When you use a meditation technique that keeps you in awareness does awareness become a habitual state?
Ok so Im gonna try a zen method of meditation where you breathe in and out and count each inhale and exhale for a week.
Then for the 2nd week on count the inhales.
Then the 3rd week just be aware of the breathing without the counting.
The 4th week just sit and be empty.
I want to know before I start, (because Im afraid by the 4th week my obsessively thinking mind will still be sabotaging me)
I want to know how it works does it get you into a habit of not thinking so when you get to the 4th week you don’t have to worry about desire a chatty self sabotaging mind and loosing the stillness etc??
Because I usually get the stillness enjoy it reliably for a week then loose it again and be unable to get it back. So have to try a new meditation technique!
There are hundreds of thousands meditation techniques out there.I would go for the simplest.Observing your breathing for a while,in and out,observing your thoughts for a while,they come and they go, observing your body sensations for a while and then letting go of any observation and focus.So,you shift from focus to non focus.It`s like playing with a ball-catch and let go,catch and let go.At some point the game would end on it`s own.There will be lulls of emptiness.Not even awareness..Not even breathing.
Look for the space between the thoughts.Look for the space between the breaths.In this emptiness resides the I Am,which is beyond all thoughts.At first,the lulls will be short and you may not remember them because they will be empty.As time goes on the lulls of emptiness will get longer and longer ,if you practice regularly,There will be nothing to remember other than a deep silence.If you continue practicing silence would become the regular condition of your mind and you will only think when thinking is required.This is known as attaining mastery of the mind,or stopping the internal dialogue.It is also known to be blissful. Google my blog on Google:blog/OracleDreamHealer.com