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by tabrischen
4176 days ago
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I like the analogy as a hook and lead in but a bit disappointed to find the actual content a bit lacking, but perhaps that's the point? Would be helpful to include a brief summary of the three different practises of Vipassana or insight medidation as a whole just to provide an introduction. |
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So I'll try to go into more details for you!
The Vipassana tradition I've been taught in includes three techniques:
* Concentration meditation, called Anapana, where you observe your breath. Just watching the rhythm in and out. Trying not to miss a single breath. It helps to focus on just a very small region, like the triangle from your nostrils to your lips.
* Insight meditation, called Vipassana, where you observe the physical sensations in each part of your body, in a systematic way, from top to bottom and bottom to top. This is pretty tricky, especially at first, and believe it or not took me over 80 hours of practice before it really "clicked". If you're trying to teach yourself, I'd recommend the ebook Meditation In Plain English, linked in the post.
* Loving-Kindness meditation, called Metta, where you generate good thoughts and compassion towards yourself and others. This one is even trickier to explain! Wish I could do it justice. But it's super powerful, and especially nice way to finish after practicing the other two techniques, which can leave you feeling a tad 'raw'. There are lots of different recommended ways of practicing Metta, but I'd recommend searching for "Metta meditation" for videos and other descriptions.
Hope this helps! Thanks for the question and I'm happy to do my best with any more.