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To me this could promise some powerful benefits, beyond just sitting every day. But thus far, I've found it very hard to do this 5 times a day. Anyone ever try this?
This sounds really interesting.
Something I'd like to strive for is more purity in experiences. What I mean is that when I go swimming, I shouldn't be thinking about work. When I'm at work, I shouldn't be thinking about my next swim.
I'm far from qualified to opine on this topic, but it seems to me that the "most meditative" practice is to do whatever you're doing well, with intent, and free of pollution from other influences, i.e. "when I sleep, I sleep; when I eat, I eat".
The Deep (to me) is a lot like being in a coding flow, or that blissed-out feeling you get an hour or two into a long bike ride or a swim.
So when you are in the flow with coding, swim, or bike ride, you are in the midst of an action that granted you access to this state. But you did not actually consciously enter this directly state by choice.
But the I think the trap can be that you can only access this when you are doing things that lead to being in the flow. What about being able to enter this state when you are really upset about something or when things are going badly, or when you are bored, or when you are doing something compulsively.
The practice I believe is trying to access this state at random times of the day, and especially in those times when you are not engaged in an activity that lends itself to this awareness, but actually engaged in activities that do the opposite (such as being annoyed at someone).
The idea is that you are building this muscle that allows you to access the "flow" more and more and eventually maybe realize that in some way can always access the space from which thought arises, because that space must always exist.
But again, this is theory. Practice is hard. I'll take a moment now.
The concept for this came from this ebook. I've only skimmed it.
There are tons of micro exercises you can come up, the trick is to "catch" yourself as often as possible every day. screw the 5 times, just try to max out every day. Dont stop what you're doing, just start to become conscious of what you're doing. The breath is the key. Its tough but it works.