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I startedmindfulness
meditation in 2008, sitting
cross-legged to watch the
arising and passing of my
thoughts. It was a lie. Thetruth
was, I didnt want my thoughts
to pass. I had so much to prove
to the world. I wanted to get a
worldwide book deal. I wanted
Iwasnt checkingFacebook
and Quora in the middle of
work, I didnt get up every five
minutes to get coffee, I was
sharper, more productive, in
everything. Now many years
later, my meditation practice
has changed again to
mindfulness meditation. And
(vipassana, mindfulness)
work for the involution phase
as they help you observe how
transient your obsessive
worldly thought patterns are
and break free from them.
Concentration Based
Meditation
Once youre not obsessed with
yourself, youre ready to start
concentration-based
meditation. The basic construct
here is that youre
Enlightenment
Months, years, perhaps
lifetimes of insight meditation
later, a deep, visceral
realization arises thatall that
existsis the arising and
passing of thoughts. Theres no
permanent self at all. Just
selfless phenomena
Incompleteness:The relative
pre-enlightenment reality
were living in will always be
incomplete. Are you falsely
assuming a baby, a new friend,
a job, or a bestselling book will
complete you?