Basic Zen Meditation

in #supersteemian5 years ago
  1. Locate attention (Inside your head).
  2. Drop your attention in your lower abdomen, below the navel, inside of your abdomen is a space or spot (size of quarter) is where breath and attention meet. Breathe normally.
  3. When an intrusion pops up (thoughts, emotions, physical body discomfort), notice them intrusions and shift your attention back to the lower-abdomen/below-navel spot and breathe normally.
  4. Keep dropping your attention in that lower-abdomen/below-navel spot.

That point of this mediation is not how fast or slow your breath!

Just keep dropping your attention into your lower-abdomen/below-navel spot! The end result of this would be "mushin" meaning the no-thought state. The purpose of this meditation is an emptying exercise.

Source: Helen Palmer