Analytical meditation is a more structured and organized method of thinking about something, a topic or subject of concern or choice.
- You choose a subject with care and study it methodically with a calm, clear, and concentrated mind.
- In reality, to qualify as analytical "meditation," the thought and contemplation should take place in a condition that corresponds to Stage Four(Continuous attention without distractions), with the selected topic of analysis never completely disappearing from attention.
- Your mind will wander off on tangents if you don't have the steadiness of Stage Four.
- Maintaining a constant awareness of your breath in the background is an effective technique to keep your focus stable.
ANALYTICAL MEDITATION TOPICS.
Analytical meditation topics are divided into three groups:
- The first are teachings, beliefs, or other concepts you want to learn more about.
- The second category includes issues that need to be resolved or choices that must be made.
- Last but not least, there are events, ideas, or realizations that seem to lead to a significant understanding.
Traditional scriptural texts, formal doctrines like Dependent Arising or the Four Noble Truths, or particular ideas like no-Self or emptiness may all be found in the first group.
However, there are many additional options:
- You might be thinking about a friend's or teacher's remarks, a piece you've read, a poetry, a current occurrence, or even a scientific hypothesis.
- Personal issues, as well as issues relating to relationships, family, and job and professional life, may become the focus of analytical meditation.
- You may have commonplace insights into how previous experiences have conditioned you or those around you; your own or another's conduct; emotional dynamics; group behavior; or how the world operates.
- Solutions to issues and other helpful ideas emerge naturally in the relative quiet of meditation—especially in Stage Four—and are all suitable objects for analytical meditation.
Here I Cover 2 Approaches to Analytical Meditation
Rather of allowing them to disrupt your amatha-vipassan practice, schedule a session of formal analytical meditation to explore them further.
While supra-mundane Insight cannot be attained via analytical meditations, you may reflect on previous Insights and Experiences, which is beneficial for deepening and solidifying such Insights.
