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• Buddhists say that all forms of meditation derive from one of two approaches, Vipassana “insight” meditation or Samatha “purification” meditation.
• majority using Samatha concentration-based meditations primarily, which fit easily into a religious culture, wherein the focal point could be a sutra, a prayer, or a religious image or name.
• By comparison, in Samatha you attempt to concentrate to the exclusion of all but the focal point, whereas Vipassana is a little more fluid.
• Free yourself of biases by being curious, by exploring. You’ll discover that it is quite empowering and fun to meditate as an exploration, not just as a discipline. In fact, I
• To encourage exploration, once you get the hang of the basics of TEM, I suggest exploring and testing, again and again, to see how you might stretch your limits. If