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An Enlightened Mind Has Done This: Two Types of Objectification

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What are we doing in meditation in order to achieve enlightenment? Simply put we are both objectifying everything while de-objectifying everything. What do I mean by this? Well, I mean two different things by ‘objectify’ here. Before proceeding with the article, please note that everything being talked about is from a phenomenological stance, i.e. of experiential mind, perception stuff (and …

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Expansion & Contraction (the subtlest experiential distinction)

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Contraction and Expansion For any experience to exist phenomenological contraction must take place. A number of expressions/indicators of contraction and expansion are: pressure and release, heaviness and lightness, tightness and looseness, manifesting and vanishing, density and hollowness, or fabrication and de-fabrication. We may also say contracting instead of contraction, as understanding this as a process …

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Evenly tending to the garden of your mind

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It is clear to me that there is no one best technique for training the mind in order to attain all the desired qualities we would like of a fully, actualised individual. Some such traits being: equanimity, clarity, focus, concentration, compassion, creativity, gratuity, confidence, stability, open-mindedness and wisdom. Different meditative practices yield different rewards, and …

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