I'm curious how other people have used the Kasina in traditional meditation practices.
Mindfulness of breath during sessions is the way I have used it in the past. The Kasina deepens focus and acts as a timer for a meditation session.
The name of the unit is a reference to Kasina meditation, so I'm curious about potential exploration in that direction. A few references as starting points are here:
Kasina Wikipedia
Kasina Applied Techniques
The basic idea is to develop focus by working with the afterimage/memory of an object such as a flame, and then proceeding to increase the time of focus and the complexity of the object.
Usually the goggles stay on during a session--so I wonder where to go from here.
Here are some options I'm wondering about pursuing.
Earbuds in for all these options.
- Start with a traditional Kasina image (candle flame) while listening to session audio. Develop the image traditionally with only the Kasina session audio.
- Keep the goggles on and create a traditional Kasina meditation object in the imagination unrelated to the Kasina session imagery, but with enhanced attention to patterns and colors.
- Take the goggles off at an intuitive point (or points) during a session and work with the associated afterimages from the Kasina session imagery. No development (or crowbarring) of traditional imagery into what comes out of the Kasina session imagery.
- A hybrid approach where the goggles are removed at intuitive points then the Kasina session imagery is worked with until it goes into the direction of a more concrete traditional meditation object. The generated object image is then used as the meditative object until the end of the session.
If anyone has input on these (or alternative applications to other meditation techniques) I'm curious.
Thanks!
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