Meditation habits and tips

[Lighthead]

Another thing that you can do is combine the balancing technique that Ra describes with shikantaza. I just tried this about an hour ago and it was amazing. For example, you can use shikantaza to get to a state of unity (or intelligent infinity). When you feel that state real intensely, you can then feel its antithesis which is separation. This provokes a really transcendent state that is hard to describe with words. It's really amazing.

I perceived unity as light, and then I used the balancing technique to put out the light and make it dark and neutral. It sounds like an STS technique, but it's just a form of the balancing technique that Ra describes.