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What have I gained from meditation…
Jeroen
Not all those who wander are lostNetherlands Veteran
I came across this:
The Buddha was asked, “What have you gained from meditation?”
The Buddha replied, “Nothing! However, let me tell you what I have lost: anger, anxiety, depression, insecurity, fear of old age and death.”
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I have lost so many things then. Good riddance! I still can't get rid of the I nor reach the famous Jhanas. I do see though how I tend to overthink and zazen is that moment when I can stare at the whirpool and let it rest...before returning to it again...
In Dzogchen and Mahamudra and to be fair many other schools, more and more becomes meditation until eventually the light so to speak, stays ON.
On a personal level my meditation; Daily formal at the moment, becomes more and more impersonal and adapted to needs.
“Trekchö is to simply acknowledge that one’s innate essence is empty. Tögal is to recognize that the natural display is spontaneously present. They are not our creation; they are not produced by practice. There is no imagining of anything in either trekchö or tögal."
“Without cutting through with trekchö, you can’t directly cross with tögal.”
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche