During exhalations, as recommended, one may say mu, as one exhales to stop thoughts.
You may reach a point where you can stay long time, 20 to 50 seconds,
for instance, without desire to exhale.
If so, you are now standing at a crossroad: you may continue to say mu as you exhale. If so, you are heading towards absolute samadhi. If, however, you stop, saying mu, you may be head towards shekantaza, that is mere sitting, nothing else.
Shekantaza is stable state analogous to what Sufis call stable self, or stable ego, whereas absolute samadhi is more like absolute fana, in the Sufi lexicon, that is absolutely gone.
To me the terms make no sense at times, shikantaza or samadhi. What makes sense to me is what allows me to start fresh again and again and so on, refreshment, new beginning.
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