If I completely expel the air that can be expelled, utilizing the method suggested and subsequently expire as also suggested, then I gain a capacity, in some cases, to empty myself from negative ego or pressures that pressure me to do sort of things that I will not do if I were in charge, such as surf sites for hours or watch boring movies, or dislike people for no good reason or become irascible and so on.
I do some or all of the things mentioned above while I don't do a work that will allow me to earn living and help others do the same.
I generally place one finger 2-3 inches below the navel and focus on there.
This helps me not focus on the navel, which I do feel some sort of going nowhere, when I focus on it, but when I focus on 2-3 inches below the navel, this is what is called tanden, or the home of the sprit, I feel less influenced, afterwards, by what people do, be it friendly or hostile. I am centered and thus less reactive to what people do or what I do within myself.
I also focus on the tanden or the lower belly when I am inhaling by inflating it. I usually do this after exhaling as much air as possible and recovering some of it as needed. For more on how to exhale, please see next posts.
The author does talk about an inspiration method that is not the same as the one mentioned above which he calls abdominal inspiration. He contrasts it to what he calls thoracic inspiration. This is not recommended because it displaces some of the tension from the lower belly to the upper part of the body. I don't fully understand this method, but it appears to be inflating a region located above the navel rather than below the navel for inspirational reasons.
I notice less sharp pain right on the right breast when I don't push the lower belly forward enough. This is important: push the lower belly forward to host the weight of the body and to keep the tension in there. This has long been advocated by Zen masters, as the author mentions in the book.
Such tension tension in the lower belly, as stated earlier, contributes to physical and mental stabilities.
To notice the effects of what you are doing in meditation sessions and even outside meditation sessions, act slowly so as to be able to cause the effects you desire and cause not effects you desire not and make this a habit by doing them repeatedly until you are able to cause effortlessly sorts of effects you desire.
This is a sort of developing a habit or character and character determines fate because you do it instantaneously without forethought and in some cases this is fateful.
I do some or all of the things mentioned above while I don't do a work that will allow me to earn living and help others do the same.
I generally place one finger 2-3 inches below the navel and focus on there.
This helps me not focus on the navel, which I do feel some sort of going nowhere, when I focus on it, but when I focus on 2-3 inches below the navel, this is what is called tanden, or the home of the sprit, I feel less influenced, afterwards, by what people do, be it friendly or hostile. I am centered and thus less reactive to what people do or what I do within myself.
I also focus on the tanden or the lower belly when I am inhaling by inflating it. I usually do this after exhaling as much air as possible and recovering some of it as needed. For more on how to exhale, please see next posts.
The author does talk about an inspiration method that is not the same as the one mentioned above which he calls abdominal inspiration. He contrasts it to what he calls thoracic inspiration. This is not recommended because it displaces some of the tension from the lower belly to the upper part of the body. I don't fully understand this method, but it appears to be inflating a region located above the navel rather than below the navel for inspirational reasons.
I notice less sharp pain right on the right breast when I don't push the lower belly forward enough. This is important: push the lower belly forward to host the weight of the body and to keep the tension in there. This has long been advocated by Zen masters, as the author mentions in the book.
Such tension tension in the lower belly, as stated earlier, contributes to physical and mental stabilities.
To notice the effects of what you are doing in meditation sessions and even outside meditation sessions, act slowly so as to be able to cause the effects you desire and cause not effects you desire not and make this a habit by doing them repeatedly until you are able to cause effortlessly sorts of effects you desire.
This is a sort of developing a habit or character and character determines fate because you do it instantaneously without forethought and in some cases this is fateful.
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