Meditating as Returning....
I've been trying to envision what the purpose of 'just sitting in meditation' is - I think the closest I can get to it is 'returning'.
Returning to what I'm not exactly sure, at the very least it's returning to a state of harmony that's always there when you get rid of the trivial concerns of the self, maybe it's a return to something deeper, but thinking about that runs the risk of missing the point of just sitting, which is, well, just to sit.
But 'I' know that all I need to do to realize a sense of calm (assuming I'm in a peaceful environment, even The Buddha himself would seek to escape frenetic settings where all those damn disciples would just be buzzing around him all the fucking time) is to sit for 30 minutes or so, just sit, so returning to just sitting is really the think I must do every day, preferably several times a day, to return to a state of peace from the frenetics of daily life.
By sitting you create, I'm not sure what to call it - it's all of the following: an anchor, a one-point, some kind of time/space experience into which your thoughts, feelings, emotions, agitations, desires, concerns, fears, anxieties, physical stress, opinions, whatever you want to call them, whatever categorical orders any of that lot fits into according to one's limited mind, all of that shit just dissipates into that time/ space when you just sit.
You may have to sit through all of the that shit and just let it burn for a while, but eventually it dissipates and you're left with a sense of mo-mind, peace and calm, from which can spring compassion, flow, focus, energy, lots of let's call it good shit.
It doesn't really matter what you label the meditative experience, but the important thing is to just keep on returning to it.
Postscript - I wasn't intending to post this today but...
I'd just sat down to writing 'today's post' when a power cut hit - related to a serious rain storm I think (tipping it down, just stopped) - so I'm currently on my lap top with a 5% supply, using my phone as a hotspot, no time to write anything but I had this ready to go.
A good time to get an early night. Guess I'll return to this tomorrow!
That's a lovely way to see it. It's like a return to self - not ego self but true self. Like ah! Here I am, I am that. So hum. Witnessing sensations. Bliss.
Well it's not quite always that smooth, but yeah, I'll go with that!
Ha! It's not meant to be.
Wow, exelente post, muy instructivo, la verdad el buscar el yo en nosotros, nos hace sentirnos, super, gracias por compartir, te voto y te sigo.
Hey cheers!
Meditation has been for me just that, that purpose of "return", I believe that without a doubt it should be one of its main objectives. When I meditate that return, it leads me to connect with the present moment, with nothing else to do but to be centered in my breathing. It's amazing how in that moment you realize that you "breathe"