Observing breathing seems simple, but it is not easy for beginners. If breathing can count from one to ten, the middle is good, and there are no delusions and distractions, it is very rare. At first, when studying hard, it is often difficult to count from one to ten without illusion and confusion. Once the number is good, there will be a second time, a third time, or even more.
The method of observing breathing has been used for thousands of years, and countless people have used this method, and all of them have achieved different degrees of effect. Many of us still use this method today. Because other methods are either too abstruse, too mysterious, too extroverted or too far-reaching, only observing breathing is the most intimate method for every yogi.
Breathing is closely related to our life. If we breathe, we will have life. If we stop breathing, our life is over. Adjusting your breath can make you physically and mentally healthy, prolong your life, and even avoid life and death. Almost all people engaged in the cultivation of mind and nature do not need to adjust their breath.
Generally speaking, there are three methods of meditation: observing color, observing mind and observing interest. The so-called three-door meditation. The first is the color gate, the second is the heart gate, and the third is the rest gate. Color is material, and the practice method is mainly based on the concept of impurity, that is, observing whether one's body is impurity, and the body belongs to the color method, that is, entering Zen from the color door. The mind is the spirit, mainly to observe the ups and downs of one's own mind, that is, to enter Zen from the heart door.
Breathing is breathing, mainly to observe the discrepancy of one's breathing. From breathing to meditation, it belongs to the breathing door. Simon is a method of practice between color and heart. We breathe through the lungs, trachea and nostrils, and breathing belongs to the color method. We observe and count our breath with a subjective and dynamic mind, which belongs to the mental method. Observing breathing depends on breath, and it is inseparable from breath. This is a method of combining color, interest and heart, so it is a very unique method.