/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.19054709]

Are there any good books about meditation that help you increase concentration, focus, and release stress over time without destroying my ego or piercing my unconscious mind?
I don't want that. I don't want to remove my concept of 'I'. I don't care that it might not exist or be an illusion. I like me, and I want to be me. Strange how Buddhists always seem to be totally for self-denial but never address the fact that you are a singular entity with a singular body and a singular perspective. The 'I' refers to that, nothing more, nothing less. So it's not an illusion, is it? Or else I would be you, or some overarching entity watching over the world like a spectator. But oddly enough, the sensation of 'I' would be there, too, as it is with any viewpoint.
>tl;dr, are there any books that discuss meditation without the retarded aim of shattering your self-perception? I want to strengthen myself, not lose it.

[Anonymous No.19054791]

>>19054709
>schizo rambling
just stare at the wall and stfu

[Anonymous No.19054795]

>>19054709
>I don't care that it might not exist or be an illusion. I like me, and I want to be me.

[Anonymous No.19054806]

>>19054709
just lay down and close your eyes for a bit

[Anonymous No.19054827]

>>19054709
>never address the fact that you are a singular entity with a singular body and a singular perspective
You have never read Buddhist literature apparently. If you're interested in these topics, you might enjoy it.

[Anonymous No.19054984]

>>19054709
Do the practices outlined in The Mind Illuminated up to the Fourth Stage

[Anonymous No.19055004]

>>19054709
take psychedelic hallucinogens and sit in the dark with your eyes closed. no book required.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B8NMDmoujfo

[Anonymous No.19055049]

>>19055004
That would give exactly the effect OP doesn't want. I btfo my center of consciousness for 2 weeks using 30 mcg of 1p-LSD and lying in darkness in my bed.

[Anonymous No.19055054]

>>19054984
Is this the best book on meditation there is? Does it shill Buddhist theology a lot or does it leave you the possibility for your own interpretations?

[Anonymous No.19055061]

Just listen to ASMR.

[Anonymous No.19055082]

Take the walking-pill bro

[Anonymous No.19055528]

>>19055054
>Is this the best book on meditation there is?
Probably. It's quite comprehensive and goes pretty far into deep states of both concentration and mindfulness.
>Does it shill Buddhist theology a lot or does it leave you the possibility for your own interpretations?
You can safely disregard it's scarce calls to try to incorporate not-self into your practice, especially in first stages. You might want to skip the interludes too, and the book advices you to do so if you don't find them helpful.

[Anonymous No.19055984]

>>19054709
buddhists are infidels from the one true sanatama dharma because of their denial of the self.

read some traditional commentaries on the yoga sutra and about samkhya philosophy, its all about how you are really consciousness/purusha and detaching yourself from prakriti or matter/multiplicity. it makes much more sense to say that you are becoming more 'yourself', more conscious, rather than what buddhists claim, that you need to destroy your mental aggregates so you dont reincarnate again.

[Anonymous No.19055996]

>>19055984
Do you faggots never get tired of arguing about concepts and which of your obscure esoteric interpretation is the right one and how that makes the other guy a deluded heretic? Shut the fuck up. I'm not even a Buddhist.

[Anonymous No.19056034]

>>19055996
you can just do 'hindu' meditation and keep your belief in self, which is my point

[Anonymous No.19056292]

>>19055984
good post. i'll check this out thanks

[Anonymous No.19056404]

>>19055984
Seconding this

OP check out:

Samkhya Pravachana Sutra
Yoga Sutras with commentary by Hariharananda, also, Shankara’s tertiary commentary on Vyasa’s commentary on it
Shiva Samhita
Yoga Yajnavalkya
Yoga Vasistha
Upanishads
Bhagavad-Gita

[Anonymous No.19056618]

>>19056404
thanks i was going to suggest a few of those. there is also samkhya karika and for a modern book there is a book called to live within, by lizelle reymond, who studied with a 'samkhya' teacher in india called anirvan. at least that is what he described his teaching as. its a really good book.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/759229.To_Live_Within