# (2023-03-28) Discussion on how to meditate | On Choosing a _Meditation Object_ Tags:: #dhamma/best/for-me, [[Samadhi|Samādhi]] - YouTube: https://youtu.be/JDofG_octxs - Met with #Matt and #Vilas today!! - @@@@ You should ==**_choose_ and _NEVER lose_** your **_ONE single meditation object_**==!! #eryu/learning/practice/major - Because the mind will **_NEEDS_** an object (as [[Ahara|Food]])!! And if you don't give it, it's gonna find its own!!! - @@@@ Take **_==ANY==_ Meditation Object**!! Just Take **_ANYONE_**!! #eryu/learning/practice - Section: https://youtu.be/JDofG_octxs?t=3218 - @@@@ And when your mind got ***caught up*** in an object (i.e. ***distraction***), use the [[6R Method]] to release, relax, and resmile!! #eryu/learning/practice/major - plus step 0 — ***Remember***. ## (2023-03-30) Fantastic Part 2 Tags:: [[Satipatthana|Satipaṭṭhāna]], [[Anapanassati]] ### Context ![[(2023-03-30) What is the difference between Samatha, Vipassana and Anupassana]] ### Video - ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAHfInqQ8uM)) - BEST EVER summary of how to do [[Anapanassati]]and [[Satipatthana|Satipaṭṭhāna]]!!! #dhamma/best/ever - @@@@ The moment you have become the ***==Witness==*** — when watching the ***Whole Body*** going up and down — the [[Niramisa|Nirāmisa sukha]] can be felt. #witness - it's a ***DIFFERENT*** feeling, and you will know you've felt it, when you've felt it. - @@@@ Because now ==***You*** are separate from the ***Breath***!== - in the same way, you can watch the *Vedana*, *Citta*, and *Dhamma*. - More elaboration of the [[6R Method]] too! - @@@@ Vilas: the _Goal_ is to _**==Relax THROUGH the Breath==**_!! #eryu/learning/practice/major #eryu/practice/HELP-ME - @@ Eryu: **_Watching the breath_** is **==NOT the goal==**! **_Relaxation_** is!!