Breathing In and Out Phrases to Help Attention and Numbness Journal Date: 1998 I’ve made a commitment to dedicate some time to meditation a few times per week for half an hour or however much time I have to do so. I just finished an hour session. I was able to stay focused on my … Read more
This is part of my Meditation Journal with dozens of posts > Meditation Journal Entry – 1997 Meditation tonight. Shut off lights, stared at the orange glow from incense. It was easy to concentrate for a while. Then the mind became pretty empty. Some emotions of fear came up and I cried for the first … Read more
This is part of my Meditation Journal with dozens of posts > 1998 Meditation Journal entry The numbness is very strange… it is like the body is missing… absent… or is it only my perception of the body… some part of the mind that is blanking out the body? It starts in one place – … Read more
Intensive Meditation | Day 5 Today I woke up feeling well. There was some left over peacefulness from the night before as I went to sleep in a very relaxed state. The mind was exceptionally quiet. I’ll do an mp3 and talk rather than write – my fingers hurt from typing so much! Day 5 … Read more
This is part of my Meditation Journal Experience after the Flat-mind State became permanent. Journal Date: 8-28-09 In this video, I went over what I’ve been doing over the past few days with meditation. I’ve been experimenting trying to purposefully meditate in places that were noisy to see – is it still possible to do … Read more
I’m a bit ill at the moment and took a nap after lunch. As I was falling asleep a picture came to mind. There was a fluttering bug of some sort attached to something else larger that was also fluttering or pulsing or vibrating. The feeling or the thought that came to me as I … Read more
This is something I’ve tried, on occasion, to explain to others. A good effort is about all that can be given… the experience doesn’t lend itself to words. Experiences in which thoughts are not being formed, do not lend themselves to being easily described by words. I sat for a minute here without thought. I … Read more
This is the third video in the series covering various experiences that happen during meditation as you become concentrated and your mind slows down – and eventually – stops. When the mind stops – many experiences begin. The experiences seem almost surreal or other-worldly at times. They are bizarre and sometimes even scary. It’s frightening … Read more