Sometimes the preparation to the meditation - that is, reminding of the four guidelines, going through the six points, and easing attention from the periphery, sounds, body sensations, breath sensations in totality, and the sensations at the tip of the nose - feels slippery.

I can’t hold onto the preparation and I find myself already with the breath at the tip of the nose when going through the six points, like the breath is already at the background, or maybe even the preparation is at the background, not sure.

  • JammerLammy@lemmy.ml
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    4 years ago

    from “The Mind Illuminated” “As you sit quietly observing the body, your attention will naturally gravitate toward the sensations of movement produced by breathing, since little else changes while sitting quietly”.

    so it makes sense that you are immediately noticing the breath, but I do think that you need to focus more on the six points.

    • BrownJenkin@lemmy.mlOP
      3·
      4 years ago

      Thank you. I looked it up and just so people can look it up, it appears in “Step Three: Focus on Bodily Sensations Related to the Breath” under “A Gradual Four-Step Transition to the Meditation Object” in the chapter “Stage One: Establishing A Practice”.