diff --git a/meditation technique.md b/meditation technique.md index 12b499cef..9bc451196 100644 --- a/meditation technique.md +++ b/meditation technique.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ - a [[process]]. - #pull [[samatha]] [[vipassana]] - [[breath is the palace of buddha]] - - I sometimes do my own variation on [[box breating]] combined with [[counting]]. It's maybe a bit idiosyncratic but it helps me focus; I'll write more about it in this node. + - I sometimes do variations on [[box breathing]] combined with [[counting]]. It's maybe a bit idiosyncratic but it helps me focus; I'll write more about it in this node. - It's important to let go of it after a while, though, instead of becoming attached to the counting. - While I breathe, I sometimes visualize a box. - I started by using [[single time]] to count with the help of this box. @@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ - While I do this, optionally, I [[factorize]] the number or evaluate it according to some well known function. - If the number is known to be prime, optionally, I calculate its multiples until I start another breath. - If some multiple is known to be interesting, I stop there and make a mental note of where I stopped. - - 119 is known to be interesting, for example, because it was the first multiple of [[17]] which I found interesting in one particular run through this process. - - It was the first number that I couldn't + - [[119]] is known to be interesting, for example, because it was the first multiple of [[17]] which I found interesting in one particular run through this process. + - It was the first number that I couldn't decide as prime or composite based on some procedure simpler than knowing it was a multiple of 17. + - - - \ No newline at end of file