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The previous thread on "creative flash meditation" has inspired me to begin playing around with different types of meditation. Today I came up with the following:
Instead of having one thing to focus on and everything else considered an unwanted distraction, why not have one thing to avoid focusing on and everything else as the object of meditation. E.g. You ask yourself repeatedly what your name is whilst trying not to let any part of your mind say/hear/see the answer. The aim is to remain distracted from the chosen perception/information for the duration of the session. In other words you're training your mind to ignore/blockout/inhibit unwanted thoughts and sensations.
This might be particularly useful while tripping as a way of avoiding bad trips. Instead of "Oh there's a spider. Definately shouldn't think about that too much. So why am I still thinking about it? Definately the worst thing to imagine right now would be..." etc. It becomes "Oh, there's a spider. Block the memory of ever seeing it. Done. Now block the knowledge that a memory has been blocked... I'm hungry."
It would be quite an odd form of mental control, but potentially very useful.
Instead of having one thing to focus on and everything else considered an unwanted distraction, why not have one thing to avoid focusing on and everything else as the object of meditation. E.g. You ask yourself repeatedly what your name is whilst trying not to let any part of your mind say/hear/see the answer. The aim is to remain distracted from the chosen perception/information for the duration of the session. In other words you're training your mind to ignore/blockout/inhibit unwanted thoughts and sensations.
This might be particularly useful while tripping as a way of avoiding bad trips. Instead of "Oh there's a spider. Definately shouldn't think about that too much. So why am I still thinking about it? Definately the worst thing to imagine right now would be..." etc. It becomes "Oh, there's a spider. Block the memory of ever seeing it. Done. Now block the knowledge that a memory has been blocked... I'm hungry."
It would be quite an odd form of mental control, but potentially very useful.