How should a seeker decide which meditation method is right for him?
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"Choose your meditation method based on your current state; as you deepen into silence, the question of 'which method?' will naturally dissolve."
According to Osho, you choose a method by your present stage: if meditation itself feels distant, begin with svadhyaya—reading and reflection. If questions and dilemmas persist, keep meditating with any approach that quiets the mind and reduces feverishness. Methods are just props; when silence deepens, shift from doing to witnessing and finally drop the method. When understanding flowers, the very question of 'which method?' disappears.
Start with what helps you calm down now—study if meditation is hard, meditate until you’re quiet, then just watch; one day you won’t need any method.
Why this matters practically
- Matches practice to your current capacity, reducing frustration.
- Prevents clinging to techniques; you use them as props and later drop them.
- Guides you from effortful doing toward effortless witnessing.
- Prevents clinging to techniques; you use them as props and later drop them.
- Guides you from effortful doing toward effortless witnessing.
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