how much time to give a meditation technique before moving on

[Pernani]

Very technical question, but I've heard that you need to experiment different meditation techniques to see what works for you and what doesn't, makes sense. 

I've been wondering though how much time would you allocate a technique to see if it works or not before trying another one? Since we all know there's a crap ton of techniques out there and you're not really gonna get the full benefits from a specific technique unless you commit yourself to it for a very long period of time. 

[Shin]

1 month.

[Vingger]

I read do it if you enjoy it, discard it when the joy is no more...

joy is the indicator

[Pallero]

Probably not enough time. I do it until I feel like I can safely say that it's not working for me.

[Pernani]

@Pallero how would you know if you still need a bit more time to see the benefits? Do you have a general rule of thumb?

[Ether]

20 hours ago, Shin said:

1 month.

you know what. for me its 249384w3843 hours, day and minutes. THEY ALL THE SAME MAN!!!

 

nah but fr, follow your intuition and see if you think it works. i pretty much only do mindfulness meditation

[Pernani]

Fair enough, appreciate the replies guys

[Nahm]

@Pernani I think deducing the most beneficial practice by individual could be done relatively based on their past / what needs to be honed and what needs to be surrendered. That way you have an idea of the intended outcome or what is to be gained, before beginning a practice, after spending a lot of time any arbitrarily. That way you could have a clear reason to stick with it, and be confident you’re doing the right practice at the right time. Here’s a link with a few basics, might be helpful.  I notice sometimes, individually speaking, people do breath focus, self inquiry, do nothing & occasionally neti neti as almost a default, and occasionally a lessor heard of meditation would have been more efficient and beneficial (at the time). (IMO)

Check out this link for many underappreciated meditations:

https://sites.google.com/site/psychospiritualtools/Home/meditation-practices

 

On a funny note, as I was typing neti neti (meaning not this, not this), autocorrect keeps changing it to something else. Like it’s mocking me. Lol 

 

[Guest Quanty]

There are techniques until you discover YOU. After that is only 1 way unfolding: air, earth, light.

 

Blessings

[Pallero]

On 20.2.2018 at 2:30 AM, Pernani said:

@Pallero how would you know if you still need a bit more time to see the benefits? Do you have a general rule of thumb?

I just go as far as I can until I get so much resistance that I can't go on any longer. Then I switch.

[deci belle]

hi Pernani,

I hope very much that you might be able to appreciate my wonder and astonishment.

I have never practiced formal meditated in my life, so…

would you, or could you please describe the point the various and innumerable techniques are designed to penetrate?

What isn't "working" about them?

What aren't you accomplishing in spite of your efforts?

I hope you will help me understand what it is, specifically, about technique, that is preventing the attention from accomplishing its aim!