Chapter 2 : Breath Watching Meditation Explained

It has been proved that the root of everything is energy. It may lead to a higher divine intervention or a scientific approach of physics but it won’t change the fact that energy has its own source. Buying that fact that there is the source of this energy, study shows that most of our lives, we focus on things that are outwardly. By this, a question needs to be answered – How do we realign ourselves in order for us to put attention on that energy?

The only thing in the world being done to accomplish such is through meditation. Stilling the mind and calming the body. In this area, the focus is not to meditate just to reach some enlightenment or a spiritual idea that you can attain, it’s a meditation to drive your attention in your inner expression rather than allowing your focus to continually chase outward objects.

Breath watching method is a very powerful technique and can be done at any given time and place. This method only provides a simple exercise through carefully observing your breath. You can do this by just sitting still and watching how you breathe. This can be done through hours, leading you to a deeper state rather than leading you to see emptiness. Placing your mind in a state of neutrality that gives you the capability to experience your outer life and your inner one as well. An excellent tip for expanding your awareness is through breathing. The more we watch you breathe naturally and manipulatively, the more you mind slows down and your body starts to calm down. Harmoniously, as you watch your breath, your mind enters the state of being still and only giving full attention to breathing and non else. In order to reach this is that, you need to consider different breathing patters and not to

be able to do things or hear sounds that may interfere with you as you observe your breathing. All you have to do is witness how you breathe over and over again and try it to be more usual and as normal as possible.

After observing how you breathe in and out, try now to watch the gaps in between. There you’ll be experiencing difficulties in focusing, but don’t worry, you can always start again from the beginning and try to seek out calmness in between gaps without self-condemnation.

HISTORY OF BREATH WATCHING MEDITATION

Breath Watching Meditation or otherwise known as Anapanasati is derived from sati meaning mindfulness and ānāpāna that refers to inhalation and exhalation. In was said, from the books that teaches Buddhism to the schools of Tibetan Zen, that the tradition of keeping the mind and body stay calmed is through proper breathing. It is in the sensations formed from harmonious relationship between inhaling and exhaling.

Anapanasati is a form of meditation that gives the central focus on traditions of Buddhism in general, since the main objective is to achieve peace of mind as well as the body. From the ancient times that this form has been using to the modern era where all are part of technology, it is still most likely to be experienced by some due to its effective way of healing. They say that the attention given to the body, or parts of it, in quietude is deeply recommended to cultivate and provide an inner expression to find stillness. It also

said in the traditional meditation, this serves as a practice wherein you release yourself from tension and suffering. They say that Buddha used the same meditation to achieve enlightenment during his quest for it. A well developed concentration made to practice full absorption.

A traditional method found in the books of Buddha suggests that in order to attain the balance, you need to go somewhere you can concentrate, according to the book its in a form of forest, you need to sit beneath a tree and observe your breath. You then notice how long or short your breathing takes place accordingly.

When doing the Breath Watching Meditation, the meditator practices the following great things:

  • He then trains his mind to become more sensitive in giving attention to other parts of the body.
  • He also trains his mind to concentrate in a certain thing to dispose negative traits such as inconsistency and relinquishment. And;
  • He satisfies the mind by slowing things up.

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