Let’s talk about Vipassana meditation. This is often thought of as the most important or “real” meditation. It can also be the most grueling. You can go to 10 day Vipassana retreats, and I really recommend that you do that if you can.
The idea of Vipassana is that the mind is completely silent, that you resist any sort of drifting away . You’ll find, if you’ve been following my very simple process in my past videos, that by the time you’re at this stage it’s not going to be that difficult.
Time to add more time
Vipassana is not quick. At this point you should start setting your timer for more and more time. How much you can fit in your life.
Also, try to sit up straighter while you do it. Previously with my instructions it would’ve been fine to lay down, even fall asleep, or have a nice cushiony something on your back. But now we’ve reached that state where we can advance to Vipassana.
We now shift into being as awake as possible while you are silent.
Now, we’re taking that muscle that we have been exercising all along, and we are strengthening and stretching it. Let’s add to it the intention of our body sitting up straight. Try to find a relaxed point where you can sit up straight and not be tense. This will allow your blood to go straight, your breath to go straight.
Vipassana meditation is often focused on the breath, and this is a good thing to do now as well. We’re at this point now where we are used to sitting still and getting to this relaxed state. Now, instead of listening to yourself, watch your breath. Just watch your breath come in, and your breath go out.
This gives you something to concentrate on, and it helps the mind calm down and reach that place of stillness in silence that’s right there naturally inside of you at all times.