Am I On The Right Track.

[Nathan99]

I want to start getting more serious about self inquiry. I've been meditating every day for about 3 months now. But Starting tonight, I'm gonna inquire on the self for 30 mins each day before I got to bed. I'm also gonna keep a journal so my insights don't go to waste, and so I have some way of organizing my thoughts. Provided I stick with this habit of 30 mins of meditation and 30 mins of self inquiry daily, am I on the right track to enlightenment?

[Leo Gura]

Yes, but you will need to go at it much harder in the end to breakthrough.

But for starting, that is okay. You gotta start slow.

In the end you will need to go at it 100 hours in a row.

[aurum]

@Nathan99

You got it, keep going!

[Nathan99]

@Leo Gura 100 hours in a row? Like the buddha when he vowed to sit under the bodhi tree till he became enlightened? Is that a requirement for true enlightenment?

[Mu_]

19 hours ago, Nathan99 said:

@Leo Gura 100 hours in a row? Like the buddha when he vowed to sit under the bodhi tree till he became enlightened? Is that a requirement for true enlightenment?

God no please dont do that.  My friend when he was in his 20's meditated 24 hrs straight because he believed it would help him attain enlightenment.  He did this a few times and he has had bad knee's ever since.  This is not a joke, dont meditate more then a few hours a time tops, unless you've worked you way up to it for years.  Don't even start with more then a hour tops a day for the most part, some exceptions, but just dont, not worth the turmoils you can kick off.

Edited October 15, 2018 by Mu_

[Hellspeed]

You don't want to be on the right track, believe me