Types of Meditation

Focus.

Focus the mind on one thing. Then let go of that one thing.

Sitting, walking, working, chanting.

Mantra Chant Mandala, object of beauty Subject vs object Tibetan visualization of dirty, sand painting

dzogchen

tonglen

phowa

I AM

pure awareness only

chakra susumna visualization

purification of the six realms

bring the mind home: breath, object, mantra

mindfulness

close eyes and perceive only with the ears

Al Eberhardt: 90-95 names, chant Buddha, Buddha, Christ, Christ

A. Watts: be aware of sounds, thoughts, breath

stopwatch, still mind

focus on object, then on form of the object, then on the seer

feel the love of god, as in the divine mother, forgive the human mother

prayer

worship