[quote="MCalavera"]I remember as a preteen/young teenager, I used to do this very stressful mental game where I took a seat (preferably a toilet seat) and just "think" blankly. No imagining interesting worlds, fantasizing about women, thinking about wars, or anything. Just Nothing. Somehow, in a couple of minutes or so upon doing this, my mind seemed to wander into a very mysterious realm where it was only about me and nothing else and where I was (interestingly) simply immortal and could not be imagined to die at all at any time.
It was like a heavenly moment every time I accessed it. And I used to do it a lot back then. Too bad I can't seem to do it anymore. It was a really beautiful experience (akin to going high on drugs or having an orgasm).[/quote
Thats probably the goal of all of the meditation systems (Eastern and Western, ancient and modern) ever devised. To make your mind blank and to shut out the mundane- so ultimately you go into an altered state. A friend in college who was into zen told us about the zen practice of "counting your breaths".
You do it and thoughts like "gee I had a good time last night" intrude, but you aware of them as thoughts and they dissipate.
So you hit upon it by accident as a child.
09 Dec 2011, 5:37 am
