Hello, DhOers
For the past couple of months, I've been doing concentration practice using Ven Ajahn Lee's
"Method 1".
It's a breath meditation technique, but it moves attention along what are considered "energy" paths in many traditions, and focuses on a strong visual nimitta or afterimage-like effect. This meshes nicely with my experience using a kasina or visual meditation object.
For me, it has so far been very effective in getting a nimitta, without having a candle or other external kasina available. I've got some fairly stable, subjectively autonomous visual effects, which are also mentioned by Ajahn Lee, though he doesn't dwell on them, recommending deep breaths to make them go away. His aim in that booklet was a different one from what I'm trying to do here.
I'm using this technique to pump up my concentration skill because I want to explore powers-y effects.
I posted this to the powers/magick section. The new DhO Software does not make this obvious, so I'm mentioning it here.
So I'm wondering if anyone else is using or has used this technique for this purpose, and what they've found out or been able to do with it.
Cheers,
Florian