breathing, when the mind is naturally silent?
answered 7 hours ago
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