Notes on Upadana in concentration practice - Discussion
Notes on Upadana in concentration practice
Adi Vader, שונה לפני 1 שנה at 07:34 19/12/22
Created 1 שנה ago at 07:34 19/12/22
Notes on Upadana in concentration practice
פרסומים: 317 תאריך הצטרפות: 29/06/20 פרסומים אחרונים
Some notes on concentration practice in particular (some applicability to insight practice as well):
- Memorize the instructions, the idea is to be free of friction on the cushion in terms of 'what should I do next'
- Before every session - read the instructions again
- At the beginning of the session bring to mind the instructions again!
- In meditation take the role of the one who facilitates mental processes by assisting in remembering meditation instructions
- Try and move on to a role of a prompter in the play simply recalling instructions to remind the actors on stage
- From this point try and move to a role of a cheerleader who encourages, and a score keeper who evaluates the meditation session after it is done
- From this point onwards try to not take any role at all
- Appropriate - samadhi is hindered
- Dont appropriate - samadhi is facilitated
- This samadhi skill is mine!
- Memory is mine!
- Attention is mine!
- Success is mine!
- Failure is mine!
- This fear is mine!
- This misery is mine!
- This disgust is mine!
- This desperation for it all to be over is mine!
Arena Heidi, שונה לפני 1 שנה at 07:28 23/12/22
Created 1 שנה ago at 07:28 23/12/22
RE: Notes on Upadana in concentration practice
פרסומים: 73 תאריך הצטרפות: 16/04/22 פרסומים אחרונים
Adi, thank you. This is a really helpful post for meditation and life. I've come back and reread it a number of times, to allow the clarity of it to sink in deeper. I found your post because Linda linked to it on her blog. (So thank you Linda also.)
Adi Vader, שונה לפני 1 שנה at 08:07 23/12/22
Created 1 שנה ago at 08:07 23/12/22
RE: Notes on Upadana in concentration practice
פרסומים: 317 תאריך הצטרפות: 29/06/20 פרסומים אחרוניםChris M, שונה לפני 1 שנה at 08:19 23/12/22
Created 1 שנה ago at 08:19 23/12/22
RE: Notes on Upadana in concentration practice
פרסומים: 5261 תאריך הצטרפות: 26/01/13 פרסומים אחרונים
The assumption and attempted wielding of control can be pretty quickly realized, then dropped, with dedicated jhana practice.
Dragon Slayer of Mordor, שונה לפני 1 שנה at 10:45 23/12/22
Created 1 שנה ago at 10:45 23/12/22
RE: Notes on Upadana in concentration practice
פרסומים: 5 תאריך הצטרפות: 17/11/22 פרסומים אחרוניםChris M
The assumption and attempted wielding of control can be pretty quickly realized, then dropped, with dedicated jhana practice.
The assumption and attempted wielding of control can be pretty quickly realized, then dropped, with dedicated jhana practice.
Chris M, שונה לפני 1 שנה at 10:58 23/12/22
Created 1 שנה ago at 10:57 23/12/22
RE: Notes on Upadana in concentration practice
פרסומים: 5261 תאריך הצטרפות: 26/01/13 פרסומים אחרוניםAre you talking about an intellectual assumption here?
These assumptions are mainly habits, developed over years of living in "ignorance." But they can also be intellectual assumptions.