As a man with MANY disabilities
(and who really is
a dainty doily of a fellow)
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my mid-meditation drowsiness
seems MOST effected
by whether or not I’m performing
a pre-meditation recitation,
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and if so,
of which it is comprised.
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Here, in our interdependent universe,
the recitation or chanting
of different sutras, shastras, or mantras
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can effect us
in radically different ways.
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And because our universe
is also impermanent,
the effects can shift
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from hour to hour,
no less day by day.
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Personally I find the twelve syllable mantra
of Buddha Shakyamuni
(Om Muni Muni Maha Muniye Soha)
to be the most energizing.
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And I have found the same applies
to a downward facing gaze
(provided my posture is impeccable).
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When it comes to respiration I have found
that lower-belly centered breathing
is much more energizing
than that which is nostril oriented.
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I have also found
that, while subtle respiration
could make me drowsy,
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more enthusiastic breathing
could keep me more alert.
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I have found that active concentration
(upon an arbitrary object)
could be as exhausting
as it is unproductive
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but that its opposite
(passive awareness
of whatever I happen to notice
in the moment)
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could not only
be more energetically sustainable,
but more spiritually productive as well.
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That is why I recommend
mentally reciting “Notice this…”
during each inhalation
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and “relaxing!”
during each exhalation.
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For it is during our OUT-breaths
that we have the opportunity
of our hang-ups to release. _/\_
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