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[Guest Anonymous]

 

I have a question. Do you continue the breathing through the tulpa forcing session or do you breath normally while tulpa forcing?

 

That's up to you. Generally your breathing should be much slower and shallower than when you started meditation, and it usually lasts for a good 10-15 minutes afterwards, but it should be happening naturally. There's no need to control your breathing when you finish meditation.

[WhiiteRussian]

 

I have a question. Do you continue the breathing through the tulpa forcing session or do you breath normally while tulpa forcing?

 

This.

And also, does going for longer increase the benefit or is it like once you get into the meditative state, you can tulpa force at any time and it will be mostly similar?

 

EDIT: basically my question is: is there any real point for meditating longer than 10-30mins before tulpaforcing?

[Guest Anonymous]

basically my question is: is there any real point for meditating longer than 10-30mins before tulpaforcing?

Not really. In fact, I'd advise against going longer than 30 minutes of meditating unless you plan on doing a multi-hour session. At 30 minutes you should start losing awareness of your body, so at any point after ~1 hour you go past being mindful and relaxed, and begin to get a light hallucinogenic thought process. Once you're that far, it'd most likely be very difficult to converse with your tulpa. I've done a 12 hour straight Vipassana meditation years ago, and I lost any awareness of the outside world entirely.

[H1ena]

I've done a 12 hour straight Vipassana meditation years ago, and I lost any awareness of the outside world entirely.

 

That's balls to the wall meditation skills right there.

[Splooshie123]

 

That's balls to the wall meditation skills right there.

 

Or a coma

[Guest Albatross_]

I've done a 12 hour straight Vipassana meditation years ago, and I lost any awareness of the outside world entirely.

 

"Mindfulness in Plain English" is written in broken English and doesn't make sense in some places. Any other sources?

[Guest Anonymous]

 

"Mindfulness in Plain English" is written in broken English and doesn't make sense in some places. Any other sources?

 

Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha by Daniel Ingram is probably your next best bet. It's focused on those more experienced in meditation, but it's easy to understand at any level. It focuses almost entirely on Vipassana and Mahasi-style meditation.

[WhiiteRussian]

12 hour straight Vipassana meditation years ago, and I lost any awareness of the outside world entirely.

 

Holy fuck that's cool. How did you come back to reality? Just stop focusing or were you interrupted?

 

I tried a 10 minute session of the breathing one last night and it was pretty shitty at first because I kept getting distracted but then I got the hang of it.

Made the tulpaforcing session way more productive. +1 to you

 

Do you plan on making any other guides on meditation?

[Guest Anonymous]

 

Holy fuck that's cool. How did you come back to reality? Just stop focusing or were you interrupted?

 

I tried a 10 minute session of the breathing one last night and it was pretty shitty at first because I kept getting distracted but then I got the hang of it.

Made the tulpaforcing session way more productive. +1 to you

 

Do you plan on making any other guides on meditation?

 

Well I did the meditation with an old friend of mine who's family is Theravada Buddhist, so he's been practicing meditation his entire life. He has a small completely empty shack near his property used for meditation, so I just locked myself in and went to it. When the 12 hours were up, he came to check on me and get me out of the trance.

 

I'm planning on taking a trip down to Thailand to a Vipassana meditation retreat in Chiang Mai. You meditate for 12 hours straight every day for about a month rotating between sitting and walking meditation, and only have one small meal a day. The final 72 hours are what's called the "determination". It's basically non-stop meditation with no sleeping, no eating, and no breaks what-so-ever. Although extreme, I've heard it's one of the most intense meditation experiences available.

 

10 minutes is actually good for your first time. It's always the most difficult the first week or so. And I'll probably make a guide when I stop being so lazy, although I believe there's already a meditation guide floating around somewhere.

[H1ena]

 

You meditate for 12 hours straight every day for about a month rotating between sitting and walking meditation, and only have one small meal a day.

 

 

What is the walking meditation called? Is there a form of meditation that can be done while jogging? If I could get into a meditative state whole jogging I could wipe out marathons easy.