Samyama vs Anapanasati (both with "seed"?)

jonesboy · October 27, 2016, 9:39am

That realization is that thoughts are energy, that you are energy that it is ever flowing. When one moves beyond the witness of thoughts, beyond feeling thoughts as silent flows of energy, beyond being the energy of that flow…
One has realized emptiness of self.
That is all outside of meditation, not while in meditation.
It is not an understanding, it is a being.
All the best,
Tom

Christi · October 27, 2016, 9:51am

Hi Nothingatall,
As others have already said, what you have experienced was just that, an experience. It had a beginning and an end, and a few weeks later it is just a memory.
You can attempt to put labels onto it, but that may not be especially useful. One person will have one label, and another will have another label. In the end they are only labels, and could be useful or could be confusing. The experience is what it is and cannot be denied.
As for what to do next, it is back to practices. In terms of AYP this would mean Deep Meditation twice a day with Spinal Breathing before that if you have reached that stage and Samyama afterwards if you have taken that on as well. With practices, the experience of samadhi will be repeated many times and it is this process of entering samadhi many, many times, over years, which leads to enlightenment.
Experiences like the one that you had can be inspiring and often are, but if we do not follow them up with dedicated daily practices, then what we gain from them in terms of insight and inspiration, will not last for long.
Christi

nothingatall · October 27, 2016, 9:53am

Thanks, yes that makes sense

nothingatall · October 27, 2016, 1:38pm

Thanks a lot appreciate that

Christi:

Hi Nothingatall,
As others have already said, what you have experienced was just that, an experience. It had a beginning and an end, and a few weeks later it is just a memory.
You can attempt to put labels onto it, but that may not be especially useful. One person will have one label, and another will have another label. In the end they are only labels, and could be useful or could be confusing. The experience is what it is and cannot be denied.
As for what to do next, it is back to practices. In terms of AYP this would mean Deep Meditation twice a day with Spinal Breathing before that if you have reached that stage and Samyama afterwards if you have taken that on as well. With practices, the experience of samadhi will be repeated many times and it is this process of entering samadhi many, many times, over years, which leads to enlightenment.
Experiences like the one that you had can be inspiring and often are, but if we do not follow them up with dedicated daily practices, then what we gain from them in terms of insight and inspiration, will not last for long.
Christi