Dharma Treasure Community | MattyBee | Activity http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/members/mattybee/activity/ Activity feed for MattyBee. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:32:53 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=4.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 468c7b05f155e5ce62a59d2e257fa4c0 MattyBee replied to the topic (How) can I change the point of focus from the nostrils to the hara? in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/how-can-i-change-the-point-of-focus-from-the-nostrils-to-the-hara/#post-3447 Sat, 03 Nov 2018 20:14:55 +0000 Hey Mike,

I have one observation to make about your characterisation that might help if you choose to focus on the hara again in the future. As you noted, when focusing on the hara there isn’t much sensation to deal with. There is stillness in the hara. I’ve heard it described as “the part the of body that is already always in meditation”. So if…[Read more]

]]> 26ff571208ff7fd890a38e58d1ab9a49 MattyBee replied to the topic (How) can I change the point of focus from the nostrils to the hara? in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/how-can-i-change-the-point-of-focus-from-the-nostrils-to-the-hara/#post-3442 Thu, 01 Nov 2018 01:05:51 +0000 Hi Mike,

I no longer use the breath in the nostrils but use the hara as the locus of my attention. The Visuddhimagga suggests that different personality types are best served choosing by different meditation objects. For anxious people, such as myself, an object below the neck is best. And for a range of reasons, I also used to block off the…[Read more]

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