Vipassana and metta
9 months ago
I’ve been concentrating on vipassana and metta practices recently. It’s been good to simply concentrate on the breath in the former, instead of quickly moving to ‘just sitting’. I’ve found the simplicity and discipline involved to be a relief. For the first time in years, I’ve also experienced boredom in my practice – very exciting!
I’m pretty new to the metta meditation, but have been finding it fascinating. Before I practiced it regularly, I hadn’t thought of it as a concentration excercise as well as one in loving-kindness, but of course I’ve found it is. Interesting, too, to systematically work with a mantra of sorts for the first time.
