Why You Should Not Wait for an Effect During Meditation

Main subjects

AVAlexander VolchekMeditationStates and effects of meditationMeditation practice and techniqueExpanded perceptionTruth

Main threads of the conversation

• 00:00Why we expect an “effect” from meditation
• 00:30Meditation as an expansion of perception
• 01:09Why we need a “clear result”
• 01:30Why genuine silence cannot be described in words
• 02:02“I did not feel anything” does not mean nothing happened
• 02:40Going deeper, but not for impressions
• 03:11What should truly guide us into meditation

Claims made here

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• 00:00

  Silence is supposed to come, the body should relax, light should appear, things should become calmer, something should open up.

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• 00:00

  If none of that happens, they say, “It did not work for me.”

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• 00:56

  People want a clear result they can put in their pocket and say, “There, I meditated.”

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• 00:56

  “I have spent a thousand hours meditating.”

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• 01:52

  So “I did not feel anything” does not always mean nothing happened.

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• 01:52

  Next time you see, experience, remember, or feel something during meditation—or feel nothing—try not to seize on it as an evaluation.

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• 01:52

  Try not to get carried away by these states or attach importance to them.

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• 01:52

  Do not celebrate the impression, be frightened by the noise, or conclude that there was no silence.

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• 01:52

  Go deeper, keep immersing yourself, but not for a new sensation or impression, or so you can later say, “I saw something.”

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• 02:56

  If the desire for a sensation drives you, that sensation already has power over you.

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