When I focus on my breathing I tend to count each breath and just listen to the sound of my breathing. |
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I have a question about what it really means to "Focus on your breathing". I read it everywhere, for meditation, OBE's, AP's, LD's..... etc. I am always seeing "just focus on your breathing"... I just wanted to make sure that my interpretation of that is correct. Or to see if anyone else does it differently. |
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UNBAN LEO</span></span>
Neruo: "Expect for me ofcourse, I am special. lol. I really think that. I am rather intelligent"
When I focus on my breathing I tend to count each breath and just listen to the sound of my breathing. |
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The Sandman is near.
Exactly the way I would put it |
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The way I was taught was to concentrate on the feeling of filling my lungs and then emptying them...the instructor talked about feeling the "chi" (in kung fu, everything seems to be described as or with chi), but for those who haven't grown up in china, it's easier to think of it as lungs and air. then, while concentrating on filling and emptying your lungs, count each breath to yourself. don't set a goal, or it'll never work. at some point you will suddenly realize that you weren't thinking about anything at all, and then you'll realize, shit, now i'm thinking about something again, etc. eventually the periods of time that you aren't thinking about anything will increase in duration. the key is to just keep going until your legs and ass start falling asleep or you can't stop thinking about how bored you are or how you'll never succeed in meditation....practice makes perfect. |
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gragl
OK, that brings up another question. |
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UNBAN LEO</span></span>
Neruo: "Expect for me ofcourse, I am special. lol. I really think that. I am rather intelligent"
I have heard some people say you are supposed to sit with your legs crossed in a certain way and with your fingers touching in a certain way so as to increase the circular flow of "chi"...however, my theory is that you are supposed to sit in an upright position to avoid falling asleep. There is no one correct way to do it--it's just to aid in your success of clearing your mind. Frequently in my kung fu training we had to meditate while standing in a really strenuous painful position...those that could meditate had very little difficulty..the rest of us were constantly shifting and breathing heavily. |
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gragl
Wow, thanks for the detailed response. I will continue to try and work on it. |
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UNBAN LEO</span></span>
Neruo: "Expect for me ofcourse, I am special. lol. I really think that. I am rather intelligent"
well, whe i concentrate on my breathing, I invision a nose or a mouth in my mind, when I ex hale, i invision seeing air come out of that nose or mouth, same when i in hale |
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