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There are things one can try;
Try the satipatthana noting method, focusing on the states of mind and the arising, persistence & cessation of thoughts, feelings & perceptions, in particular as they occur when the "panic" starts.
Optionally try the preliminary counting method outlined in Visuddhimagga.
I think neither counting nor noting will ...
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I feel the same way. I am meditating for quite a while. But especially lately I feel almost like suffocating when trying to "be breathed". It seems like my mind says no! You keep on doing it! :D I also have this deep intuition that it is something about letting go control and to really sink in pure conciseness which the mind refuses to let me do.
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Appropriate attention can and should imo be explained as directing the mind, ie 'one who has some work to do ought not think: ''i have some work to do, after doing the work my body will be tired, why don't i lie down? So he lies down."
Appropriate attention is to be seen as food for factors of awakening. Inappropriate attention as food for hindrances. ...
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According to Abhidhamma exegetical texts, meditation of the 4 types of sense-sphere functionally inoperative-indeterminate cittas associated with wisdom (paññā) leads to knowledge of purity (vodāna), issuing in the supramundane Path-cittas of Once-returner (Sakadāgāmi) and Non-returner (Anāgāmi).
That's incorrect and impossible. 8 Mahakiriya-Citta can not ...
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I think it depends on the person's personality. Mindfulness of fear is pretty effective. Just like the Buddha saying to Mara, "I see you, Mara". I recently read an article called Inviting Mara To Tea. It talked about welcoming and thanking Mara. Treating Mara as a messenger to teach you.
In line with that, I think the Brahmavihara should be quite effective....
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There're quite a lot of essays on the Brahmavihara written by Vens. Thanissaro, Buddharakkhita, Siriwardhana, Nanamoli, etc. and of course in the Nikaya suttas themselves. See various links here and here
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There is unrest of mind; frequently giving unwise attention to it — that is the nourishment for the arising of restlessness and remorse that have not yet arisen, and for the increase and strengthening of restlessness and remorse that have already arisen. — SN 46:51
Denourishing of Restlessness and Remorse
There is quietude of mind; frequently giving wise ...
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Just feel the body in general as one breath in and out. Then allow the body to relax. As the body relaxes, so does the cognitive mind.
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Try to remove notions of "I", "mine", "myself" and fear/anxiety will have no anchor to latch onto:
"Herein, Bahiya, you should train yourself thus: 'In the seen will be merely what is seen; in the heard will be merely what is heard; in the sensed will be merely what is sensed; in the cognized will be merely what is ...
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Saripathana based on breath and walking meditation could be the best.
I am more inclined to practice walking meditation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngEhlYiM--E&t=2s
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David, you've actually partly answered your question. You know the over-controlling has caused the energy loss. This is the opposite of proper meditation, which brings about more energy, and wakefulness.
Try this: Don't try to meditate.
Why is that a good idea? Because presently your view of meditation is incorrect. That's why it isn't bringing you good ...
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This happens because the meditation lack alertness. You focused on calmness without cultivating vitality. That will surely bring about drowsiness, and it leads to sleepiness.
In this state of non-wakefulness, of non-clarity, discernment is very weak. So, it's easy for any mental obscurations such as anger or sadness to build up without your noticing. So, by ...
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