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If you feel comfortable sharing, what is the meditation technique you practice? I am a Vipassana practitioner and found your observation to be anecdotally true

If you feel comfortable sharing, what is the meditation technique you practice? I am a Vipassana practitioner and found your observation to be anecdotally true - the commonly stated reasoning for the prescribed diet in a Vipassana course is that it minimizes the amount of blood diverted from other organs (i.e. the brain) to aid in digestion. In any case, I found your statement "nothing to lose and could always return to my previous, though less-than-optimal, lifestyle" quite inspiring - thank you!

arijo 2y ago
My approach these days is to follow a meditation mantra: 1. Slow down - the moment I'm aware my mind is no longer quiet and alert because of some trigger (internal or external) 2. Stop suffering - I do a quick body scan for the associated sensations along the body, tell myself this is just a temporary mood change, it will go away the same way it made its way into my body and mind 3. Take a deep breadth - I focus on my breadth for a few seconds and relax 4. Let it go - I know I should not blindly believe any thoughts or feelings that take over my mind and try to get back to a relaxed state of mind I do this all the time not just during a few minutes of formal pratice. Its so ingrained in my way of being that some people close to me say my personality drastically changed. But there's still a long way to go.
timacles 2y ago
Learn zazen and zen Buddhism meditation. All other methods are inferior. Simply observer your own thoughts and do not evaluate them as good or bad. Do this until you forget who you are. Simple yet extremely difficult
- primitivesuave 2y ago
  It is not very Buddhist to characterize other methods as inferior [1]. Perhaps the words of the Buddha himself would be the best guidance for you on this. 1. https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/various/bl014.html https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/various/bl014.ht...
  - timacles 2y ago
    No doubt, a strike from the stick is in order

arijo 2y ago

My approach these days is to follow a meditation mantra: 1. Slow down - the moment I'm aware my mind is no longer quiet and alert because of some trigger (internal or external) 2. Stop suffering - I do a quick body scan for the associated sensations along the body, tell myself this is just a temporary mood change, it will go away the same way it made its way into my body and mind 3. Take a deep breadth - I focus on my breadth for a few seconds and relax 4. Let it go - I know I should not blindly believe any thoughts or feelings that take over my mind and try to get back to a relaxed state of mind I do this all the time not just during a few minutes of formal pratice. Its so ingrained in my way of being that some people close to me say my personality drastically changed. But there's still a long way to go.

timacles 2y ago

Learn zazen and zen Buddhism meditation. All other methods are inferior. Simply observer your own thoughts and do not evaluate them as good or bad. Do this until you forget who you are. Simple yet extremely difficult

primitivesuave 2y ago
It is not very Buddhist to characterize other methods as inferior [1]. Perhaps the words of the Buddha himself would be the best guidance for you on this. 1. https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/various/bl014.html https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/various/bl014.ht...
- timacles 2y ago
  No doubt, a strike from the stick is in order