Hi Craigclw_uk wrote:Thanks for the link Gabriel
Drolma, just out of interest and if you dont mind me asking, what tradition do you belong to, i only ask because im interested in what tradition teaches that?
Metta
Craig
I'm a Sakyapa but when I started out and first learned how to meditate, I was with a Karma Kagyu group led by Garchen Rinpoche. I think this meditation is common to all schools of vajrayana.
I really want to emphasize that I'm not trying to steer you away from your own tradition, I just thought it was neat that you discovered this practice on your own! And I wanted to validate that in my tradition it's widely practiced and taught. And I personally experienced nice benefits from it so far
The best way I can explain it is like your mind is a sponge with a lot of little pores in it. When you do this kind of single-pointed meditation (say for example, the four thoughts that turn the mind to dharma, or emptiness or impermanence) it's like the concentration you cultivate in meditation allows for these teachings to slowly absorb into the pores of the mind-sponge over time without you necessarily being aware of it. It's a process, and I have a lot of confidence in it.
Kindly,
Drolma
ps. If you do this your gaze should be focused about one arm's length from your face, pointed downward.