best meditation book ?

[OmniYoga]

I'm looking for good book about meditation technique
I've been meditating 4 years on my own and i am not statisfied with results

requritemnts:

-very practial
-as simple as it can be, only curcial and necessary fundamentlas and information  (without unsseary overcomplexity, overcomplicating - "raw meat" without "noise" and page fillers)
-without uncessary theory or text (no marketing or selling some ideas, philosophy etc ...)
-leads to straightforward results

 

1 - 3.max, top positions would be good enough

thanks

Edited December 28, 2019 by OmniYoga

[4th-jhana]

Mahasi sayadow.   Practical insight meditation. Its very  brief and pragmatic 

 

[Bill W]

Anything by thich nhat hanh

[4th-jhana]

Agree  with the above.     Also are you looking into concentration meditation or mindfulness type meditation.   Leigh brasingtons book JHANA RIGHT CONCENTATION is very great at explaining  what to do and what to expect during  a concentration sitting

 

[Gneh Onebar]

Definitely "The mind illuminated" (Culadasa). This is the best meditation book I know so far.

[andyjohnsonman]

i second that about the mind illuminated

[Girzo]

"The Mind Illuminated"

Or "Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha" by Daniel Ingram, it's free on his website: https://www.mctb.org/mctb2/table-of-contents/

[Surfingthewave]

@OmniYoga What techniques have you been using these past 4 years? 

[OmniYoga]

@Surfingthewave 
kind of a mix, 
I sit down,
I check what is going is going inside my body
are there any feelings or sensation ? but there is none
then I usually focus on breathing until it becomes too boring and I forget and my mind start to think about something so I rather try to dismiss those thoughts and stay focused, or I lose myself in those thouhgts and then later caught myself thinking instead of meditating, so I regain focus on the breath until the cycle repeat itself,

I rather don't resist anything, just wait to see what will come up, no special expectation either

my concentration varies a lot, sometimes i can hold mind without thoughts for a longer period of time, sometimes i can't stop think even for a minute

I did some pranic breathing too,
for 6 count - breath 3 - hold 6 exhale - 3 hold 
but also I didn't found that very transforming or useful

 

I dont' know what I could be doing differently or better, except maybe increasing the time (but if I do it wrong now, time doesn't matter),
I guess a monk willing to help me would be useful  

[OmniYoga]

@Girzo  both over 500 pages ...

doesn't look simple at all
rather unnecessary complexity

[cetus]

47 minutes ago, OmniYoga said:

@Girzo  both over 500 pages ...

doesn't look simple at all
rather unnecessary complexity

@OmniYoga Here's three words: Silence speaks volumes.

[LfcCharlie4]

@cetus56 someone speaking sense, silence > all teachings, all masters wil say this to you, the greatest teachings all point you towards SILENCE.

ramana Maharishi inventend Self inquiry , why?

to help people get to the silence, it’s beautiful. 

[Bryanbrax]

Nice

[Consilience]

The Mind Illuminated

[BecomingBuddha]

The Presence Process

Sacred Therapies

The Mind Illuminated 

[StarStruck]

Power of Now. 

[VeganAwake]

@OmniYoga what are you trying to accomplish with meditation?

 

Edited January 2, 2020 by VeganAwake

[OmniYoga]

@VeganAwake
understanding consciousness
realizing truth, (if there is such a thing)
but any wisdom or insight about true nature of reality or self would be helpful along the way

mainly that

[Nahm]

@OmniYoga

Doesn’t really sound like you want a book & more thoughts. Sounds like you want to notice you can believe thoughts, or not, and bring the suffering to an end. There’s some very short explanations of meditations here https://www.actualized.org/forum/topic/17747-nonduality-meditations/#comment-181291

Now is a great time to meditate.

 

 

 

[VeganAwake]

24 minutes ago, OmniYoga said:

@VeganAwake
understanding consciousness
realizing truth, (if there is such a thing)
but any wisdom or insight about true nature of reality or self would be helpful along the way

mainly that

This is a great video If you haven't watched it already. ❤

Sometimes the very Act of seeking is what hides the truth from Plain Sight...