I experience this as an active and passive mind. The active mind grips it’s object of attention and the passive mind supports-holds it. This has been one of the most interesting things to play with….
Love youre writing and I very much resonate with the experience of the object of meditation taking on a life of its own and opening up with the right quality of attention. I will say though that my experience of meditation, which has been heavily influence by the vipassana tradition, differs slightly (and possibly only semantically) from the description of “walk[ing] a line between excess force and insufficient force.” Instead, in my experience especially with breath meditation, the action/non-action of release is one in the same as the deeping of focus on the object of focus. In other words, one releases into the breath. So in that sense, my experience of meditation does not consist so much if walking a line as as it does of growing my capacity to let go into the object of focus, which creates the setting for this organic, spontaneous unfolding to occur. Of course, meditation is so personal and in no way am I implying a “right way” just sharing my experience. So much gratitude for your blog, looking forward to more 🙏
I experience this as an active and passive mind. The active mind grips it’s object of attention and the passive mind supports-holds it. This has been one of the most interesting things to play with….
Love youre writing and I very much resonate with the experience of the object of meditation taking on a life of its own and opening up with the right quality of attention. I will say though that my experience of meditation, which has been heavily influence by the vipassana tradition, differs slightly (and possibly only semantically) from the description of “walk[ing] a line between excess force and insufficient force.” Instead, in my experience especially with breath meditation, the action/non-action of release is one in the same as the deeping of focus on the object of focus. In other words, one releases into the breath. So in that sense, my experience of meditation does not consist so much if walking a line as as it does of growing my capacity to let go into the object of focus, which creates the setting for this organic, spontaneous unfolding to occur. Of course, meditation is so personal and in no way am I implying a “right way” just sharing my experience. So much gratitude for your blog, looking forward to more 🙏