04-18-2013, 11:41 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-18-2013, 11:43 PM by Sagittarius.)
I was quite sick last week while overseas in America, bed ridden or should I say couch ridden for almost a week with a pretty intense fever. I managed to get an increased sensation of heat in this mornings meditation but today is a hot and humid day here so it could just be that hehe. Also in the journal it states that they start the heating from the lower spine, where as I noticed the increase of heat in my arms and head mostly.
Apparently the monks say they use the heat method to achieve deeper levels of concentration, makes sense if one can use the focus of breathe/visualization of objects why not use concentration on sensations like hot or cold to improve the minds concentration. I wonder if the opposite affect could be achieved in visualizing cold, perhaps to slow the heart rate and other bodily processes, a sort of self-induced hibernation.
Apparently the monks say they use the heat method to achieve deeper levels of concentration, makes sense if one can use the focus of breathe/visualization of objects why not use concentration on sensations like hot or cold to improve the minds concentration. I wonder if the opposite affect could be achieved in visualizing cold, perhaps to slow the heart rate and other bodily processes, a sort of self-induced hibernation.