****What is this form of meditation?****

inwentor · #1 04-03-2016, 11:29 PM

HI Everyone :) I have been practicing meditation for the last two years! I used brainev for a while and Lifeflow meditation for a while. Then one of my friends suggested me to do meditation without any external aid! So I started doing regular meditation.
I do some pranayama prior to my meditation. And while meditating, I try to focus on "Nothingness" whilst having a mild awareness. It is not that I try to focus on nothing but rather I fix my focus on Nothingness. As if it is an object of focus. That is why it is so difficult for me to explain! I wish to know what type of meditation it is, and which category it falls under (So that I can google if I want to know more). I never try to suppress my thoughts, but when I observe that a thought is going at the back of my mind, I will bring all my focus on "Nothingness" and that focus won't allow me to observe that thought further.
Right now the key elements I am developing while meditating is focus, awareness and stability of mind. And using these elements, I am getting deeper into the nothingness. I just wanted to know Your View on this. Am I doing it right? And what will be the next step of this practice? (in terms of experience and practice)

Cheers
Subu
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Miss Hepburn · #2 05-03-2016, 02:11 AM

Well, maybe these would help?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhk6I4OF2MM

and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBoaV2o4xOo

Re: The Way of Nothing

It can also be called Beingness.

inwentor · #3 05-03-2016, 09:27 AM

On the journey of finding it, now I have a new map :) Thank you :)

RedFall · #4 09-03-2016, 11:37 PM

I am on that path though thoughts are still very difficult to 'outmaneuver' if you get what I mean. Nothingness is getting easier to understand however most of the time it comes when i trance out during regular life (pretty often, even more so now that I am meditating).

Interestingly enough when i do trance out very briefly into nothingness, a peaceful very joyful feeling begins to bubble up from inside and my head feels like I smoked something or another. A meditation high I call it. sometimes however it immediately distracts me and I lose focus. It has been like this for years. But now that I understand nothingness and the entire process, its been more consistent and easier. I hope I don't sound crazy but Im very excited to see what progress I will make in the next upcoming years to come.