Tag: meditation

It is a common question I hear, but you can not battle the ego. It is the ego (me) that would be fitting the ego.

Anyone did the Vipassana meditation a la Goenka? I heard the man and he sounds profound... Is it hard?

There are meditation traditions, such as the Buddhists, that put special emphasis on the meditation posture (e.g cross-legged, back erect, etc.) while others, such as Osho, claim that the posture is

1. Accepting and observing whatever is now.
2. Self Inquiry - Observe your sense of "I", your many personalities, all these false "I"s you can observe as objects and therefore are not truly you, the observing subject. Make sure to observe these "I"s with no identification. Use the question "Who Am I?" but do not try to answer it intellectually, wait for the mental pointer to arise spontaneously from the question and direct you to a current sense of "I"

Perhaps the primary tool on the enlightenment path is to accept and observe whatever is, any thought, any feeling, any sensation.