[Buddha-l] Aura and after-image

[Bob Woolery]

If I am reading this right, the thrust is that concentration is developed by
allowing the mind to rest on a single sound, image, idea, etc.  One is as
good as another, but one only must be chosen, if concentration is the
objective.
  Meditation may or may not be identical to what I am calling concentration,
but at the very least, concentration is a prerequisite.
Or do I need a glass window around my navel so I can see out?

Bob Woolery, DC
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In a message dated 5/6/2010 6:55:00 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
wongwf at comp.nus.edu.sg writes:
 
http://www.what-buddha-taught.net/Books/Ajahn_Brahm_Basic_Method_of_Meditati
on.htm

Search  for the word "nimitta". It is the "signs of concentration". A number
of  meditators I know, instead of using the breathe etc. would go for  
nimitta
itself.
===
I wouldn't read Ajahn Bram's view on nimitta as the final word.  Other 
teachers might have very different views. The meditators I know  (including 
myself) pretty much ignore nimittas. If they arise, we go back to  the
object of 
meditation. This goes to show that there are many techniques out  that 
probably have equal claim to validity.
 
jack

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