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Originally Posted by Xan
Possibly, Gem... On the other hand it could make room for the possibility of this silence arising in one's awareness. In fact, some people are probably already experiencing it but don't know to value it and give more attention to it because it doesn't seem like anything. Which it is not... not a 'thing' at all, not even a thought, but subtle presence. You know this but many do not, yet.
Xan
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That's what I said. People don't know what it is... and the OP asks what meditation is, but no-one can say it is a thing, it's a practice.
The methods that are around sometimes (usually) deal in imagining this or that but such practice doesn't see 'what is', it sees what is prefered... and once I heard someone say that a seeker finds what he seeks, but never sees 'what is.'
It is mistaken for day dreaming... but the wandering mind drifts off into the future and dwells in the memory, but the very essence of the practice brings the mind into this moment, and sees it as it is, so it is fixed awareness as the poster said, and effective meditation takes concentration so mind becomes sharper, more attentive and subtly perceptive.
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