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Will "do Nothing" Meditation Make Me Mindful?

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if id do it, would it give me concentration, sensory clarity and equanimity?

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I would assume it's good for cultivating equanimity, but not concentration or sensory clarity.


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@Erlend K so should I do different types of meditation at different times to conquer all of these ?

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At least in the Buddhist tradition:

Samatha/anapanasati mainly develops concentration, vipassana develop concentration to some degree, but mainly sensory clarity and equanimity. "Do-nothing" is mostly a suplementary practice. It can be usefull for instance if you find that you are striving too mutch in your other practices and struggle with letting go. I assume it can help build equanimity as well becourse if its strong focus on non-interference with the activity of the mind. 


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You don't get something by 'doing nothing' in life.

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"Not believing your own thoughts, you’re free from the primal desire: the thought that reality should be different than it is. You realise the wordless, the unthinkable. You understand that any mystery is only what you yourself have created. In fact, there’s no mystery. Everything is as clear as day. It’s simple, because there really isn’t anything. There’s only the story appearing now. And not even that.” — Byron Katie

 

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