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<blockquote data-quote="Ganapatya" data-source="post: 89059" data-attributes="member: 705">This is a great summary. I had a lot of success with the Mahasi Sayadaw noting technique, which brings all of these things into consciousness in a way that is very easy to see.I do have a contradictory suggestion, though: people who are used to thinking and analyzing a lot can actually benefit from a Zen approach: start the timer, sit there, get up when the timer goes off. That&#039;s it. Don&#039;t try to understand anything, don&#039;t try to realize anything, just sit there and let everything happen. A feeling of curiosity and openness to experience can really help here.If this instruction is too vague, Shinzen Young&#039;s Do Nothing meditation can also be very useful. The instruction is simply: any time you notice an intention to do something with your attention, drop that intention. You&#039;re just letting the mind do its thing and trying to relax any effort to make the meditation go any particular way. I found this profoundly transformative, and it helped me to get to the heart of a lot of what OP is talking about here.May you realize the truth in this very lifetime.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ganapatya, post: 89059, member: 705"] This is a great summary. I had a lot of success with the Mahasi Sayadaw noting technique, which brings all of these things into consciousness in a way that is very easy to see. I do have a contradictory suggestion, though: people who are used to thinking and analyzing a lot can actually benefit from a Zen approach: start the timer, sit there, get up when the timer goes off. That's it. Don't try to understand anything, don't try to realize anything, just sit there and let everything happen. A feeling of curiosity and openness to experience can really help here. If this instruction is too vague, Shinzen Young's Do Nothing meditation can also be very useful. The instruction is simply: any time you notice an intention to do something with your attention, drop that intention. You're just letting the mind do its thing and trying to relax any effort to make the meditation go any particular way. I found this profoundly transformative, and it helped me to get to the heart of a lot of what OP is talking about here. May you realize the truth in this very lifetime. [/QUOTE]

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